SHANNON MANNING
New York

SAG-AFTRA

Hair: Blond
Eyes: Hazel
Height: 5'7
Weight: 140 lbs.
Range: 30s

PDF resume and headshot

Headshot photography by Jason Geller
Makeup by Elvira Gonzalez

 

TELEVISION AND RADIO

Onion News Network view video Joanne Smith, '93 Ford Taurus Buyer The Onion
Late Night with Conan O’Brien view video Principal (Cheese, Antiwar Girl Gone Wild, etc.) NBC
Upright Citizens Brigade Principal (Chef, Pirate, Rioter) Comedy Central
Onion Radio News Character Voiceover The Onion
Christmas Coup Comedy Players Character Voiceover WBAI Radio

FILM

Compilation view video Lynn Terry Jinn dir
Jacob’s Wives Allison Maureen McCormack dir.
Chrome Dome Secretary Armando Diaz dir.
The Day’s Last Peace Bear view video Baggage Handler Shannon Manning dir.
Ladyland view video Executive, Voiceover Shannon Manning dir.

THEATER, IMPROV, STANDUP

Shoot the Messenger Performer/Producer dir. by Lizz Winstead Ace of Clubs/NY
Armando Diaz Experience Improv Performer Magnet Theater/NY
Beauty Love Truth Creator/Performer Barrow Street Theatre, Magnet Theater, UCB, PIT, Parkside /NY
The Mosaic NYC Improv dir. by Christina Gausas Magnet Theater, UCB Theater, UNDER St. Marks
Red All Over Creator/Performer Parkside Lounge/NY
Drinkytown Founder/Booker/Host Parkside Lounge/NY
Dead Dads Writer/Performer/Director UCB Theater & Solo Arts/NY & Blue Rider/Chicago
Robot TV Improv dir. by Matt Walsh UCB Theater/NY
Eating It, NY - 60 in 60 Accordion Nihilists music/comedy North Six/NY
Pencil sketch show view video Writer/Performer: Hillary Clinton, more Solo Arts Group & UCB Theater/NY
UCB Harold Night Resident Improv Ensembles Solo Arts Group/NY
IO Harold Night Resident Improv Ensemble incl Cinco de Bob ImprovOlympic/Chicago

EDUCATION

The School of the Art Institute of Chicago   Performance Art, Video, Photography
University of Chicago  BA-History, Dean's List 
University of Illinois at Chicago Acting, MA-Theater
Blue Rider Theater, Acting, Donna Blue Lachmann/Chicago
San Francisco School of Circus Arts Flying trapeze
IMPROV- Chicago: Second City & ImprovOlympic;
NY: UCBT, Magnet Theater

Del Close, Don DePollo, Amy Poehler, Matt Walsh, Armando Diaz, Rachel Hamilton, Dave Pasquesi, TJ Jagodowski


OTHER EXPERIENCE/SKILLS

Magnet Theater Co-founder improv school and venue, Founder of Sparkle Television to produce stage, film,tv, web
Pipe Up! Founder and editor of politics, culture, and humor magazine
Leche Magica: Co-founder and screening host of video collective
Skills: Drive stick, automatic & large trucks, bike/moped, horseback, swim, French & Spanish fluency, teleprompter

 

Shannon Manning


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