Shakiera Sarai is a New York based performer and writer born and raised in Atlanta, GA. She is a proud alumna of Dekalb School of the Arts and Freddie Hendricks Youth Ensemble of Atlanta (YEA), both based in her hometown.
Like the "Chicken and Waffle", she is the unexpected but harmonious combination of savory and sweet; southern pleasantries and city sensibility, rock/soul belt and lyrical soprano, traditional and avant-garde, video gaming and dress shopping, gospel choruses and DMX lyrics.
Shakiera earned her BFA in Musical Theatre from The University of Memphis in Memphis, Tennessee; the heartland of Blues, Soul, Rock n' Roll (and Bar-B-Que!) It was here that she became featured cast at FreakEngine Improv, and played a wide variety of leading and supporting ladies around the city of Memphis.
Shakiera solidified her decision to move to New York after participating in the American Theatre Wing's 2 week actor intensive, Springboard NYC.
Shakiera's career has taken her internationally, (including The Edinburgh Fringe Festival in Scotland and Dubai, UAE), domestically (in both tours and regional theatre), and through nearly every borough of the "Big Apple"!
Like the "Chicken and Waffle", she is the unexpected but harmonious combination of savory and sweet; southern pleasantries and city sensibility, rock/soul belt and lyrical soprano, traditional and avant-garde, video gaming and dress shopping, gospel choruses and DMX lyrics.
Shakiera earned her BFA in Musical Theatre from The University of Memphis in Memphis, Tennessee; the heartland of Blues, Soul, Rock n' Roll (and Bar-B-Que!) It was here that she became featured cast at FreakEngine Improv, and played a wide variety of leading and supporting ladies around the city of Memphis.
Shakiera solidified her decision to move to New York after participating in the American Theatre Wing's 2 week actor intensive, Springboard NYC.
Shakiera's career has taken her internationally, (including The Edinburgh Fringe Festival in Scotland and Dubai, UAE), domestically (in both tours and regional theatre), and through nearly every borough of the "Big Apple"!