2026 Finalist
Pigeonhole
Synopsis:. Pigeonhole follows Kaaya and Dev, who have little in common except their childhood home in New Jersey. Over fifty years, on the holiday of Raksha Bandhan (Rakhi), two siblings—portrayed by six actors—grapple with their shared past, unfolding alongside them in real time. Ultimately, this sonic play is about a family trying to repaint their haunted house as a home.
Commissioned by Center Theatre Group in their 2023-2024 L.A. Writers’ Workshop.
Cast Breakdown: 3M/3W
Manager: Abby Berger at Bohemia Group
Bio: Jasmine Sharma (she/her) is a South Asian-American performer/writer/activist. Shea ims to focus her work at the intersection of race/femininity/Americanness. Jasmine is currently a Core Member of The Kilroys, a Playwrights’ Center Core Writer, and recently accepted a residency with Colt Coeur. In 2025, Jasmine was ensemble/Olivia understudy (Sandra Oh) in Twelfth Night (The Public Theater), the first production to play in the new Delacorte Theater. She also led Love You More (Tank Core Production), and shot a supporting role in the upcoming film, Reimagined (dir. Mateo Messina).
Previous acting credits include you don’t have to do anything (HERE Arts, u/s perf.), Wives (Aurora Theatre) Calvin Berger: A Musical (Colony Theatre), The Wolves (McCarter Theater), and a lot of new work development (Ojai Playwrights Conference, New Harmony Project, DCPA Colorado New Play Summit, NYTW, Prospect Musicals, ASCAP x Musical Theatre West, Hypokrit, CTG, Ma-Yi, etc).
As a writer, full lengths include Pigeonhole (in development, Center Theatre Group commission) Peachy: a sorta chekhovian traumedy (developed with IAMA Theatre Company, taught/produced at Yale University, NPC Finalist), The Jazmines: a rage play – and for legal reasons, a parody (NPC Finalist), Radial Gradient (World Premiere at Shattered Globe Theatre, Kilroys Web 2023), among others. Jasmine’s writing has been seen on stages at The Goodman, The Kirk Douglas, Jackalope Theatre Company, The Brick, The Flea, and The Valdez Theatre Conference in Alaska.
Jasmine was a 2022-2023 Reel Sisters Fellow, and wrote “CCC: Conflicted Cuties of Color”. She has written essays for @i_weigh (now known as @moveforyourmind), spoken at Yale, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Harvard Club of NY, and led workshops for Boston Conservatory, Echo Writes and PWC. Northwestern University.