Testimonials
Books
The critical assessments offered in Tarell Alvin McCraney: Theater, Performance, and Collaboration by esteemed artists and academics confirms McCraney’s genius.
Tarell Alvin McCraney is one of the most prolific playwrights of our time.
Phylicia Rashad
–Tony Award-winning actress
YoungGiftedandFat is the best account of the intersection between body size, race, and gender available to the critical reader.
Sander Gilman
–author of Fat Boys and Fat: A Cultural History of Obesity & Professor, Emory University
No other contemporary playwright writes about the souls of black folks with such love, grace, poetry, and beauty. Tarell Alvin McCraney: Theater, Performance, and Collaboration is so important.
Lynn Nottage
–Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright of Ruined and Sweat
Black Acting Methods: Critical Approaches is a necessary and miraculous book chock full of history, fact, conjecture, fascinating points-of-view and valuable insight…coalescing in a must-read book for our times. An accomplishment!
Anne Bogart
–Co-Artistic Director, SITI Company
Inspiring, refreshing, and filled with intellectual stimulation, Black Acting Methods: Critical Approaches is a unique collection from so many gifted, important and relevant educators and artists…a must-read for both artists and audiences.
Kenny Leon
–Tony Award-winning director
In African American Arts: Activism, Aesthetics, and Futurity, Luckett brings together a treasure trove of essays that contribute greatly to the extant literature on black art and the political and economic conditions through which they emerge.
E. Patrick Johnson
–author of Appropriating Blackness: Performance and the Politics of Authenticity
In YoungGiftedandFat, Luckett provides a moving and powerful voice for Black womanhood as well as white sisters preoccupied with appearance as identity.
Joan Jacobs Brumberg
– author of The Body Project: An Intimate History of American Girls & Professor Emerita, Cornell University
Artistry
Sharrell’s talent is truly extraordinary.
Kenan Thompson
–Saturday Night Live
You will love working with Sharrell. You will leave a different person.
@IamZoie
–Celebrity Influencer & Wild ’N Out
If you have the opportunity to work with Sharrell and Hendricks then you need to take it.
Kelly Jenrette
–Emmy nominated actress
Sharrell is inspiring and creates art that pushes boundaries.
Benjamin Mathes
–Crash Acting Studios
Sharrell recognizes the importance of mental health for Black actors. I can’t find this anywhere else.
Emannuel Hudson
–Wild ‘N Out & Celebrity Influencer
Sharrell is inspirational and always resonates in my mind as the person who gave me a chance when others might not have.
Viviana Chavez
–Actor
Sharrell is a prolific, cutting-edge genius. She’s a force to be reckoned with in the entertainment industry.
Jabari Ali
–Music Supervisor, David Makes Man, Training Day, Shots Fired
Sharrell D. Luckett rocks!
Charlayne Woodard
–Actor
Sharrell is truly a force to be reckoned with in the arts. Her vision and dedication to the craft is what theatre deserves and needs.
Justin Ellington
–Broadway Composer
Sharrell’s training early on in my career has carried over into my work as a TV Host & Personality. Her immense knowledge and tools transformed me from a shy actor into a seasoned performer.
Emile Ennis
–Host/Producer for Clevver News & Segment Host on Fox’s Emmy Winning Show “The Real”