Before Katharine Graham became publisher of The Washington Post...
... she endured the physical and emotional abuse of Phil Graham, the husband she loved and admired.
A VIDEO-TAPED PLAY READING
WITH AWARD-WINNING ACTRESS SHARON LAWRENCE
A VIDEO OF "THE SHOT" IS BEING OFFERED FREE AS A FUNDRAISING TOOL TO ANY ORGANIZATION WORKING TO END INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE, OR TO THEATERS THAT PARTNER WITH THEM.
"A luminescent performance informing us that sexual and psychological abuse knows no boundaries of economy or class or fame."
About Us
AS ARTISTS, WOMEN AND ACTIVISTS WE WANT TO HELP SUPPORT VICTIMS AND SURVIVORS OF DOMESTIC ABUSE
Our team was looking forward to a sold-out reading at the historic Ebell Club in Los Angeles when Covid-19 struck. We have spent these last months producing a video reading of "The Shot" that captures the power of this important story. We hope to be on stage soon, but for now, we trust that Katharine's story will inspire insight, hope and support for anyone who is a victim or survivor, or who cares about them.
IF YOUR THEATER OR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE NON-PROFIT WOULD LIKE TO USE "THE SHOT" FOR FUNDRAISING, WE WILL GIVE YOU A UNIQUE LINK TO THE RECORDING OF THIS STAGED READING. THE ACTRESS AND PLAYWRIGHT ARE AVAILABLE FOR TALK-BACKS. PLEASE CONTACT:
THE TEAM FOR "THE SHOT"
Katharine Graham: SHARON LAWRENCE
Playwright: ROBIN GERBER
Director: MICHELLE JOYNER
Producer: LAURIE BERNHARD
and special thanks to Teri Ball and Vickie Scott for filming and technical assistance.
"THE SHOT" was developed at The Ojai Playwrights Conference, and is a work of fiction based on the book "Katharine Graham, The Leadership Journey of an American Icon" by Robin Gerber, and inspired by the women who generously shared their stories with the playwright.
"The Shot" is having online events all over the country.
We are pleased to be raising money for domestic violence prevention and raising awareness!
From Los Angeles to Vermont, from Florida to Wisconsin...please join us in helping women suffering from domestic violence.
SHARON LAWRENCE
You may know her from her multiple EMMY nominated and SAG Award winning portrayal of ADA Sylvia Costas Sipowitz in the ground breaking NYPD Blue or as a stay-at-home prostitute in DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES, or as Izzy’s tender but ditzy Mom on GREY’S ANATOMY (for which she earned her 4th EMMY nod) or a murderous realtor on MONK or a sociopathic serial killer on LAW AND ORDER:SVU, coming to terms with her long lost daughter on RIZZOLI & ISLES, speaking out for protection of endangered polar bears for the World Wildlife Fund or beating up Larry David on CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM.
Current projects are a pivotal role in Kirsten Dunst new Showtime series ON BECOMING A GOD IN CENTRAL FLORIDA, HOME BEFORE DARK for Apple staring Brooklyn Prince, recurring roles in CW’s DYNASTY and CBS’s CRIMINAL MINDS, as well as ABC'S REBEL set to premiere April, 2021. Sharon was recently a series regular on the CBS comedy ME, MYSELF AND I and has been recurring on multiple series including Showtime’s SHAMELESS, Netflix’s THE RANCH opposite Sam Elliott, Amazon’s THE LAST TYCOON, and the critically acclaimed series QUEEN SUGAR produced by Ava DuVernay. Also, Jenny Mollen’s series I LIKE YOU JUST THE WAY I AM for ABC digital, the unforgettable crossover episode of HOW TO GET AWAY WITH MURDER and SCANDAL, BLUNT TALK with Sir Patrick Stewart and NBC’s GAME OF SILENCE and a couple of Holiday movies.
Film work includes the Sundance favorite DIEDRA AND LANEY ROB A TRAIN, SOLACE with Sir Anthony Hopkins, THE LOST HUSBAND with Leslie Bibb and Josh Duhamel and the indie hit MIDDLE OF NOWHERE directed by Ava DuVernay (Best Director at Sundance Film Fest 2012; two GOTHAM AWARDS and four SPIRIT nominations.) She has headlined her own comedy series FIRED UP produced by Kelsey Grammar for NBC and starred in LADIES MAN starring Alfred Molina and Betty White for CBS.
Other prominent appearances include her much Twittered about stints on ONE TREE HILL and DROP DEAD DIVA. Audiences saw her on COMMUNITY, THE MENTALIST, BODY OF PROOF, and THE GLADES.
An accomplished stage actress, and 2012 Lunt-Fontanne Ten Chimneys Fellow, Sharon recently appeared as an IAMA Theatre Company member in the West Coast premier of A KID LIKE JAKE directed by Jennifer Chambers. LA theatre includes her acclaimed performance in The Mystery Of Love and Sex at the Mark Taper Forum, playing twenty different women in the LOVE, NOEL cabaret at The Wallis, two dramas set in the ‘60’s -Noel Coward’s final play, A Song at Twilight and as Vivian Leigh in Orson’s Shadow for which she was nominated for an Ovation Award, and won the LA Drama Critics Circle Award. She created the role of Maureen in the premier of Theresa Rebeck’s Poor Behavior at the Mark Taper Forum and
her last Broadway appearance was as Velma Kelly in CHICAGO.
Sharon earned her BA in Journalism from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and has been honored with UNC-Chapel Hill’s Outstanding Young Alumni Award, served on the BoD for the University’s General Alumni Association. She is current 2nd VP of the SAG-AFTRA Foundation and is also on the Board of Heal The Bay. Other acknowledgements of achievement include Prism, Method Fest, and Drama Logue Awards.
Twitter @sharonlawrence & Instagram @sharonelawrence
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