Sherry Landrum

Sherry Landrum is Artistic Director of the Chattanooga State Repertory Theatre and the Professional Actor Training Program at Chattanooga State Technical Community College in Chattanooga, Tennessee.  She has won two “best director” awards from Los Angeles Drama Critics and a “best director” award from the Tennessee Theatre Association.  Regionally, she has directed for the Oxford Shakespeare Festival is Mississippi, the Garage Theatre in New Jersey, the American Heartland Theatre in Kansas City, the Pioneer Square Theatre in Seattle, Stephens College in Missouri, the Cumberland County Playhouse in Tennessee, and the Chattanooga Theatre Centre.  Shows have included, Cheatin’ (world premiere), Daddy’s Dyin’-Who’s Got the Will? (world premiere), Sordid Lives, Rosemary Leaves, The Secret Garden, The Robber Bridegroom, Sweeney Todd, The Boy Friend, Cinderella, The Woolgatherer, The Cherry Orchard, among others.

She co-founded, directs, and performs with the award-winning improv comedy group Chattanoodle. While living in Los Angeles, Sherry appeared in numerous commercials, movies, and television shows, including hosting her own show on CBS. Sherry has written two musicals with George S. Clinton.  Smoky Mountain Suite was presented in Los Angeles, Crossville, and New York, and aired on PBS and the Gene Autry Radio Theatre.  A workshop production of That Other Woman’s Child ran for six months in Los Angeles and was reviewed by the Los Angeles Times as a show that  “successfully weds country music with the American Musical Theatre.” That Other Woman’s Child was presented at the Chattanooga State Repertory Theatre.  Local critic, Ruth Cartlidge wrote the following: “…the most original piece of musical theatre to hit Tennessee stages in a very long time. Don’t miss this show. Its beautifully staged, well performed, and a great time.” She has written one musical yet to be produced, Paradise Court.

For ten years, Sherry served on the faculty of the New Actors Workshop, a two-year professional actor training program founded by George Morrison, Mike Nichols and Paul Sills where she taught Acting Technique and Improvisation and chaired the Masters Degree Program. Sherry holds a Masters Degree in Theatre Arts from Antioch University. She is a proud member of SAG, AFTRA, AEA, SSDC and the Dramatists Guild.