Cedrina Shari

Born and raised in Philadelphia, PA, Cedrina Shari’ grew up singing in the church. After training classically with the Philadelphia Children’s Choir, Cedrina became the voice of many Charity Organization’s including NAPS and Feed Our Children Ministries. She appeared on various television shows as well shared the stage with Byron Cage, Cece Winans, Ty Tribett, and Donnie McClurkin by the age of fifteen.

Gospel groomed Cedrina, but she continued to grow and fall in love with Theater. Some of her credits are; “Grand Houston Opera” (Pagliacci), “Fame” (Mabel and Carmen), Hinton Battle’s “Love Lies”, and “The First Lady” (Obsidean Media Group) where she had the opportunity to originate a role.

Cedrina Shari also works very closesly with the North Carolina Black Theater Company, and has appeared in numerous shows including “Black Nativity”, “Don’t Bother Me, I Can’t Cope”, “By a Black Hand”, “Choices”, “Reaching to God With Dirty Hands and Tainted Blood” and “Crowns”. It wasn’t until after winning the National Black Theater Festival title of “Most Talented Teen” in 2011 that she felt the confidence to pursue this as a career.

Training at Howard W. Blake School of Performing Arts, Patel Conservatory, New York Conservatory for Dramatic Arts, and Full Sail University, Cedrina hopes to one day be able to put her training to good use on stage and in her community.

Recent projects include touring with Legendary Lead singer of Boney M Internationally, and writing a musical entitled “The Anatomy of a Performer”. Cedrina also had the privilege of showcasing some of her original music in Russia at the International Music Festival White Nights of St. Petersburg, where she won 2nd place representing her native culture Jamaica.