Catch Shay on Saturday April 30 with storytellers Joseph Boyd and Enrique Eduardo Andrade, on on Closing Night, Saturday May 7 with storytellers Niko Moe and auGi

Sharon 'Shay' Knorr

Starting at age 10 as the street sweeper in "The Clown That Ran Away" at Portland Civic Theatre School, Sharon Knorr by now has performed for many years in Los Angeles and Portland as an on-stage actress, on-camera talent and behind-the-camera commercial producer/director for corporate videos and TV and radio ads.

She has worked for many Portland theatre companies … New Rose, Readers Theatre Rep., Triangle Productions, Cygnet Productions, Portland Civic Theatre, Lakewood Theatre Company and at Storefront as an original Portland cast member of the cult hit "Angry Housewives". Sharon is a cast member of another cult hit "Hot Flashes the Musical" that played to sold out houses for 8 years in Portland and has toured Oregon and the west coast.

Her on camera work has included many local and national commercials and the hit show Leverage that has been filming in Portland for 4 years.

As a director, she has guided Scott Parker in two one man shows; Portland's beloved Female Impersonator Darcelle in a one man show based on the movie actor Divine and "The Mousetrap" for Skamania Performing Arts Foundation in Stevenson, Washington.

In 2008, Sharon wrote, produced, directed and performed her one woman show "Why Can't I Marry the Cute Beatle". In 2009 she co-wrote and directed Walter Cole in another one man show called "JUST CALL ME DARCELLE" which has been turned into a book available on Amazon.com.

Currently Sharon performs with Portland Story Theater.

The H Word

Happy is an H word that describes the way we might want our lives to go. So is Hell. On any given day or time, there are a number of H words that might work. My piece is recollections about how some of those words have affected my life.