Cheryl King

Cheryl King, the driving force behind Cheryl King Productions, was the creator and producing director of Stage Left Studio, in NYC, resident acting coach at All My Children from 2007-2010, and is a playwright, director and actor.
She first began writing for herself as a mime, in 1979. In 1982 she wrote her first standup comedy routine, and within two months had embarked on her career as a touring comic. She worked in most of the US for the following 13 years – first as an opening act, moving quickly to middle act and for her last five years as a headliner. She moved to NYC in 1989, and wrote her first solo show, “not a nice girl” in 1996. “not a nice girl” was produced in LA, NYC, Chicago and Ft. Collins, CO. She studied acting with Carol Fox Prescott (NYC) and Rod Menzies (LA), playwriting with Jeffrey Sweet (NYC) and improvisation with Gary Austin (NYC) and Michael Gellman (Second City).

 She began teaching writing workshops in 1999, both in NYC and in Los Angeles, traveling to LA from her NYC base every six weeks to teach multiple workshops. In NYC, she taught a weekly writing workshop, which generated several plays, including Michelle Ramoni’s June and Nancy, and Margaret Morrison’s Home in Her Heart, which Cheryl also directed.

 Cheryl created the long-running series Forbidden Kiss LIVE which played monthly at Stage Left Studio, and for which she regularly wrote sketches for herself and other cast members. She has directed over 60 plays and solo shows, including those of award-winning playwright/performers Joe Hutcheson and Frank Blocker. 

She closed her NYC theater in 2015, and embarked on her “Love and Work Tour”, traveling around the US for three years, visiting friends and directing shows, visiting national parks, designing websites, and gardening. In 2016, she directed Good People, at Bas Bleu Theatre in Ft. Collins, CO. In 2016, she directed and performed in The Real Machiavelli, by Monica Bauer, at the 13th Street Repertory Theater in NYC. In 2018, she performed in and directed Boeing Boeing, also at Bas Bleu, in Ft. Collins, and another production of The Real Machiavelli, this time in Tucson, AZ. She continued teaching her Writing Your Heart Out workshop online.

She’s now Producing Artistic Director for the LIVE@6thStreet series at 6th Street Playhouse in Santa Rosa, and sometimes performs in shows in the 99-seat black box theater there. She also teaches three workshops – two for actors and another for writers. 

Cheryl’s interview with Gerry Fialka LIVE on YouTube, April 10, 2022