ABOUT
SHARON ELLEN BURTMAN IS A LOS ANGELES BASED THEATRICAL PRODUCER. SHE IS ALSO
THE 1995 UNITED STATES WOMEN’S CHESS CHAMPION, WHICH INSPIRED THE NAME OF HER
COMPANY, CHESSCAT PRODUCTIONS. SHE CELEBRATES THE SIMILARITIES BETWEEN
PRODUCTION AND CHESS, "A PRODUCER IS RESPONSIBLE FOR EVERY ELEMENT OF THE SHOW,
IN ESSENCE THE ENTIRE CHESSBOARD." HER FORMULA FOR ACHIEVING SUCCESS IS TO
CREATE A COHESIVE STRATEGY AND EXECUTE THE TACTICS EFFECTIVELY.
SHARON IS UNIQUE AMONGST CHESS PLAYERS IN THAT HER CREATIVE AND CALCULATORY
ABILITIES ARE EVENLY BALANCED, WHICH GIVES HER THE COMPETITIVE EDGE BY HAVING A
STRONG AND VAST ARSENAL OF “REAL WORLD” SKILLS. SHARON EARNED HER DEGREE IN
MARKETING AT RHODE ISLAND COLLEGE, WHERE SHE SERVED AS CAPTAIN OF ONE OF THE
STRONGEST COLLEGIATE CHESS TEAMS IN THE AMERICAS. SHE ALSO SERVED AS PRESIDENT
OF THE CHESS CLUB, WHERE SHE DEVELOPED A STRATEGIC MARKETING PLAN FOR THE
ORGANIZATION.
SHARON THRIVES ON ORIGINALITY AND IS THE CREATOR OF SEVERAL UNIQUE
STORYTELLING EVENTS AND COMEDY SHOWS. IN 2008, SHE DEBUTED TWO STORYTELLING
EVENTS, “WOMEN OF VALOR” AND “PATRIOTS DAYS” AT THE MUCKENTHALER CULTURAL
CENTER IN FULLERTON, CA. IN 2009, SHE IS DEBUTING, “AN EVENING WITH A COMEDY
LEGEND”, A SERIES OF SHOWS THAT WILL PLAY AT THE WORLD FAMOUS ICE HOUSE COMEDY
CLUB IN PASADENA, CA.
MOST RECENTLY, SHARON PRODUCED “THE UNDERDOG & CAT COMEDY SHOW” TO BENEFIT
PRECIOUS PAWS, STARRING GERI JEWELL (“THE FACTS OF LIFE” AND “DEADWOOD”) WITH
SPECIAL GUEST, SUSAN OLSEN (“THE BRADY BUNCH”).
SHARON IS VERY EXCITED TO BE DEBUTING A NEW SHOW ON THURSDAY, OCTOBER 1, 2009
AT THE ICE HOUSE CALLED, “THE WIT AND WISDOM OF GROUCHO MARX” ON THE EVE OF
GROUCHO’S 119TH BIRTHDAY.