Charlotte Dean
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Charlotte Dean | |
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 Charlotte Dean (left) at the premiere of Charlotte's Shorts at The Groundlings, 2014 | |
| Born | Charlotte Dean California, United States |
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| Years active | 2006–present |
| Relatives | Tracy Newman (mother), Laraine Newman (aunt), Hannah Einbinder (cousin), Spike Einbinder (cousin) |
Charlotte Dean is a writer, illustrator, and visual artist known for writing and co-directing the show Charlotte's Shorts,[1] along with Emmy award writer, director, and producer Tracy Newman.
Dean grew up surrounded by the performing arts, spending much of her time as a child at the improvisational and sketch comedy troupe and school The Groundlings seeing her mother performing and teaching with the troupe formed by Gary Austin in 1974.[2]
Career
Dean began writing when she was a child, inspired by her father.[3] After finishing high school she traveled to Mexico City, where she worked as a muralist and continued to write.[4] Her visual artwork has been shown in Los Angeles, New York, Seattle, and Mexico City.[5] Some of her work is part of the Ryan James Fine Arts gallery collection in Kirkland, Washington.[5] She started her blog Charlotte's Shorts in 2008 while in France with her husband, Ro Reyes.[3] In 2014, she made her short stories into a 90-minute show directed by Dean and her mother, Tracy Newman.[3] The show's most recent production in Los Angeles was on June 17th, 2025,[6] at The Groundlings,[7] Charlotte often features her aunt, Laraine Newman in the show. Charlotte's Shorts was also performed at the SF Sketchfest on January 31, 2015 and the Hollywood Fringe Festival in 2016.