Amari Simone Harris

Amari Simone Harris, or simply Amari, was born in Tacoma, Washington on September 1st 2003, to two parents who spent their lives trying to give her the best. Coming from a military upbringing, Amari has spent her childhood traveling the world and has seen five out of the seven world’s continents before the age of 9. Seeing multiple different lifestyles and cultures, Amari has become enamored with the human experience and has loved to tell stories in any way possible, whether that be through writing, singing, or drawing. However, when Amari went into her sophomore year of high school, she realized that she could tell stories physically through performance. Since then, she fell in love with performing—focusing on stories that raise social and political issues, and define what it means to be human. Following her passion, Amari attended University of North Texas in 2021 immediately after high school to pursue a BA in Theatre Arts and subsequently graduated in 2025 with honors—Summa Cum Laude. During the process of getting a Bachelor’s degree, Amari performed in four shows and stage managed a student directed play.

Amari’s repertoire includes Dreamgirls, where she was part of the Ensemble; Antigone, where she played the Messenger; Black Snow, where she played Thomas Strizh; The Book of Will, where she played Ralph Crane; Stupid Fucking Bird, where she played Nina; and The Sound of Music, where she played Maria. Amari Simone Harris’s current project is Little Shop of Horrors where she will be playing Crystal. This performance will be at the Central Texas Theatre in Killeen, Texas and will be performed October 23-25 and October 30-November 1.

Amari, as a queer black woman, hopes that her passion for the arts will inspire the next generation of Black girls and desires to prove to them that following their dreams is possible no matter what anyone tells them.