Jere shea biography

American actor

For persons of a similar name, see Gerry Shea (disambiguation).

Jere Shea (born June 14, 1965) is an American actor. He is best known for originating the role of Giorgio in the Broadway production of Passion, for which he received a nomination for the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical.^[1] Shea left acting in 1998 in order to spend more time with his family, working as deputy chief of staff to Massachusetts Governor Paul Cellucci among other positions. He returned to acting in a 2016 concert production of The Secret Garden.^[2] He starred in the 2019 Showtime series City on a Hill.^[3]

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Q: So how did you get involved teaching at Stonehill?

A: [Stonehill Theater Program Director] Matt Greene’s name has popped up in a number of circles. We were introduced by a couple of different friends. He suggested that I come over to Stonehill and I’ve been thrilled to do that.

Q: What does your Acting II class entail?

A: It’s intermediate acting. We go into monologues and scene work, as opposed to the fundamentals. We get under the hood of the character, the scene. There’s lots of script analysis.

Q: What do you like about teaching?

A: It scratches that itch for me about storytelling. It’s the other side of what I do as an actor—helping someone else find that moment. It’s very close to directing in ways. It’s a great way to flex my own muscle and keep myself in shape while I’m not acting.

Q: What’s the feeling you get when you see a student breaking through?

A: I remember many breakthroughs in my own training, I studied at BC and NYU’s Graduate Acting Program at Tisch School of the Arts—there were moments of breaking through that were just so exciting. You get that ting

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