18 February, 2015
The Hopkinton Center for the Arts announces a new Actors’ Monologue Workshop lead by Hopkinton resident and Tony Award Nominated actor Jere Shea. The workshop will give participants, high-school aged and older, the chance to improve their acting and auditioning techniques through the performance and development of a scripted monologue. The workshop runs March 7 and 14, from 9:30 a.m. to noon, at Hopkinton High School, 98 Rowe St. and the cost is $60. Register at HopArtsCenter.org or by calling (508) 435-9222.
“This is a terrific opportunity for actors to bring in a monologue or audition piece that can be buffed up and refined. No matter where you are in the acting process you are going to take something valuable away from this workshop,” Shea said. “It’s a great way to get back to basics.”
Boston native Jere Shea is a classically trained actor, who has starred on Broadway in “Guys and Dolls,” “Damn Yankees” and Stephen Sondheim’s “Passion” (Theater World Award, Tony Award Nomination, Drama Desk Nomination). He also has several film and TV credits, including a role in the Boston based feature film “Southie” (1998) with Donnie Wahlberg, Will Arnett, and Anne Meara. Shea has coached countless professional and aspiring actors, served on the faculties of Emerson College and the College of the Holy Cross, lectured at Boston College, and led performance workshops throughout the Greater Boston area.
Shea trained at New York University’s prestigious Tisch School of the Arts Graduate Acting Program, Stanislavski's Moscow Art Theatre School and Ireland’s national Abbey Theatre in Dublin. An accomplished singer, songwriter, and guitarist, he performs in venues across New England. Shea can be heard on the Grammy Award winning Original Broadway Cast Recording of “Passion” (Producer Phil Ramone).
Shea is an avid supporter of the arts and is a proud board member of the Hopkinton Center for the Arts.
