Historical September–October 1998 article. Dates, prices, services and contacts describe the source period; current availability has not been established.
One of the special assets of the Skinker DeBaliviere neighborhood is that it is home to many of the exceptionally talented faculty members of Washington University. Dan Shea, chairman of the Washington University department of English and longtime resident of the 6100 block of Kingsbury, has pursued a second vocation as an actor for many years.
This summer he portrayed Prospero in The Tempest with the St. Louis Shakespeare Company at the Grandel Square Theatre for which he received critical praise as well as local fan approval.
His range includes both comedy and tragedy, modern to classical drama, from King Lear to Uncle Willie in Philadelphia Story.
He has performed with the New Theatre, the Theatre Factory St. Louis, Washington University and Off The Cuff. Dan can been seen in a number of television commercials and print advertisements and for select audiences, industrial films.
On the occasion of a celebration of the poetry of Robert Burns, Dan can adopt a Scottish burr and do justice to the reading of Burns’ paeon to the haggis. Dialects and regional accents are among his specialties.
In the 1970’s he played pivotal roles and delivered performances of towering intensity in the neighborhood melodramas, Penelope. Pride of the Pickle Factory, The Fastest Thimble in the West, The Last of The Ghost lies, and several others. Friends and neighbors can expect more opportunities to see Dan in performance.
He expects to have more time available next year when the department chairmanship rotates to one of his colleagues.
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Dan Shea in The Tempest. Photographer not credited.
Originally published in The Times of Skinker-DeBaliviere, September–October 1998.
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