Shea's Arts Engagement and Education

01/03/2025

Check out this very important opportunity! ⬇️⬇️⬇️

Theatre Alliance of Buffalo is proud to sponsor a FREE Anti-Racist Theatre Training for the Buffalo theatre community.

THIS WEEKEND !!!

Come and join this important conversation hosted by racial equality facilitator Jacqueline E. Lawton via zoom. Both sessions are encouraged, but attending one is also possible.
Saturday January 4th, 10am-1pm and Saturday January 11th, 10am-1pm.

To read more about our wonderful moderator, visit https://www.jacquelinelawton.com.
To sign up for this event, visit the link below!

https://forms.gle/zBnYH2huqwuj3epu7

01/03/2025

Registration for our summer theatre camps are open!🎉 Swipe to read through our three camp offerings. More information and registration can be found on our website. Register today!
https://www.sheas.org/arts-engagement-education/

12/31/2024

Celebrating a great year as we close the curtain on 2024.

12/30/2024

As we get ready to ring in the new year, we are looking back at our programs and events from the 2023-2024 season and are so happy to feature our impact from this season! We are so excited for this new year of programming and cannot wait to expand our reach. Cheers to a wonderful new year!🎉

12/30/2024

The Lion King Musical Theatre Workshop at the William Emslie YMCA this morning is off to an amazing start!

12/26/2024

DREAMGIRLS, co-produced by Ujima & Shea's, is coming to the Shea's 710 Theatre stage September 2025!

Sign up today for auditions:
https://bit.ly/dreamgirlsauditions

12/24/2024

The Lion King Musical Theatre workshop is AT CAPACITY. All available spots have been filled. Thanks for signing up!!!

12/20/2024

Our friends over Health Sciences Charter School would love to see you! A Christmas Carol, an adaptation. Come out and support these talented young artist!

12/20/2024

Our 2025 Free Family Series has been announced!!!

Starting with Inside Out 2 on January 19th at 1:00p.m.!

Reserve your free tickets today!

https://www.sheas.org/performances/free-family-film-series-inside-out-2/

Sponsored in part by Spectrum Health

12/17/2024

Our Shea's Wonder Awards spotlight series is BACK! Today, we are thrilled to feature another WONDER-ful alumni, Nicholas Cox. Nick was a semi-finalist for the 2024 STAGE program for his performance as The Beast in St. Mary's High School's semi-finalist production of Beauty and the Beast! Swipe through the slides to see him reflect on his experience and read about what he has been up to since!✨

12/14/2024

Our Shea's Wonder Awards spotlight series is BACK! Today, we are thrilled to feature another WONDER-ful alumni, Jack Tuccio. Jack was a semi-finalist for the 2024 STAGE program and a Bronze winner of Outstanding Leading and Supporting Performance for his performance as Gaston in Fredonia High School's finalist production of Beauty and the Beast! Swipe through the slides to see him reflect on his experience and read about what he has been up to since!✨

12/13/2024

The Shea's Arts Engagement and Education department is THRILLED to finally share this exciting announcement! We are so excited to be hosting the very first Western New York Unified College Auditions! This event is for graduating students that are interested in pursuing acting, musical theatre, or design & production in college. For a small $25 fee, students can register to attend to audition for 6 local colleges and universities that offer these majors all in one day! Registration is open NOW on our website.
www.sheas.org/wny-unified-college-auditions/

12/12/2024

We had the wonderful opportunity and absolute pleasure of hosting an educational tour for some students of Buffalo Academy of Visual and Performing Arts! These amazing students are responsible for the outstanding sets that are created at BAVPA. They were able to experience the beauty and excitement that is Shea's Buffalo as well as Shea's 710 theatre. Our production manager, Maureen Sheldon, is pictured here in the shop of Shea's 710 giving the group so fun and interesting information! Thank you BAVPA for joining us!

12/10/2024

Our Shea's Wonder Awards spotlight series is BACK! Today, we are thrilled to feature another WONDER-ful alumni, Ava Schara. Ava was a finalist for the 2024 STAGE program and a SHSMTA participant for her performance as Sophie in West Seneca West Senior High School's finalist production of Mamma Mia! Swipe through the slides to see her reflect on her experience and read about what she has been up to since!✨

12/07/2024

Our Shea's Wonder Awards spotlight series is BACK! Today, we are thrilled to feature another WONDER-ful alumni, Jack McLaughlin. Jack was a semi-finalist for the 2024 STAGE program and a SHSMTA participant for his performance as Javert in Amherst High School's finalist production of Les Misérables School Edition. Swipe through the slides to see him reflect on his experience and read about what he has been up to since!✨

12/03/2024

Our Shea's Wonder Awards spotlight series is BACK! Today, we are thrilled to be featuring the WONDER-ful alumni, Anna Blickwedehl. Anna was a semi-finalist for last year's STAGE program and won the gold award for Outstanding Leading Performance for her portrayal of Donna in West Seneca West Senior High School's production of Mamma Mia! Swipe through the slides to read about her reflecting on her experience and see what she has been up to since!✨

11/30/2024

Our Shea's Wonder Awards spotlight series is BACK! Today, we are thrilled to feature another WONDER-ful alumni, Johnny Kiener. Johnny was a finalist for the 2024 STAGE program and a SHSMTA participant for his role as Billy Flynn in Nardin Academy's finalist production of Chicago: Teen Edition. Swipe through the slides to see him reflect on his experience and read about what he has been up to since!✨

11/27/2024

Last week, our lead teaching artist, Alejandro Gómez, traveled to East Aurora High School to lead a workshop with their students utilizing material from "& Juliet" and connecting it to their curriculum. It was a great success! Thank you to East Aurora for having us! We hope that everyone who saw "& Juliet" this past week had an absolute blast.💘