Shea's Arts Engagement and Education

02/12/2025

Today we are looking back at four semi-finalist productions that took place this past weekend! We hope that you all got a chance to catch these WONDER-ful productions.🎉 Wishing a major congratulations to everyone involved in productions at East Aurora High School, Holland High School, Kenmore West High School, and West Seneca West Senior High School this past weekend!

Video by: Lyrical Pipe Creative LLC/Matt Gould

02/07/2025

Wishing a WONDER-ful opening night to East Aurora High School's production of The Addams Family! East Aurora is a semi-finalist for the Shea's Wonder Awards and we are so excited to see them shine. Break a leg!✨

02/07/2025

Wishing a WONDER-ful opening night to Holland High School's production of The SpongeBob Musical! Holland HS is a semi-finalist for the Shea's Wonder Awards and we are so excited to see them shine. Break a leg!✨

02/06/2025

Buffalo Fashion Runway will be hosting their celebration of Black History at the Buffalo Connecticut Street Armory. “Celebrate excellence at Black Carpet II, Buffalo's premier Black History Month event featuring fashion, art, and community!

The Buffalo Connecticut Street Armory
February 15, 2025
5:00p-9:00p
Doors open at 4:30

https://ow.ly/xWoI50UV1Xr

02/06/2025

Wishing a WONDER-ful opening night to Kenmore West High School's production of Anything Goes! Kenmore West is a semi-finalist for the Shea's Wonder Awards and we are so excited to see them shine. Break a leg!✨

02/05/2025

Don't miss your chance to see these five WONDER-ful productions this month that are semi-finalists for the Shea's Wonder Awards!✨

02/05/2025

Bert Williams in The Ziegfeld Follies, 1910- the first Black to perform on Broadway as an equal alongside whites.

"Bert Williams had his first success when he teamed up with George Walker in 1895 in a comic act that pitted Walker's fast-talking city slicker against Williams' slow-moving country bumpkin. Tall and light-skinned, Williams always put on the traditional blackface makeup that all minstrels wore (he said it helped him get into character and would wear it throughout his career), but the wit and dignity he brought to his performances made both Blacks and whites appreciate his character as a funny everyman instead of as a crude caricature. By 1903 Williams and Walker were starring in In Dahomey, the first all-black musical comedy to play in a major Broadway theatre. But after Walker fell ill from syphilis in 1909 (he would die two years later), Florenz Ziegfeld invited Williams to be a headliner in his Follies of 1910, making him the first Black to perform on Broadway as an equal alongside whites. Although he formed close relationships with such co-stars as W.C. Fields and Will Rogers, Williams was still forced to stay home when other Follies performers traveled across the segregated South"

-taken from https://ow.ly/ZKir50UUjYQ

02/05/2025

This past weekend, the Shea's Arts Engagement and Education department hosted the first annual Western New York Unified College Auditions and it was a smashing success! 15 prospective theatre students auditioned before representatives from 7 different college theatre programs and participated in a college fair. Numerous students were even offered scholarships from representatives immediately following their audition! Cheers to the start of this new fantastic program!

02/05/2025

Wishing a WONDER-ful opening night to West Seneca West Senior High School's production of Les Misérables School Edition! West Seneca West is a semi-finalist for the Shea's Wonder Awards and we are so excited to see them shine. Break a leg!✨

02/03/2025

We Celebrate Black History! 🖤

🎉 Explore Buffalo's Black History
📍 Free tours of:

- The Michigan Street Baptist Church
- Nash House Museum Buffalo
- Wufo Black Radio History Collective

🔖 Get Your Corridor Passport!
Collect stamps from all three historic anchors and be entered into a raffle for an exciting grand prize!

🎤 Special Presentation: "The Corridor: Past, Present, Future"
🕐 Starts at 1 PM
📍 119 Broadway

Join Craig Steger, historian of The Colored Musicians Club & Jazz Museum, and Terry Alford, Executive Director of the MSAAHCC, for an engaging lecture on the rich history and bright future of the Corridor.

🗺️ Come celebrate Black history, culture, and community! Don’t miss this incredible day!

Learn more: https://www.michiganstreetbuffalo.org/bhm-2025

01/22/2025

Registration for Junior Theatre Celebration is officially OPEN!!! All organizations and schools that produce a musical with upper elementary and/or middle school students in the greater Buffalo area are invited to participate. You can register for the program on our website at the link below (and in our bio). Registrations are accepted on a first come, first served basis until we reach our capacity!🎶🥳🎉

https://www.sheas.org/junior-theater-celebration/

01/20/2025

Yesterday we welcomed the community to a warm and cozy afternoon in the Shea’s Buffalo Theatre! Thank you to Spectrum Health for your kind support and presence yesterday! Families and friends spent the afternoon coloring, checking in with their feelings and enjoying some tasty snacks! Inside Out 2 was a hit and we thank you all for joining us!!

01/20/2025

We remember and honor the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. We can dare to “dream” because of him. Whatever you set out to do, make it your absolute best!

01/15/2025

The very first Western New York Unified College Auditions are approaching quickly! High school students, don’t miss out on this fantastic opportunity to audition for seven different college theatre programs in one go!🎓🎶
www.sheas.org/wny-unified-college-auditions/

01/11/2025

We are only a few weeks away from our second installment of our 2025 On School Time Performance series! Moriviví is brought to us by our amazing friends and partners at ! It is the story of a small island nation, defined by the spirit of its people, who, like the moriviví, resiliently comes back to life, choosing to rise despite the odds. Moriviví captures the essence of being Boricua in a batey that stands the test of time. This is OST performance is full and we cannot wait to welcome everyone to the performance!

01/10/2025

Our VP of Arts Engagement and Education, Victoria Perez, was welcomed yesterday by cast members at St. Joeseph's Collegiate Institute as she conducted a viewpoints worshop for them! St. Joe's won gold last year during The High School Muiscial Theatre Awards! Awesome work!

01/09/2025

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

Reserve your seats today!

01/08/2025

The very first Western New York Unified College Auditions are approaching at the beginning of next month! Students, don't miss your chance to participate in this AWESOME opportunity to audition for 7 different college theatre programs all at once! Learn more and register at our website.
https://www.sheas.org/wny-unified-college-auditions/