About Shannon...
​Originally from a small town outside Seattle, Shannon is an actor and activist living in Chicago. Some of her favorite projects include Almost Heaven (Theatre at the Center),  Welcome to Jesus (American Theatre Company/Chicago Inclusion Project), and Death and Harry Houdini (The House Theatre of Chicago/Arsht Center Miami.) In 2018, she was nominated for Best Lead Actor at the Chicago Musical Theatre Festival for her work in TRU.  In this NAMI-sponsored new musical about mental health, she played artist Isla Claire, a role that she reprised the following year at Stage 773. Shannon is a passionate human rights activist, mental health advocate, educator, and is on the associate board of The Simple Good, a non-profit offering Social Emotional Learning-based arts programs to Chicago youth. She earned her BFA in Musical Theatre from The Chicago College of Performing Arts at Roosevelt University and is currently pursuing her Master of Arts in Social Justice and Community Organizing.

Listen...
​"[It was] a pretty incredible evening of music [...] it's enough to make you wonder if they'll drop a few of these songs on an ​EP."​
​​Click here to listen to Shannon sing "Bleeding Heart." This EP of music from the original musical TRU by Gosz and Fotos is available wherever you stream music.