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SHANNON MCELDOWNEY
What's new...
Shannon starred in the Fall '22 North American tour of Dirty Dancing in Concert.​
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​​She recently closed the first national tour of The British Invasion Live . She played Mary (keys, vocals) and you can check out fan videos here and here.
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About Shannon...
​Originally from a small town outside Seattle, Shannon (she/her) is an actor and activist living in Chicago. 
Some of her favorite projects include The British Invasion Live (National Tour), 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.
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​She's on Spotify!

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"[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. ​
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