Shea King (he/him/his) is a Professor of Theatre at Truckee Meadows Community College where he teaches acting, script analysis, and directs several productions each year. After earning his MFA in Directing from the University of Idaho, Shea gained national recognition in 2022 when American Theatre Magazine named him a "Theatre Worker You Should Know" in their ROLE CALL feature. His extensive directing portfolio features productions such as HAPPY DAYS and MURDERERS (Snowy Range Summer Theatre); PERFECT ARRANGEMENT and SEUSSICAL (Reno Little Theatre); DRACULA: A COMEDY OF TERRORS and YOU MAY HAVE SIX (Good Luck Macbeth Theatre Company); OBAMA-OLOGY (Bay Street Theater); 5 LESBIANS EATING A QUICHE and THE LEGEND OF GEORGIA McBRIDE (Redwood Curtain Theatre); HAND TO GOD (Columbia Basin College); COMPLETE WORKS OF WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE (ABRIDGED) [REVISED] (The Rude Mechanicals); CHEAPER BY THE DOZEN (Lake City Playhouse); EURYDICE and CARRIE THE MUSICAL (Lewis-Clark State College); plus CHRISTIANA LYSISTRATA and NEARLY, WASHINGTON (Truckee Meadows Community College). Professionally, Shea is affiliated with the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society and the National Alliance of Acting Teachers, and he is a Designated Meisner Teacher with The Meisner Institute.