“Whenever I can be in a Shakespeare piece, I will,” says Parker, who now lives in Philadelphia. Graduates are as loyal to Rose as sons and daughters, and many appropriate his love of the Bard. The MFA program admits only 10 students every three years. She was onstage at age 10 with local youth theater in Lake George, N.Y., and had been in a number of musicals in New York City before coming to graduate school at UConn to work with Rose, drama professor and Director of Performance. “We have a ton of tools in our actor toolbox” thanks to Rose, says Parker. Indeed, “Ferret out! Ferret out!” Rose cried, demanding she eke out all the ways to present a character, including dancing a monologue and more. “You need Dale Rose, the guy who’s going to make you dance a monologue,” Parker was told while auditioning for graduate school. Geoffrey Sheehan & Lauren Sheehan – Courtesy of Capital Classics Laura has performed hers, Lady Macbeth, but if she could turn back time, she’d be Katherina in “The Taming of the Shrew.” Laura runs Calculate, a digital marketing company. Geoff is director of theater arts at Housatonic Community College in Bridgeport, Conn. During that show, Geoff killed Laura every night in their respective roles as Iago and Emilia, after which they drove home to their four kids. The company focuses on training actors, says Laura, noting that Juliana Brease ’16 (SFA) joined the company as Desdemona in “Othello” this summer. They went on to pursue acting in L.A., before coming home to marry in 1988.įinding a void of Shakespeare in Connecticut’s capital, they erected a stage in Hartford’s Bushnell Park and created Capital Classics Theatre Company in 1991. Geoff courted Laura in the snow with a ride home on his bicycle. Unrelated, but with the same last name, they met in an acting class at UConn. Cyclops was Laura Sheehan’s debut role at age 13. Geoff Sheehan leapt, ran, and shouted wildly as a Lost Boy in “Peter Pan” at age 11. Geoffrey Sheehan ’84 (SFA) and Laura Sheehan ’85 (SFA)
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