Welcome to the website for Jonathan Shue
Jonathan Shue is an actor, musician and teaching artist. He has appeared in numerous regional productions and on tour as an actor both nationally and internationally. A multi-instrumentalist, he plays guitar, piano, cello, violin, ukulele and banjo. His album of original blues-folk-pop music, Chasing Hurricanes, is available on iTunes, CDBaby and Amazon.com. Read more »
Upcoming Projects: Wuthering Heights and Agatha Christie’s Mysterious Affair at Styles workshop play readings with Book-It Repertory Theatre; Mr. Weston in Emma at the University of Washington; and still workin’ on my new album, Little City, date TBA. You can hear some of the new songs here.
Happy New Year and latest projects…
Jan 7th
2012 is has started with a bang! First up, I’ll be in 2 play readings with Book-It Repertory Theatre, a Seattle company known for its trademarked style of adapting novels into plays now celebrating its 20th anniversary. The roles I’m playing are Hindley, jealous brother of Cathy in Wuthering Heights, Emily Bronte’s gothic tour-de-force of a tight-knight dysfunctional family living in the Moors of England in the 19th century; and uptight heir John Cavendish in Agatha Christie’s Mysterious Affair at Styles. I’m very excited to be working on these adaptations as they are workshopped for possible performance in the coming seasons at Book-It. Details below…
Next I’ll be playing Mr. Weston in Jane Austen’s Emma here at the University of Washington. I love this role—I’m a cheerful, compassionate man who has recently remarried and helps to bring several families together at the Highbury estate in England. Once again it is set in the Victorian era so I’ve been practicing period styles and my British RP accent 
Book-It Repertory Theatre’s 3rd Annual Novel Workshop Series
Wuthering Heights directed by Co-Artistic Director Jane Jones
Agatha Christie’s Mysterious Affair at Styles directed by Education Associate Josh Aaseng
January 12-15 | Glenn Hughes Penthouse Theatre at the University of Washington, Seattle
Emma
By Jane Austen
Adapted by Michael Bloom
Directed by Victor Pappas
February 8-26 | Floyd and Dolores Jones Playhouse at the University of Washington, Seattle
Comedy of Errors ends, grad school begins
Sep 16th
We are ending our long run of Comedy of Errors at the beautiful Villa Montalvo in Saratoga, CA. Only 2 performances left! Info at www.montalvoarts.org. (P.S. I’m also on the Montalvo Arts poster for Cinderella, a show I was in with California Theatre Center three years ago that CTC is bringing back to Montalvo. Unfortunately, I won’t be in it this time around.)
Pictures (L-R): Me as the Musician/Officer/Jailer/1st Merchant in Comedy of Errors at Shakespeare Santa Cruz; Libby Wood as Cinderella and me as Prince Charming in the California Theatre Center West Coast Tour of Cinderella in 2008; the gorgeous Villa Montalvo estate in Saratoga, CA, built in 1910 by CA Senator James Phelan. After he died, he mandated that it be turned into an arts center and since then, it has hosted artists from around the world, concerts, conferences and educational programs.
Next week I am finally moving to Seattle to attend the University of Washington. I will be earning my Master of Fine Arts degree in Acting. I’ll post soon about my new experiences there, including performances and music endeavors!
The cherry trees in the middle of the UW campus…even more beautiful in person!