The Actor Who...: A California Kid Studies Theater in New York

by Brendan Shea

After waiting on tables back in the 'eighties, I transitioned to working full time in the theater. It was inadvertent as I'd always wanted to be a movie actor, but I ran into a guy who worked in theater in Brooklyn, New York, and started attending a class a former teacher of his taught in Manhattan. From there I was hooked, and it was many years before I lost the acting bug. Actually, I still love the theater, but you can read more about my journey herein...

166 pages, Paperback

First published November 22, 2019

About the author

Brendan Shea earned his acting stripes waiting tables in New York, made a go of it in professional theater for some years, and writes prolifically when not toiling at his awesome day job, in California.

Shea writes on topics he knows such as mental health, theater and solar energy. His genres are myriad, including children's stories, cooking, dystopian/utopian sci-fi, fiction, memoir, mystery, nonfiction, poetry and sales.

Brendan's experience in sales-support in the financial and renewable energy industries, infuses his business books with helpful information for both the beginner and the seasoned.

Finally, Brendan's books are not meant to be preachy, but most volumes come around to the subject of God sooner or later; as C.S. Lewis wrote, 'I believe in Christianity as I believe that the sun has risen: not only because I see it, but because by it I see everything else.'

And my reason for writing is like Gregory McDonald's, "Writing is not a profession, occupation or job; it is not a way of life: it is a comprehensive response to life."

Reviews

[Casie · Rating 5 out of 5]

I really enjoyed this window into the world of one mans journey to enter the world of acting in New York. It was interesting getting to glimpse the areas of acting you don’t much hear about such as the training, not just for the acting, but the other talents like singing and dancing. I loved hearing of the authors encounters and brief run ins with celebrities. This was a fun and easy read that I definitely recommend.

[Brendan Shea · Rating 5 out of 5]

(I wasn't trying to give props for my own book so much as to let readers know that I think this is one of my better outings as a writer, relatively speaking)

[Scott Evans · Rating 3 out of 5]

Brendan Shea’s “The Actor Who…” is an honest, touching, and personal account of one man’s love affair with the movies.