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Happy 24th Birthday Now Go Play A Bear
On Tuesday, November 18th I received a two texts at 5:21 PM: "Hello my friend" "Would you like to make your tour debut this year lol" Earlier that day I was enjoying a nice day off. I played with my dog, read some comics (Batman/Superman Worlds Finest is a wonderful series), and then left my house to go to a vocal class I had that night. I was stuck in traffic listening to My Chemical Romance's "Welcome to the Black Parade" when I received that text. During the rehearsal peri
Connor Shields
Nov 19, 2025


The Rocky Horror Show: A Story of Redbull and Leather Pants
This past weekend marked the final performances of Rocky Horror at the Ritz Theatre Company. I loved coming back to the Ritz for this fantabulous and crazy show and it was an absolute blast getting to just goof off and embrace the camp that came with every performance. This show was great in how it pushed me as a physical performer - the choreography absolutely ate down and it felt like a nonstop dance show from "Over at the Frankenstein Place" to the end of Act 1. Don't get
Connor Shields
Nov 4, 2025


Schools are Fun and I Missed Them!
The past few weeks I've been working in two new educational programs at the Walnut: Adopt-A-School and Residency. Adopt-A-School is partnership with K-8 Philadelphia public schools where curriculum is designed to meet the Arts Education needs of the host school, teaching students about subjects such as Improv and Dance. Residency is a program where each school gets a different program depening on what their needs are! Residencies can be consisting of subjects like Improv, cre
Connor Shields
Oct 24, 2025


Bears and Presidents Means It's Outreach Season!!!
The past two weeks have consisted of me getting to be a stage manager on two of Walnut's Touring Outreach Productions: "Bears Tonite!" and "Grace for President." Bears Tonite! is about the Bear Family Band working together to overcome their fears and prepare to perform on the Flip Durango New Years Eve Extravaganza Show! Grace for President is about a fifth grader, Grace Campbell, running for the president of the fifth grade class and is based on the children's book "Grace fo
Connor Shields
Sep 20, 2025


Winter in Summer: I Love Frozen
This past weekend consisted of the final performances for Camp Walnut 2025 and I had the absolute pleasure to work with a dream team on an absolute dream show - Frozen! I got to be the assistant director to Lindsay Marcus as our fearless leader and the campers were fantastic! I have wanted to be in Frozen ever since the movie came out twelve years ago so this past summer was like a dream come true. Getting to choreograph songs like "Love is an Open Door," "In Summer," and "Fi
Connor Shields
Aug 4, 2025
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