Shonn Wiley
- Actor
Originally from Adrian Mi, Shonn started performing at six when his father put him in dance classes. It was at The Historic Croswell Opera House where his passion for performing was born. Shonn made his Broadway debut in the Tony Award-winning revival of 42nd Street where he performed the opening number for the Tony's at Radio City Music Hall. Shonn later returned to the Broadway stage in Frank Wildhorn's Dracula, the musical. Other NYC Credits include, Junior Dolan, On Your Toes (Encores!) John Trainor in No, No, Nanette (Encores!) jack Donahue in My Vaudeville Man (York Theatre) Richard Loeb in Thrill Me (York Theatre) Candide (NYCO) Stairway To Paradise and On a Clear Day you can See Forever co-staring Kristen Chenoweth (Encores!) The View Form Here, written by Timothy Huang (NYMF). Shonn starred in the Chicago cast of the Tony Award Winning musical Jersey Boys as Bob Gaudio.
After the final curtain came down on Jersey Boys, Shonn and his cast mates formed the retro rock n' roll vocal group Under The Streetlamp.
Under The Streetlamp, LIVE was filmed in 2011 at the Star Plaza Theatre. Streetlamp followed with PBS specials, Under The Streetlamp, Let The Good Times Roll (2013) Under The Streetlamp, Rockin' Round the Clock (2016) and the PBS documentary series Harmonies for Healing, Under The Streetlamp (2016). Studio albums, Every Day's a Holiday (2013) Hip To The Holidays (2018) The Hits, LIVE (2019).
As a choreographer, Shonn received a Lucille Lortel and Drama Desk nomination for outstanding choreography for My Vaudeville Man (2009). Other choreography projects: Come Dance With Me, Sweeney Todd, Pool Boy, Romance/ Romance, Music Man, Forever Plaid. Shonn served as the choreographer for all three Under The Streetlamp PBS Specials and as director and choreographer for Harmonies for Healing.
TV / Movies: Tiny Dancer directed by Eva Husson with Melissa Fumero, Gina Rodriguez,and Josh Segurra, Confessions of a Shopaholic, directed by PJ Hogan and starring Isla Fisher, and the development of the series Code Name Teleforce. Guest stars on All My Children and Guiding Light, and appearances on Late Night with David Letterman, Access Hollywood, Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, A Capitol Fourth on NBC, Access Hollywood, and The Oprah Show.
Shonn is the recipient of the Adelyne Roth Levine memorial Award in Acting and The Thomas Auclair Memorial Scholarship Award.
He holds his BFA in Drama from Carnegie Mellon University.
After the final curtain came down on Jersey Boys, Shonn and his cast mates formed the retro rock n' roll vocal group Under The Streetlamp.
Under The Streetlamp, LIVE was filmed in 2011 at the Star Plaza Theatre. Streetlamp followed with PBS specials, Under The Streetlamp, Let The Good Times Roll (2013) Under The Streetlamp, Rockin' Round the Clock (2016) and the PBS documentary series Harmonies for Healing, Under The Streetlamp (2016). Studio albums, Every Day's a Holiday (2013) Hip To The Holidays (2018) The Hits, LIVE (2019).
As a choreographer, Shonn received a Lucille Lortel and Drama Desk nomination for outstanding choreography for My Vaudeville Man (2009). Other choreography projects: Come Dance With Me, Sweeney Todd, Pool Boy, Romance/ Romance, Music Man, Forever Plaid. Shonn served as the choreographer for all three Under The Streetlamp PBS Specials and as director and choreographer for Harmonies for Healing.
TV / Movies: Tiny Dancer directed by Eva Husson with Melissa Fumero, Gina Rodriguez,and Josh Segurra, Confessions of a Shopaholic, directed by PJ Hogan and starring Isla Fisher, and the development of the series Code Name Teleforce. Guest stars on All My Children and Guiding Light, and appearances on Late Night with David Letterman, Access Hollywood, Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, A Capitol Fourth on NBC, Access Hollywood, and The Oprah Show.
Shonn is the recipient of the Adelyne Roth Levine memorial Award in Acting and The Thomas Auclair Memorial Scholarship Award.
He holds his BFA in Drama from Carnegie Mellon University.
