ABOUT SHANE
Shane is a New York City based music director, pianist, and conductor originally from Manistee, MI. Most recently, he was the Associate Conductor/Keyboard player for the First National tour of, PRETTY WOMAN (starring Adam Pascal.) Other National tours: ELF (Music Director/Conductor), Disney’s BEAUTY AND THE BEAST (Associate Conductor/Keyboard), MEMPHIS (Associate Conductor/Hammond B3), FIDDLER ON THE ROOF (Keyboard sub/rehearsal piano), THE SOUND OF MUSIC (keyboard sub), and WE THE PEOPLE (Music Director). Select regional credits include: CAMELOT and THE PAJAMA GAME (New London Barn Playhouse), ANNIE GET YOUR GUN and THE CHRISTMAS VOYAGER (Westchester Broadway Theatre), YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN (North Shore Music Theatre), WORKING (The REV Theatre Company), ALTAR BOYZ, CABARET, LUCKY STIFF, EVITA, DAS BARBECÜ (Mason Street Warehouse). He spent many years sailing around the world as a percussionist, pianist, and music director with Seabourn Cruise Line and Holland America Line.
Active in the NYC theatre scene, he’s on the accompanist faculty at AMDA and plays classes at The Growing Studio, The Norwalk Conservatory, and for Broadway.com's "Broadway Classroom" series. He regularly performs with Adam Pascal in concert, including performances at 54 Below and Feinstein’s at the Nikko, with additional dates scheduled in 2024. In 2021, he was music director and pianist for GREASE at the Midland Center For The Arts - part of the center’s “Rising Stars” program. He played keyboard in the orchestra for the BCEFA Easter Bonnet Competition in 2019 at the Minskoff Theatre. 2017 saw him travel to Austin, TX to serve as the associate music director for the Texas Arts Project.
Shane is an in demand audition pianist having played for top casting agencies and theatres including: Tara Rubin Casting, Stewart/Whitley Casting, Maine State Music Theatre, Goodspeed Opera House, North Shore Music Theatre, Walnut Street Theatre, Ogunquit Playhouse, Arrow Rock Lyceum, Theatre By The Sea, Forestburgh Playhouse, ZACH Theatre, The REV Theatre Company, Pagosa Springs Center for the Arts, TheatreWorks USA, A.R.T, The Gateway, Mason Street Warehouse, New London Barn Playhouse, and the A1 Auditions. He has performed and music directed cabarets at 54 Below, Feinstein’s at the Nikko, Le Poisson Rouge, The Stonewall Inn, and The Duplex. Shane has a Bachelor of Music degree in percussion performance from Western Michigan University.
