Bob Shea has worked professionally as an actor, director, producer, and performing arts educator for the past 30 years. He currently serves as director of the Dana Center, a regional performing arts center at Saint Anselm College, Manchester, NH. In this capacity, Bob presents some of America’s and the world’s most accomplished artists in theatre, dance, music and international folk art. In recent years, Bob served as artistic director for The Barnstormers Theatre in Tamworth NH, America’s oldest professional summer theatre company; and as Vice President for Academic Affairs of the New Hampshire Institute of Art. Bob served as Artistic/ Executive Director of the The Palace Theatre from 1983 to 1995. As a young professional, Bob served as director and manager of the New England Repertory Company, a touring American educational theatre company in Great Britain from 1975-1978. In 1980, Bob received a master of fine arts degree from the University of Memphis in performing arts.