Shelley Cooper is an Off-Broadway Award-Winning Solo Actor/Playwright, Associate Professor of Musical Theatre at Augustana College, and is no stranger to the LAWTF Community. Her one-woman show, La Divina: The Last Interview of Maria Callas was featured in the 2022 festival, as well as Solofest, Hollywood Fringe (Pick of the Fringe), Orlando Fringe (Best Individual Performance in a Drama)
and Off-Broadway at United Solofest on Theatre Row. (Best One Woman Show).

Her newest work Jenny Lind Presents P.T. Barnum has been an official selection for Solofest, Binge Fringe, Fort Worth Fringe, Orlando Fringe FestN4, and made its European debut in Austria.

Shelley is a very active musical theatre/opera performer. The most noted performances are “Dolly” in Hello, Dolly, “Johanna” in Sweeney Todd starring Tony-Award-winning actress Faith Prince; “Nellie” in South Pacific, and upcoming “Musetta” in La Boheme.

For more information visit http://www.shelley-cooper.com or IG:@musical_shelley