Abigail Shedd, Acting/Music Instructor

Performing has been a huge part of Abigail's life since she could walk. Beginning as a toddler ballerina, to recorder extraordinaire (though her hands were too small to cover the holes), she found her place in the performing arts as a musician and drama kid. A decade later, Abigail performs professionally in theatre while also maintaining a job as a public school educator.

Abigail first joined the Lakewood Playhouse team in 2018 as a Box Office Assistant. From there, she has taken on roles as Assistant Stage Manager (Biloxi Blues), Stage Manager (The Best Christmas Pageant Ever, The Wolves, Ragtime), Musician (Heathers: The Musical), LIT Instructor (Aladdin KIDS, Musical Theatre Revue) and most recently Education Production Manager! Other credits include work at Auburn Ave Theatre (Instructor), Broadway Olympia Productions (Reed; The Wedding Singer Live!), CSTOCK (Reed, Shrek! The Musical; Director, Peter Pan Jr), and Bremerton Community Theatre (Belle, Beauty and the Beast). She hopes to return to acting this season and is excited for you to attend Ragtime: The Musical after two years in the making!

A first-generation college graduate, Abigail earned a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology with a minor in Music Performance at just 20 years old from Pacific Lutheran University in 2019 and has completed graduate work in Academic Advising. She is an educator for the Tacoma Publics Schools, most recently serving as a long-term substitute 2nd grade teacher. During her time at PLU, Abigail studied classical saxophone under the instruction of Dr. Erik Steighner. She performed in all four major ensembles and participated in many chamber and combo groups, including arranging and performing in PLU's 2019 production Night of Musical Theatre: I Gotta Story. Abigail has two 4-legged monsters named Mazee and Dio, who made their acting debuts in LIT's 2021 production of The Internet is a Distract- OH LOOK A KITTEN!, considers herself a foodie, and loves to chat anything musical theatre!

​Abigail's email: ashedd@lakewoodplayhouse.org