Bio
Shawn Pfautsch is a Chicago-based actor, writer and musician. He is a founding company member of The House Theatre of Chicago performing in over a dozen plays during its ten year history, including all three incarnations of Death and Harry Houdini (Theo, Dr. Lynn). Also at The House: Cyrano (Cyrano de Bergerac), Thieves Like Us (Chickamaw) and The Sparrow (Mr. Christopher) at the Adrienne Arsht Center in Miami.
As a company member of Lakeside Shakespeare, Shawn has appeared in: Henry V (Henry V), Loves Labors Lost (King of Navarre), As You Like It (Oliver/Amiens), and King Lear (Edmund).
Other stage credits include: Steppenwolf (Theatrical Essays), The Hypocrites (Pirates of Penzance), Signal Ensemble (Old Wicked Songs), Dallas Theater Center (South Pacific).
Two of Shawn’s full-length plays have been produced by The House Theatre of Chicago: Hatfield & McCoy and The Attempters. His short plays and one-acts have been produced in Chicago as well as in Texas, Florida and Iowa.