“Shannon’s incisive and keen eye is surpassed only by her warmth. Her directorial style is that of a light touch yielding incredibly powerful results leading to extremely evocative storytelling. I have done some of my best stage work with her and would jump at the chance to collaborate with her again. Any production Shannon is a part of is gaining invaluable experience and insight. Shannon is a gem.”
— Colleen Clinton, actress, director, playwright and Co-founder of The Pond Theatre Company
“Shannon Patterson is a gem. She has a keen eye and she’s one of the most talented directors I’ve ever worked with. Shannon has a gift of communicating with actors to inspire truth in the moment. She has a profound level of emotional intelligence and keen insights into the human experience which adds levels of nuance and reality to the actors performance. As a producer, working with Shannon is a total joy. She’s a strong leader, a motivator and is expert in mindfully coordinating between all of the departments in order to take a play from the page to the stage. Shannon is inspiring, kind, and working with her is a delight.”
— Jeanine T. Abraham, VisAbleblackwoman Productions
“Getting to work with Shannon was a privilege. Shannon’s approach, steeped in her excellent training with The Barrow Group, is to give the actors room to breathe to explore the text, and develop their characters collaboratively. By Shannon encouraging the actors to recognize that all the choices they make are good ones, whether they are selected or let go of, instills a confidence that enables the actor to continue to take risks in rehearsal with spectacular results. I was particularly taken with Shannon’s direction of guiding the actor to discover a displacement activity during a scene, resulting in a totally natural delivery of the text that enriched the scenes and each actor’s performance.”
— John Pirkis, Abigail's Party, Muswell Hill, Daredevil, The Tick
“Easily one of the best productions of my work I’ve ever seen. ”
— Torben Betts, playwright, Muswell Hill
“Training with Shannon was nothing short of amazing, productive and extremely fruitful!!! Not only was Shannon super friendly and welcoming to me as one of her protege’s but also she set aside the time to get to know me as an actor, learn my goals and truly catered to my learning style when it came to teaching me, and working on the areas with me that needed improvement. She helped me with my monologue selection (for MFA auditions). She provided me homework so that I had actionable items to prepare for our next meeting. She made herself available to meet with me several times throughout my preparation process to practice, work on the monologues, devise a game plan for the grad school auditions, and just provide overwhelming love and support. Last but certainly not least, for all the services she provided she was extremely cost effective. I am ecstatic to say that I have been accepted into 2 of the top graduate MFA Acting Programs in the country... if you are looking for an acting coach for a big gig coming up, for grad school prep, or just to better your craft overall - Shannon is IT! BOOK HER!!!! ”