Shannon Rose Matesky
BFA Acting, DePaul University
Theater Work
Aint No Mo by Jordan E Cooper
Career HighlightsAint No Mo - Broadway
Aint No Mo - Wooly Mammoth Theater
Put Your House in Order - La Jolla Theater
Hit The Wall - Steppenwolf Garage
The March - Steppenwolf Theater
Put Your House In Order by Ike Holter
Most of my work has been on the stage. I am classically trained, can teach and adapt. I am looking forward to many opportunities on screen.
Hit The Wall by Ike Holter
“Cooper also dissects a facet of racial identity that seemed more current in 2019 in a segment called "Real Baby Mamas of the South-Side," in which we watch the outrageously funny taping of a "reality" TV show involving four women, one of whom is "transracial." The episode feels a little creaky now as it harks back in the most obvious way to the 2015 controversy surrounding Rachel Dolezal, a white woman who self-identified as Black. Shannon Matesky (this production's new cast member who played the role of Rachonda in Woolly Mammoth's Washington, DC production this year) owns the stage as she ridiculously tries the show the other women how to up their Black game for the camera. Needless to say, when the tickets to Africa get handed out, she doesn't get one.”
Pete Hempstead, Theater Mania
A taste of Aint No Mo by Jordan E. Cooper
Ain’t No Mo’ is an odyssey portraying the great exodus of Black Americans out of a country plagued with injustice. Through a kaleidoscope of moments, this masterful satire explores the value of Black lives in a country hurtling away from the promise of a Black president.