Actors: Remembering the life, death and legacy of Sidney Shaw
By Rich Copley - rcopley@herald-leader.com After open auditions for the 1993 Shakespeare Festival in Woodland Park Sheila Ferrell went home to her husband, Joe Ferrell, and told her about a new actor she met. "I told him, 'I have no idea if he can act, but we have a new friend,'" Ferrell recalled. At callbacks, Joe Ferrell saw Sidney Shaw for the first time, and not only did he like him, he cast him as the leading role of Sgt. Waters in that summer's production of A Soldier's Play. ...