About John Donald O'Shea

John Donald O'Shea is the author of eleven published plays:

• Little Nell and the Mortgage Foreclosure (Theatrefolk, 2005)
• Death Warrant for Dracula (Big Dog Publishing, 2006)
• The Stuffed Animal (Big Dog Publishing, 2007)
• The First Herald Angel(Theatrefolk, 2007)
• The Music Guild Murders(Big Dog Publishing, 2007)
• The Day Ma's Boys Done Went To Town to Rob the Bank, Again (Big Dog Publishing, 2007)
• Ginzberg's Irish Wake (Big Dog Publishing, 2008)
• Inspector Findout and the Lost Cherry Pie (Brooklyn Publishers, 2008)
• The Day that Dangerous Dan McGrew and Black Bart Balderdash Went to Dueling at Miss Kitty's Golden Nugget Saloon (Big Dog Publishing, 2008)
• The Revolting Cheerleaders (Theatrefolk, 2008)
• Grandma Rosie (Brooklyn Publishers, 2008)

He is a graduate of the University of Notre Dame (BA) and the Notre Dame Law School (JD). After graduating, he reached the rank of Lt. Cmdr. in the U.S. Naval Reserve, and served as Assistant State's Attorney for Rock Island County, Illinois, and as Corporation Counsel for the City of Moline, Illinois.

In 1974, he was elected as a Circuit Judge for the Fourteen Judicial Circuit of Illinois.

He retired in January of 2000 after serving twenty six years on the bench.

"Don" has been active in community theatre since 1967, as an actor, singer, director and producer.

Since retirement from the bench, he has directed plays at Edison Jr. High School, and Alleman High School in Rock Island, IL; Seton Jr. High in Moline, IL; and at Sherrard High School, in Sherrard, IL. He has also directed community theatre at the Quad City Music Guild, and for the Riversong Players.

Don is also a paid political "op ed" writer for the Moline Dispatch and Rock Island Argus newspapers.

Plays by John Donald O'Shea