Shelley M. Shier

Shelley M. Shier is a Canadian-American entrepreneur, music and theatrical producer and art consultant.

Her mother, Rosaline Cutler Shier Sonshine, remains socially active, primarily in various charities and as an award winning sponsor of law enforcement initiative in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Her father, Harry Shier was a noted Canadian industrialist (OSF) and investor with strong ties to the entertainment industry. Shier lived in Toronto, but also Miami and New York City. Her extended family, includes her stepfather, Harry Sonshine, an industrialist and sports figure, her stepmother, Roni Chesler Shier, and her step grandfather, Lou Chesler, an entrepreneur active in real estate development (Freeport), and entertainment (Warner Bros.-Seven Arts). Shier attended Branksome Hall in Toronto and later studied for four years with Stella Adler in New York City. She became a US citizen in 2005.

Shier left Canada to study with Stella Adler in New York (1976-1980) and graduated from the Conservatory of Acting at City Center. At the same time she was a company member of The Soho Artist’s Theater for five years. During this time she supported herself working for New York City art galleries and with private clients at Sotheby’s and Christie's.

In 1983 Shier formed HOSS, Inc. a production company that over the next twenty five years produced hundreds of music festivals (The Floating Jazz Festival (1), The Blues Cruise etc.), concerts (Tony Bennett, Tommy Tune, Debbie Reynolds etc.), and theatrical productions (Sweet Charity, I Do! I Do!, Hair, Jesus Christ Superstar) throughout the world. In 1998 she formed Broadway Bound, Inc. (2) and the following year established a theatrical company aboard the legendary ocean liner RMS Queen Elizabeth 2 (3,4,5). Over the next six years she produced, wrote and toured six new shows. Her production of Enter The Guardsman (6,7) was produced simultaneously on the QE2 and New York’s Vineyard Theater.(8,9)

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