JEFFERSON MCDONALD

Whether managing the largest family operated organic farm in the Northeast or playing a Bach piano concerto for thousands of people, Jefferson always approaches things with maximum effort. Jefferson was born into a showbiz family and seeing the success of his uncles, Daniel McDonald (Tony Nominee, Steel Pier) and Chris McDonald (Shooter McGavin in Happy Gilmore), Jefferson dreamed of a time where he might not have to gut chickens for a living. But he did gut those chickens, and faster than anyone else in the world. His fingers were so lightning fast, in fact, that a music teacher asked him to close his eyes and place his hands on a keyboard and imagine he was gutting something: He started playing Mozart with a natural ease and would never stop. As a playwright, Jefferson has written nine plays. Two of them were even produced: JERRY LEE LEWIS VS JERRY LEE LEWIS at Playhouse Stage Co and RUMPELSTILTSKIN. JERRY LEE LEWIS VS JERRY LEE LEWIS received rave reviews from Nippertown’s Patrick White who declared the inaugural production a “thrill” that “ends explosively.” Jefferson’s pursued his passion for acting at the Moscow Art Theatre (MXAT), with Tom Todoroff at his studio in NYC, in London with Patsy Rodenberg and holds degrees from Ithaca College and an MFA in Acting from the FSU/Asolo Conservatory for Actor Training. McDonald received critical acclaim for playing Jerry Lee Lewis in thirteen productions of the Tony Award winning musical Million Dollar Quartet.