in your own words
If you have a memory or a story you’d like to share about Shane Michael Sawick, please use the comment section below. For any photos you’d like to have added, please use the email link on the home page and send your scan as an attachment. Thank you!
As director of the intern program, I was privileged to work with Shane at West Coast Ensemble. What a talented guy, and what a sweetheart to work with. For his final presentation as an intern, he knocked a monologue from Lanford Wilson’s “Eukiah” right out of the park. Theatrical perfection. I had so looked forward to continuing our association as he moved into the company…and my heart broke when I heard of his passing.
June 1, 2012 at 8:34 am
Thanks so much for sharing your memories!
June 3, 2012 at 11:16 am
Oh, and I’m reading your book. Read the interview in the Advocate and bought it a while back. Just started it. Makes me a bit nervous as I’m reading about characters that I might know.
Take care,
J
April 25, 2012 at 9:50 pm
Let’s put it this way, there is a whole APLA section in there, with faces that might seem a bit familiar! Though, of course, all the names have been changed, to protect the–uh–innocent! Best wishes, K
April 25, 2012 at 9:54 pm
Hi Kergan,
John Sallot here – Buddy Program. I don’t know if you remember this…or if I remember it correctly, but I hand carried a note from Shane to you – from the Romaine Street building to the CNN building. I remember walking in and dropping it on your desk. I never asked Shane what was in the note, but I always assumed it led to your relationship. Perhaps this is overblown, but if I helped in any way, I’m glad.
I do remember going to Ginger Rodgers Beach with Shane in his white Suzuki Samuri (sp?) and he had a pre-packed, ready to go, beach bag in the back. I thought he was IT!
There’s lots of Shane memories – mostly work and talking as for several years our offices were a few feet apart.
Hope you are well.
JS
April 25, 2012 at 9:47 pm
Hey John–I do remember! You are so sweet to remember, and it is great to reconnect with you. So glad they set up the FB group for APLA alum. Such an amazing and transformational time in my life.
Best wishes to you!
Kergan
April 25, 2012 at 9:52 pm
kregen, this is so beautiful, as I was reading and I was crying. I miss Shane sooo much, every march 22, Aug. 18 and Christmas I visit his garve and put his fav.gladeolas on his stone. I stand there for a few and I just can’t belive he is gone, after 16 years I still can’t belive it. Shane and I had so much fun together. dancing every weekend at Joe’s and primetime, going to the NYC to the ice place. We loved playing tennis and shopping. So many laughs. We went to shows ate out………………..what fun. When he moved to LA, nothing changed, he just made sure I followed and I did for a short time, we just picked up where we left off and it all started again. When i moved back east, I remeber the day he called me to tell me he was HIV, we just cried and stayed silent on the phone. I can’t write anymore right now, all I know is I miss him.
May 31, 2011 at 6:03 pm
Shane was family, pure and simple. He was a blast to hang out with, and *really* sucked at camping!
Somehow I managed not to be jealous of that big handsome mug (best nose, ever) and the fact that he looked amazing in a Speedo – mostly because he never really realized what a great looking guy he was. I miss him calling me ‘Stevie’ and that big ol’ smile. It was an honor to be his friend and be there with him right to the very end.
May 30, 2011 at 10:41 am
Shane and I met in the late 80′s while catering together, we became instant friends. He was the one that coined calling me “Gracie” after Gracie Allen the dinging comedienne, it has stuck with me to this day…hmmm…compliment? I like to think so, but I know Shane did it with his great sense of humor and the tremendous love he was always willing to share. I was with Shane when the Challenger exploded and I was stuck by how truly emotional and upset that got Shane, but that was Shane heart on his sleeve, full of love and kindness, loved life, lived life to it’s fullest. A day did not go by that he and I didn’t talk, I miss him terribly, yet know he is happy in an existence of Christmases and never ending Broadway tunes. I love you Shane!
May 30, 2011 at 10:26 am