PORT ST. LUCIE PEOPLE
MICHAEL JAMES MCGOORTY
Age: 63
Lives in: Port St. Lucie
Occupation: Entertainer, prime
vendor for the U.S. government
Family: Five brothers and sisters;
two daughters
Education: Attended University of
Nevada, Las Vegas “for a minute”
Hobby: Golf
Someone who inspires me: “Single moms.”
Something most people don’t know about me:
“I’m very quiet.”
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McGoorty also started performing with community theaters,
which led to his nickname. “Someone said, ‘Whoever
that is singing, he’s all over the place — spastic.’” A soundman
called him Spaz and the name stuck.
In 1995, McGoorty played Judas in a production of Jesus
Christ, Superstar at the Barn Theatre in Stuart. His friend,
Mark Sandro, played Jesus. It was so well-received that the
Barn wanted to extend the run. “The theater was making
money, but we were losing money, not able to work around
the schedule. We did the extension, but a year later, we did
the show ourselves.”
McGoorty and Sandro, along with director Marc Clark and
musical director Peter Jones, started Shiloh Productions. Jesus
Christ, Superstar was their inaugural production, followed
by A Christmas Carol, La Cage Aux Folles and Amadeus. “The
whole town was talking about how amazing Shiloh was that
first season.” >>
PIERCE
ELLEN GILLETTE
A neck injury from a car accident years ago left McGoorty with restricted
neck movement, but it has not hampered his contagious enthusiasm.
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