Ron Sherwood is a retired high school mathematics teacher. He has been involved in theater since he took his son to an audition for an East County Arts Alliance production of The Music Man and was persuaded to be the bass in the barbershop quartet. He has performed with Theater Workshop in Washington Park, Musical Theater Company, Portland Civic Theater and Lakewood Theater, where he is currently appearing in Holiday Magic as the Man in the Red Suit. He was the jury forman in Mt. Hood Reps production of Inherit the Wind in 2002.