Gerald "Jerry" McGonigle (born 1958/1959 (age 63–64)) is a professor of acting and directing at West Virginia University in Morgantown, West Virginia. He is also the artistic director of the West Virginia Public Theatre. McGonigle trained as a professional actor at the University of Dallas and the American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco. He began his teaching career at Rancho Santiago College where, together with , he founded the community college's Professional Actors Conservatory in 1986.