Rachel Shapiro has spent the last 8 years working as a teaching artist instructing musical theater classes throughout Chicago at CPS schools for children ages 3-13. When she is not teaching, she works as an actress performing with various regional and local theaters, including: Kansas City Repertory Theatre, Windy City Playhouse, Drury Lane Theatre, Remy Bumppo Theatre Company, Northlight Theatre, Theater Wit, The House Theatre of Chicago, Emerald City Theatre, and Metropolis Performing Arts Center, among others. She also marries her love of working with children and acting through her work with Storybook Princess Parties (a company she owns that provides live character entertainment for private and corporate events). She is a graduate of Northwestern University where she majored in Theatre and Music Theatre.