 She was a member of The Open Theater, and an alumnus of New Dramatists.Shepard is an Obie Award-winning actor and teacher at New York University She has performed in most of the group's productions and has also worked with a number of other companies and artists including Chaikin, Anne Bogart, Target Margin, Buran Theatre, and Theater of a Two-Headed Calf.Shows with Chaikin include "The Serpent" (1969 Obie Award), "Terminal", "Nightwalk", "Electra", "The Seagull", "Tourists and Refugees" (1982 Obie Award), and "Trespassing".