Career
She received her Bachelor of Arts in theatre from the University of Texas at Dallas. Shepard"s two-act Southern Gothic piece, Tabula Rasa, was produced by the Judith Shakespeare Company at the Philosophy Bosakowski Theatre in New York City. An excerpt from her short play, Dog, was published internationally in Best Men"s Monologues of 1998.
Shepard"s work also has been produced in Dallas, Fort Worth, Austin, Texas, and New Orleans, Louisiana.