Education
In 1967, Shaw earned her Bachelor of Fine Art in Painting and Printmaking at the Massachusetts College of Artist
In 1967, Shaw earned her Bachelor of Fine Art in Painting and Printmaking at the Massachusetts College of Artist
Born Margaret A. Shaw in Belmont, Massachusetts and raised in a working class Irish Congregationalist family with seven siblings. When she was thirteen, she was a missionary in Costa Rica. Shaw moved to New York in 1967.
She had a child and was a social worker for the New York City Agency for Child Development.
She is a founding member of the Split Britches and WOW Cafe Theatre, and is a recipient of several Obie Awards, including two for Best Actress for her performances in Dress Suits to Hire in 1988 and Menopausal Gentleman in 1999.