Eve Shapiro was born in South Africa, and has been on the faculty of the Juilliard School since 1976, where she has directed such plays as The Three Sisters, Mother Courage, Guys and Dolls, Man and Superman, Hedda Gabler, Lady from the Sea, among many others.. She was a director and teacher at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, London, and Associate Director of York Theatre Royal.  Other theatres and schools include Leeds Playhouse, British Drama Centre, Bournemouth Repertory Company, Webber Douglas School, and others in England, America, South Africa and Switzerland.