Aileen Booth Shaw (1912 – 2011) was born in Worcester, Massachussetts, and grew up in Miami, FL where she studied theatre and modern dance at University of Miami, graduating with an AB Degree, Magna Cum Laude, in 1934. Among her mentors and teachers were the late Martha Graham and Denishawn. Aileen met her future husband, Andrew Barrett Shaw, while in college, studying the same majors with a minor in Spanish. The two moved to New York City after graduation, married and together pursued a life in the arts. Andrew eventually took a product sales position with the DuPont Company as a Spanish Linguist, and the couple began their international adventures. The Shaws lived in Columbia, Venezuela, Cuba, Peru and the Philippine Islands over the next 25 years. At each location, they were very active participants in theatre – acting, directing, and producing. Upon retirement, they moved to Mount Dora and Winter Park, FL. Barrett Shaw, as he was known, was a very accomplished artist in Water Color and Oils and entered many art shows in Florida as well as at their summer residence in Rockport, MA.