Hope Shiver, soprano and storyteller, has credits as a soloist with the Houston Symphony Orchestra, Houston Grand Opera, and the St. Louis Symphony, as well as acting credits on stage and screen. Ms. Shiver has a Master of Music degree in vocal performance from the University of Oregon. Her singing talents have taken her all over the world -- Japan, Italy, France, Greenland, Egypt, Sweden, Spain, performing for world leaders and appreciative audiences in international tours of Showboat and Porgy and Bess. An award-winning playwright and playwright-in-residence with Young Audiences of Houston, Ms. Shiver has written, produced and directed numerous plays for school, college and family audiences.