Shannon graduated with a B.A. in Theater Arts from Portland State University and is currently on the board of directors for Portland Actor's Ensemble. She has been seen in All's Well That Ends Well and Winter's Tale for PAE, and more recently in Asylum Theater's Sexual Perversity in Chicago. She may be spotted doing improvisational dinner theater for Murder for Sale and the Mount Hood Railroad with alarming regularity. Her latest project is a serious foray into the medium of artsy, original pop/ rock with the band Abacus, for which she serves as lead singer and co-writer.