Rainier Pearl-Styles (she/they) is a deviser, director, teacher, and applied theatre lover based in Boston, MA. In 2023, they graduated with an MFA in Theatre Education and Applied Theatre from Emerson College, where her coursework focused on embodied practice as a tool for social justice, community engagement, and recasting Shakespeare as a liberatory education practice. They are a co-founder and active member of the Fork & Shoe Theatre Co-op, a production company focused on scrappy, DIY, accessible puppet theatre, where they have directed and devised shows since 2020. Rainier is also a teaching artist, educator, and facilitator. They began their teaching practice with the San Francisco Shakespeare Festival, eventually co-leading the education department as a member of a lateral leadership structure. Since then, Rainier has worked across New England in middle and high schools as a guest teaching artist, performer, full time classroom teacher, and even gym coach. rainier-pearl-styles.com