an early career director based in New York. Most recently, she worked as the script assistant on a reading of the new musical STARSTRUCK by Beth Malone, Mary Ann Stratton, and Emily Sailers. Recent directing credits include Jordan Knitzer’s ITCHIN’ FOR AN ITCH: THE MOSQUITICAL, awarded Best Production Short at New York Theater Festival, and assisting on KING OF PANGAEA by Martin Storrow (dir. Richard Israel) at NAMT’s 34th Annual Festival of New Musicals and then the Dramatists Guild Foundation. Mary received her B.A. in Theater from Northwestern University, where she directed the 78th Annual Dolphin Show, the largest student-run musical in the country and was the Artistic Director of Purple Crayon Players, a nationally acclaimed Theater for Young Audiences organization. She is interested in creating accessible theater that challenges all audiences, primarily through new work and musical storytelling. She is dedicated to empowering her collaborators and fostering artistic community that invites people to show up with the fullness of their identity.