Mary was a member of Rough Magic from January 2006 to the spring/summer of 2007. She
is attending the Johnny
Carson School of Theatre and Film's new graduate
program for Directors of Stage and Screen. She graduated
summa cum laude from Emporia State University in Emporia,
KS, and in her senior year she won the 2005 William Inge
Directing Competition at the Region Five Kennedy Center/American
College Theatre Festival. She has also been nominated
for the Irene Ryan acting competition at KC/ACTF, and has
acted professionally at the Great Plains Theatre Company
in Abilene, KS.
She directed two pieces for Rough
Magic's GO(!), Semper Fidelis and Ten
Until the End, and this fall she will direct Scooter
Thomas Makes It To the Top of the World for Theatrix, UNL's
student run theatre company.