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Years active
  
1982–present

Name
  
Mary Surface

Role
  
Playwright


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Born
  
June 15, 1958 (age 65) (
1958-06-15
)
Bowling Green, Kentucky, U.S.

Occupation
  
Theater Director, Playwright, Festival Artistic Director

Books
  
Short Scenes and Monologues for Middle School Actors

Awards
  
Helen Hayes Awards for Outstanding Director, Resident Musical

Plays
  
Sing Down the Moon, Mississippi Pinocchio

Nominations
  
The Charles MacArthur Award for Outstanding New Musical

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Mary Hall Surface (born June 15, 1958) is an American playwright and director of theater, working primarily in the Washington, D.C. area. Surface's work has focused primarily on youth and family content. Surface has received accolades from critics for the inventive use of costumes and music mixed with classic storytelling, often with origins in folk tales. She has earned one Helen Hayes Award for Outstanding Direction of a Resident Musical - out of eight nominations. In addition, soundtrack of her musical The Odyssey of Telémaca co-written with composer David Maddox won the 2004 Parents' Choice Gold Award. Ms. Surface is from Bowling Green, KY and was Kentucky's Junior Miss and First Runner Up in the America's Junior Miss Pageant.

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Career

In December 2008, Surface directed the world premiere of Alice, her own adaptation of the Lewis Carroll books, at Round House Theatre in Bethesda, Maryland.

Recordings

  • "The Nightingale" (1999) – playwright with composer David Maddox.
  • "Sing Down The Moon: Appalachian Wonder Tales" (2002) – playwright with composer David Maddox.
  • "Perseus Bayou: The Search for the Cajun Medusa" (2002) – playwright with composer David Maddox.
  • "The Odyssey of Telémaca" (2004) – playwright with composer David Maddox.

    • Books

  • "Prodigy: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart" (1988) – author. Published by Anchorage Press.
  • "The Sorcerer's Apprentice" (1994) – author. Published by Anchorage Press.
  • "Most Valuable Player and Four Other All-Star Plays for Middle and High School Audiences (Young Actors Series)" (1999) – author. Published by Smith & Kraus.
  • "Short Scenes and Monologues for Middle School Actors" (2000) – author. Published by Smith & Kraus.
  • "More Short Scenes and Monologues for Middle School Students: Inspired by Literature, Social Studies, and Real Life (Young Actor Series)" (2007) – author. Published by Smith & Kraus.
  • "Spirit Shall Fly" (2007) – author. Published by Anchorage Press.
  • "The Tales of the Custard Dragon" (2009) – co-author with Danny Whitman. Published by Samuel French.

    • Stage

  • Sing Down The Moon: Appalachian Wonder Tales (2000) – Director and playwright, composed by David Maddox at Theater of the First Amendment (VA).

    • References

    Mary Hall Surface Wikipedia
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