The Quickening

Director Ann Turiano is an actor, director, dramaturg, and playwright. As an actor, she has worked with Baltimore Center Stage, Single Carrot Theatre, Iron Crow Theatre, The Collaborative Theatre, the Baltimore Shakespeare Factory, and Submersive Productions. As a director, her work has been seen at Notre Dame of Maryland University, Iron Crow Theatre, and Glass Mind Theatre. Playwright Mark Scharf is an award-winning playwright living in Baltimore, MD whose plays have been produced and published widely in the United States and internationally. Scharf has served as Playwright-in-Residence for Theatre Virginia\\\'s New Voices Program,served three terms as Chairman of the Baltimore Playwrights Festival, and taught Playwriting at the University of Mary Washington and at Howard Community College.