Mary McCormick was born and raised in Anchorage, AK. Her passion for musicals took center stage after seeing Beauty and the Beast and Thoroughly Modern Millie in NYC. In 2012 she graduated with a BA in Writing from the Evergreen State College in Olympia, WA. Since then, Mary has been writing continuously, watching every play she can, while anxiously awaiting the next good Original Cast Album to be released. Outside of theatre and writing, Mary is an avid hiker and traveler. Mary currently lives in Anchorage where she assists tourist in planning their dream Alaska vacations. Her favorite musicals are Bare, Spring Awakening, and South Pacific.
Spitfire Grill premiered to a delightfully full house last Friday night which was especially surprising as the sun just started to break through the clouds about an hour prior to the show.
From the first swirl of the cape, Perseverance Theatre's world premier of the new adaption of Cyrano de Bergerac captures attention with its kinetic energy.
Okay, stop me if you have heard this one: Laurence Olivier, Orson Welles, and Vivien Leigh walk into a rehearsal space… No? Turns out this actually happened.