“Missing Man” (storytelling)

This true story excerpt from Chicago chronicles the many experiences of a married woman’s cross-country journey.

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Mary Scruggs is the Head of Writing and Education Programs for The Second City Training Center in Chicago.  Her most recent project was her one-woman show "Missing Man" which premiered at Live Bait Theater’s Fillet of Solo Festival and was part of the 2008 NYCFringe Festival in New York City.  Mary has also written The Fairy Trials, a series of plays for the Circuit Court of Cook County which teach the public about their court system. The plays are based on classic fairy tales which are adapted as courtroom dramas. Initiated as live theater for young audiences, the plays have also been adapted to film and video and have played for audiences of all ages throughout Cook County and beyond for the last thirteen years.  Mary was the co-librettist and lyricist for "Camp Nimrod for Girls," which premiered at Live Bait Theater in Chicago.  Mary's other playwriting credits include "What Every Girl Should Know," a co-adaptation with Susan Messing, produced by The Annoyance Theater; "Karma," developed at the Lakeside Writing Studio and performed at the Skybox Theater and Live Bait; "Off The Grid," performed at Boxer Rebellion Theater, "Bedtime Stories" at the Skybox Theater, and "Revelations," winner of the Agnes Nixon Playwriting Contest.  Acting experience includes performing in "Hellcab" at Famous Door Theater and playing various battered women seeking justice for Circuit Court public service videos and training seminars.  She is the coauthor, with Michael J. Gellman, of Process: An Improviser’s Journey and, with Dr. Katherine S. McKnight, The Second City Guide to Improvisation in the Classroom.

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