MARY ZIMMERMAN’s credits as an adapter and a director include The Arabian Nights, Journey to the West, Metamorphoses, The Odyssey, and The White Snake (all published by Northwestern). Her work has been produced at the Lookingglass Theatre and Goodman Theatre of Chicago; on Broadway at Circle in the Square; in New York at Second Stage, the Brooklyn Academy of Music, and the Manhattan Theatre Club; and at Berkeley Repertory Theatre and other major regional theaters around the country and abroad. The recipient of a Tony Award for her direction of Metamorphoses and of a MacArthur Fellowship, Zimmerman is a professor of performance studies at Northwestern University.