MARY LYNN DOBSON (Playwright) Mary Lynn hails from Middletown, New Jersey, where she has lived on and off most of her life. In 1999 she was honored, along with renown playwright Romulus Linney, as a winner of the 1999 Y.E.S. New Play Festival at the University of Northern Kentucky. Two on the Aisle, Three in a Van, under the direction of Michael King, played to sold out audiences at the Corbett Theatre. It was the most highly attended play in the festival's history. Since then, Two on the Aisle, has had a staged reading at Fat Chance Theatre Company and launched the "2000 New Works, New Voices" series at the Henlopen Theatre Project. Both readings were under the direction of James FitzSimmons.  Mary Lynn has also written, The Somewhat True Tale of Robin Hood, which has been published by Dramatic Publishing and is currently being performed throughout the country and Canada. She has become one of Dramatic Publishing's fastest selling new playwrights and has consistently topped the bestsellers list at the Drama Book Shop in Manhattan. The Somewhat True Tale of Robin Hood, was produced as part of the 1999 Jackie White Memorial National Children's Theatre Award Festival, as well as the McLaren Comedy Festival where it was named "best family theatre show". These are accomplishments Mary Lynn is particularly proud of due to the fact she has no children and basically possesses the maternal instincts of a doorknob. Mary Lynn has appeared in various roles on stage and film as well, including the starring role of, the Wife, in the film The Runner, written and directed by Academy Award winning director, Ang Lee.  As a director herself, she most recently directed productions of A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Sylvia and next spring will be directing the musical comedy, She Loves Me, at Playhouse 22 in East Brunswick, NJ. In her spare time, Mary Lynn enjoys whining, collecting fuzz from the lint trap of her dryer and catapulting her husband into financial ruin. Easily amused, she can have a party with a paper bag and is fascinated by small shiny objects.