Karen De Mauro is Artistic Director of The Acting Center. In addition to coaching Broadway actors and corporate executives, she has been an International Artist-in Residence for over 40 years. She specializes in creating Original Audience Participation Musicals and received the 2008 Acadia National Park AIR Award for her production of "Rachel Carson's Sense of Wonder". She created several musicals for The Utah Arts Council AE Program, is a member of The National Storytelling Network, AEA, and runs the Naturestages Environmental Incentive.