Carol Lucha-Burns is an award-winning author, playwright, performer, director, actress, singer and teacher who has been involved in over 200 works of artistic creation. As a Professor Emeritus of Theatre at the University of New Hampshire, she developed programs in Musical Theatre, Educational Theatre, Storytelling and Puppetry. Although much of her work is centered in New England, where she won the NH Theatre Conference Lifetime Achievement Award and the New England Theatre Conference award for Excellence in Theatre Education, she has also taught, written, performed and directed in Delaware, Pennsylvania, Utah, New York City, Tokyo, Syracuse and Vietnam.