A Tennessee native, Mary Ann Casavant is a writer and producer. Early in her career, she was a producer of the Emmy Award winning Showtime series, This American Life. She has written for Filmmaker Magazine and worked for New Line Cinema as a story analyst. A graduate of Amherst College, Mary Ann studied modern dance at the Five Colleges in Massachusetts, where she first encountered Mark Morris Dance Group. She and her husband, Scott Wilson, live in New York City. They have two children: Beatrice and Hugo.