Carol Hall has been a producer, director, writer and lyricist of family- friendly plays and musicals for over 20 years. She obtained certifica- tion with the Commercial Theatre Institute and Eugene O'Neill Theatre Center and is a member of Theater Resources Unlimited and the Dramatist Guild. Founder of Inviting Developments, she provides opportunities to up-and-coming artists, matching them with seasoned professionals, including singers, actors, dancers and technical contributors.Carol has creatively contributed to and led community drama programs, script readings and illustrated sermons. She initiated, co- wrote and directed theater for church fundraisers at local regional theaters including George Street Playhouse and the Tony Award win- ning Crossroads Theater. She directed participants for the Act-so NAACP high school theater program and directed plays at New Brunswick H.S. and Triad Theater, New York City. Carol's musical theater collaborations Promises of Gold and Gee, Whiz God Is have been performed off-Broadway at Lambs Theater, elsewhere in the United States, and toured to Guyana, South America.Her family life is inspired by her father's pastoral traits and through her mother's Christian character. As a young adult, Carol shared the gift of music ministry as a traveling member of the Hezekiah Walker & The Love Fellowship Crusade Grammy Award choir. As children, Carol's daughters thought it funny that she would sing answers to the questions they'd ask her. She still likes to sing while cleaning and doesn't care who can hear. Adventurous and up to try new things, Carol indoor skydives, hikes, gardens, cooks, bicycles and travels.