Mary Hall Surface (born June 15, 1958) is an American theatre director, playwright, and teaching artist.

In 1989, Surface moved to Washington, DC, to write and direct for the John F. Kennedy Center’s first season of Theatre for Young Audiences.

She was commissioned by Arena Stage to write a monologue for My Body, No Choice (2022)[5] and she directed She Persisted (a musical by Adam Tobin and Deborah Wicks La Puma, based on the book by Chelsea Clinton) for Adventure Theatre MTC in 2024.

[6] Surface's 1997 Kennedy Center commission and three-time national touring production of The Nightingale, a dance-theater piece created with choreographer Dana Tai Soon Burgess, launched her 10-year collaboration with composer David Maddox.

[7] Surface received the 2002 Helen Hayes Award for Outstanding Director of a Musical for Perseus Bayou.