“Melissa Foulger furthers her reputation as one of Atlanta’s finest directors” – Atlanta INtown
“Foulger’s stylistic flair is always a plus, especially when she’s working with problematic text.” – Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Melissa Foulger is the Program Director of DramaTech, Georgia Tech’s student-run theatre. Ms. Foulger has directed throughout the Atlanta area at theatres such as 7 Stages, Actor’s Express, Theatre in the Square, Aurora Theatre, Theatrical Outfit, and Dad’s Garage. Her productions of Wolves, Suddenly Last Summer, and Far Away have earned Top Director nods from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Creative Loafing, and The Sunday Paper. Wolves, Pluto, See What I Wanna See and Clybourne Park have won multiple Suzi Bass Awards. She was nominated for a Suzi Award for Best Director for Wolves and Mercury at Actor’s Express and Boy at Theatrical Outfit.
Ms. Foulger attended The George Washington University, where she received a B.A. in Theatre and an M.Ed. in Secondary Education. She also received an M.F.A. in Directing from the University of Memphis. She was a recipient of the TCG New Generations Program: Mentoring the Leaders of Tomorrow from 2002-2004 and has participated in both La Mama ETC’s International Directing Symposium held in Umbria, Italy, and the Dah Teatar’s International School for Directors and Actors held in Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro. She was an Alliance Theatre Reiser Lab Artist from 2016 to 2018.
