Melissa is a director and educator based in New York City with national and international credits. She was our Fall 2025 speaker. Her work has been seen at 59E59 Theaters, Luna Stage, Mile Square Theatre, Creede Repertory Theatre, and the Denver Center for the Performing Arts. Internationally, she has directed multiple productions at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and toured Ireland with Misterman. She holds an MFA in Directing from Rutgers University and currently works as theatre faculty at both Fort Lewis College and CAP21/Molloy University, where she mentors and trains the next generation of theatre artists.
