Posted December 13, 2011 Atlanta, GA
DramaTech Artistic Director, Melissa Foulger, received a Suzi Award November 8 for her production of See What I Wanna See at Actor's Express in Atlanta.
An off-Broadway hit musical, the production was comprised of three one-act musicals inspired by the short stories of famed Japanese author Ryunosuke Akutagawa. Foulger's production received the award for Outstanding Ensemble in a Musical. An associate artist at Actor's Express (AE), Foulger has previously directed AE productions of Suddenly Last Summer, and Good Boys, and True.
Foulger has been Artistic Director of the student-run DramaTech for three years. Established in 2003, the Suzi Bass Awards are the Atlanta live theater equivalent of the New York Tony Awards.
Georgia Tech's Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts is recognized nationally and internationally for teaching and research examining the human context of engineering, science, and technology. The College is comprised of six schools - Economics; History, Technology, and Society; The Sam Nunn School of International Affairs; Literature, Communication, and Culture; Modern Languages; Public Policy; and Georgia Tech's Army, Air Force, and Navy ROTC units - and offers ten Bachelor's of Science, six master's, and six doctoral degrees. Students are prepared for professional leadership in government, business, public policy, international affairs, law, technology, and new media. Founded in 1990, the College is named in honor of former Atlanta Mayor Ivan Allen Jr. (1911-2003).