Melissa Mowry

Melissa (she/her) is a Virginia Based director. Originally from Virginia Beach, Virginia, she is currently active in New York City and Richmond, VA. Melissa has a BA in Music Industry and Drama from Randolph-Macon College, and her MFA in Directing from The Actors Studio Drama School at Pace University. In 2018, Melissa was accepted into the Stage Director and Choreographer Foundation's Observership Program, where she assisted Patricia McGregor on her Production of Lights Out: Nat King Cole at the Geffen Playhouse in Los Angeles. She has also worked with The Lower Eastside Shakespeare Company, The WP Theatre, The Tank, Women of Color Productions, The Secret Theatre, The Ume Group, New York Fringe Festival, and The New Group in New York; Virginia Repertory Theatre and Cadence Theatre Company in Virginia, Summit Performance Indianapolis in Indiana, and the Kattaikkuttu Sangam and Gurukulam in Tamil Nadu, India.
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With Theater in Asylum: Cold Readings (Coordinator 2022, 2023), The How to Survive the End of the World Cabaret

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