LPTW Lucille Lortel Award 2001 - Melanie Joseph

MELANIE JOSEPH, Founder, Foundry Theatre

Melanie Joseph is the Founder and Producing Artistic Director of The Foundry Theatre (8 OBIE Awards, 3 Drama Desk nominations for “Unique Theatrical Experience”). With The Foundry, she has directed Alice Tuan's THE ROARING GIRLE as well as all three of playwright W. David Hancock's New York City premieres: THE CONVENTION OF CARTOGRAPHY (OBIE Award, “Best Play”); DEVIANT CRAFT (Drama Desk nomination, “Unique Theatrical Experience”); and THE RACE OF THE ARK TATTOO (OBIE Awards, “Best Play” & “Best Performance”). With The Foundry, Joseph has also produced works by Grisha Coleman, David Greenspan, Carl Hancock Rux, Linda Chapman and Lola Pashalinski, Rude Mechanicals, Rinde Eckert, and Russian auteur Kama Ginkas. In 2001, Joseph herself received the Lucille Lortel Award for Producing, in recognition of premiering “cutting-edge works of artistic excellence.” She sits on the board of Theatre Communications Group and is the US President of the International Theatre Institute.