Department Faculty - Theatre

Melanie Dreyer

Melanie comes to Cornell from the University of Pittsburgh, where she was an assistant professor and Director of the MFA program in Performance Pedagogy. Directing credits include work with 59E59 St. Theaters, Pittsburgh Irish and Classical Theater, Quantum Theater, Capitol Repertory Theater, barebones productions and ShatterMask Theatre. Fluent in German, she translates and directs contemporary German plays.  She is currently Co-Artistic Director for International Culture Lab based in NYC (www.intlculturelab.org), a company specializing in international collaboration. Melanie teaches acting, voice and movement, and directing. She is the author of Mastering Your Performance (Kendall Hunt, 2006). Melanie received her BA from the University of Denver, her MA in Drama from Washington University, and her MFA in Directing from Northwestern University.

Current production:  Outside Inn playing at 59E59 St. Theaters October 1-19, 2008.