Jill Patrick, Managing Artistic Director

JILL PATRICK is an Atlanta-based playwright and poet. Her one-act play If I Told You I Love You Would You Believe Me? premiered in Austin, Texas, 1986, winning the first ever Moody Award for Playwriting. Her work can be seen in literary magazines such as New Millennium Writings, Creative License, and Red Hills Review. Jill is former host of the Midtown Atlanta Writers Group and has honed her craft along side such working novelists as Karen Abbott, Joshilyn Jackson, Anna Schachner, Fred Willard, and others. She is on the Advisory Board of Atlanta’s Essential Theatre and is a member of Literary Managers and Dramaturgs of the Americas, The Dramatists Guild of America and the Association of Writers and Writing Programs. Jill became Managing Artistic Director of Working Title Playwrights in 2006, not based on her playwriting experience, but on her successful track record of creating opportunities to excel (via curriculum development for the military, at-risk youth counseling for the Job Corps and real estate title work throughout the metro-Atlanta area). By fostering growth and nurturing continued excellence in playwriting for all the members of the organization, from novice to pro, under her guidance WTP has grown not only in membership but in programs offered and is now at the forefront of new play development in the Southeast. Jill lives and loves with her infinitely better half, Perry, and their collection of well-fed and happily assorted strays. She strives each and every day to keep the faith that there are only three things that will change the universe: education, motivation and wormholes.

Melissa Foulger, 2011 Resident Director for WTP's Ethel Woolson Lab

Melissa Foulger is the Artistic Director of DramaTech, Georgia Tech's student run theatre. Previously, she was Associate Artistic Director for 7 Stages. Ms. Foulger has directed throughout the Atlanta area at theatres such as 7 Stages, Actor's Express, Dad's Garage and Synchronicity Performance Group. Her productions of Suddenly Last Summer and Far Away have garnered Top Director nods from both Creative Loafing and The Sunday Paper.

Ms. Foulger attended The George Washington University where she received a B.A. in Theatre and an M.Ed. in Secondary Education. She also received an M.F.A. in Directing from the University of Memphis. She was a recipient of the TCG New Generations Program: Mentoring the Leaders of Tomorrow from 2002-2004 and has participated in both La Mama ETC’s International Directing Symposium held in Umbria, Italy and the Dah Teatar's International School for Directors and Actors held in Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro.

Addae Moon, 2011 Resident Dramaturg for WTP's Ethel Woolson Lab

Addae Moon is an Atlanta based playwright, director and dramaturg. He is resident playwright with Maat Productions of Afrikan Centered Theatre (MPAACT) based out of Chicago, IL. As an educator, he is an Adjunct Professor in Clark Atlanta University's Theatre Arts department and an Instructor with Horizon Theatre Company's Apprentice Program.

This is Ms. Foulger's and Mr. Moon's second foray into the Ethel Woolson Lab, having previously directed and dramaturged Johnny Drago's The Birdwatchers as part of the Lab Series in 2009.

2011 Board of Directors

Hank Kimmel - President
Lisa Brathwaite - Vice President
Kim Brundidge - Secretary
Kirsten Eidsmoe
Jo Howarth