Melissa Sturgis was appointed as Simpsonville Arts Center director.
She worked as director of public relations for The Institute for Rehabilitation and Research in the Texas Medical Center in Houston and in public relations for organizations such as the Children’s Museum of Houston and the Visiting Nurse Association of Cleveland.
Sturgis also worked as volunteer coordinator for Mill Village Ministries as well as at Mill Town Players in Pelzer and in The Warehouse Theatre’s development office. She also served as an usher for the South Carolina Children’s Theatre and as an intern at The Actor’s Studio in New York City.
She is a graduate of Bowling Green State University in Ohio, Albion College in Michigan and Lee Strasberg’s Theatre Institute in New York City.
