Melissa Freilich is a director, fight choreographer and teacher located in Baltimore, MD.  In addition to being a certified teacher with the SAFD, she is an Instructor with Dueling Arts International.  She is a certified Alexander Technique teacher and recognized member of the American Society for the Alexander Technique (AmSAT).  She trained under Jane Heirich in Ann Arbor MI.  Her MFA is in Performance Pedagogy from Virginia Commonwealth University and her BA is in Theatre and Classics from Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri.  Directing credits include Ada and the Engine, Arcadia, A Year without a Panto Claus, In the Next Room, Summer Cannibals, Eurydice, Yentl (asst.), and Clybourne Park (asst.).  Fight choreography includes Fences, Romeo and Juliet, Cabaret, True West, Othello, Treasure Island, The Three Musketeers, An Almost British Christmas, Cut It Out, Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson, The Pillowman, and Fool for Love.