Robert Fuson (They/He) is currently an MFA Directing Candidate at the University of Alabama. They are committed to works that engage the audience in new ways and are reliant upon their “liveness.” Robert served as the Company Manager for the Horizon Theatre Apprentice Company in Atlanta, GA, and spent two years as the Artistic Director & Producer of the found spaces artist collective, Guerrilla Shakespeare Theatre Company, in Greenville, SC. He received a BA in Theatre Arts and a BS in Psychology from Furman University.
In addition to these production roles, Robert has directed freelance across upstate South Carolina and in Atlanta. In 2018, his professional directorial debut, I Am My Own Wife at Proud Mary Theatre (Greenville, SC) received numerous state and regional accolades, including “Best Production” and “Outstanding Achievement in Directing” at the SouthEastern Theatre Conference Community Theatre Festival (SETC CTF). Additionally, in 2019, acting as director and producer, Robert was awarded “Outstanding Choreography” from the SETC CTF for Guerrilla Shakespeare Theatre Company’s production of Never Swim Alone. Both Never Swim Alone and I Am My Own Wife also were awarded Best Sound Design at the South Carolina Community Theatre Festival in 2017 & 2018, respectively.
As a writer, Robert seeks to write stories that challenge the audiences’ understanding in new and surprising ways. Their first full-length play, Barbie Liberation Organization has received stage readings at the Essential Theatre’s Bare Essential’s Series in Atlanta, GA, and the Spartanburg Fringe Festival in Spartanburg, SC. His play, Empathy Experiment was given a full performance by Crimson Stage at the University of Alabama under the title An Evening For Healing. Currently, Robert is developing an improv play, Romeo VS. Juliet: Grudge Match which divides the audience into teams to root for where the outcome is determined by improv games that are played every performance, resulting in a choose-your-own-adventure type show.