Joshua Foldy Memorial Scholarship

A need-based scholarship benefitting senior acting students at UNCSA School of Drama.

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Established by Susan Goodwin in 2021.

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Joshua Foldy was born and raised in Fort Mitchell, KY, where he received his secondary diploma from Covington Latin High School. He earned his BFA in Drama from Northern Kentucky University in 1991 and his MFA in Drama from Yale School of Drama in 1998 where he met his wife, Janet Allard.

Josh’s acting career spanned 30 years in playhouses and theatres across the country. His New York acting credits include Urban Stages, Providence Playhouse and Drilling Company; his regional theatre credits include the Guthrie, Yale Repertory, Players Theatre Columbus, and the Playwrights Center; and his local work included many Triad Stage productions.

He was passionate not only about acting but also about mentoring and fostering the acting talent of others. He was a much-loved professor in the School of Drama at UNC School of the Arts, where he worked since 2015, as well as the previous institutions of UNC Greensboro, Wake Forest University, and Southeastern Louisiana University.

He was married to Janet Allard and they had one daughter, Tallulah. Janet is a professor of playwriting at UNC Greensboro. The Joshua Foldy Memorial Scholarship continues Josh’s legacy as a teacher, an educator, a mentor and as a person devoted to his students.