In the spring of 2012, she returned to Ball State, teaching classes, mentoring the interdisciplinary team that wrote the musical "The Circus in Winter", and co-directing the Department of Theatre and Dance's Spring 2012 production of "The Drowsy Chaperone"; she also spoke at commencement and received an Honorary Doctorate of Fine Arts degree for her continued engagement with Ball State students. Foster continued her relationship with Ball State in October 2012, performing in the staged reading of "The Circus in Winter" at the National Alliance for Musical Theatre's Festival of New Musicals at New World Stages in New York.