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Plays include THINNER THAN WATER, A LIFE EXTRA ORDINARY, NICE GIRL and OF GOOD STOCK. THINNER THAN WATER and NICE GIRL were both originally produced by Labyrinth Theater Company and are included in Best Play Anthologies for 2010 and 2015 respectively. OF GOOD STOCK received its world premiere at South Coast Repertory as a part of the Pacific Playwrights Festival followed by a subsequent production at Manhattan Theatre Club. A LIFE EXTRA ORDINARY premiered at The Gift Theatre in Chicago fall of 2016. Melissa’s plays have been developed with The Amoralists, Cherry Lane Theatre, Colt Coeur, Dorset Theatre Festival, The Gift Theatre, IAMA Theatre Company, The Juilliard School, Labyrinth Theater Company, LCT3, Manhattan Theatre Club, Montana Rep, New York Stage and Film, The New Group, South Coast Repertory, Rattlestick Playwrights Theater, and the TheatreWorks Palo Alto New Works Festival. She is twice commissioned by both South Coast Repertory and Manhattan Theatre Club. Melissa is a graduate of Bennington College and the Lila Acheson Wallace American Playwrights Program at The Juilliard School, a two-time winner of the Lecomte de Noüy Prize, and a proud member of Labyrinth Theater Company.
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