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  Melissa Bell Playwright Theatre Maker

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​JOHNNY APPLESEED, an Historical Fantasia
Produced and performed by FARM ARTS COLLECTIVE
DATES: Thursday, July 30 to Sunday, August 2
Thursday, August 6 to Sunday, August 9
ADDRESS: Willow Wisp Organic Farm, 38 Hickory Ln, Damascus, PA
DOORS OPEN at 6:30pm to explore the Museum of Curious History
OUTDOOR PERFORMANCE begins at 7pm
TICKETS HERE! 
This performance involves walking from scene to scene outdoors on the farm.
Wear comfortable walking shoes! In case of rain, performance will take place indoors.

Published!
Dream on the Farm 

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5 years of productions with Farm Arts Collective for which I've written text, songs and performed published in a collection! Available NOW! 

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Discussing LADY CAPULET with EMORY UNIVERSITY students in Dr. Shelia Cavanagh's class on R&J Adaptations

LADY CAPULET review by Brynn Hambley on Substack!
READ HERE

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Watch​ ZOE COMES HOME - on YouTube
Click Here!

PictureZoe (Jess Beverage, right) tries to cope with her troubled mother (Susan Mendoza, left) and placate an irate neighbor, upset over her mother's backyard "art."

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NEW YORK TIMES features Farm Arts Collective DREAM ON THE FARM - The Scientists - in the ARTS section 
Read NY TIMES article HERE
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Simon Kowalcuk-Swartz, Doug Rogers, composer, and Melissa Bell, writer-musician; New York Times. Photo: Michelle V. Agins.
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John Roth, Melissa Bell, Jessica Barkl, Michael Chojnicki, and Pam Scott. New York Times, photo by Michelle V. Agins
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PictureVince Gover, David Edwards, Kerry Conte as Marie and Ben Dibble at MusiCoLab

Watch a live performance video presented by MusiCoLab 
CLICK HERE!
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AMISH AF performing Amish Wet Dream. Time's Up!
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Nominated for Best "Adaptations & Modernizations" for 2020 & 2021 by New York Shakespeare and Henley Rose Competition FINALIST
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Jianzi Colón-Soto
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Preston Fox
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Preston Fox and Jianzi Colón-Soto. Photo by Kent Fairfield
“Tantalizing”… "Juicy" -RoundtheWorldStage  
What caused the feud between the Montagues and Capulets?
Nominated for Best "Adaptations & Modernizations" for 2020 & 2021 by New York Shakespeare, ​this prequel to Romeo and Juliet follows the journey of Rose from country girl to matriarch, navigating her repression and power in 16th Century Verona.
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Barefoot Shakespeare Company Cast: 
​Jianzi Colón-Soto as Rose, Andrew Dunn, Preston Fox, Marlena Holman, and Jefferson Reardon
Directed by Emily Gallagher
Fight & Intimacy Direction by Robert Aronowitz

With original music by Graham Russell of Air Supply
Costumes for Rose by Sally Ann Parsons of Parsons-Meares LTD
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Marlena Holman and Jianzi Colón-Soto
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Preston Fox and Jianzi Colón-Soto

LADY CAPULET Sizzle Reel

Fourth Folio Shakespeare: Romeo & Juliet with Panelists David Serero, Emily Gallagher & Melissa Bell https://youtu.be/4uSFkhUacq4
Melissa and her projects are affiliated with 29th Street Playwrights Collective, The Tank, Barefoot Shakespeare in New York City and Farm Arts Collective and the Delaware Valley Arts Alliance, in the Catskills.
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  • LATEST NEWS
  • LADY CAPULET
  • ZOE COMES HOME
  • DREAM ON THE FARM
  • Farm Arts Collective
  • Productions and Plays
    • COURAGE
    • FINDING MADAME CURIE
    • DEVIL & THE DEEP
    • GAME BOY
    • ICEBOX PLACENTA
    • LOST IN LOVE at the Triad
    • LOVE, SEX, ANARCHY
    • STAGED READINGS & FESTIVALS
  • BIO / Resume
  • About
  • Home
  • Music & Past Lives
  • Get in Touch
  • PUBLICATIONS
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