My plays and musicals have been produced in theaters Off-Broadway, Central Park, Governor's Island in NYC and in the Catskills.
AWARDS
LADY CAPULET nominated for Best Adaptations & Modernizations by New York Shakespeare, 2021 and 2021
COURAGE, ​Honored Finalist: Women in the Arts & Media Coalition Collaboration Award 2019
LADY CAPULET, Finalist: ​Henley Rose Playwright Competition for Women 2017
PLAYS AND PRODUCTIONS
ZOE COMES HOME
​​LADY CAPULET
COURAGE
DEVIL & THE DEEP
LOST IN LOVE
LOVE, SEX, ANARCHY
STAGED READINGS & FESTIVALS
Publications
29th Street Playwrights Collective Resident Playwright
DREAM ON THE FARM and Farm Arts Collective
I spend my time between New York City and the Catskills on the Delaware River.  ​

Tannis Kowalchuk and Bradley Duguid in COURAGE

Melissa and her projects are affiliated with 29th Street Playwrights Collective, The Tank, Barefoot Shakespeare, CreateTheater/ETC in New York City and Farm Arts Collective, Delaware Valley Arts Alliance, and Comedy Tribe in the Catskills.