Melissa Leilani Larson
Melissa Leilani Larson is an award-winning playwright and screenwriter whose work has been seen on four continents. Plays: MARTYRS’ CROSSING, PERSUASION, PRIDE AND PREJUDICE, LITTLE HAPPY SECRETS, PILOT PROGRAM, THE EDIBLE COMPLEX, MOUNTAIN LAW, and the book for the musical THE WEAVER OF RAVELOE. SWEETHEART COME will appear at Pygmalion Theatre Company in May 2019. Her commission to adapt Kelly Barnhill’s THE...
Melissa Leilani Larson is an award-winning playwright and screenwriter whose work has been seen on four continents. Plays: MARTYRS’ CROSSING, PERSUASION, PRIDE AND PREJUDICE, LITTLE HAPPY SECRETS, PILOT PROGRAM, THE EDIBLE COMPLEX, MOUNTAIN LAW, and the book for the musical THE WEAVER OF RAVELOE. SWEETHEART COME will appear at Pygmalion Theatre Company in May 2019. Her commission to adapt Kelly Barnhill’s THE GIRL WHO DRANK THE MOON for Utah Valley University will premiere in fall 2019. Film: JANE AND EMMA and FREETOWN (Ghana Movie Award, Best Screenplay). Mel is the 2018 Smith-Pettit Foundation award recipient, a 3-time winner of the Association for Mormon Letters Drama award, an O’Neill semifinalist, and a Trustus Playwrights Festival finalist. Other honors include IRAM Best New Play, A SL City Weekly Arty award, the Mayhew Playwriting award, and the Lewis National Playwriting Contest for Women prize. Mel is a member of the Plan-B Playwrights Lab and presently serves as the Dramatists Guild Rep for Utah. MFA, Iowa Playwrights Workshop.