Melanie Godsey

Melanie is a playwright, director, producer, and actor whose plays have been produced and workshopped with Seattle Repertory Theatre, Taproot Theatre, New Mexico Actor’s Lab, The Seattle Play Series, and Macha Theatre Works.
She is also a founding member of The Co-Conspirators, a Seattle-based producing collective with whom she produced and directed her original play, SPONSORED BY THE VOID, in Seattle, where it won the 2025 Gregory Award for People’s Choice- Outstanding Production of a Limited Run, and at The Edinburgh Fringe Festival, where it won a Critic’s Choice Award.
She has written educational touring shows that focus on bullying prevention and Social-Emotional Learning for Taproot Theatre's Road Company since 2017.

Melanie is a playwright, director, producer, and actor whose plays have been produced and workshopped with Seattle Repertory Theatre, Taproot Theatre, New Mexico Actor’s Lab, The Seattle Play Series, and Macha Theatre Works.
She is also a founding member of The Co-Conspirators, a Seattle-based producing collective with whom she produced and directed her original play, SPONSORED BY THE VOID, in Seattle, where it won the 2025 Gregory Award for People’s Choice- Outstanding Production of a Limited Run, and at The Edinburgh Fringe Festival, where it won a Critic’s Choice Award.
She has written educational touring shows that focus on bullying prevention and Social-Emotional Learning for Taproot Theatre's Road Company since 2017.

Scripts

SPONSORED BY THE VOID

by Melanie Godsey

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Cast Size
5
Genre
comedy,
dark comedy,
horror

Leah is fine. Her job is fine. Her long-term boyfriend is… fine. And if she feels like screaming into a pillow at night, hey, who doesn’t?

But when Leah is approached by a literal manifestation of The Void with an intriguing offer -- sponsorship of Leah‘s upcoming Halloween party -- she must decide what she’s willing to risk to reclaim her agency. Are all her choices inevitable? Can you choose to just opt out...

Leah is fine. Her job is fine. Her long-term boyfriend is… fine. And if she feels like screaming into a pillow at night, hey, who doesn’t?

But when Leah is approached by a literal manifestation of The Void with an intriguing offer -- sponsorship of Leah‘s upcoming Halloween party -- she must decide what she’s willing to risk to reclaim her agency. Are all her choices inevitable? Can you choose to just opt out? After all, a woman’s place is in THE VOID.

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Persephone, Baby

by Melanie Godsey

1
Cast Size
6—9
Genre
drama,
fable/folktale

When Persephone is abducted by Hades, God of the Underworld, she must rely on the kindness of a dead woman and the hope that Demeter, her mother, will come to her rescue before it’s too late—if Persephone eats any food of the Underworld, she will be trapped there forever. As the gods of life and death both lay claim to her, Persephone must discover for herself what possible redemption might be found in the land...

When Persephone is abducted by Hades, God of the Underworld, she must rely on the kindness of a dead woman and the hope that Demeter, her mother, will come to her rescue before it’s too late—if Persephone eats any food of the Underworld, she will be trapped there forever. As the gods of life and death both lay claim to her, Persephone must discover for herself what possible redemption might be found in the land of the dead.

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Dragons

by Melanie Godsey

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Cast Size
6
Genre
comedy,
drama

Three adopted sisters bring their partners along for an annual weekend of family traditions at their parent’s vacation home. As the party grows more drunken, the youngest and most pregnant sister is left with the cooking and her own unsettling memories from long ago. This funny and unexpected family drama asks whether certainty is ever attainable and how to heal in the meantime.

Three adopted sisters bring their partners along for an annual weekend of family traditions at their parent’s vacation home. As the party grows more drunken, the youngest and most pregnant sister is left with the cooking and her own unsettling memories from long ago. This funny and unexpected family drama asks whether certainty is ever attainable and how to heal in the meantime.

Hark the Harold

by Melanie Godsey

Cast Size
3
Genre
comedy,
faith-based,
holiday

Harold is not the brightest angel in the heavenly host, and Harold’s enthusiastic shenanigans are really trying the patience of his new partner, Gabriel. The story of the nativity unfolds from a hilarious, heavenly perspective in this Christmas love letter to doubt.

This Christmas play was commissioned by Taproot Theatre in Seattle for their Christmas Touring Company.

Harold is not the brightest angel in the heavenly host, and Harold’s enthusiastic shenanigans are really trying the patience of his new partner, Gabriel. The story of the nativity unfolds from a hilarious, heavenly perspective in this Christmas love letter to doubt.

This Christmas play was commissioned by Taproot Theatre in Seattle for their Christmas Touring Company.

BUGS!

by Melanie Godsey

Cast Size
5
Genre
comedy,
young audiences

Things are snug as a bug in a rug at school until the new kid shows up with enviable expertise about bugs. All the students think Max is the bee’s knees. All of them, except Logan, whose jealousy turns into bullying behavior that’s as bad as a case of bed bugs. Will the other students realize they can’t just be flies on a wall? Can Max stand up to Logan’s bullying behavior? And is their room for new friendship...

Things are snug as a bug in a rug at school until the new kid shows up with enviable expertise about bugs. All the students think Max is the bee’s knees. All of them, except Logan, whose jealousy turns into bullying behavior that’s as bad as a case of bed bugs. Will the other students realize they can’t just be flies on a wall? Can Max stand up to Logan’s bullying behavior? And is their room for new friendship on the playground?

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Touring all across Washington State and throughout the Pacific Northwest, this funny and smart play supports educators in helping growing students with:
*Recognizing, Reporting, and Refusing Bullying Behavior
*Being a Positive Bystander
*Celebrating Differences
*Welcoming Newcomers/Forming Friendships

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