A little thing I wrote a few years back is being published today at Wayfare Magazine, and I'm tickled by it. #playwrightlife #mormonlit wayfaremagazine.org/p/a-burning-in…

I think my fall schedule just took a turn for the ahhhhhhhhhhhhh… Which might be good? Or not? Mostly good. I’m not wholly sure. #playwrightlife

Humility is not so difficult a virtue to embrace when one has never possessed pride in the first place. ~ Charlotte Lucas #PrideandPrejudice #audiodrama #iwrotethat

Do I just get a billboard? Dear lit agents, I've got a pretty good show lined up and my writing doesn't suck. Will you take me on? Love, Mel #playwrightlife

EVERYONE WATCHES WOMENS SPORTS 🫶🏾 so happy to be able to go support! my first of many WNBA games 🤞🏾

My Instagram stories are full of ads for advent calendars. It’s September 1.

Three shows in three months was kind of magical, not gonna lie. Now we are back to a whole lot of maybe and a couple of staggering disappointments. #playwrightlife

Just got my annual mammogram. I asked the tech if she had named the imaging machine. “No.” As I hugged that massive camera I whispered, “I’ll call you Circe.”

Hey, this play is pretty good. #JaneAustensPersuasion #playwrightlife #rehearsalvibes

It seems we may have another college production of GIN MUMMY happening in the near future! Here’s to it being just the first of many… #playwrightlife #newplay #queercomedies newplayexchange.org/script/2027790…

To any wacko heads who believe this story I invite you to go find a goose in a pond and carry it away. Call me if you live.

Among the dreams I cherish is having a show on the West End. While we aren't quite there yet, we are pretty close. Tickets went on sale this morning for a concert staging of LITTLE PIECE OF YOU (formerly RELATIVE SPACE) at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane. lwtheatres.co.uk/whats-on/littl…

This is a gorgeous piece of writing by my beloved Janel Moloney. Stunning. airmail.news/issues/2024-9-…

“Hedgehog Floral Portrait” from PuzzleCell puzzles. Fritz’s new favorite! #viewfromahedgie #MelDoesPuzzles #1000pieces #puzzlelover #hedgehogs

IN PLACE OF A DARK LORD YOU WOULD HAVE A QUEEN! NOT DARK BUT BEAUTIFUL AND TERRIBLE AS THE DAWN! TREACHEROUS AS THE SEA! STRONGER THAN THE FOUNDATIONS OF THE EARTH! ALL SHALL LOVE ME AND DESPAIR!

today marks 19 years since the release of ‘pride & prejudice’

I HATE AARON BURR!

Oh, hiiii, first-ever Playbill article... #playwrightlife playbill.com/article/kjerst…

Jane Austen releasing these classics BACK TO BACK 👏

I was able to slip in for the last hour of rehearsal and one of the ASMs taking line notes said as he’s been spending so much time with the script, helping the actors get word perfect, he has come to really love my stage directions. Day made. #playwrightlife #rehearsalvibes