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Melissa Leilani Larson

@mleilani.bsky.social

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Playwright and screenwriter. Mixed-race Filipino. Femme stories, awkward dialogue, puzzles, melty cheese, nice paper, and nicer pens. she/her 💙🌺 bio.site/mel_leilani

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Melissa Leilani Larson @mleilani.bsky.social · 22d

My play A FORM OF FLATTERY has been selected to receive a staged reading as part of InHouse Theatre Co.'s Celebration of New Plays happening later this month in Los Angeles. www.inhousetheatre.org #playwrightlife

InHouse Theatre

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Melissa Leilani Larson @mleilani.bsky.social · 11d

It's the kind of day when it takes all afternoon to draft an email. Probably insignificant to everyone else, I know. But it feels like my career is hanging in the balance. You know. Small potatoes. Woohoo! #playwrightlife

Melissa Leilani Larson @mleilani.bsky.social · 12d

If you type -ai at the end of your search, Google will skip it.

Melissa Leilani Larson @mleilani.bsky.social · 14d

There are too many things in my brain. It’s easy to lose track. Get off track? Squirrel. #amwriting #newplay

Melissa Leilani Larson @mleilani.bsky.social · 16d

A book club in another state, to which I have no connection, reached out to let me know they will be reading my little book of plays for an upcoming meeting. Is there a word for being simultaneously thrilled and terrified all at once? #playwrightlife

Melissa Leilani Larson @mleilani.bsky.social · 18d

I hope whichever of my neighbors is playing that music is enjoying it, because all I can hear is the pulse of the bass and it's making me a little anxious.

Melissa Leilani Larson @mleilani.bsky.social · 20d

Turning the fireplace on for the first time this season. Brr.

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Melissa Leilani Larson @mleilani.bsky.social · 22d

We’re lucky to have you.

Melissa Leilani Larson @mleilani.bsky.social · 22d

Popcorn for dinner us one of my favorite things.

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Melissa Leilani Larson @mleilani.bsky.social · 22d

In case you're looking for an alternative app, I'm a big fan of PDF Expert on iPad. pdfexpert.com

Melissa Leilani Larson @mleilani.bsky.social · 22d

InHouse Theatre

www.inhousetheatre.org

Melissa Leilani Larson @mleilani.bsky.social · 22d

Good news in the mails.

Melissa Leilani Larson @mleilani.bsky.social · Sep 24

PSA: If you’re campaigning to get a Nobel Prize, you’re doing it wrong.

Melissa Leilani Larson @mleilani.bsky.social · Sep 18

I would like to have more irony on stage than in real life, please and thank you.

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Melissa Leilani Larson @mleilani.bsky.social · Sep 16

I just visited a high school English class to talk about adaptation, and discussing art with those young people gave me the most hope I've felt in this broken world in a long while. Probably since the last time I got to sit in a room full of young people! Imagine that. #playwrightlife

Melissa Leilani Larson @mleilani.bsky.social · Sep 12

Tonight I was able to lose myself for a few hours in revising a play and I'm so thankful. Bonus points: the play does not suck. #SnailMail #newplay #playwrightlife

Melissa Leilani Larson @mleilani.bsky.social · Sep 7

I did not fall into a steaming volcano caldera just now, so I’m counting that as a win.

Melissa Leilani Larson @mleilani.bsky.social · Sep 6

The OED definition of “vacation”: watching the newest episode of the Great British Baking Show from one’s hotel room in Kona.

Melissa Leilani Larson @mleilani.bsky.social · Aug 30

Dear Iowa friends: Grinnell College is doing a staged reading of GIN MUMMY to kick off their theatre season! The reading is free and open to the public, and it's happening TONIGHT at 7 p.m. CT. #playwrightlife events.grinnell.edu/event/32592-...

Season Kickoff and Gin Mummy

Fall welcome event and staged reading of a comedy. Come play with us this semester!

events.grinnell.edu

Melissa Leilani Larson @mleilani.bsky.social · Aug 26

I'm so excited for this film. I cannot fully express how much the novel moved me. #Hamnet youtu.be/E2xtmPkuksA?...

HAMNET - Official Teaser Trailer [HD] - Only in Theaters Thanksgiving

YouTube video by Focus Features

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Melissa Leilani Larson @mleilani.bsky.social · Aug 26

What kind of nerd am I? Well, I just ordered a heavy duty 3-hole punch—40 pages at a time, baby. Of course I got the green one. #playwrightlife

Melissa Leilani Larson @mleilani.bsky.social · Aug 24

Just revising the whole show in a weekend. Nothing to see here… #newplay #playwrightlife

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Kelly Barnhill @kellybarnhill.bsky.social · Aug 5

Great cities have great libraries.

Great libraries build great cities.

More of this, please, Mr. Mamdani. And to anyone else running for mayor of any other city, maybe think about doing the same.

Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · Aug 5

Eleven more libraries will reopen on Sundays, thanks to the leadership of the City Council. They never should've been closed in the first place.

As Mayor, I'll end this absurd budget dance that keeps our beloved libraries in limbo year after year.

11 more NYC libraries will soon open on Sundays

A $2 million City Council deal will expand seven-day service to more than 30 branches citywide.

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Melissa Leilani Larson @mleilani.bsky.social · Aug 2

Two table reads in as many weeks. It's good to be busy, but I need to work harder at putting space between projects. Having space to breathe between things is nice, especially when the two shows are so different. #playwrightlife

Melissa Leilani Larson @mleilani.bsky.social · Jul 31

Is it a weird thing to pray for magic? #amwriting

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Melissa Leilani Larson @mleilani.bsky.social · Jul 29

The dryness never fails to creep in as soon as I land back in Salt Lake. I’m waiting at the baggage carousel and regretting packing my lotion in my suitcase.