Published Plays
Several of Mel’s plays are published in anthologies that are currently available for sale. Please note: purchasing these books does not grant performance rights. To obtain performance rights, you must contact the writer or licenser and obtain permission before rehearsals begin, and ideally before your season is announced.
JANE AUSTEN’S PRIDE AND PREJUDICE
A crisp, theatrical adaptation of one the most beloved novels of all time, PRIDE AND PREJUDICE is quickly becoming one of Mel’s most frequently requested and produced plays.
Available for perusal and licensing from Stage Partners (create a free account and you can read the whole play on their website for free).
THIRD WHEEL:
PECULIAR STORIES OF MORMON WOMEN IN LOVE
LITTLE HAPPY SECRETS and PILOT PROGRAM come together in Mel’s first solo publication. Now available from BCC Press, where editor Michael Austin calls Mel “the defining Mormon writer of our generation.”
In 2022, THIRD WHEEL was included on a list of 100 significant works of Mormon Literature. The list was aggragated by a anonymous panel of LDS readers, librarians and scholars. This is a huge honor, and many of the included works are historic and impressive. See the full list here.
THE POST OFFICE
A commission adapted from the classic play by Rabindranath Tagore (utilizing the 1914 English translation by Devabrata Mukherjee).
THE POST OFFICE is available for licensing through YouthPLAYS.com. It’s available in both it’s original one hour length, as well as a 40–45 minute cut intended for school drama competitions.
SAINTS ON STAGE
MARTYRS’ CROSSING is included in a necessary collection of modern LDS drama alongside the work of Thomas Rogers, Margaret Blair Young, Tim Slover, and Eric Samuelsen.
OUT OF THE MOUNT: 19 FROM NEW PLAY PROJECT
LITTLE HAPPY SECRETS is here, as well as Mel's 5-minute play about an LDS single’s experience in sacrament meeting, “A Burning in the Bosom.”