Melissa Leilani Larson

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

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

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

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

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.

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

We’re lucky to have you.

Popcorn for dinner us one of my favorite things.

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InHouse Theatre

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

Good news in the mails.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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-...

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

Oh my.

If you are perimenopausal, one of the best gifts you can give yourself is a sturdy folding fan. Take it with you everywhere and life will be so much more pleasant.

Ooh, we might get a midwestern thunderstorm tonight! Perfect timing. 😍⛈️

Sometimes you meet an artist director when your mouth is full of goldfish. Significantly less of a crashing and burning situation today. #playwrightlife

OK. Time for a wee table read. I’m not nervous, you’re nervous. #playwrightlife #newplay