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Melissa Leilani Larson

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in Kahuku, HI, The United States

September 13, 1976

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Melissa Leilani Larson is a writer presently based in Salt Lake City, Utah. Produced plays include: SWEETHEART COME (premiering at PYGmalion Theatre Co. in May 2019), THE EDIBLE COMPLEX (Plan-B Theatre commission), PILOT PROGRAM, PRIDE AND PREJUDICE (Brigham Young University commission), LITTLE HAPPY SECRETS, PERSUASION, MARTYRS' CROSSING, A FLICKERING, THE WEAVER OF RAVELOE, LADY IN WAITING, and the upcoming MOUNTAIN LAW. Films include FREETOWN (winner of the Ghana Movie Award for Best Screenplay and the Utah Film Award for Best Picture) and JANE AND EMMA (in theaters October 2018).

Mel is the only woman to receive more than one Association for Mormon Letters Drama award and the youngest person to win three. Other honors include: the IRAM B ...more

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	Third Wheel: Peculiar Stories of Mormon Women in Love 4.44 avg rating — 68 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Out of the Mount: 19 from New Play Project by Bianca Dillard, Melissa Leilani Larson (Goodreads Author), Deborah Yarchun 4.13 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 2010 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Starting 2021 in the Best Way

So 2020 was a bit of a bummer year. This is shocking to no one. Theatre has suffered, and I know so many theatre-makers that are struggling to find work and stay afloat. I had several shows fall through, as well as some other personal disappointments. But the weird silver lining is a discovery of online commincation—video conferencing, to be specific—and how it changed the game as far a

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“Oh, joy. I can't pick up my cup, what with all the running over.”
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“When the evening was over, Anne could not be amused…nor could she help fearing, on more serious reflection, that, like many other great moralists and preachers, she had been eloquent on a point in which her own conduct would ill bear examination.”
― Jane Austen, Persuasion

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“I should be sorry if I only entertained them. I wished to make them better.”
― George Frideric Handel, Messiah: Vocal Score

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“The sun still shines.”
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“Everything that is done in this world is done by hope.”
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Mel! I love that you have a Goodreads account! I have to check out your list of favorite books because a few of them I've never read. I noticed one of your fav quotes was from Firefly. I must admit, I'm an obsessive browncoat myself! Can't wait to see your reviews!

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