Melisa Annis

Teaches at Primary Stages ESPA

As a director and dramaturge, Mêlisa has had the pleasure of working with Primary Stages, NY; The Ambassadors Theatre Group, London; The Arcola Theater, London; Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center CO; Shadowland Stages, NY; Tangent Theater, NY; Queens College, NY; Rebellious Subjects, NY; Theater Masters, FL... She loves working with new plays in all stages of development. Mêlisa has also has a soft spot for language and has directed three classical productions (Shakespeare) and eight new fabulous musicals over the past few years. As a writer, Melisa’s plays have been developed at and with Parity Productions, The Lark, Dorset Theater Festival at the Theresa Rebeck Writers Colony, The New School, Primary Stages, ESPA Drills (2014), The Lark, The National Arts Club NYC, The Playground Experiment, and RAL. She also had the joy of writing an episode for Amazon Studio’s upcoming series for children (to be announced soon).Her personal essays have been published in several major publications, and she is a frequent contributor to the BBC. Mêlisa also teaches at the NYU Tisch Dramatic Writing program in NYC.