“Hi! I’m Mel.”
I’m a theatre artist, musician, writer, storyteller, coach, and general practitioner of doing my very best to live an authentic life.
My ultimate goal is to get back to “Original Mel.”
In my 58 years on the planet so far I have:
toured across the US performing improv in my 20’s and my one-woman musicals in my 50’s (it circles around, doesn’t it…)
written, directed, produced, and performed in a variety of shows - from Devised Theatre to Children’s Theatre to Solo Shows to Murder Mystery Dinner Theatre (I even ran a theatre company for 4 years!)
worked in marketing for international education sending US college students abroad (which took me around the world!)
taught workshops and developed curriculum for courses focused on work/life balance, team building, sex-positivity, and self-actualization for organizations including Kaiser Permanente, On Your Feet Improv for Business, Saatchi and Saatchi, and University of Portland.
explored a variety of relationship structures from Monogamy to Polyamory and so many forms of Ethical Non-Monogamy
raised one of the most emotionally intelligent humans that I know (no, it’s not me - it’s my 21 year-old - and I’m indebted to his dad and step-mom and all of the other amazing humans that touched his life)
and most recently I’ve learned to sew, mosaic tables, and create mixed-media art! (My nesting partner and I even started a business to sell our handmade crafts - check out SM Love)
I’m looking forward to what this next stage of my life brings. This has been an interesting ride so far and I’m sure I have no idea what’ll happen next! My guess is, it’ll be fun, terrifying, surprising, lovely and more.
I am ready to go out and explore what I love - creating, performing, traveling and teaching!