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Melissa Leilani Larson @mleilani.bsky.social · 19h

It’s a replica, of course, and not an actual first edition. But it’s a beautiful replica and no, you can’t touch it. #JaneAusten #PrideAndPrejudice #playwrightlife

A smiling brown skinned woman poses with a three-volume replica of Jane Austen’s novel Pride and Prejudice. The backdrop is made up of full bookshelves and twinkle lights.

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Melissa Leilani Larson @mleilani.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Visiting Dollywood has been on my bucket list for ages. I’ve dreamed of being there on one of the days Dolly would make a surprise appearance. Alas.

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Melissa Leilani Larson @mleilani.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Perimenopause means your most prized possession is a ceiling fan.

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Melissa Leilani Larson @mleilani.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Travel is one of my favorite things. But I am so glad to be alone in my own house tonight.

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Melissa Leilani Larson @mleilani.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

What will it take to get folks to spell my name correctly? You're writing a review, and you're looking at a title page that has my name printed on it. This shouldn't be quite so hard. #SwedishNotDanish #Playwrightlife

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Melissa Leilani Larson @mleilani.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

"If looms could kill" hits a different note than "if looks could kill."

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Melissa Leilani Larson @mleilani.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

Jane Austen's PERSUASION goes up at Creekside Theatre Fest June 17 - 29 (preview performance June 16). #playwrightlife Tickets: www.creeksidetheatrefest.org/wwwshowtix4u...

Jane Austen's Persuasion adapted for the stage by Melissa Leilani Larson plays at the Creekside Theatre Fest June 16 - 29.

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Melissa Leilani Larson @mleilani.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

I'm thrilled to be adapting Erin Entrada Kelly's Newbery Medal-winning novel HELLO, UNIVERSE for a co-production by Theater Mu and Stages Theatre Co. The world premiere will go up in Minneapolis in April 2027. #newplay #playwrightlife www.theatermu.org/hello-universe

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Melissa Leilani Larson @mleilani.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

Spending the evening writing synopses for films I wish I had the money to make. As one does. #screenwriterlife

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Melissa Leilani Larson @mleilani.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

We do not run or hide from the Caroline Bingleys of this world. We stand our ground. ~ #TheOtherBennetSister

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Melissa Leilani Larson @mleilani.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

"Be sure to make it funny." Ugh, my favorite note. #amwriting

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Melissa Leilani Larson @mleilani.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

I need to finish a treatment and I’m spending all my creative juice drafting an email.

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Melissa Leilani Larson @mleilani.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

Dear Minneapolis, I’m here. Where is my balloon arch?? #iykyk #wnba

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Melissa Leilani Larson @mleilani.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

Two weeks ago exactly my friend and I were beating out pouty college students for a table in a London pub…

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Melissa Leilani Larson @mleilani.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

I just read an article about a recent high school production of THE POST OFFICE. Two members of the cast won Best Actor awards at a recent drama festival and I’m tickled. #playwrightlife

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Melissa Leilani Larson @mleilani.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

Autumn Durald Arkapaw is the first woman to win the Academy Award for Best Cinematography for SINNERS. She is also the first woman of color ever to be nominated for that award. She is 46, and mixed race; her mother is Filipino and her father is Black.

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Melissa Leilani Larson @mleilani.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

I have laundered London out of all of my clothes and am weirdly sad about it.

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Melissa Leilani Larson @mleilani.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

Cobblestones are good for aesthetics and not much else.

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Melissa Leilani Larson @mleilani.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

It’s fine. It’s just a scene that has been causing me angst for months. We’re fine. #playwrightslife #amwriting

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Melissa Leilani Larson @mleilani.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

Just here in London for a table read… Smallest of small potatoes. #littlepieceofyou #newmusical #playwrightlife

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Melissa Leilani Larson @mleilani.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

Failure hits in weird ways sometimes.

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Melissa Leilani Larson @mleilani.bsky.social · 08/02/2026

I love a great name. One of my favorite things about watching the Olympics is being introduced to athletes with fantastic names. Today's gold medal example: Breezy Johnson.

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Melissa Leilani Larson @mleilani.bsky.social · 18/01/2026

My wee book of plays is garnering the attention of book club scammers. I feel like I've arrived. #playwrightlife

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Melissa Leilani Larson @mleilani.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

I see you, 2026. Let’s make some art.

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Melissa Leilani Larson @mleilani.bsky.social · 31/12/2025

“This is my third time.” — One of my favorite things I’ve overheard from an audience member. #playwrightlife

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Becca Yaga @drinkwaterkids.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

I was SUPER pleased with this! I saw a performance of @mleilani.bsky.social's Persuasion script as an undergrad and it's informed my criteria for a Good Adaptation ever since

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Melissa Leilani Larson @mleilani.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

Some days the best way to get yourself to work is to have a really nice pen. #amwriting

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Melissa Leilani Larson @mleilani.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

Is adaptation my gig now? Two potential commissions are for adaptations — one of a living author’s work (this is new) and one is a classic. Yay! But also — my original stuff does not suck. Much. FWIW, I’m not complaining. Just musing.

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Melissa Leilani Larson @mleilani.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

Introverts aspiring to be social. Nothing more real than that.

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Melissa Leilani Larson @mleilani.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

30th anniversary #SenseAndSensibility cinema tickets acquired for the evening of December 16, Jane Austen’s 250th birthday. I can’t go to my adaptation of #PrideAndPrejudice that night because it sold out before opening. This is a good problem to have.

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Melissa Leilani Larson @mleilani.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

Apologies — Burns co-directed alongside Sarah Botstein and David P. Schmidt. My bad!

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Melissa Leilani Larson @mleilani.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

Identifying the voice actors in a Ken Burns documentary is one of my favorite games, and #AmericanRevolution has a fantastic cast. Fun fun fun!

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Melissa Leilani Larson @mleilani.bsky.social · 09/11/2025

I'm spending Saturday night scouring the interwebs for vintage stained glass Christmas cards as one does when one should be writing... #playwrightlife

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Melissa Leilani Larson @mleilani.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

What a stunning fall morning. Let’s all use it to vote.

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Melissa Leilani Larson @mleilani.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

Sometimes all you can do is eat pizza.

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Melissa Leilani Larson @mleilani.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

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

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Melissa Leilani Larson @mleilani.bsky.social · 11/10/2025

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

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Melissa Leilani Larson @mleilani.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

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

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Melissa Leilani Larson @mleilani.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

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.

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Melissa Leilani Larson @mleilani.bsky.social · 05/10/2025

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

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Melissa Leilani Larson @mleilani.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

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

inhousetheatre.org

InHouse Theatre

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Melissa Leilani Larson @mleilani.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

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

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Melissa Leilani Larson @mleilani.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

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

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