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EDUCATION

Carnegie Mellon University: M.F.A. Dramatic Writing, Pittsburgh, PA, 2025

Kenyon College: B.A. Drama, Gambier, OH, 2021

BRIEF WORK EXPERIENCE 

Full Resume:

Instructor of Record, Carnegie Mellon School of Drama, Pittsburgh, PA, 2024 – 2025

  • Designed and taught: Introduction to Playwriting (Fall 2024), Special Topics in Drama: Sports Plays & The Dramatic Grotesque (Spring 2025)

New South Young Playwrights Festival Mentor, Horizon Theatre Company, Atlanta GA, 2025

Administrative Assistant (Ad-Hoc), Page 73 Productions, Brooklyn, NY, 2022           

  • Prev: Telefundraiser, 2020

  • Prev: Artistic Intern, 2019

Applications Evaluator, The 24 Hour Plays: Nationals, Brooklyn, NY,  2021 – 2024

Artistic Resume:

Co-Editor-in-Chief, The Kenyon Thrill, Gambier, OH, 2020 – 2021

Co-Artistic Director, Kenyon College Players, Gambier, OH,  2020 – 2021

HONORS & AWARDS

Sloan Student Grand Jury Prize – Honorable Mention, 2026

Alfred P. Sloan Screenwriting Competition at CMU – First Place Winner, 2025

  • SLEDHEAD (feature screenplay) awarded by the Sloan Film Program for 
    screenplays furthering the public understanding of science and technology

James E. Michael Playwriting Prize at Kenyon College – 2021

FULL-LENGTH PLAYS

The Thru-Hikers

  • Workshop: Spring Writers Group, 46 Minutes Collective, Brooklyn, NY, 2026

Edge Call

  • Semi-Finalist: National Playwrights Conference, Eugene O’Neill Theater Center, 2026

  • Workshop (MFA Thesis): Carnegie Mellon School of Drama, dir. by Fangran Li, 2025

PassionSculpt.

  • Semi-Finalist: National Playwrights Conference, Eugene O’Neill Theater Center, 2025

  • Workshop: Yonder Window Theatre Company, 2021

Cavities

  • Production (virtual) : Kenyon College Capstone Series, 2021

SELECTED ONE-ACTS

YUM! (Part 1: The Recipe)

  • Production: SERIALS Theater, The Tank, dir: Ethan Fox, 2026

Fish Wizard

  • Finalist: KCACTF National Festival, 2024

The Unfed Child

  • Production: StageFemmes Alumni Festival, dir: Sofiiya Shioka, 2021

HERE COMES

  • Production (virtual): The 24 Hour Plays: Nationals, dir: Sarah Boess, 2021

© 2025 by Ellie Melick

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