I've been a fan of the MIT Museum for the 25+ years I've lived in Cambridge, MA. And now, as the museum plans a complete reinvention and...

I'm excited to announce a new play on the horizon, one of 7 plays in 7 rooms created by 7 playwrights and 7 directors. 7 ROOMS The Masque...

My colleague Stacie Green and I are really excited to share the Teens Rising Together online modules we developed for GIRL RISING, a...

On January 27, 2020, International Holocaust Remembrance Day, I performed EXHIBITING at Brookdale Community College in NJ, hosted by the...

Happy once again to be working with my friends at Metcalfe Architecture and Design, this time at the Cylburn Arboretum. The 200-acre...

I'll be reading at the Tell-All Reading series at 7pm, Jan. 23rd at Porter Square Books, Cambridge. Bonus: My friends Calvin Hennick and...

The Massachusetts Cultural Council interviewed me about my play EXHIBITING, my writing process, and what I like to listen to while...

I'll be co-presenting a session at Grub Street's Muse & the Marketplace conference with Ron MacLean. We're revisiting our Narrative...

I'll be performing my solo show EXHIBITING, rescheduled after we were snowed out in December, on January 27, 2020, 7pm at the Center for...

My essay "The Slurry Wall," originally published in Copper Nickel, was named a Notable Essay in the Best American Essays 2019. The essay...

I'll be reading at the Hollihock Writers Conference as part of a Grub Street reading event. I'll be reading alongside friends Ron MacLean...

JewishBoston wrote about my solo show "Exhibiting": "Melissa Bernstein, founder and artistic director of Newton Theatre Company and a...

I’m working once again with my brilliantly creative pals at Metcalfe Architecture and Design. This time we’re down in Florida creating...

My 10-minute play TO REST is premiering at the Somerville Theater Festival. I first developed this play with the playwriting group at the...

I'm thrilled to announce the premiere of my solo show, EXHIBITING, produced by Newton Theatre Company in Newton, MA. Produced in...

I've been invited to join the 2019 PlayLab Unit of Boston's Company One Theater. My cohort of six emerging playwrights will participate...

I’m currently collaborating with instructional design guru Stacie Green of 64Crayons on two instructional design projects. We’re...

I had my most productive residency to date in November 2018 at the Vermont Studio Center. I’m grateful to VSC for funding me with a...

I was thrilled to participate in the expansive redesign project at the Smithsonian’s National Air & Space Museum. Contracted to Haley...

I’m in year 3 or 4 (I’ve lost count!) of co-managing Boston’s Four Stories Reading Series with Steven Beeber and Steve Brykman. Stay...