>> Melis has been commissioned to write the screenplay adaptation of Mayte Garcia’s The Most Beautiful: My Life with Prince by Crazy Legs Features.
>> Melis’ play Fish was announced as part of the Signature Theatre Company and WP Theatre’s 2026-2027 season, and will receive its Off-Broadway premiere in the autumn of 2026.
>> Melis is in-residence with the Off-Broadway trailblazer Signature Theatre Company, where she is under commission.
>> Melis is writing a new play commissioned by La Jolla Playhouse & Signature Theatre Company.
>> Melis’ literary non-fiction essay “In Praise of Half-Light: Notes from a Gray City” was published in The Markaz Review’s December 2025 Issue 56: NOIR.
