Melissa Taylor

Melissa (she/her) is a playwright, actor, and facilitator who has worked in BC and Ontario. In Victoria, she has worked as an actor for over a decade, performing with both the Belfry Theatre and Blue Bridge Theatre. As a playwright, her work has been produced by Theatre SKAM, Impulse Theatre and hapax theatre. She co-facilitates Belfry’s Creator Circle with Kevin Kerr, and teaches acting at the Canadian College of Performing Arts. She completed her MFA in Playwriting at the University of Victoria, with her thesis project being a one-woman show inspired by Thomas Hardy’s Tess of the d’Urbervilles, told through a subverted and empowered female narrative.