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Melancholics Anonymous is an award-winning independent theater company in the Twin Cities☂️🎭

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05/14/2026

We open TOMORROW! Are you ready for the music, mischief and mayhem?! Buy your tickets in advance or walk up to our box office before the show🪱🪲🐞
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04/09/2026

Our final reading for NPS is TOMORROW! Before you join us at the Bakken Museum to hear this play aloud, lets get to know our final fabulous cast!

Gillian Mueller is a Twin Cities based actor, vocalist, and writer. You may have seen her in Camp Bludde at the Twin Cities Horror Festival, or as Lucio in Measure for Measure. She is an associate artist with The Birth Play Project, where you can see her this summer as Lavinia in Titus Andronicus. When she's not making theatre, she can usually be found reading, scheming, or putting together An Outfit.

Hawken Paul is a Minneapolis-based actor, musician and teaching artist, and is thrilled to be taking part in the Melancholics New Play Series! Hawken has previously collaborated with Melancholics Anonymous on their production of Bart and Arnie back in the spring of 2025, and is excited for the opportunity to tackle this script with such a talented cohort. When not performing, you can find Hawken jamming in living rooms and playing board games with 100+ page rulebooks.

Anneliese Garner is a frequent collaborator with Melancholics Anonymous and is proud to now be serving as their first Production Manager. After graduating St. Olaf College with a Bachelor of Arts in Theater, Anneliese moved to the Twin Cities and has since worked as a costume designer, dramaturg, and dresser. Alongside her love of theater, Anneliese has long been a historical aficionado. She spends much of her free time researching historical clothing, traditional fiber art, and sewing techniques. She spends the rest of her time thinking about putting that knowledge to use in theater.

J. McIntyre Godwin is an actor, pro wrestler, former stand up comic, and co host of the Hardcover Hooligans podcast. In 2019, he bombed so hard on stage he never did stand up comedy again. Can’t win em all!

Come hear Modern Prometheus at the Bakken Museum tomorrow night! doors at 6:30 and reading at 7!

04/08/2026

We are closing out this season of NPS with the one, the only, Rachel Ropella as director!!

Rachel Ropella (she/her) is a Midwestern director and the Artistic Director of Melancholics Anonymous. She has spent the past six years creating award-winning shows for the Minnesota Fringe and Edinburgh Fringe. She’s worked at Milwaukee Rep, Hartford Stage, Portland Stage, Dorset Theatre Festival and History Theater. Currently co-directing Worm Teeth for Melancholics this spring, she's also the Education and Engagement Manager at the Guthrie and a proud associate member of SDC.

Come to the FREE reading of Modern Prometheus this Friday, April 10th, at the Bakken Museum! Doors at 6:30 and reading at 7!

04/07/2026

📢Our FINAL installment of this years New Play Series is this Friday, April 10th!! Come to the Bakken Museum at 7 pm to hear Modern Prometheus by Brooke-Erin Smith! In anticipation, lets get to know our playwright a little better!

Brooke-Erin Smith (she/her) is theatre artist originally from East Tennessee and now based in NYC. Her plays have been produced or read with Relative Theatrics (Laramie, WY), Mirrorbox Theatre (Cedar Rapids, IA), Blank Page Theatre Co. (NYC), Illinois State University, and Wellesley College, among others, and have been shortlisted for publication in The Brooklyn Review. She has been a finalist for the Bay Area Playwrights Festival, a finalist for the Echo Theater Company Young Playwrights in Residence program, a finalist for SheATL’s Summer Theater Festival, a semi-finalist for the O’Neill’s National Playwrights Conference, and a semi-finalist for Goodman Theatre’s Playwrights Unit. She has also worked with the internationally recognized Feminist Fairytales, an anthology audio drama podcast that has been praised by the BBC Podcast Radio Hour. You can find her online at brookeerinsmith.com.

04/06/2026

Thank you to everyone who came out to our reading if The Meeting by Brian James P***k this weekend! It is always an honor and a pleasure to make "Great Work" with this community ❤️

04/03/2026

And finally, let's meet the cast for our reading of The Meeting by Brian James P***k before we hear them TOMORROW!

Jeremy Motz (rhymes with boats) is a playwright and performer who has been creating his own spin on solo shows as Paper Soul since 2013. Recent Productions include Paper Soul's Boxcutter Harmonica for the 2025 Minnesota Fringe, Theatre Pro Rata's Book of Will and 3 Sisters/No Sisters, Gnarly Bard's Exit, Pursued by a Bear, and Fortune's Fool Productions' Lincoln's Children.

Hannah “Twitch” Twitchell (they/she) is grateful to join Melancholics for another New Play Series reading; they’ve immensely enjoyed getting to dig into a new work, especially one as layered as The Meeting. Having taken a break from theatre in the past few years, Twitch is excited to be part of this reading as well as appearing in Arts Garden's production of Cinderella later this summer (her first musical in 6 years!).

Anna Werner (she/her) is a braillist, writer, and performer who has previously enjoyed the New Play Series as an audience member. She will next be found in SMCT's production of Legally Blonde.

Meredith Enersen is a Melancholics company member, you can catch her designing graphics, taking photos and most recently choreographing for Melancholic's upcoming spring show, Worm Teeth! She is thrilled to be doing NPS for the third season, it's one of her favorite parts of working with Melancholics Anonymous.

Jeffrey Nolan is an actor, writer, and teaching artist based in the Twin Cities. You may have seen him recently in The Last Menagerie (Melancholics Anonymous), Robin Hood (Zephyr Theatre), or No Country for Two Old Men (Brave New Workshop)! He is also a company member of Melancholics Anonymous, serving as their Director of Community Outreach! When not acting, Jeffrey teaches with the Children’s Theatre Company and Zephyr Theatre. Wahoo!

Stop by to see these wonderful folks tomorrow at the Black Forest Inn! Doors at 6:30 and reading at 7 pm!

04/01/2026

Looking to further develop your play? Eager to collaborate with a team of Twin Cities artists?! Submissions for our 2026-2027 New Play Series open TODAY!🎉 Learn more about NPS as well as how to submit your script and development goals on our website: https://melancholicsanonymous.org/new-play-series 📝

03/30/2026

With our updated date for the reading of The Meeting THIS SATURDAY, let's (once again) get to know the playwright Brian James P***k!!

Brian James P***k was born and raised in New Hampshire. His plays include HERE RESTS THE HEART (Alcove commission from Lucille Lortel Theatre), THIS IS THE SUBTEXT (commission from Son of Semele Ensemble), THE PATIENT (Jean Kennedy Smith Award), LAST TO DIE FOR A LOST CAUSE (John Cauble Award; published by Next Stage Press), THE CALL LIST (world premiere September 2026 with Third Avenue Playworks). His play THE MEETING about what artists might do in a fascist society where the arts have been banned, which was seen this year at the Hollywood Fringe, will be presented next year in the New York City Fringe (formally the FRIGID Fringe Festival) in April as well as in August and September with Space Pirates Theatre Collective in Los Angeles. For the past 10+ years Brian has been producing The Subtext, a podcast focused on the lives and work of playwrights. Brian received his MFA in Dramatic Writing from the University of Southern California, School of Dramatic Arts. He currently resides in Minneapolis, MN with his wife Heather and their dog Hercules Mulligan.

Come to our free reading of The Meeting at the Black Forest Inn on Saturday April 4th!

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