About

About Melissa

Melissa Stephens is a comedian, writer, and director from the Peach State, and has dual citizenship in the UK. Melissa wrote on staff of Brett Goldstein & William Bridges’ AMC anthology series SOULMATES, now streaming on Amazon Prime (Mel wrote ep 5). She is currently developing a dark comedy series with AMC Studios and UK based Two Brothers Productions, as well as penning a pilot for eOne and Mark Gordon based on her one-hour comedy special “Homebrew.” Melissa is also set to perform this special at the upcoming Edinburgh Fringe Festival in August 2022. She is a founding member of IAMA Theatre Company, has been a member of Groundlings’ Sunday Company, and regularly performs stand-up around Los Angeles. Her directorial debut, PEEN, was a Vimeo Staff Pick, and the short series she wrote and directed, FINDING THE ASSHOLE, was chosen to show at Slamdance and is currently in development on multiple TV and Film projects.