Melanie Gretchen, based in New York, is executive producer, writer, and principal actor of the award-winning short film "Like a PowerPoint." Originally from the Bay Area, she grew up in the Philippines, Malta and Switzerland. In college, she studied journalism, theater and playwriting at the University of Denver.
Since arriving in New York, Melanie has appeared with Lincoln Center in the world premiere of "the public domain" and in the horror film "Tinted View." She is a Founding Supporter of the Tennessee Williams Rectory Museum, located in Clarksdale, Mississippi, where Tennessee Williams grew up.
In addition, she plays and coaches softball around New York City.
She is a Founding Supporter of the Tennessee Williams Rectory Museum, housed where Tennessee Williams grew up in Clarksdale, MS.
She shared the stage with original "A Chorus Line" cast member Baayork Lee, directed by Broadway musical supervisor, directed by conductor Kevin Stites in the fundraiser gala performance Past, Present & Future! for the National Asian Artists Project (NAAP).
Quotes
"If you told me what you needed, you might get it." - "Kissing Christine," a play by John Patrick Shanley
"It's freeing to fail and realize that you didn't die." - Tina Fey
"It is never too late to be who you might have been." - George Eliot
I love laughing at myself and making other people laugh.