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…to my professional home on the internet. I’m a freelance production/stage manager, writer and arts administrator living and working in Vancouver, BC, Canada (scroll down for my “official” bio). Below you’ll find links to posts on recent work in various areas:

  • Production/Stage Management: Theatre or Concerts/Events
  • Selected Writing Samples (mostly media releases, some other editorial copy)

You can also click on Projects & Clients or Services for more information about what I do. Please feel free to get in touch via the Contact page for further details.

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Photo by Carol Hudgins

Melanie Thompson was born and raised in Ottawa, and holds a BA (Honours) in History from McGill University (1999) and a Master of Arts, also in History, from the University of British Columbia (2001). Her research focused on cultural nationalism in 19th-century Britain and Europe, and in particular on the role of music and theatre in the formation of identity and community. In case that sounds terribly dry, she would like to point out that her case studies included English folk song, the Welsh choral tradition, the operas of Verdi and especially the collected works of Gilbert & Sullivan.

Melanie currently works as a freelance production/stage manager, writer (of grant applications and other copy of all kinds) and administrator. Her theatre credits include The Wizard of Oz, The Sound of Music, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (Footlight Theatre), Beauty and the Beast (Broadway Edge), Christmas on the Edge (Pacific Theatre/Midnight Theatre Collective), Cyberlife: The Musical, Cinderella, Aladdin, Grease, Hairspray (Musical Theatre at Mulgrave) and more. As a grant-writer, she has worked with the Vancouver Inter-Cultural Orchestra, MISCELLANEOUS Productions, Laudate Singers and the International Centre of Art for Social Change, among other clients. She has also been a publicist and/or media relations coordinator for a wide range of artists and arts organizations, including the Songwriters Association of Canada (Bluebird North), Blackbird Theatre, the BC Highland Games, Vancouver International Storytelling Festival, the World Peace Forum (2006) and the Vancouver International Film Festival. Melanie is a proud member of the Board of Directors of Theatre Under the Stars, and also volunteers for PAL Vancouver.