https://melaniejonesstoryteller.com/contact daily 0.75 2020-09-08 https://melaniejonesstoryteller.com/about daily 0.75 2022-01-31 https://melaniejonesstoryteller.com/writer daily 1.0 2025-09-16 https://melaniejonesstoryteller.com/writer/67f45e26-9b6f-4358-92d8-01f3c4091410-a2tbn-ww57p monthly 0.5 2021-01-26 https://melaniejonesstoryteller.com/writer/witch monthly 0.5 2025-09-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f17397538d1c22fd72dacc3/1597355687424-5VIU46KPSHSL1LNTXE6Z/Witch+welcome.JPG Melanie Jones Storyteller - Witch "Welcome!" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f17397538d1c22fd72dacc3/ed6ea111-7e87-4307-9c91-4c560ad65b14/IMG_4176.jpeg Melanie Jones Storyteller - Witch SCARY STORIES XIX - 2021 - our largest audience yet with 300 listeners around the fire, distanced and masked and so glad that ... we're baaaack! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f17397538d1c22fd72dacc3/1597447685024-YHZ1QUU8Q66AXB1BRG9O/Readers2007_Rose.jpg Melanie Jones Storyteller - Witch SCARY STORIES V - 2007 - with Melanie Jones, Rose Weaver, Cathy Skubik, Heather Handwerk and Joe Skelley. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f17397538d1c22fd72dacc3/1597269048874-EAY6LM6DYCEY5T9XWBBY/Mollie+%26+Dwizzie.jpeg Melanie Jones Storyteller - Witch Enthusiastic audience members. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f17397538d1c22fd72dacc3/1597279385926-VR35DFAJYMXM4P421493/Igor+dancing.jpg Melanie Jones Storyteller - Witch Igor, our Fire Master, prepares to light things up. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f17397538d1c22fd72dacc3/1597268906930-KOCFHLCCB3X5T53KE8L3/crew+2015.jpg Melanie Jones Storyteller - Witch SCARY STORIES XI - 2013 - with Cathy Skubik, Heather Handwerk, Melanie Jones, John Charles Meyer and our FX Master, Eric Noble. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f17397538d1c22fd72dacc3/d4092237-a9a6-4189-96ab-84872898b6f5/SS+19+Eric.jpeg Melanie Jones Storyteller - Witch Backstage with the FX. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f17397538d1c22fd72dacc3/1597355666347-ZZVUV98KC2KQ7VN9G8DV/readers+SS10McNeil.jpg Melanie Jones Storyteller - Witch SCARY STORIES X - 2012 - with Timothy McNeil, Cathy Skubik, Heather Handwerk, Melanie Jones and our guest Igor, Kenneth Dommer. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f17397538d1c22fd72dacc3/1597355614379-8Y00WX2ZRYER2W7HZBWX/Evie+%26+Anna.jpeg Melanie Jones Storyteller - Witch An expectant little witch. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f17397538d1c22fd72dacc3/1597445726695-NWO8J9MJE5H9TVI1GHIX/people+arriving+w+fire.jpeg Melanie Jones Storyteller - Witch Let the gathering begin. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f17397538d1c22fd72dacc3/1597268813695-KNG0AOS3QNKR0VBVMQFD/audiens.jpeg Melanie Jones Storyteller - Witch Snuggle up around the fire. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f17397538d1c22fd72dacc3/1597355635794-9U8TUJKLS690LWSQ7NXQ/Grim+Reaper.JPG Melanie Jones Storyteller - Witch Joe Skelley sets the mood. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f17397538d1c22fd72dacc3/1597268884200-95YXNQP0CGK5GKU2U8VR/readers+2019.jpeg Melanie Jones Storyteller - Witch SCARY STORIES XVII - 2019 - with Bill Wolski, Melanie Jones and Heather Handwerk. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f17397538d1c22fd72dacc3/1605312505010-K0PSTWG6YCVANQB6326E/the%2Bcoven.jpg Melanie Jones Storyteller - Witch The coven convenes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f17397538d1c22fd72dacc3/1597268855771-O83ZRUDM3384LBJ1JLCD/panoramic+w%3AKorean+Bell.jpg Melanie Jones Storyteller - Witch The gun emplacement at Angels Gate Cultural Center: the stage, the fire and the Korean Friendship Bell in the far background. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f17397538d1c22fd72dacc3/fbd79aef-3c4e-4e99-9ab1-c21692936b5f/IMG_4966.jpeg Melanie Jones Storyteller - Witch SCARY STORIES XXII - 2024 - with David Villafana, Bill Wolski, Melanie Jones, John Charles Meyer, Cathy Skubik and Igor. https://melaniejonesstoryteller.com/writer/67f45e26-9b6f-4358-92d8-01f3c4091410-xsyhr-gl2rb monthly 0.5 2020-09-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f17397538d1c22fd72dacc3/1597794125285-HPO056YRX1F42DQ8AD7O/Becky+Thatcher.jpeg Melanie Jones Storyteller - Actor Becky Thatcher in TOM SAWYER'S TREASURE HUNT by Charlotte B. Chorpenning - Command Performers - with David Church https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f17397538d1c22fd72dacc3/1596665007505-EUFLABEBRKJBCTJZKNB1/Journey5th+horse.jpeg Melanie Jones Storyteller - Actor Elizaveta in THE JOURNEY OF THE FIFTH HORSE by Ronald Ribman - Brown University https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f17397538d1c22fd72dacc3/1597794161919-OE4Y60XRKQUIVH72UJ7S/Oh+Dad+Poor+Dad.jpeg Melanie Jones Storyteller - Actor Rosalie in OH, DAD, POOR DAD, MOMMA'S HUNG YOU IN THE CLOSET AND I'M FEELING SO SAD by Arthur Kopit - Trinity College Summer Theatre https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f17397538d1c22fd72dacc3/1596666205778-IHHM4AWBA5OYXZIVUDM3/Three+Sisters.jpeg Melanie Jones Storyteller - Actor Olga in THE THREE SISTERS by Anton Chekov - Brown University - with Sharon Grodin & Peggy Harmon https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f17397538d1c22fd72dacc3/1596666068237-6J6VT9O9ZL75KYMUPFOV/Butler+Brown.jpeg Melanie Jones Storyteller - Actor Geraldine in WHAT THE BUTLER SAW by Joe Orton - Brown Summer Theatre https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f17397538d1c22fd72dacc3/1596665239016-K35B7KICJJC5VUWIT2PQ/Mother+Courage.jpeg Melanie Jones Storyteller - Actor Yvette in MOTHER COURAGE AND HER CHILDREN by Bertolt Brecht - Brown University https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f17397538d1c22fd72dacc3/1596665069186-WC817R5XNN8XQYXQATM1/Suicide+group.jpg Melanie Jones Storyteller - Actor Raisa Filippovna in THE SUICIDE by Nikolai Erdman - Trinity Rep - the Company (That's Richard Jenkins in the coffin.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f17397538d1c22fd72dacc3/1598058600434-CYI49LSNUDY42MW33DGW/The+Drunkard+Weston+1973.jpeg Melanie Jones Storyteller - Actor Mary in THE DRUNKARD or THE FALLEN SAVED by William Henry Smith - Weston Playhouse - with Janice Paran, Tim Fort & Tom Turgeon https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f17397538d1c22fd72dacc3/1596665343171-W2TW84K4LR4DBHF5D219/Vanities.jpeg Melanie Jones Storyteller - Actor Joanne in VANITIES by Jack Heifner - Trinity Rep https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f17397538d1c22fd72dacc3/1596665392457-KK4Y9LZPEY3K6SX392U6/Whiskey+group.jpg Melanie Jones Storyteller - Actor Southern Comfort in WHISKEY by Terrence McNally - Trinity Rep - with Daniel Von Bargen, Barbara Meek, Robert Black & Peter Gerety https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f17397538d1c22fd72dacc3/1596674232529-GKCYYMKNLODZV4TQ2KWH/Mrs.+Drudge.jpg Melanie Jones Storyteller - Actor Mrs. Drudge in THE REAL INSPECTOR HOUND by Tom Stoppard - Trinity Rep https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f17397538d1c22fd72dacc3/1596666452999-447SZW8N3OMEKL4A124G/Lear+Act5.jpg Melanie Jones Storyteller - Actor Regan in KING LEAR by William Shakespeare - Trinity Rep - the Company (I'm dead in the cart.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f17397538d1c22fd72dacc3/1596674261404-AWINKF5FFQL993JQ6FBS/Sondheim.jpeg Melanie Jones Storyteller - Actor SIDE BY SIDE BY SONDHEIM by Stephen Sondheim - Trinity Rep https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f17397538d1c22fd72dacc3/1596666421972-CUKHD7KOE8LCITINPXJ9/Forest.jpeg Melanie Jones Storyteller - Actor Laurette in ANOTHER PART OF THE FOREST by Lillian Hellman - Loeb Summer Theatre - with Louis Turenne https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f17397538d1c22fd72dacc3/1596670483554-I0FF5ON0XEENQMYPIX26/Crimes+Butler.jpg Melanie Jones Storyteller - Actor Meg in CRIMES OF THE HEART by Beth Henley - Trinity Rep - with Margaret Marx & Dan Butler https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f17397538d1c22fd72dacc3/1596666906691-S8XP0DDD1IIEHM2770XM/Hayfever+kids.jpg Melanie Jones Storyteller - Actor Judith Bliss in HAY FEVER by Noel Coward - Little Fish Theatre - with Kalie Quinones & Michael Irish https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f17397538d1c22fd72dacc3/1596674177079-DYH5FNF9B9Q5K49ACWFD/Crane+wMay.jpeg Melanie Jones Storyteller - Actor Sister in CRANE, MISSISSIPPI by Timothy McNeil - Page 93 - with May Quigley Goodman https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f17397538d1c22fd72dacc3/1596665110903-3CB6UDTOH3HTT9R72SKT/Syracuse+trio.jpg Melanie Jones Storyteller - Actor Luciana in THE BOYS FROM SYRACUSE by Rogers and Hart - Trinity Rep - with Barbara Orson & Nancy Nichols https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f17397538d1c22fd72dacc3/1596666398593-ENDBNOEOOIJM4KDXTR05/Fool.jpeg Melanie Jones Storyteller - Actor May in FOOL FOR LOVE by Sam Shepard - Inevitable Productions - with Thor Edgell https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f17397538d1c22fd72dacc3/1598393669288-JNN4LAGIFL75D5B3W8I3/Deathtrap.jpeg Melanie Jones Storyteller - Actor Helga ten Dorp in DEATHTRAP by Ira Levin - Little Fish Theatre https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f17397538d1c22fd72dacc3/1598146836718-ZLNRLAOMDN6NGZ7UX31E/Little+Flower+poster.jpeg Melanie Jones Storyteller - Actor Therese Marie in THE LITTLE FLOWER OF EAST ORANGE by Stephen Adly Guirgis - West Coast Premiere/Elephant Theatre Company https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f17397538d1c22fd72dacc3/1596667047178-C7TVIE9PPOT15BGW3YMW/Emily.jpg Melanie Jones Storyteller - Actor Emily Dickinson in THE BELLE OF AMHERST by William Luce - Inevitable Productions https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f17397538d1c22fd72dacc3/1598394308120-JVKBUOSHLJ2G7MBIJ8X5/Weston+poster.jpeg Melanie Jones Storyteller - Actor Season poster for the Weston Playhouse Theatre Company - I am the one with her arms outstretched as Molly Sweeney in MOLLY SWEENEY by Brian Friel. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f17397538d1c22fd72dacc3/1599519254853-URHWK79WHQLTJG3W83EZ/DSCN0567.jpeg Melanie Jones Storyteller - Actor Antionette in A FLEA IN HER EAR by Georges Feydeau - Trinity Rep - with Richard Kavanaugh https://melaniejonesstoryteller.com/writer/67f45e26-9b6f-4358-92d8-01f3c4091410-nga8p-9hklc monthly 0.5 2020-08-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f17397538d1c22fd72dacc3/1596678794568-JFVN23EI0Z4AV7Q08PSK/Wax+Museum.jpg Melanie Jones Storyteller - Director THE WAX MUSEUM by John Hawkes - Brown University/Trinity Rep - with Monique Fowler & Mallory Maxwell https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f17397538d1c22fd72dacc3/1596678758831-0D53NX7AS6IGSDGQ5XAM/Twelfth+Night.jpg Melanie Jones Storyteller - Director TWELFTH NIGHT by William Shakespeare - Brown University Thesis Production - with Brad Brockmann, Andrew Tonks & Susan Connors https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f17397538d1c22fd72dacc3/1596678728780-29IJLF04UC1RD7BD1KGQ/Talley%27s+Folly.jpeg Melanie Jones Storyteller - Director TALLEY'S FOLLY by Lanford Wilson - Trinity Rep - with Amy Van Nostrand & Richard Kneeland https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f17397538d1c22fd72dacc3/1595803037789-LM2Q54UQRTVRPDDCUTIW/LG98JIYLQxGk%252B1PxIfOZag_thumb_14d7.jpg Melanie Jones Storyteller - Director CRIMES OF THE HEART by Beth Henley - Little Fish Theatre - with Lynn Alliston Dickson, Heather Handwerk & Sarah McKenna https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f17397538d1c22fd72dacc3/1596678855106-O10SJCY3FOIYWSO6D4YT/Xmas+Carol.jpeg Melanie Jones Storyteller - Director A CHRISTMAS CAROL adapted from Charles Dickens by Adrian Hall and Richard Cummings - Trinity Rep - with George Martin and Richard Jenkins https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f17397538d1c22fd72dacc3/1596936198488-6HSQ6L1CT1D5JSH259QN/Bugs+in+a+Jar.jpeg Melanie Jones Storyteller - Director IN THE JAR by Mark Harvey Levine - Little Fish Theatre - with (from left) Linda Steelman, Corina Bowler, Rachel Levy, Art Krispin & Sarah McKenna https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f17397538d1c22fd72dacc3/1596936665517-5R3A514LODMQ5H0QUCSQ/Fully+Committed.jpg Melanie Jones Storyteller - Director FULLY COMMITTED by Becky Mode - Little Fish Theatre - performed by Sam Lloyd https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f17397538d1c22fd72dacc3/1596678701057-F2Q9EJ7OGRAB6P2IXYXW/An+Almost+Perfect+Person.jpeg Melanie Jones Storyteller - Director AN ALMOST PERFECT PERSON by Judith Ross - Trinity Rep - with Margo Skinner & Peter Gerety https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f17397538d1c22fd72dacc3/1596587324045-GXTW5FT9U87LI0S4C3WJ/Colonial+Follies+program.jpeg Melanie Jones Storyteller - Director COLONIAL FOLLIES by Melanie Jones - Harbor Magnet/Park Western Place School - This is the student-designed, student-printed program cover. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f17397538d1c22fd72dacc3/1596936248179-UOH0J9JEIZTOVNSP8GVB/Hedda-Kalie+windoe.jpg Melanie Jones Storyteller - Director HEDDA GABLER by Henrik Ibsen - Little Fish Theatre - with Kalie Quinones https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f17397538d1c22fd72dacc3/1597620110965-MRDMR0PSCU6NN49SF9KC/PlayofOne%27sOwn+card.jpeg Melanie Jones Storyteller - Director A PLAY OF ONE'S OWN by Barbara Bejoian - Edinburgh Festival Fringe - with Alysia Reiner https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f17397538d1c22fd72dacc3/1596936631282-G71ANVI9SZT1DQ8UK4ZC/Arms+%26+the+Man.jpeg Melanie Jones Storyteller - Director ARMS AND THE MAN by Bernard Shaw - Little Fish Theatre - with Isaac Nippert, David Graham & Meghann Baker https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f17397538d1c22fd72dacc3/1598061636116-GXEEQFK86Z4I8AROHRLD/Scandal+thor.jpeg Melanie Jones Storyteller - Director THE SCHOOL FOR SCANDAL by Richard Brinsley Sheridan - Little Fish Theatre - with Thor Edgell https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f17397538d1c22fd72dacc3/1596936646934-ABYWRTR4IVIE065ERW05/Butler+LFT+Geraldine.jpeg Melanie Jones Storyteller - Director WHAT THE BUTLER SAW by Joe Orton - Little Fish Theatre - with Rebecca Sigl, Rodney Rincon & Mark A. Cross https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f17397538d1c22fd72dacc3/1597620083252-4S552A9L05TM3DMA0BGA/Loudmouth+Chowder.jpeg Melanie Jones Storyteller - Director LOUDMOUTH CHOWDER by Joanne Green-Levine and Melanie Jones - originally presented as part of the Los Angeles Olympic Arts Festival - performed by Joanne Green-Levine https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f17397538d1c22fd72dacc3/1598393902771-F3842E29L0U6I4OSYUVD/Menopause+Mama.jpeg Melanie Jones Storyteller - Director MENOPAUSE MAMA - written by and performed by Rose Weaver - Little Fish Theatre https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f17397538d1c22fd72dacc3/1598393877787-JM3QNGMXDSJWXJXUBMTV/Mouse+Soup.jpeg Melanie Jones Storyteller - Director MOUSE SOUP A New Musical based on the book by Arnold Lobel by Melanie Jones & George Howe -- first produced by Curtains Up!