Melissa Leilani Larson is an award-winning playwright and screenwriter presently based in Provo, Utah. She holds a BA in English from Brigham Young University and an MFA from the Iowa Playwrights Workshop. Recent productions include a commission to adapt Jane Austen's "Pride and Prejudice" for the stage. "Pilot Program" opens at Plan-B Theatre Company in April 2015. She wrote the screenplay for the new film "Freetown", in theaters April 2015.