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Melis Aker

@melvishmelvin

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Writer • Actor • Musician
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The markets are open and we’re selling some fresh 🐟 FISH 🐠 Tickets are ofFISHially on sale (LINK IN BIO), and it’s a massive honour to introduce our school of actors, designers and team who are bringing this play Off-Broadway this autumn! <swipe for content & last slide says all> FISH Written by Melis Aker Directed by my one and only Tatiana Pandiani @tatianapandianii ♥️ A Co-Production with @wptheater & @signatureinnyc In Association with @newlighttheaterproject Consulting Producer @noortheatre September 26 – October 25, 2026 📍 WP Theater, NYC Featuring: Alyssa May Gold @heylyssamay as LIBBY Sara Haider @sarahhaiderlive as ISHA Kario Marcel @kariospeedwagon as JON Roxana Hope Radja @ryannahhope as CEYDA Yasmin Lara Ranz-Lind @yasminranzlind as KARYA Set Design — Emmie Finckel @finckele Costume Design — Siena Zoë Allen @zoaynotzoey Lighting Design — Reza Behjat @rza_behjat Sound Design — G Clausen Properties Design — Emmarose Campbell @emmarosecampbell Intimacy Director — Judi Lewis Ockler @judilewo Dialect Coach — Atticus Orsborn @atticus.orsborn Production Stage Manager — Aisling Galvin @baisre Assistant Stage Manager — Morgan Grant @morgiegrant With special shout-outs to @evshoo @lisamcnulty @jeremyehlinger @emily.chackerian for the years of hustle to get this play onto the stage 🙏🏼 by @melvishmelvin
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2 months ago
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The doves are crying and, well, I am too… Honoured, to say the least, to get to bring the kindest and most talented @maytejannell’s story to the screen. Thank you @gscarles and everyone over at Crazy Legs for entrusting me with Mayte’s memoir, which currently has a few too many post-its in it (sorry Mayte!!!). And huge gratitude for @kevhlin for bringing me forward for this project, and @simonmathew for coaching me through it all the way!! Phew. Okay. I’m gonna go pinch myself, then I might go dance like it’s 1999 where 8-year-old Melis is fainting in some alternate universe because never in a million years did she think she’d be given this gift. Then it’s back to writing for me. Purple love, here we go. ☮️💜🕊️💃🕺🪩 by @melvishmelvin
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a year ago
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This is the kind of news you keep notifications on for—FISH IS EXTENDING UNTIL NOVEMBER 1! Get your tickets before they are gone! — A Co-Production by WP Theater and Signature Theatre In Association with New Light Theater Project Consulting Producer Noor Theatre Written by Melis Aker @melvishmelvin Directed by Tatiana Pandiani @tatianapandianii Featuring Alyssa May Gold, Sara Haider, Kario Marcel, Roxanna Hope Radja, and Yasmin Lara Ranz-Lind @heylyssamay, @sarahaiderlive, @kariospeedwagon, @rxannahope, @yasminranzlind Set Design by Emmie Finckel @finckele Costume Design by Siena Zoë Allen zoaynotzoey Lighting Design by Reza Behjat @rza_behjat Sound Design by G Clausen Properties Design by Emmarose Campbell Intimacy Director - Judi Lewis Ockler @judilewo Dialect Coach - Atticus Orsborn @atticus.orsborn Hair and Makeup Consultant - Caitlin Molloy @caitlinmolloy.hair Production Stage Manager - Aisling Galvin @baisre Assistant Stage Manager - Morgan Grant @morgiegrant 2016, London. Seventeen-year-old Karya is navigating her brother’s unresolved disappearance. When her mother’s outrageous theory about his whereabouts starts to gain traction, Karya decides to put it to the test. With her best friend, she devises a twisted online experiment, setting a hook in the darkest corners of the internet. But what begins as a search for answers quickly spirals into something more sinister than she ever expected. By turns sharp, tensely funny, and tender, Fish is a darkly comedic coming-of-age story about grief, girlhood and games that go too far. taken in WP Theater by @melvishmelvin
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5 hours ago
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Audiences and reviewers agree—FISH is funny, feral, and full of heart. Make sure you catch this limited run before it’s too late! Video: Theo Cote @theo.cote @heylyssamay @kariospeedwagon @yasminranzlind @sarahaiderlive @rxannahope #uwstheater #nyctheater #offbroadway by @melvishmelvin
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2 days ago
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Catch this sneak peek of the Off-Broadway Premiere of FISH!! Photos by Joan Marcus — September 26 - October 25, 2026 A Co-Production by WP Theater and Signature Theatre In Association with New Light Theater Project Consulting Producer Noor Theatre Written by Melis Aker @melvishmelvin Directed by Tatiana Pandiani @tatianapandianii Featuring Alyssa May Gold, Sara Haider, Kario Marcel, Roxana Hope Radja, and Yasmin Lara Ranz-Lind @heylyssamay, @sarahaiderlive, @kariospeedwagon, @rxannahope, @yasminranzlind Set Design by Emmie Finckel @finckele Costume Design by Siena Zoë Allen zoaynotzoey Lighting Design by Reza Behjat @rza_behjat Sound Design by G Clausen Properties Design by Emmarose Campbell @emmarosegcampbell Intimacy Director - Judi Lewis Ockler @judilewo Dialect Coach - Atticus Orsborn @atticus.orsborn Production Stage Manager - Aislin Galvin @baisre Assistant Stage Manager - Morgan Grant @morgiegrant 2016, London. Seventeen-year-old Karya is navigating her brother’s unresolved disappearance. When her mother’s outrageous theory about his whereabouts starts to gain traction, Karya decides to put it to the test. With her best friend, she devises a twisted online experiment, setting a hook in the darkest corners of the internet. But what begins as a search for answers quickly spirals into something more sinister than she ever expected. By turns sharp, tensely funny, and tender, Fish is a darkly comedic coming-of-age story about grief, girlhood and games that go too far.” Kario Marcel, Roxanna Hope Radja, and Sara Haider living that pool life. Alyssa May Gold and Yasmin Ranz-Lind totally not getting into trouble. “Do you always do what your mom tells you?” Yasmin Ranz-Lind and Sara Haider living Vibes with Alyssa May Gold and Yasmin Ranz-Lind. taken in WP Theater by @melvishmelvin
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10 days ago
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Join us for Consulting Producer Noor Theatre’s second night hosting SWANASA Affinity gathering–this time with a post-show talkback. This panel discussion will include Melis Aker, Mona Mansour, Tatiana Pandiani, Heather Raffo, and Sanaz Toossi. Use code DM30 to access $30 tickets for this performance. Swipe to learn more about the amazing artists at this talkback. Melis Aker (Playwright) is a London-and New York–based playwright/screenwriter, actor, and musician from Turkey. Her plays have been developed and presented Off-Broadway and regionally in the U.S. and U.K. at Signature Theatre Company in New York ( Fish, LaunchPad resident playwright), Theatre503 (Murmurs, 503Five resident playwright), The Old Vic (Hundred Feet Tall co-written with Benjamin Scheuer), Ars Nova and PlayCo (Hound Dog), and Williamstown Theatre Festival (Indigo Dreams). She has received commissions from Signature, Atlantic Theatre Company (Middle Eastern Mixfest), and La Jolla Playhouse, and has been awarded the American Theatre Wing’s Jonathan Larson Grant (Azul), named on the Kilroy’s List (Field, Awakening), and recognized as a “Woman to Watch” by the Broadway Women’s Fund. Her short play Scraps and Things was recorded for Playing On Air starring Carol Kane, where she was also co-star and composer. Mona is a Lebanese-American playwright and TV writer. UNSEEN played at Mosaic Theater in April-May 2023. THE VAGRANT TRILOGY made its NYC premiere in May 2022 at NYC’s Public Theater. And BEGINNING DAYS OF TRUE JUBILATION, conceived with SOCIETY, ran at the New Ohio Theater in June 2022. UNSEEN ran at Oregon Shakespeare Festival from April to July 2022. Mona worked on NBC’s long-running NEW AMSTERDAM , and is developing a series with Waleed and Joana Zuaiter’s FlipNarrative. Tatiana Pandiani (Director) is a New York City–based Latin American director, choreographer, and writer whose work spans theatre, film, and immersive performance. Recent Off-Broadway projects include Torera (WP Theater/Long Wharf Theatre/Sol Project/Latinx Playwrights Circle) and Someone Spectacular (Signature, NYC). Her work has been seen at major regional theatres including Goodspeed Musicals, La Jolla Playhouse, A taken in WP Theater by @melvishmelvin
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21 days ago
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FISH by Melis Aker @melvishmelvin opens this weekend @signatureinnyc in New York and runs until 25th October. ‘2016, London. Seventeen-year-old Karya is navigating her brother’s unresolved disappearance. When her mother’s outrageous theory about his whereabouts starts to gain traction, Karya decides to put it to the test. With her best friend, she devises a twisted online experiment, setting a hook in the darkest corners of the internet. But what begins as a search for answers quickly spirals into something more sinister than she ever expected. By turns sharp, tensely funny, and tender, Fish is a darkly comedic coming-of-age story about grief, girlhood and games that go too far.’ by @melvishmelvin
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22 days ago
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Drumroll for the mind behind the play—Melis Aker. Read more about her below and support her by getting your tickets! — Melis Aker (Playwright) is a London-and New York–based playwright/screenwriter, actor, and musician from Turkey. Her plays have been developed and presented Off-Broadway and regionally in the U.S. and U.K. at Signature Theatre Company in New York ( Fish, LaunchPad resident playwright), Theatre503 (Murmurs, 503Five resident playwright), The Old Vic (Hundred Feet Tall co-written with Benjamin Scheuer), Ars Nova and PlayCo (Hound Dog), and Williamstown Theatre Festival (Indigo Dreams). She has received commissions from Signature, Atlantic Theatre Company (Middle Eastern Mixfest), and La Jolla Playhouse, and has been awarded the American Theatre Wing’s Jonathan Larson Grant (Azul), named on the Kilroy’s List (Field, Awakening), and recognized as a “Woman to Watch” by the Broadway Women’s Fund. Her short play Scraps and Things was recorded for Playing On Air starring Carol Kane, where she was also co-star and composer. Aker’s short film Baba in Graceland was developed with support from the Sundance Institute’s Interdisciplinary Grant and was an official selection for the 2025 Izmir Short Film Festival. Her feature screenplay ARI [Bee] was accepted to Maison des Scénaristes at Cannes, Berlinale Script Market, and the Proof of Concept Film Festival at the American Cinematheque. She is currently adapting The Most Beautiful: My Life with Prince, Mayte Garcia’s New York Times bestselling memoir for Crazy Legs Features, and developing an immersive game project with Sinan Eczacıbaşı of Curious Gremlin. Aker was a NYTW 2050 Fellow, an Ars Nova Play Group member, a DGF Playwriting Fellow, and a screenwriter for Morgan Freeman’s Revelations Entertainment. She has taught playwriting/screenwriting at The New School, and prose fiction at King’s College London. She holds an MFA in Playwriting/Screenwriting from Columbia University and is completing a PhD in Creative Writing at King’s College London. She is represented by CAA, Berlin Associates, and CURATE Management. by @melvishmelvin
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2 months ago
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Tickets On Sale Now! — September 26 - October 25, 2026 A Co-Production by WP Theater and Signature Theatre In Association with New Light Theater Project Consulting Producer Noor Theatre Written by Melis Aker @melvishmelvin Directed by Tatiana Pandiani @tatianapandianii Featuring Alyssa May Gold, Sara Haider, Kario Marcel, Roxanna Hope Radja, and Yasmin Lara Ranz-Lind @heylyssamay, @sarahaiderlive, @kariospeedwagon, @rxannahope, @yasminranzlind Set Design by Emmie Finckel @finckele Costume Design by Siena Zoë Allen zoaynotzoey Lighting Design by Reza Behjat @rza_behjat Sound Design by G Clausen Properties Design by Emmarose Campbell @emmarosegcampbell Intimacy Director - Judi Lewis Ockler @judilewo Dialect Coach - Atticus Orsborn @atticus.orsborn Production Stage Manager - Aislin Galvin @baisre Assistant Stage Manager - Morgan Grant @morgiegrant 2016, London. Seventeen-year-old Karya is navigating her brother’s unresolved disappearance. When her mother’s outrageous theory about his whereabouts starts to gain traction, Karya decides to put it to the test. With her best friend, she devises a twisted online experiment, setting a hook in the darkest corners of the internet. But what begins as a search for answers quickly spirals into something more sinister than she ever expected. By turns sharp, tensely funny, and tender, Fish is a darkly comedic coming-of-age story about grief, girlhood and games that go too far. by @melvishmelvin
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2 months ago
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The fish has left the tank… Getting to put up new work these days can certainly feel like swimming upstream, so man does this feel like a miracle 😭 Thank you @signatureinnyc @wptheater @newlighttheaterproject @noortheatre for believing in this play, and sister-director @tatianapandianii for steering the ship. And a big, heartfelt shout-out also to the collective hustle of @heylyssamay @evshoo @lisamcnulty @jeremyehlinger @emily.chackerian @katemooreheaney @sivanbattat for helping push this play to the stage, and to all actor and designer friends who have helped develop this piece through the years 🫂♥️🙏🏼 Originally commissioned by @signatureinnyc, my play “Fish” will be presented Off-Broadway this autumn at @wptheater’s space as part of a co-produced 2026-2027 season 🧡 More details soon 🐟 ~•~•~•~•~•~•~•~•~•~•~•~ 2016, London. Seventeen-year-old Karya is navigating her brother’s unresolved disappearance. When her mother’s outrageous theory about his whereabouts starts to gain traction, Karya decides to put it to the test. With her best friend, she devises a twisted online experiment, setting a hook in the darkest corners of the internet. But what begins as a search for answers quickly spirals into something more sinister than she ever expected. By turns sharp, tensely funny, and tender, Fish is a darkly comedic coming-of-age story about grief, girlhood and the games that go too far. taken in New York City by @melvishmelvin
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6 months ago
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It is a great honour to have my literary essay “In Praise of Half-Light: Notes from a Gray City” published in @markazreview’s December 2025 Issue 56: NOIR. A huge thank you to @elgrablyjordan and Lina Mounzer for accepting my proposal and for the editorial insight that helped me shape this piece. I’ve only posted the introduction here – you can read the full essay via @markazreview’s page or the link below. While you’re there, I highly recommend reading the issue in full, and checking out the beautifully curated list of noir films that accompanies it. 🖤 🔗 https://themarkaz.org/in-praise-of-half-light-notes-from-a-gray-city/ #markazreview #themarkazreview #tmr #tmr56 #noir #film #shadow #halflight #essay #literary #nonfictionreads #noirfilm taken in The Markaz Review by @melvishmelvin
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10 months ago
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Friends and brethren of indie film! We at @milkteethshortfilm have officially launched our @seedandspark fundraising campaign [LINK IN BIO]!!! We are very moved to have already reached %44 of our goal and thank all you generous souls for supporting us! 🥹 Here’s a little pre-production trailer for a taste, which you can find—along with our story and team details—all in one place on our campaign page! ✨More shouts coming soon 🥰🫂 <><><><><><><><><><><><><> Bağımsız film dostları ve yoldaşları! @milkteethshortfilm ekibi olarak @seedandspark bağış kampanyamızı başlatmış bulunuyoruz [LİNK PROFİLDE]!!! 🥹 Şimdiden hedefimizin %44’üne ulaşmış olmak bizi çok duygulandırdı; filmimizi destekleyen tüm yüreklere çok teşekkür ederiz! Size tadımlık olsun diye küçük bir ön prodüksiyon fragmanı bırakıyoruz; hikâyemizi ve ekibimizle ilgili tüm detayları da kampanya sayfamızda tek bir yerde bulabilirsiniz! ✨ Bi seri teşekkür turu da yakında geliyor 🥰🫂 by @melvishmelvin
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10 months ago
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