Jen co-produced with Melanie Maras her first feature  film SAD SACK SALLY. It premiered at the STATEN ISLAND FILM FESTIVAL and will  be  distributed domestically by R Squared Films.

A theatrical version of SAD SACK SALLY was produced by the Riant Theater in New York City at the 2007 Strawberry One Act Festival. It was a semi-finalist for BEST PLAY.

Her one woman show BURNING DOWN TO HEAVEN about the poet Anne Sexton premiered at the 1998 Boston University Playwrights Festival and won first place. It was then produced in San Francisco at the Marsh Theater in 2000 and at Venue 9 in 2001. In 2003 it premiered in New York City at the Culture Project as part of their Women’s Summer Series.

She is currently developing her first screenplay.

Melanie is a graduate of the Maggie Flanigan Studio.