Sherryl Melnyk

Sherryl Melnyk’s play Millicent’s Pothole has recently taken first place in the Playwrights’ Guild of Canada’s Post-Secondary Playwriting Competition. Millicent’s Pothole was also a finalist in the 2009 BC National Playwriting Competition and will be produced by the Revelstoke Theatre Company in 2012. Even The Walls Have Eyes was a co-winner in the From The Cradle to Stage playwriting competition and was produced by the Walterdale Playhouse in Edmonton. Her play Mrs. Ferguson’s Bed was produced at FemFest in Winnipeg by Sarasvati Productions and Outnumbered was produced by Soulocentric Productions in Calgary. She has also published an essay entitled “Landscape My Body,” and a documentary for CBC radio called “Mom Leaves Home.” She has an M.A. in English literature and is currently a Ph.D. student at the University of Calgary in the Interdisciplinary Graduate Program. Sherryl grew up on a farm in Manitoba with an eclectic family which has unwittingly provided much fodder for her writing. She lives with her poorly trained but greatly loved pug Sasha.