Mel Hornyak (Book/Lyrics) and Elliot Valentine (Book/Lyrics/Music) are New York-based musical theater writers who work under the artist name Melliot. Their musicals use horror, fantasy, and sci-fi to defamiliarize power, narrative and identity through psychological explorations of love and desire. They both hold B.A.s from Princeton University and currently attend the Graduate Musical Theater Writing Program at NYU Tisch and the Dramaturgy and Dramatic Criticism Program at Yale, respectively. Selected Awards and Performance Credits: O'Neill NMTC Semifinalist (Adamandi), American Musical Theater Project Semifinalists (Ghost Story), Ring of Keys Queering the Gala commission at Joe's Pub. When the two of them are not writing, they like to cook spicy food, go on hikes, and play Dungeons & Dragons.