Margot Melcon (Co-Playwright of Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberley) is a theatre artist, administrator, and writer.  She was the Director of New Play Development at Marin Theatre Company for seven years, where she dramaturged over 30 productions (including seven world premieres) and administered the company’s two annual new play prizes and commissioning program.  She has developed plays with TheatreWorks, Bay Area Playwrights Festival, Crowded Fire Theater, Shotgun Players, Berkeley Rep’s Ground Floor, the Kennedy Center, the New Harmony Project, and the Playwrights’ Center in Minneapolis.  She is currently the Program Executive for Promoting Culture at the Zellerbach Family Foundation.  Margot is a graduate of California State University, Chico.