Elliot Valentine is a composer, lyricist, librettist and dramaturg. He writes and researches experimental musical theater, creating art where academic curiosity meets speculative storytelling. Most frequently, you’ll find him writing musical theater with Mel Hornyak under the artist name Melliot or working as a dramaturg on new plays and musicals.
Elliot is a current member of Musical Theatre Factory’s Makers Cohort IV. Works include Ghost Story (Live & In Color Top 4 Finalist 2025, Eugene O'Neill National Music Theater Conference Semifinalist, OpenAIR MT Residency 2024), Someone Like Me (Berkeley Rep Ground Floor Finalist 2025), Thy Sinful House (New Roots Residency Finalist 2025), Adamandi (Eugene O'Neill National Music Theater Conference Semifinalist 2023) and The Art of Pleasing Princes. Other credits include multimedia musical Alternate Reality Game En Abîme (2024-2026), an immersive extended reality musical for Musical Theatre Factory’s MTFxR Garage (2025), and work performed at The Public Theater’s Joe’s Pub and the Green Room 42. MFA: David Geffen School of Drama at Yale. BA: Princeton University.
