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Melissa Reaves

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About Melissa

Melissa Reaves is a professional storyteller, actress, and stroytelling coach

Storytelling Coach, Storyteller, Performer

Melissa Reaves (she/her) is a professional and award-winning storyteller and storytelling coach to executives. Her sales and marketing background includes more than 20 years in technology enterprise sales, as well as countless stage credits as a professional actor/improviser. This combination of sales, marketing, acting, writing, directing and producing storytelling shows, ultimately led her to found Story Fruition to help others find and tell their stories--with impact.


Melissa works with CEOs, Founders and Senior Executives to build their storytelling skills and enrich their leadership. Melissa is the Pitch Coach for Founders Live and has been invited to instruct storytelling for business narratives at conferences all over the United States.

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Melissa's Storytelling

As an actress and professional storyteller, Melissa Reaves regularly appears on The Moth Story Slams (she wins too!), Seattle's Fresh Ground Stories, Ignite Seattle, NAMI's Brainpower Chronicles, Speak Up Podcast, The Otter Story Hour and Unexpected Productions Improv. Her work has also been featured on NPR. 


Melissa is constantly teaching storytelling, studying it, and performing so she masters the power of this skill and art form. She's known for producing rich characters in her stories so her listeners step inside the emotional journey with her.

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Melanin Stories Matter

In June 2020, Melissa was reflecting on her own (white) experience. Her story opens with a frighteningly common thread: she was raised by a southern based family where racist views were common. While discussing how to share her story, a friend suggested to Melissa that maybe it wasn't her story that needed to be told, to be heard. She took the conversation to heart and shifted focus on the people who are screaming to be heard, literally, and asked, "How can we help magnify those voices?"


Thus, Melanin Stories Matter was born. Produced by Story Fruition, Melanin Stories Matter exists to amplify BIPOC voices. These stories are hard and often painful--both to tell and to hear--but these stories matter. 

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Melissa Reaves is a Moth Story Slam winner

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Awards & Performances

The Moth Story Slam

Fresh Ground Stories

Fresh Ground Stories

The Moth Virtual StorySLAM. A virtual open-mic storytelling experience that invites up to eight tell

Melissa's story "Life is Like a Waiter" won The Moth Story Slam NYE 2020 and fulfilled a personal goal of winning a Slam!

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Fresh Ground Stories

Fresh Ground Stories

Fresh Ground Stories

Fresh Ground Stories

Melissa's stories have been featured numerous times on Seattle's  Fresh Ground Stories.

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Ignite Seattle

Fresh Ground Stories

Unexpected Productions

Ignite Seattle

Melissa's true story "OCD Is a Family Affair" was highlighted as one of the Top 10 Stories of Ignite Seattle's 2019 season

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Unexpected Productions

Inside Story: Adventures in Storytelling

Unexpected Productions

Unexpected Productions is Seattle's longest running Improv Theater

Melissa is a long-standing member of the Unexpected Productions Ensemble and active improv actress.

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Inside Story: Adventures in Storytelling

Inside Story: Adventures in Storytelling

Inside Story: Adventures in Storytelling

Inside Story: Adventures in Storytelling by Unexpected Productions

The Moth meets Whose Line is it Anyway, only less formatted, more spontaneous and out of control fun! 

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Speak Up Storytelling

Inside Story: Adventures in Storytelling

Inside Story: Adventures in Storytelling

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Melissa debuted on the Speak Up virtual stage on August 22, 2020 for the "Letting Go" virtual show.

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