Melanie Penn is a songwriter at the crossroads of faith and culture. After studying classical voice, she
moved to New York City and pursued musical theatre where she enjoyed several years as a
mainstay in the theatre scene, most notably playing Sandy on the Broadway national tour of Grease!
starring Frankie Avalon.

Penn then started writing songs. Her first singer-songwriter album was called Wake Up Love (2010),
and was met with unexpected critical acclaim. Five more albums followed in continued collaboration
with Shive: Hope Tonight (2015); Immanuel (2017); Immanuel: The Folk Sessions (2019) and More
Alive Vol. I and Vol. 2 (2020/2022).

The Immanuel project, Melanie’s songwriting journey through the Christmas story, was called a
songwriting tour de force by Christian and mainstream press. It reached No. 1 on Amazon’s
Christian, Worship and Holiday Download charts.

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