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I have been a fan of Actress Michelle Clunie ever since I saw her as 'Melanie Marcus' on Showtime's groundbreaking TV series Queer As Folk.

It has been 13 years since I have featured Michelle on Call Me Adam. We last spoke in 2012, when Michelle made her Off-Broadway Playwriting Debut with her show, US.

Now, Michelle is about to make her triumphant return to the New York Stage in Michael Griffo's hit Off Broadway play Pen Pals.

For TWO WEEKS only, you can see Michelle in Pen Pals from September 3-14, 2025 at the Daryl Roth DR2 Theater in NYC!

After seeing Pen Pals in 2024, I was thrilled to hear about Michelle's casting in the show! I think she is an ideal choice for the role of Bernie.

In this NEW interview, Michelle once again answered my call, but this time around she shares:

• Why Pen Pals was the show to bring her back to the NY Stage
• What she hopes audiences will come away with after seeing Pen Pals
• How she lives her life by coming from a place of gratefulness
• The importance of human connection
• Where she feels Melanie from Queer as Folk would be today
• So much more

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Pen Pals is the extraordinary story of two friends that unfolds over decades. With a rotating cast of renowned actors, no two performances will ever be the same.

Bernie and Mags live in two different countries, they’ve never met, and yet they’re best friends. Because they’ve been pen pals for over fifty years. Since they were teenagers, they’ve shared every aspect of their lives with each other. The trivial bits, the most intimate details, all the happiness, all the heartache. They’ve told each other things they wouldn’t dare tell another soul. Even though Bernie lives in New Jersey and Mags is from England, the women are closer to each other than anyone else in the world.

Come witness the journey of their lifetime. In their own words.

Pen Pals will run at the Daryl Roth DR2 Theater, with a rotating cast of stars, from August 15, 2025-December 21, 2025.

Michelle Clunie will be playing Bernie from September 3-14, 2025. Click Here for tickets! 

More Michelle Clunie Interviews: 

2012 (Read Here): From Acting On Queer As Folk to Writing The Play US

Michelle Clunie

More on Michelle Clunie:

Michelle Clunie is an award-winning veteran actress, born and raised in Portland, Oregon. Michelle stepped foot on stage at seven years old, first appearing in plays, operas and ballets.

She made her stage debut in Los Angeles at 23, in A Comedy of Eros, earning her a Drama-Logue award. She went on to star in numerous television, film and theatre productions earning awards in all three mediums, including a Backstage Readers’ Choice Award for her performance in The West Coast premiere of Neil LaBute’s The Mercy Seat. In 2012 she wrote, produced, and starred in the Off-Broadway play US earning rave reviews, as an actress as well as writer, with critics comparing her style to Aaron Sorkin and Thornton Wilder.

Michelle is most often recognized as ‘Melanie Marcus’ in the groundbreaking series QUEER AS FOLK. The Boston Globe hailed her amazing performance as, “what Queer As Folk can be at its best, honest and unashamed”. The popular series was based on the original British series, but the American remake for Showtime/Showcase, remains incredibly popular to this day, with a passionate, continually building fan-base.

Most recently Michelle wrapped shooting the powerful short film, EVERYTHING’S FINE, about PTSD after a mass shooting. Michelle also recurred on the hit MTV show TEEN WOLF; as well as MAKE IT OR BREAK IT on ABC Family. Up next, she stars in the mystery thriller, BURIED TRUTHS.