Six Inches Above the Knee commissioned by 20th Television for pilot adaptation!
Through 20th Television's (formally ABC Signature) inaugural Emerging Playwrights Initiative, I've received a commission to adapt the stage play into a Young Adult, dark comedy television series. This opportunity includes the invaluable mentorship from screenwriter Raamla Mohamed (Creator/Showrunner Reasonable Doubt, Writer/Executive Producer Little Fires Everywhere) in preparation to pitch the pilot for series development. More soon!
SCREENPLAYS
TOO MANY FISH IN THE SEA
Feature, Rom Com, 115 minutes
Heartbroken, hometown marine biologist Hollie Ryan wants nothing more than a change of scenery, but her plans to leave Little Cayman Island are interrupted by the rapid recolonization of the invasive lionfish. Will her love for the ocean be enough to save the very reefs that raised her AND heal her broken heart? Perhaps the arrival of a heartthrob documentarian will show Hollie that she is, in fact, still quite a catch…
Too Many Fish in the Sea was the first place winner of the 2023 Alfred P. Sloan Script Competition at Carnegie Mellon University for the best screenplay furthering the public understanding of science and technology.
Link to Variety press release!
Too Many Fish in the Sea also earned Semifinalist recognition through for Humanitas’s 2024 David & Lynn Angell College Comedy Award, and a quarterfinalist in Final Draft’s 2023 Big Break.
JUST OUT OF REACH
Short, Dark Comedy, 12 minutes
After a sexual mishap, Mary spirals, feeling as though her sanity and self-composure are no longer within reach.
On Set of...
Just Out of Reach
Directed by Tatiana Baccari
Producer Carlos E. Martinez
Cast Anna Bakun, Edward Patrick, Harper York, Allison Dorsey
Design Carrie Anne Huneycutt
Intimacy Coordinator Sam Pazos
DP Terrell Robinson
Gaffer Balint Oltvai
Sound Sofia Osborn
Just Out of Reach
CMU NYC Showcase Reading
Director: Izadorius Tortuga
Cast: Madeleine Russell, Jackson Prince, Annie Saenger, Alexandra Blum
Produced by CMU MFA Dramatic Writers of 2024