I’m very excited to be a part of Sundance Co//ab, a new platform launched by Sundance Institute to advances their mission to discover, support, and inspire independent artists from around the world. I’ve been accepted to join the inaugural “TV Writing: Core Elements” course, and will be developing my pilot script, Zone of Silence. I’m loving both the solo work, and the bi-weekly Zoom “office hours” with Sundance course guide and the other program participants.
Following one family across three centuries and two countries, my series idea combines 19th century Mormon pioneers in Mexico; mysterious (and possibly supernatural) desert visions and events; a 21st century multi-level marketing ‘wellness’ company in Utah County; the intersections of sexuality, identity, and religion; and the roots of white Christian Manifest Destiny that run through it all. It’s a story about Faith and Belief; about how they are both powerful, but are not the same thing. And, really, it’s a story about how love and imagination may just be the most powerful of all. (P.S. Think Breaking Bad meets Big Love meets X-Files)
I wrote both fiction and plays extensively through high school and undergrad, then let my writing get moved to the back burner…until it kind of fell off the stove. It’s been really exciting and satisfying to get things boiling again!