Season 2 of the Aspiring Playwrights Program!

The first season of the Playwrights Realm’s Aspiring Playwrights Program (Content Producer: moi) was full of insight, advice, and real talk. And we’re back for another season!

The AP program an ever-growing, online library of FREE written and video content aimed at those in the early stages of their writing careers (regardless of age), without access or inroads to professional peers or industry leaders. You can see all of the content—73 pieces so far!—HERE

I even contribute a piece myself occasionally, and my latest is a look at the “Who’s-Who-and-What-They-Do” of non-profit theatre companies. ENJOY!

Kudos from WeScreenplay!

While the results of the WeScreenplay Short Script Lab competition won’t be announced until August 15th, I was really pleased by the high praise my short “September” received from WeScreenplay’s coverage staff. The final paragraph of the feedback document reads:

“In conclusion, the script demonstrates exceptional storytelling prowess through its visual and sensory appeal, skillful use of symbolism, profound emotional depth, and the establishment of a poignant and reflective mood. By combining these elements cohesively, the script succeeds in capturing the hearts and minds of its audience, offering an introspective journey that is both emotionally evocative and thematically rich.”

The project is in pre-production, and will shoot in the fall.

About “September”:

Over the course of a decade, a man in a little rented rowboat on Central Park Lake considers what he's let go, and what he should have held onto, in the wake of the AIDS epidemic. Adapted from award-winning author and poet Jennifer Michael Hecht’s poem.

I've Put the "I" in IMDb

My work as Script Coordinator with Film Independent’s Project Involve means I’ve been officially added to IMDb! …Well, “Corey Atkins (II)” has—a pro football player with the same name, who also haunts my Google alerts, beat me to it.

I look forward to growing my list of credits, and getting that STARmeter up from 535,038 :-)

Film Independent Project Involve Screens "Sabor"

SABOR, the Film Independent Project Involve short I was Script Supervisor for last summer, will have its Theatrical Premiere on Monday, January 30th in Los Angeles, along with the other PI Fellows’ shorts! You can also register to screen it online on 1/31. Both screenings are free with RSVP.

About the film:

On the eve of their departure from their working-class neighborhood, a young musician and child of Afro-Latinx immigrants, realizes what it means to leave their community, much like their parents did, in pursuit of their dreams.

Director: Jaime Castañeda

Producers: Ebony Elaine Hardin, Takara Joseph

Writer: Jeanette Lim

Executive Producer: T’Essence Minnitee

Cinematographer: Akina Van de Velde

Editor: Calvin Chin

Associate Director for New Commercial Musical in Development

I’m thrilled to be working with director and friend Leah C. Gardiner as Associate Director on a new “Broadway-aimed” musical…which I unfortunately can’t share any details about! But I will say that it’s a true career highlight to be sharing this room with some absolute theatre ICONS. Hopefully more can be shared in the spring/summer of 2023. But for now just trust me when I say: you ain’t ready for this one!