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1 | Name | Twitter Handle | Script | Logline | 1/2 hr or 1 hr | Recommended By | The Twitterfolk are saying... | ||||||||||||||||||||||
2 | Zackery Alexzander Stephens | @zackeryastephen | ESPOSA & WIFE Script link: DM for link | A multi-generation comedy centered around a paramedic’s modern Dominican-American family and her apologetically Canadian wife, after they secretly elope for a green card. THE CARMICHAEL SHOW meets ONE DAY AT A TIME. | 1/2 hr | David H. Steinberg | "I read @zackeryastephen 's multicam ESPOSA & WIFE and thought it was great! A multi-generation comedy about a Dominican-American paramedic and her Canadian wife, E&W was funny with rich characters and snappy dialogue!" | ||||||||||||||||||||||
3 | JB White | @JBWhite50642486 | FAMILY SPIRIT Script link: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1CQtDzLwB8cwZdVj5JYPv5uBt6YZO1pAI/view?usp=sharing | A divorced mom and her two kids move into a new house and discover it's already inhabited--by a family of ghosts from the 1950s | 1/2 hr | David H. Steinberg | "I read JB White’s fantastic original half hour Family Spirit about a single mom raising her kids with a 1950s family of ghosts living in her house. Funny, tight, and heartfelt. Please consider JB for staffing!" | ||||||||||||||||||||||
4 | Andrea Janakas | @AJFilm | BEARD Script link: Contact Manager Seth Nagel sethznagel@gmail.com | Set in 1963, it's THE AMERICANS meets THE AFFAIR as the series follows Spencer and Linda, a heterosexual couple with a unique devotion to one another even though they're both homosexuals. | Need | Trey Callaway | "BEARD by @AJFilm is a smartly written, sexually fluid, and wonderfully subversive pilot with great complexity of character and a story that surprises in all the best ways. Edgy cable/streamer EP's should def read! " | ||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | Nancy Bannon | @NancyBannon | ALL THAT MATTERS Script link: Contact nancybannon1@gmail.com | A heroin addicted female army veteran determined to regain custody of her daughter struggles to hang onto her recovery in a world ravaged by opioids, trauma and despair | 1 hr | Trey Callaway | "ALL THAT MATTERS by @NancyBannon was one of the most gritty & emotional portraits of an addict's struggle that I've ever read. Very strong writing that should be considered by any showrunner looking for absolute character authenticity." | ||||||||||||||||||||||
6 | Ryan David Jahn | @RyanDavidJahn | BECOMING Script link: Email ryandavidjahn@gmail.com | After his outlaw father is murdered, a mild-mannered bookstore owner gets sucked into a life of crime—and must become something he hates in order to survive. | 1 hr | Trey Callaway | "BECOMING by @RyanDavidJahn is a tense crime drama fueled by the kinda desperation that made Ozark so great. A real page turner that had me biting my nails from beginning to end. Staff this guy before somebody else in his pages gets hurt!" | ||||||||||||||||||||||
7 | AP Quach | @sassquachcomics | CHINOOK Script link: https://www.dropbox.com/s/958m7yikfw7f10u/Chinook%20Pilot%20AP%20Quach.pdf?dl=0 | Deputy RUTH VOGEL wasn't expecting anything unusual when she got the call to pull a man out of Nikola Myshkin's well, but the morning ended with twelve broken bones and five dismembered corpses on the property of an evangelical church. FBI AGENT LORO is called out to Chinook to clean up the mess, but she discovers a secret that will unravel the entire town... and Ruth is the only local she can trust. | 1 hr | Trey Callaway | "CHINOOK by @sassquachcomics is a dark and twisted crime drama that took me a few places I've never been before-- which should interest any showrunner looking for particularly unpredictable turns in character and story. " | ||||||||||||||||||||||
8 | Mike Rothschild | @rothschildmd | CROWN CITY Script link: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1345YKS3VMN4-wrLXATJdbTCMB6HSIfb_ | In 1901 Pasadena the splendor of the Gilded Age is giving way to the Progressive Era. While two luxury hotel owners fight for supremacy, their staffs and patrons fight for racial equality, suffrage, opportunity, and a seat at the table with America's greatest titans. | 1 hr | Trey Callaway | "CROWN CITY by @rothschildmd is a period drama set in Pasadena in 1901-- sort of a west coast Downton Abbey sure to please other history geek EP's like me. Made me want to check into the old Huntington Langham Hotel and never leave." | ||||||||||||||||||||||
9 | Brian Sieve | @Sieve_Brian | CUL-DE-SAC Script link: https://directories.wga.org/member/646709bb-0d1a-45bf-a946-fcd2df31c72d | A one-hour serialized drama about three families living in a suburban cul-de-sac, who begin to experience terrifying events and come to realize there's something sinister invading their perfect middle-class dream. Think AMERICAN BEAUTY meets POLTERGEIST. | 1 hr | Trey Callaway | "CUL-DE-SAC by @Sieve_Brian is a cool, creepy suburban horror series about several families living on the same street, each haunted by different parts of their past and present. EP's looking for serious scare skills should definitely read." | ||||||||||||||||||||||
10 | Gisselle Legere | @GisselleLegere | GAIN OF FUNCTION | 1 hr | Beth Schacter | "Hey, are you staffing right now? Highly recommend reading @GisselleLegere . Her sample GAIN OF FUNCTION expertly balances science and drama, is fantastically plotted, with characters that are real & complex AND the dialogue is snappy and a joy to read. " | |||||||||||||||||||||||
11 | Lynda Brendish | @lyndabrendish | THE WOODHULL Script link: https://drive.google.com/file/d/18yK645h4AtufJ-iYpIErXRkVqgaw-QEG/view?usp=drivesdk | A limited series drama based on the true story of Victoria Woodhull's radical 1872 bid for the presidency, 50 years before women had the vote -- and the sex scandals, hubris and patriarchal powers-that-be that stand in her way. | 1 hr | Sal Calleros | "Read The Woodhull by #prewga @lyndabrendish . It’s the true story of a woman’s radical 1872 bid for the U.S. presidency. It’s so well written, smart and timely. @lyndabrendish has the writing chops to be an asset on any staff." | ||||||||||||||||||||||
12 | Mike Gauyo | @MikeNotMichaeI | BARELY LEGAL Script link: Contact agents Brad Rosnefeld & Karen Kirkland brad.rosenfeld@culturecreativela.com karen.kirkland@culturecreativela.com | Shameless meets Getting On, this 1-hour dramedy features a thick as thieves immigrant Haitian family, who takes a "fake it, till you make it" approach to life, love, and surviving the American legal system | 1 hr | Sheryl J. Anderson | "Hats off to @MikeNotMichaeI for BARELY LEGAL, a heart-rending pilot about the struggles and secrets of an immigrant family. Taut pacing, memorable characters, sharp dialogue. " | ||||||||||||||||||||||
13 | Danita Jones | @Danita_Jones | THE SNITCH Script link: https://directories.wga.org/member/5a580875-111b-4444-822c-46c94e947f48 | Do you know who is working next to you? Are they a regular employee like you or a hired snitch? When a failing actor, yet small time criminal, family leaves him, he’s hired as an undercover investigator for corporations, but he gets in way over his head as he struggles to snitch on his own kind. However, he must succeed at this new employment, in order to ever have any chance of winning his family back. | 1 hr | Sheryl J. Anderson | "Applause for @Danita_Jones for her crime romp, THE SNITCH, about an actor who gets in over his head on an undercover gig. Fun characters in well-drawn settings. " | ||||||||||||||||||||||
14 | Leilani Downer | @LeilaniDowner | UPTOWN GIRLS Script link: https://www.dropbox.com/s/9wz3bxbtm588in0/Uptown%20Girls.pdf?dl=0 | An hour African American drama about five sisters, living in Harlem, who together run the family's jazz super club business and each others lives. | 1 hr | Sheryl J. Anderson | "Kicking off #WGASolidarityChallenge 2020 with a shout-out to the magnificent @LeilaniDowner and UPTOWN GIRLS, a delightfully twisty, soapy, bittersweet pilot about the complexly interwoven lives of five sisters. You feel the love -- and resentment." | ||||||||||||||||||||||
15 | Rachel Sweeney | @Sweenepup | DEAD GIRLS Script link: https://static1.squarespace.com/static/540f8872e4b033b71bbe95ab/t/5e67f32ef812b85e7f92e36a/1583870767210/Dead_Girls_Ep_2_Rachel_Sweeney+%282%29.pdf | Needed | Mark Blutman | "Love reading stuff that jumps off the page and @Sweenepup totally delivers with a unique and fresh voice in her pilot Dead Girls. A wonderful canvas of dark and edgy girls looking for beauty in their own lives while they play dead girls in film and TV." | |||||||||||||||||||||||
16 | Valerie Chu | @valerie_chu | BAIT | 1 hr | David Slack | "BAIT by @valerie_chu is a moody character-forward noir with a complex female lead whose search for answers in a grizzly murder intertwines with buried trauma in her own past. Chu’s voice is strong & confident, and her character work is effortless." | |||||||||||||||||||||||
17 | Augusto Amador | @LAroughwriters | CUBANO Script link: contact: manager Adam Peck adam@synchronicitymanagement.com | 1950s Havana, Cuba. 1950s Havana, Cuba. The underbelly of the city is a brew of high-stakes gambling, secret revolutionary plots and American gangsterism. A popular drag queen and crime boss, schemes to stay a step ahead of her enemies while running Havana's most notorious cabaret. | 1 hr | P Davis | "Seconding this recommendation and reminding showrunners of a great voice. Read @LAroughwriters pilot “CUBANO” then hire this guy. " | ||||||||||||||||||||||
18 | Stephen Boykewich | @sboykewich | FALSE FLAG Script link: DM for script | Amid the chaos of the New Cold War, an American journalist in Moscow pursues his mysterious family roots—and a reckless romance with a Kremlin spokeswoman. When he gets drawn into a plot to bring down the Russian president, both his soul and his life are at stake. Based on the author's real-life spy game. | 1 hr | Trey Callaway | "I may not be the biggest fan of Russia these days-- but I loved FALSE FLAG by @sboykewich . It's about a reckless US journo uncovering an extremely dangerous story in Moscow-- and it's chock full of intrigue from beginning to end." | ||||||||||||||||||||||
19 | Martin Garner | @RJ_MacReady31 | HESPERIUM Script link: https://www.dropbox.com/s/s0fjoplu6eo3dga/Hesperium_3-03_Garner.pdf?dl=0 | A retired Apollo astronaut wakes to find himself duct taped to a chair in his own house, face to face with a psychopathic colleague from his NASA days who doesn’t appear to have aged in 40 years. Forced to find out if he still has what it takes to be a hero, he'll also have to confront the possibility that he was never really one to begin with. | 1 hr | Trey Callaway | "HESPERIUM by @RJ_MacReady31 is a grounded, gritty, genre pilot about a secret chapter of the American space program the world has never read. Great grasp of character and visuals." | ||||||||||||||||||||||
20 | Dan Taft | @TaftyTwoFingers | I-95 Script link: https://www.dropbox.com/s/q2k031w6g7b4atk/I-95.pdf?dl=0 | At the dawn of the War on Drugs, a shady BNDD agent posing as a long haul trucker finds herself at the center of a CIA conspiracy. | 1 hr | Trey Callaway | "I-95 by @TaftyTwoFingers is a raunchy, ragged, & raw crime drama with a female lead that could easily kick every dude's ass I know. A modern day series spin on a 70's trucker/action flick. A really fun ride." | ||||||||||||||||||||||
21 | Deanna Shumaker | @deannashumaker | 1) LONG LOST Script link: https://directories.wga.org/member/96a404b1-f8d7-46af-ab77-934eeba3d2af 2) CENTRAL FLORIDA IS A GATEWAY TO HELL | 1) A young pregnant woman, on the run from her criminal past, wakes up in a small town with no memory of who she, how she got there, or what she was running from. 2) When the 73 year old lunch lady at a local high school is killed, a group of unfulfilled parents discover she was The Slayer, tasked with protecting the world from demons and other forces of evil, and that one of them is destined to take her place... They just don't know which one. The potential "Slayers" must work together to save the world while juggling parenting, jobs, and marraiges, each of them hoping they are the chosen one meant for something greater." | 1 hr | Trey Callaway Sheryl Anderson | "LONG LOST by @deannashumaker is a memorable drama about memory-- which makes it near and dear to my heart. But the complex characters & unexpected plot twists make it a great read for both crime & serialized soap showrunners." "CENTRAL FLORIDA IS THE GATEWAY TO HELL is a loving homage to genre tropes wrapped in a spot-on study of suburban angst. @deannashumaker writes with dry wit, crisp pace, and great affection for her troubles, embracable characters. Wonderful read!" | ||||||||||||||||||||||
22 | Marcelena Campos Mayhorn | @campmayhorn | METASTATIC Script link: https://directories.wga.org/member/b5cd3b10-9211-4982-ae94-31a8e3c3d33b | METASTATIC is about a young woman who must learn to navigate life when she discovers that both her and her father are diagnosed with cancer at the same time. | 1 hr | Trey Callaway | "And although she doesn't fit my 35 & over sub-category yet, I'm also gonna side-boost @campmayhorn for her moving pilot METASTATIC. A compelling LatinX family drama with strong & multifaceted female leads. Staff her while you can!" | ||||||||||||||||||||||
23 | Josh Bernhard | @joshbernhard | FOREIGN BODIES Script link: https://www.dropbox.com/s/chri7a9p66cqdh8/FOREIGN%20BODIES%20Pilot%20%28October%202019%29.pdf?dl=0 | When an unidentified space capsule crashes near the U.S./Mexican border, an American Homeland Security Agent forges an uneasy alliance with a Mexican sheriff to investigate. When the capsule's pilot claims to be the survivor of a long-lost Soviet mission to Mars from the 1980s, the reluctant duo find themselves at the center of an international incident that has the potential to rewrite history. | 1 hr | P Davis | FOREIGN BODIES by @joshbernhard is a great sci-fi drama. A space capsule crashes at the US/Mex border — what’s inside will rewrite history. Genre showrunners, check him out. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
24 | Robin Fusco | @robinfusco | COLLATERAL DAMAGE Script link: https://directories.wga.org/member/ef857aa7-a7f3-48cb-a3c2-4ba47ababed4 | After becoming an enemy of the Assad regime for treating Aleppo war victims, a Syrian medical student jeopardizes her US immigration status by opening an underground clinic in Phoenix to provide healthcare for the undocumented while struggling to outrun her past and avoid attracting the attention of ICE. | 1 hr | P Davis | Just ready COLLATERAL DAMAGE by @robinfusco . A timely drama about immigration and healthcare told through a lens of great personal stakes. Drama showrunners, check her out! | ||||||||||||||||||||||
25 | Adam Loyd | @AdamLoyd | HARBINGERS Script links: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1hEt9BDGNfabi9lF9-E0q0mKhkXeOMEpw/view | With her high school graduation approaching, newly 18-year-old McKayla Mitchell is checking off life’s boxes. College acceptance letters? Check! Lose virginity? Check! Bestowed with unique cosmic abilities and ordered to save reality from slipping into pure and total chaos? ...Check? | 1 hr | Beth Schacter | I had the pleasure of reading @AdamLoyd 's sample HARBINGERS which has serious Buffy vibes. He's also a lovely hardworking person. Get him on your staffing reading list, friends! | ||||||||||||||||||||||
26 | Roxy Röckenwagner | @roxenwagner | IT'S ALL OVER Script link: https://directories.wga.org/member/47de201b-75a9-4359-8f54-f91f26ff84cc | In high school, everything feels like it’s the end of the world. But what happens when it actually IS the end of the world? | 1 hr | Beth Schacter | And my second #wgasolidaritychallenge recommend is @roxenwagner 's IT'S ALL OVER which has a whole NIGHT OF THE COMET thing happening that I am very into. Roxy worked on INSATIABLE and if you're staffing, you should be reading. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
27 | Brandon Hoang | @BrandonHoang_ | SOMETHING HAPPENED AT SUMMER CAMP Script link: https://directories.wga.org/member/141b88ec-e8d4-4868-a7b7-e91c136470c0 | Felicity meets Freaks & Geeks. On a whim, a teen who falls hard for every girl he meets, follows his crush to her job as a counselor at a summer camp only to discover that he's totally in over his head. | 1/2 hr | P Davis Liz Sczudlo | Looking to laugh? Check out @BrandonHoang_ script SOMETHING HAPPENED AT SUMMER CAMP. Very funny, very sweet, great dialogue. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
28 | Julia Yorks | @juliayorks | GLITCH Script link: https://directories.wga.org/member/c073b7ab-c71b-4d62-ab70-94b87d55a292 | When a computer coder's perfect world begins to crumble, she realizes that maybe this isn't her world after all. | 1 hr | Javi Grillo-Marxuach | read @juliayorks ' spec pilot "glitch" for the #wgasolidaritychallenge - it's a slow burn that comes to a promising, chilling conclusion: imagine "the matrix" crossed with one of those michael hanecke about bourgeois malaise - recommend. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
29 | Adam J. Karp | @AdamJKarp | UNNATURAL SELECTION Script link: Contact Matthew Doyle / Verve: mdoyle@vervetla.com | UNNATURAL SELECTION follows 21-year old Charles Darwin and Captain Robert FitzRoy on the famed voyage of the HMS Beagle. Uncovering a dark secret in the heart of the Amazon, Darwin discovers that someone has been experimenting with cross-species genetics, manipulating evolution, and playing God. In a land at war, filled with terrifying creatures, mythical cities, and unexplainable wonders, Darwin and the crew will race to unravel a centuries-old mystery that threatens the balance of nature and ultimately the world itself. | 1 hr | Javi Grillo-Marxuach Ian Deitchman Turi Meyer Al Septien | read @AdamJKarp 's "unnatural selection", which imagines the swashbuckling adventures of a young charles darwin lots of ancient mystery and intrigue: adam's a friend, a mensch, and a wonderful writer - he'd be great on staff. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
30 | Jenny Deiker Restivo | @jdeiker | P Davis Vera Herbert | 2080. With Earth’s resources dwindling, the need for space colonization is looming. On the first off-world colony, scientist Sylvie Domingo discovers that Vesta, the planet itself, is subtly altering the colonists' DNA and may even be responsible for a colleague's death. | 1 hr | P Davis | VESTA is a great pilot by @jdeiker — a scientist on 1st off-earth colony realizes the host planet is altering colonists’ DNA. Cray! Jenny’s staffed, but when she’s not, genre showrunners should snap her up. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
31 | Pang-Ni Landrum & Aaron Vaccaro | @pangni @hairypizzabagel | HELL ON EARTH Script links: https://directories.wga.org/member/53141c26-4c76-429b-a808-be2b974c718f https://directories.wga.org/member/824668d3-fc2a-405b-b737-43024cf955f3 | A single-camera horror comedy about an anti-social divorcee who, after discovering her mother’s new picturesque luxury retirement community is actually a gateway to Hell, must now sell time shares for the devil in order to save her mom’s soul. | 1/2 hr | P Davis David H. Steinberg | HELL ON EARTH by @pangni and @hairypizzabagel is hilarious. A horror comedy where an anti-social divorcee has to sell time shares for the devil to save her mother’s soul. Trust me, read it. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
32 | Jonterri Gadson | @JaytotheTee | BLURS Script link: Contact manager Tracy Kopulsky tracy@mxnentertainment.com | BLURS is a half hour comedy series that reveals the lives of the black people who were hidden in the blurry backgrounds of our favorite 80s/90s films and tv shows. In the pilot episode, an atheist women's studies professor forces her family to pretend to be Christian so they can have more black friends. | 1/2 hr | P Davis | Comedy showrunners! Just read BLURS by @JaytotheTee Great comedy pilot about “the blurs” — the black people hidden in the BG of our fave 80s/90s TV shows and movies. Funny, edgy, & about time! | ||||||||||||||||||||||
33 | Rachel Pologe | @RachelPologe | OLD TOWN Script link: https://directories.wga.org/member/22861f10-3dd6-40ee-b262-3455529c3275 | When a woman desperate to escape her past gets a job at a living history museum, she teams up with the top re-enactor to flip the script on Colonial America. | 1/2 hr | David H. Steinberg | I read @RachelPologe 's original half hour pilot OLD TOWN about a rag-tag team of history re-enactors and I thought it was great. Funny dialogue, distinct characters, and a cool plot twist at the end. Consider her for comedy staff! | ||||||||||||||||||||||
34 | Liz Vassey | @LizVassey | 1) COMA GIRL 2) IN BETWEEN | 1 hr | Jorge Reyes Naren Shankar P Davis | @LizVassey ’s COMA GIRL is an inventive, delightful, funny, genuinely emotional pilot abt a woman in a coma tht becomes famous—& in “coma land” tries to reconnect w/her family. Fantastic dialogue, w/tone giving Good Place/CrazyExGF vibes. Hire her. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
35 | Zach Cannon | @ZuluTangoCharly | BLUE HEAVEN Script link: https://directories.wga.org/member/226a571c-598d-4f9d-9875-8160e21ddb7e | The last surviving daughter of an old Kentucky family accidentally resurrects her ancestors, all the way back to the slave owner who built their plantation home. | 1 hr | P Davis | BLUE HEAVEN by @ZuluTangoCharly is abt a woman who accidentally resurrects her ancestors,all the way back to the slave owner who built their plantation Great script abt identity and family told with heart and humor. Read him! | ||||||||||||||||||||||
36 | Annie Stamell | @stamos | DORM DOCTOR Script link: https://directories.wga.org/member/e8896851-dc54-4457-addf-b31816f9958a | When college freshman Goldie Green discovers a campus-wide mental health crisis and cover-up, she turns her drug dealing business into a full-fledged therapy service, helping her peers – and herself – in the process. | 1/2 hr | David Slack | Annie Stamell’s half-hour dramedy pilot DORM DOCTOR is like a reboot of Weeds starring Veronica Mars with a dash of In Treatment thrown in just to mess with you. @stamos is a polished, confident writer with a smart, unique, and irreverent voice. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
37 | Gregory Navarro | @GD_Navarro | THE TRIBE Script link: Email Jarrod Murray at Epicenter, jarrod@epicenter-la.com | On an Indian reservation, an exiled FBI agent struggles to solve a series of crimes amongst warring crime factions within the Lakota nation. | 1 hr | Sal Calleros | Homies, The Tribe by @GD_Navarro is fantastic. Set on a reservation, an exiled FBI agent struggles to solve a series of crimes amongst warring crime factions within the Lakota nation. It's gritty and hardboiled. Peep it. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
38 | Bryana Rakysha Scott-Hawk | @hawk_eyed | JADED Script link: DM @hawk_eyed for link or email bryana.scotthawk@gmail.com | After defecating in the back of a police car, a cynical virgin loses her college scholarship and must ask her estranged, ex-con, prostitute sister for money. Inviting her conniving sister back into her life seems to bring more trouble than it is worth, but she discovers that they are stronger together than apart. | 1/2 hr | Patrick Meighan | I really like JADED by @hawk_eyed . College student loses her scholarship for gross reasons and now needs help from her sometime-prostitute sister. Hilarious. Profane. Sharp. Unique! | ||||||||||||||||||||||
39 | Pablo Goldstein | @pablogoldstein | CONNED ARTIST Script link: https://drive.google.com/file/d/15kCP5tu1LPjy0oFTLAtut8AiFDG6LlCs/view?usp=sharing | A talentless Venice Beach street artist mistaken for Banksy teams up with the woman who actually is Banksy when an anarchist group seeks out the famed artist to be their new brand manager. | 1/2 hr | Patrick Meighan | You gotta check out CONNED ARTISTS by @pablogoldstein . Mediocre artist gets mistaken for Banksy. Funny. Super-smart and insightful. Very specific characterization. Major recommend. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
40 | Jorge Rivera | @riverag3000 | 1) ABRAXAS Script link: https://directories.wga.org/Files/WriterSampleDocuments/adffaef6-0528-44ba-873d-59b9d5951ae0_ABRAXAS%20-%20Jorge%20Rivera.pdf 2) BATTLE | ABRAXAS (grounded sci-fi): In the aftermath of Puerto Rico's Hurricane Maria, a government agent in charge of processing applications for a new technology that raises the dead struggles with the moral implications of each resurrection and his failure to resurrect his own daughter. | 1 hr | Javi Grillo-Marxuach Trey Callaway Dailyn Rodriguez | what has serial murder, spanglish, hurricane maria, pissed off boricuas, lots of people exclaiming “hijueputa!” and a resurrection-of-the-dead plot worthy of x-files? it’s @riverag3000 ’s pilot “abraxas” - really strong work! | ||||||||||||||||||||||
41 | Dallas Rico | @scandallas | TRADE Script link: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1GcqQjSJYuScvteA43NvA3gveDUkvk7Jk/view | A queer Afro-Latinx Brooklynite uses Grindr to try to sell enough weed to buy his family brownstone back, all while evading the relentless policeman who’s pursuing him...romantically | 1 hr | Sal Calleros Dallas Rico | Trade, a dramedy by @scandallas is a breath of fresh air. Unapologetically gay, black and heartfelt. For the vibe, think the gay Atlanta on FX but set in Bed–Stuy. Peep the longline in the thread. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
42 | Clare Higgins | @Clareh_video | CRASH & BURN Script link: https://directories.wga.org/member/1ab15d8d-6204-4222-9059-a69307da5bdf | Half-hour pilot. When their small-time sleuthing mission goes awry, middle-school misfits Denny, Rob and Oliver must cover their trail while tracking down a criminal in the tiny town of Trout, Montana. | 1/2 hr | P Davis | YA showrunners! Read CRASH &BURN by @clareh_video — a half hour coming of age heist comedy set in Trout,Montana. Fresh original voice and lots of fun. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
43 | Gabe Feinberg | @beerandamovie1 | RADIO QUIET Script link: https://directories.wga.org/member/9e600f64-8fd7-46c5-8a58-1058f19b787e | A PhD candidate searches for answers after her mentor mysteriously vanishes inside the National Radio Quiet Zone, a 13,000 square mile stretch of Appalachia with no wi-fi, cell service or satellite coverage. | 1 hr | P Davis Matthew Federman | Space-nerdy showrunners, check out RADIO QUIET by @beerandamovie1 ! A PhD student looks for answers when her mentor mysteriously vanishes the national radio quiet zone. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
44 | Jeff McKibben | @JeffMcKibben | A RECORD YEAR FOR RAINFALL | 1 hr | P Davis | Looking for modern-day Grapes of Wrath? Read A RECORD YEAR FOR RAINFALL by @JeffMcKibben A story about survival after climate change leaves CA almost uninhabitable. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
45 | Adria Baratta | @adriabaratta | YOUR BEST SELF Script link: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1eRXtnMfvkhm7r-DodZ7sPN3b1V4eyLkP/view?usp=sharing | "In the future, a larger-bodied woman reluctantly signs up for a service offering AI’s designed as near clones of their users, only thinner and better, to inspire health and self-betterment, but she risks losing more than just weight." | 1 hr | Angela Harvey | "Your Best Self" a sci-fi dramedy by @adriabaratta is one of the most engaging scripts I've read in a long time! It feels just as prescient as Years and Years but with a levity and propulsion that kept me wanting more. Great work!! | ||||||||||||||||||||||
46 | Leslie Nipkow | @LeslieNipkow | CRUMB BUMS Script link: https://findawriter.wgaeast.org/member/b68497bc-3ea9-4654-8064-2ca5f9c969fa | An androgynous young female boxer struggles with gender and sexuality as she works to become a sportswriter against the backdrop of the 1960s civil rights revolution. | 1 hr | Liz Sczudlo Vera Herbert Javier Grillo-Marxuach | Just finished @LeslieNipkow ’s “Crumb Bums.” An incredibly detailed & compelling look at the world of 1960s sports reporting with a compelling queer female protagonist. Sharply-written, with a fast-paced compelling story. Very impressed. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
47 | Agathe Panaretos | @AgathePanaretos | LITTLE DEATH Script link: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Tc0EDU8qgqlhR5IVYYBptzh0O2cIa0a6/view | A shy, repressed woman’s world is turned upside down when she realizes she can enter people’s minds and kill them when she orgasms, drawing the attention of the U.S. government, international shadow organizations, and the guy she just started dating. | 1/2 hr | David H. Steinberg | File under so crazy it just might work, @AgathePanaretos 's original 1/2 hour pilot Little Death is a delightfully bizarre romp! A sexually repressed woman can enter people's minds during orgasm, so naturally she's recruited by the gov't to KILL THEM. 💯 #wgasolidaritychallenge | ||||||||||||||||||||||
48 | Amy Paulette Hartman | @DrAmyHartman | MJ WHO COULD SAVE THE WORLD! Script link: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1azONQei85fIM1LkvhLc16smbONAzU3LM | Logline: Thanks to climate change, there are 377 days left until the end of the world… or are there? MJ, once a headstrong survivor, lost her hope in humanity when religious extremists murdered her mother. That is until a mysterious stranger breaks into her home and tells her the impossible: she could hold the key to saving humanity. | 1 hr | Angela Harvey | I love me a messy female heroine and @DrAmyHartman gives me a great one in her apocalyptic pilot MJ WHO COULD SAVE THE WORLD! Read it for the plot, stay for the fun voice in her line descriptions. Staff her. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
49 | Ted Sperling | @Tsperlz | DIEGO Script link: https://drive.google.com/file/d/126TY9s4V6sLiNNoSLGR7cVqr8Dd7M7W3/view | After getting kicked out of several boarding schools, a rich Latino teenager is sent to live with his Aunt and Uncle in a very white Illinois town. | 1/2 hr | David H. Steinberg | I really liked @Tsperlz 's original half hour DIEGO which has a proactive, funny, and original lead character and the script has such a great voice. Funny scripts with heart, that's what it's all about. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
50 | Caty Zick | @Zicklet | GREAT ARTISTS STEAL Script link: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1UcGrfbrk4yBmGa7f_roA7m_TZvRnHANL/view?usp=sharing | Olivia Parker’s life is right on track, but when she’s dumped, fired, and finds herself moving back home to the suburbs, she embarks on a risky endeavor to make a quick buck and get her life back: art forgery. | 1 hr | Angela Harvey | Shoutout to @Zicklet 's Thomas Crown Affair-meets-Sex and the City art forgery pilot "Great Artists Steal." I want this show on TV right now! Caty has years of experience in writers rooms and it's way past time to staff her! | ||||||||||||||||||||||
51 | Anna Salinas | @badcomixbyanna | INSIDE CUNT | 1/2 hr | Santa Sierra | This is one of the most original comedy concepts that I’ve read. Anna has great comedic timing in her dialogue and her main character is hilarious, and charming. A woman with a mission to listen to her vagina! Anna would be a great joke writer in any comedy room. Read her script! | |||||||||||||||||||||||
52 | Zach Freshly | @Z_Fresh7 | LOOK AT ME, I AM THE CAPTAIN NOW (Brooklyn 99 Spec) Script link: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1iLkmiXDOm9MS4TjpaSJS1UADXRYY6hOk/view?usp=sharing | Jake and Charles attempt to cheer up a depressed Holt while Amy and Terry clash over who gets to be in charge of the precinct in Holt’s absence. | 1/2 hr | David H. Steinberg | Pre-WGA writer Zach Freshley's spec B99 and he nailed it! Perfect character voices and plotting, funny dialogue (multiple title of my sex tape's), and great twists. Great job! | ||||||||||||||||||||||
53 | Aaron Wiener | @Wieneraaron | A RECIPE FOR LIFE | needed | Phoef Sutton | Aaron Wiener's pilot A RECIPE FOR LIFE is a charming and hilarious piece of work. Read it! @Wieneraaron | |||||||||||||||||||||||
54 | Mark Mulkerron | @MerkyPost | SAL Script link: https://www.dropbox.com/s/ervopoefywdaxjb/SAL.pdf?dl=0 | Sal's life is turned upside down when he loses his TSA job to a robot named S.A.L. | needed | P Davis | #wga Showrunners — @MerkyPost is pre WGA. He’s got a fun pilot called SAL about a guy, Sal, who loses his TSA job to a robot named S.A.L. Ask him to send you his script, give him his 1st gig! | ||||||||||||||||||||||
55 | Bobby Arnot | @bobbyarnot | EVERETT HALL | 1 hr | Dan Merchant Josh Schaer Jay Faerber | Just finished @bobbyarnot 's "Everett Hall". Dark, well paced, multi-layered prep school drama. Impressed with Bobby's well drawn characters, cleanly defined conflicts and unexpectedly rich details. Smart dude would be great in a room. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
56 | Eric Podell | @EricPodell | AMERICAN NANNY Script link: https://www.dropbox.com/s/r5q33v7etr14o61/American%20Nanny_EPodell.pdf?dl=0 | An Amanda Knox-type is wrongfully convicted of murdering her French boyfriend while studying abroad in Paris. After spending five years in prison, her Innocence Project lawyer fights for her freedom and gets her case overturned. Shamed in the media, abandoned by her own family and left with nowhere to go, she moves in with the lawyer’s family and becomes their nanny. Only one little problem: we find out in the middle of season one that she actually did do the crime... and homegirl is a murderer. | 1 hr | Chris Provenzano | Nasty fun to read @EricPodell 's "American Nanny." Grabs you right away and piles on the sharp and very funny turns. Feels like Eric is holding lots of big, timely stuff up to a cracked mirror. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
57 | Alison Zeidman | @alisonlzeidman | THE DEAD BEAT | 1/2 hr | Chris Provenzano | Really enjoyed @alisonlzeidman 's newsy half-hour "The Dead Beat." All the things you want in a comedy: punchy, brisk, crack comic timing. Lots to love. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
58 | Steph Garcia | @mostephlove | BABYTOWN Script link: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1KO2XP5ZoCyHRmsV0GC_4IFf86v_bKyWP/view?usp=sharing | "When Anna Diaz, the worst person to become a parent, finds out she's pregnant, she decides to keep the baby when she realizes it can up her social standing" | 1/2 hr | David H. Steinberg | I read @mostephlove 's original half hour BABYTOWN and thought it was great! Fun, distinct characters with unique POVs, hilarious dialogue, and clever plot twists-- I think Steph has a great comedic voice. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
59 | Meagan Fulps | @MeaganFulps | FIREBALLS | 1/2 hr | Chris Provenzano | I got a kick out of @MeaganFulps 's half-hour "Fireballs." Authoritative voice, funny, fast paces, with big Bad News Bears/Kenny Powers energy. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
60 | Jon Gutierrez | @Dasgoot1 | DUMB MUSCLE Script link: https://directories.wga.org/member/ba573fe8-5a79-46ba-bd75-8ba665ba32cd | When a team of misfit criminals can’t get promoted in their criminal organization, they form their own "start up syndicate" to heist, plot and backstab their way to career success. | 1/2 hr | David H. Steinberg | I just read DUMB MUSCLE, a hilarious and action-packed original 1/2 hour by Jon Gutierrez @Dasgoot1 about a team of idiot burglars. Laugh out loud funny with great, distinct characters, and clever plot twists. Highly recommended! | ||||||||||||||||||||||
61 | Dane Joseph | @yodanejoe | TUMBLIN' | 1 hr | Liz W. Garcia | DANE JOSEPH’s quirky hour long pilot TUMBLIN’ (I, TONYA but a musical set in the cutthroat world of 80s girls gymnastics) shows a funny, off-kilter, contemporary voice & a knack for distinctive characters. @yodanejoe is queer, POC, WGA & ready for a room! | |||||||||||||||||||||||
62 | Shawn Corridan | @shawn_corridan | DEAD RECKONING Script link: https://directories.wga.org/member/db1f6f2c-5d19-4925-8c98-d86de0a70df8 | 1 hr | Chris Provenzano Javier Grillo-Marxuach | Hoo boy @shawn_corridan lights up the page like an M80 duct taped to a bullfrog. His script DEAD RECKONING is gonzo saltwater Torn and Frayed 70's Florida criminal craziness, all seen through a sweet kid's eyes, and it totally blew me away. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
63 | Lisa Kors | @hippiechickflix | PRINCES' HOSPITAL Script link: https://directories.wga.org/member/e8a84de2-cdd5-4cb0-8e7e-4c877b44c0d2 | Inspired by a real hospital in Saudi Arabia, PRINCES' HOSPITAL is a one-hour drama that follows the adventures of the extravagantly paid ex-pat doctors and nurses who treat only the 20,000 members of the royal family. Money, danger and secrets abound. Think GREY’S ANATOMY meets HOMELAND. | 1 hr | Matthew Federman Jose Molina | Shout out to Lisa Kors ( @hippiechickflix ) for PRINCES' HOSPITAL, a medical drama set in a hospital that caters to a vast royal family and is "Based on a lot of true shit." Fascinating setting, great characters and plotting. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
64 | Jamey Perry | @jameyjean | CHILDREN OF SATURN | 1 hr | Moira Kirland | Okay #showrunners looking for a unique voice and a different perspective, check out Children of Saturn by @jameyjean . It's an ensemble drama centered on a group of adult, disabled friends connected by their shared past, and it's terrific! | |||||||||||||||||||||||
65 | Romi Barta | @romi_michelle | 1) ADULTING 2) RESTING BITCH FACE Script links: Email manager Maggie Haskins mh@artistsfirst-la.com | ADULTING (1 hr): 27 year-old Max has Rett Syndrome - a neurological disorder that makes her appear outwardly disabled, though her rich inner life is anything but. With a vivid imagination and a yearning for independence, Max and her three sisters navigate the complexities of adulthood together. RESTING BITCH FACE (1/2 hr): Lola Stiles was just released from prison -- she was wrongfully convicted of murdering her best friend on a spring break trip 10 years ago. Lola moves back to Ohio where everyone thinks she's guilty because of her "resting bitch face." | 1 hr & 1/2 hr | Nancy Cohen Heather Wordham | Romi Barta's ADULTING is fantastic. The story is great, her dialogue's natural and snappy and her characters jump off the page. Romi writes with humor and heart, which is no surprise because she's full of both. So "recommend" in bold! | ||||||||||||||||||||||
66 | Brian Ashburn | Brian.Ashburn1@gmail.com | WHACK | After his father dies, Daniel Whack is forced to go back to his sleepy, northern Minnesota hometown to pack up his childhood home. Accompanied by his high-strung husband and four kids, he hopes to turn the trip into a fun summer vacation, until they witness what they believe is a murder. | 1/2 hr | Rupinder Gill | Whack is a hilarious script about Daniel Whack, who after his father dies, is forced to go back to his sleepy, northern Minnesota hometown to pack up his childhood home... until they witness what they believe is a murder. At its core, it’s a comedy that explores classic themes like grief and relationships through the lens of a modern family unit, but it also taps into classic mystery tropes in a comedic way. Daniel is a fun and formidable protagonist I’d love to watch for hours on end, and Whack is one of the most inventive pilots I’ve read in years. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
67 | Laura E. Eichhorn | MEDIEVAL CRIMES | need | Brian J. Adams | We had Laura in our writers’ room for season three of our show, DWIGHT IN SHINING ARMOR. We hired Laura based on her spec sample, MEDIEVAL CRIMES, which was well researched, well written, hilarious. MEDIEVAL CRIMES was also tonally spot on for our show, which has a lot of random medieval-based humor. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
68 | Mindy Schneider | @ThatOtherMindy | BINGOLAND | 1 hr | Eric Tuchman | Mindy Schneider's very funny, distinctive voice shines in her comedy pilot "Bingoland," a great read w memorable characters & witty flavorful sense of place. A total delight. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
69 | Laura Bensick | @laurabensick | THE MOTHER Script link: contact manager Tom Drumm, tom@thinktank-mgmt.com | After being released from a psychiatric hospital, a mother accused of killing her daughter during an episode of postpartum psychosis struggles to resume a normal life and regain the trust of her family, all while questioning her own sanity and whether she actually committed the crime. Tone: RECTIFY, SHARP OBJECTS. | 1 hr | Christine Boylan | I recommend THE MOTHER by Laura Bensick. A plunge into the icy, dark waters of murder and grief, the suffocation of a scandal in a small town, a woman clawing her way towards redemption. Laura’s writing is emotionally sensitive and still manages whip-smart characters and dialogue that devastates. Strong recommend if you’re staffing any kind of character drama. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
70 | Jamila Daniel | @JamilaDaniel | HIT | need | Kirk Moore | I'm working on a sprawling idea in the historical drama space. So, I revisited @JamilaDaniel 's pilot “Hit,” set in 1920s Harlem. It’s authentic, intricately plotted, tense and entertaining as hell. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
71 | Andre Edmonds | @Dre_Edmonds | I THINK I CAN HELP YOU Script link: Email Michael LoSasso MLoSasso@gersh.com | A second-rate Psychiatrist fights to make a difference in the community that raised him, one mental health patient at a time as he confronts a supernatural family secret that will change the nature of his work forever. | 1 hr | Kirk Moore | Then, I read @Dre_Edmonds ' pilot "I Think I Can Help You." It’s a broadcast procedural with soul and smart characters. Snappy, grounded dialogue. It also adds an interesting visual perspective to therapy. I, also, enjoy that it's about mental health from a Black POV. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
72 | Lauri Donahue | @LauriDonahue | HEROD Script link: https://lauridonahue.com/scripts/herod/ | A young provincial governor must enlist Rome’s help to save his country from a barbarian horde — and win the hand of a Maccabee princess. (based on a true story) | 1 hr | Sal Calleros | Why is @LauriDonahue not staffed right now? Her pilot “HEROD” is wonderful with its tight story, nuanced characters and attention to detail. No small feat considering she’s world building circa 45 B.C.E. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
73 | Ben Klein | @alkahlein | THE THIRD FRONT | need | Alexander Woo Max Borenstein | Let's boost up Ben Klein @alkahlein , who co-wrote our biggest and most ambitious episode of #theterrorinfamy. I loved his alt-history spy thriller The Third Front. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
74 | Matt D'ambrosio | @drmattdambrosio | JUNKMAN Script link: https://directories.wga.org/Files/WriterSampleDocuments/29dd5894-345b-482f-b89b-1c73f326a490_Matthew%20D'Ambrosio%20-%20JUNKMAN'S%20-%20Pilot.pdf | A young gay man’s search for purpose and a family mysteriously leads him to a retail job, but his life — as well as the lives of his coworkers — are thrown into disarray when their jobs become a mission to track down all of the evils that escaped Pandora’s Box. | 1 hr | Javi Grillo-Marxuach | for this week’s #wgasolidaritychallenge, i read @drmattdambrosio ’s pilot “junkman’s” - and it was kind of like “the magicians” as filtered through linklater’s “slacker.” if you’re staffing horror/fantasy (and who isn’t these days) check him out! | ||||||||||||||||||||||
75 | Melissa Marlette & Jennifer Vestuto | @MelissaMarlette @JenniferVestuto | CASUALTIES | 1 hr | David Slack | CASUALTIES by @MelissaMarlette & @JenniferVestuto is a 21st century twist on classic cop dramas like Hill Street & NYPD Blue, where characters drive the story instead of case of the week. Complex relationships & realistic dialogue make this a must read. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
76 | Tracy Grant | @TheReelTray | TURF | 1 hr | David Slack | Complex characters, moral dilemmas, and smart, nuanced dialogue drive @TheReelTray ’s ensemble sports drama TURF. FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS meets MICHAEL CLAYTON as a college football coach tries to navigate a scandal while the team’s fixer works to cover it up. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
77 | Liz Cotone | @LizCotone | SERF | SERF--Russia, 1774. A young serf with no options accepts a forbidden romance with Russia’s wealthiest aristocrat, empowering her to become a leader for her people and change the course of history. | Ariella Blejer | Liz Cotone’s SERF is phenomenal. Both historical and timely, Liz’s specifically drawn characters and natural dialogue bring the epic political landscape of 18th century Russia alive. A story of empowerment from a powerful writer. Major “recommend.” | |||||||||||||||||||||||
78 | Brooke Berman | @berman_brooke | ELIZABETH SNAPS | Triggered by the Kavanaugh hearings and the wave of too-late cultural indignation, Gen X working mom, Elizabeth, goes on a quest to recover the lost aspects of her 25-year old self she buried after being sexually harassed in her graduate school science lab. A soul retrieval journey for the #MeToo era. | Sara B. Cooper | I read Elizabeth Snaps, a quirky, intelligent half hour by Brooke Berman about a woman who goes on a quest to recover the person she was before being sexually harrassed as a grad student. Her deft writing allows us to watch as a woman confronts her own inner demons and steps onto the road of difficult but courageous recovery. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
79 | Laura Jean Leal | @laurajeanl | SUICIDE IS PAINLESS | 1 hr | Heather Bellson | My favorite of her samples is her spec pilot SUICIDE IS PAINLESS. Her script manages to be both heavy and light at the same time -- there's a sense of humor to her characters even as they deal with heavy and serious life events. Her characters feel so authentic and recognizable, and reading the script transported me back to my own coming of age in suburbia. Strong recommend. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
80 | Carly Woodworth | woodworth.carly@gmail.com | HERE LIES KIPP GRIMBY | need | Jenn Kao | If Elmore Leonard and Liane Moriarty had a script baby, it would be this witty, darkly hilarious one hour about a young widow and mother of two who finds out that her dead husband was a sketchy conman douchebag. When her husband’s criminal associates come after her, she has to find the location of his secret stash before they come after her and her children. Razor sharp dialogue, vivid, memorable characters, shrewd plotting, and just so much fun. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
81 | Kathy Miller Kelley | @KMillerKelley | AGATHA | 1 hr | Dana Stevens | "Agatha" is a fresh take on everyone's obsession with true crime - a millennial amateur sleuth teams up with a reclusive mystery writer to solve gruesome crimes. Agatha is a great role for a top actress, with rye, funny dialogue, heroic intelligence and a sparky relationship with a handsome young man. I couldn't put it down! | |||||||||||||||||||||||
82 | Alexander Georgakis | @alex_georgakis | FOR ALL ETERNITY Script link: https://directories.wga.org/member/28946cdc-e0cd-4087-a54f-e3cc3fdf3dd9 | In a desperate struggle to save his ailing father’s life, a medical student performs a groundbreaking experiment that he hopes will lead him to discover a cure for cancer. But instead, he accidentally creates a drug that grants immortality, setting off a dramatic series of events that could alter the nature of human existence forever. | 1 hr | James Stoteraux | Read @alex_georgakis 's medical thriller FOR ALL ETERNITY which tackles the ethical & moral dilemmas stemming from a serum that grants immortality. Suspenseful, grounded, and thoughtful with nice twists. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
83 | Patrick Moss | @MrPatrickMoss | TYRANTS OF 7TH AVENUE Script link: https://directories.wga.org/member/cf827ab9-b732-47dc-aabd-125c23aa1760 | Glitzy, dark family drama set in the world of New York Fashion and woke Campus politics, TYRANTS OF 7TH AVENUE follows a disgraced designer on a path to redemption. | 1 hr | Randy Huggins Michael Konyves | I'm not a fashionista of any sorts but the world this writer created was a unique take on the high end fashion industry and the failures of parenthood. The script captured my attention and in some ways educated me. The thing I loved most were the characters, who were all multi-dimensional and realistic to the point that I've seen a version of each in my own life. The script centers around a messed up family that can't stay out of each other's way, but they always wind up standing with each other when it counts. This made me ultimately love them and I also loved the crazy, unrequited romance runner. This script is recommended for any cable series with family or marriage at the center of it | ||||||||||||||||||||||
84 | Alan C. Beard | @ALANCBEARD | 1) ATR (Available to Rent) 2) LAST NIGHT CHANGED IT ALL Script links: https://directories.wga.org/member/6c6b5484-83a7-4a01-a9a2-24581f9cde41 | ATR (Available To Rent) Logline: An unfiltered, up close and personal look at the daily challenges of the ragtag management team at Wilshire Apartments. LAST NIGHT CHANGED IT ALL Logline: An anthology series that explores the crazy, funny and profound kind of nights, that make people re-evaluate their lives. | 1/2 hr | David H. Steinberg | I read @ALANCBEARD's original half-hour ATR (available to rent) about a ragtag team of property managers and it's great! Funny, carefully drawn characters, and heart, ATR could be the next Parks & Rec! | ||||||||||||||||||||||
85 | Roxanne Esquibel Hilburn | @Latinawriterrrr | ARCANE LAND Script link: Contact manager Marc Mounier mmounier@management360.com | A tween Latina, and her girlfriends, embark on a monster hunt when her greaser brother is accused of the mysterious vanishing of a white bobbysoxer in racially charged 1958 Hollywood. A Latino version of Stranger Things meets The Outsiders. | 1 hr | Sal Calleros | @LatinaWriterrrr has a dope pilot called ARCANE LAND. It’s a Latinx female empowered supernatural story along the line of Stranger Things, but set in Los Angeles, 1958. And she takes a note like a pro. Staff her. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
86 | Satu Runa | @SatuRuna | HESSIANS OF BURBANK Script link: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1TqG63VpoDRksLbhkUYqEu0XWOB-B5iU9 | A thirty-something metalhead quits her dead-end job to chase her lifelong dream of becoming a VJ. | 1/2 hr | David H. Steinberg Mark Blutman | This week's #wgasolidaritychallenge shout-out goes to @SatuRuna whose original half-hour pilot HESSIANS OF BURBANK really kicked ass! It's about a metal-head who quits her day job to chase her dream of becoming a VJ. Funny, real, emotional! Well done! | ||||||||||||||||||||||
87 | Christina de Leon | @ShutUpChristina | CLUBHOUSE | 1 hr | Javi Grillo-Marxuach | For this week’s #wgasolidaritychallenge i read @ShutUpChristina ’s “clubhouse” which is like the riverdale class reunion as told to the stranger things kids by the losers from it (on the serial podcast!), strong, confident work - well done! | |||||||||||||||||||||||
88 | Keith Powell | @KeithPowell | NINA BE KILLIN: THE UNTOLD STORY OF NINA SIMONE, BOUNTY HUNTER | need | David Slack | NINA BE KILLIN: THE UNTOLD STORY OF NINA SIMONE, BOUNTY HUNTER by @KeithPowell is like if Mrs. Maisel starred Pam Grier and had a loose relationship with the truth. Great premise, terrific writing, surprising emotional and character depth. READ! | |||||||||||||||||||||||
89 | Andrew Zuber | @TheRealZuber | COPY KATE | An unpredictable woman on a mission to prove herself leads a group of unique thieves in recreating some of the most famous crimes in history. | 1 hr | Sheryl J. Anderson | COPY KATE by @TheRealZuber is a rocket ride! A brainy woman with secrets propels us through a high-octane caper, collecting enemies and cohorts as she goes. Humor, humanity, romance. Need someone who can do mystery, crackling dialogue, great characters? | ||||||||||||||||||||||
90 | Scott David Shapiro | @scottshaps | CHEZ TAP | CHEZ TAP is inspired by the true story of my grandfather, who back in the 1950s turned his run down dive bar on Chicago's Whiskey Row into one of the first underground gay bars in the city. | 1 hr | Sheryl J. Anderson | CHEZ TAP is based on @scottshaps 's grandfather, a WW2 vet compelled to take on a surprising partner and open an underground gay bar in 1953 Chicago. Breathtaking plotting, vibrant characters, fascinating world, riveting writing. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
91 | Kyle Arrington | @fitzerschnitzel | THE LOVED ONE | 1 hr | Javi Grillo-Marxuach | for this week's #wgasolidaritychallenge shout out, i call @fitzerschnitzel 's "the loved one" - it's like oliver stone's "platoon"... if stone's vietnam memories included death cultists and the murderous walking (mostly) dead. strong, well rendered stuff! | |||||||||||||||||||||||
92 | Nayna Agrawal | @NaynaAgrawal | AMERICAN PIA | needed | Y. Shireen Razack | "Hey Showrunners, if you're looking for a hilarious & timely true story about a POC playing house with a supremacist family, check out American Pia by @NaynaAgrawal . I laughed my a$$ off! | |||||||||||||||||||||||
93 | Cheryl Davis | @VirgoBrain | SWIMMING UPTOWN | 1 hr | Javi Grillo-Marxuach | the apocalypse has given me time to catch up on #wgasolidaritychallenge! shouting out @VirgoBrain 's "swimming uptown," which explores race, class, and family through the story of sisters navigating very different financial/social straits. big hearted empathic drama! | |||||||||||||||||||||||
94 | Laura Whang | @LauraRWhang | DRAGON STATE | 1 hr | Liz Sczudlo | DRAGON STATE by @LauraRWhang is a dystopian sci-fi hourlong that I thought really excelled at world-building. So many cool details that made it feel really nuanced. And rife with fun soapy drama that made me want to tune in for next week! | |||||||||||||||||||||||
95 | Krystal Banzon | @HandsOnBanzon | OVERACHIEVER | 1/2 hr | Liz Sczudlo | Also loved OVERACHIEVER by @HandsOnBanzon , a half-hour single cam coming-of-age story about a queer Filipina high school girl. So specific and funny, wished it was an hourlong so I could keep reading! | |||||||||||||||||||||||
96 | Max Perry | @maxfperry | EXPOSURE | 1 hr | Javi Grillo-Marxuach | another #wgasolidaritychallenge shout out to @maxfperry for his pilot "exposure" which is both ambitious and form-breaking, and a heck of a good read! @LizAlps | |||||||||||||||||||||||
97 | Shawn Parikh | @ShawnParikh | LIFE HACK | 1/2 hr | David H. Steinberg | Not sure if this is the best or worst time for a #wgasolidaritychallenge shout-out but I read @ShawnParikh 's original 1/2 hour LIFE HACK about an Indian-American hacker who is mistaken for a spiritual guru and I thought it was super clever, funny, surprising, and fun! | |||||||||||||||||||||||
98 | Shea Mirzai | @Shea_Butter | THE VERDICT | 1 hr | David Slack Sheryl J. Anderson | Imagine Paul Newman from THE VERDICT as a priest who lost his faith & might just find his way back. @Shea_Butter ’s FORGIVE ME has achingly rich & funny character work on every page. Amazing work by this Persian-American LGBT writer with a stutter. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
99 | Rebecca Rosenberg | @beckyysara | THE PRICE OF GOLD | 1 hr | Vera Herbert | Adored "The Price of Gold" by @beckyysara . A soapy, romantic drama in the world of ice skating. The tension of wanting characters to be together but also loving watching them not get out of their own ways is my JAM. Visual, emotional, great characters. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
100 | Paola Ferrari | @paolainla | COMING TO AMERICA | 1 hr | Vera Herbert | "Coming to America" by @paolainla . Character-driven drama set in 1912 about immigrants/surgeons at Ellis Island hospital & their lives in NYC. Tightly-written, impressive world building. I read it yesterday & found myself wanting the next episode today. |