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Exes and Ohs
Nothing's gonna come between Scotty and Kat's friendship. Except for Hazel. And Topher. And a stolen ice cream truck.
Scotty and Kat are BFFFs (Best Friends For-Fucking-Ever). So when Kat wants to elope with Hazel, a girl she’s only known for six months, Scotty knows that it’s his job to stop Kat from making a huge mistake. Armed with the knowledge of Hazel’s recent breakup from her douchey ex-boyfriend, Topher, Scotty makes Topher an offer: road trip with him to stop the wedding, and maybe he can even win Hazel back in the process. But with the girls speeding toward the altar and the boys hot on their heels, the thin lines between love and hate blur enough to make everyone wonder where this road trip is really taking them.
Full script available upon request.
Scotty and Kat are BFFFs (Best Friends For-Fucking-Ever). So when Kat wants to elope with Hazel, a girl she’s only known for six months, Scotty knows that it’s his job to stop Kat from making a huge mistake. Armed with the knowledge of Hazel’s recent breakup from her douchey ex-boyfriend, Topher, Scotty makes Topher an offer: road trip with him to stop the wedding, and maybe he can even win Hazel back in the process. But with the girls speeding toward the altar and the boys hot on their heels, the thin lines between love and hate blur enough to make everyone wonder where this road trip is really taking them.
Full script available upon request.
Sean Glick F*cks the World
All Sean wants is to be an adult. And write her comics. And piss off her mom. And fuck her teacher. And fuck the world.
When Sean Glick ended up on the roof of her high school, covered in glitter, raining down pages of her erotic comics, she had a plan: escape her uptight New England life and become a graphic novelist in New York City. Instead, Sean is forced to attend weekly sessions with a guidance counselor desperate to prove she can “fix the unfixable child.” Now stuck in her personal hell, Sean wants to make her last days of high school count by selling hand drawn pornography, alienating everyone around her, and seducing the hottest history teacher in the tri-state area. Somewhere between childhood and adulthood, Sean Glick is less "coming-of-age" than "brawling-of-age," grappling with a desperation to be wanted, the facade that she doesn't care, and a burgeoning and confusing sexuality that becomes all the more complicated when put into the hands of others...
Full script available upon request.
When Sean Glick ended up on the roof of her high school, covered in glitter, raining down pages of her erotic comics, she had a plan: escape her uptight New England life and become a graphic novelist in New York City. Instead, Sean is forced to attend weekly sessions with a guidance counselor desperate to prove she can “fix the unfixable child.” Now stuck in her personal hell, Sean wants to make her last days of high school count by selling hand drawn pornography, alienating everyone around her, and seducing the hottest history teacher in the tri-state area. Somewhere between childhood and adulthood, Sean Glick is less "coming-of-age" than "brawling-of-age," grappling with a desperation to be wanted, the facade that she doesn't care, and a burgeoning and confusing sexuality that becomes all the more complicated when put into the hands of others...
Full script available upon request.
Quinn (and the Fetch)
It’s hard being the new kid in school. It’s even harder being in the closet. And when that’s only your second biggest secret.
All Quinn ever wanted was to be normal. But when his Irish Catholic mother divorces their father and moves her five boys to America, it soon becomes apparent that isn’t going to happen anytime soon. Being the poor chubby kid with a funny accent isn’t exactly a friend magnet, but Quinn would be perfectly content with being left alone.
That is, until he meets Abby Asher. Abby is the kind of loner all loners aspire to be – she’s cool, she’s opinioned, she’s a raging lesbian, and the only Jewish person in the state of Rhode Island. Desperate to run away from home, Abby runs a side hustle called “karmic adjustment,” where she claims to use ancient Kabbalic lesbian magic to help change the course of your life. At first, Quinn has no idea what to make of her: frankly, she scares the shit out of him.
But Abby has something that Quinn wants: a promise that with his help in her “business,” she can make him normal. And Quinn might be the only person in the state for Rhode Island who can make her hustle legitimate.
Because Quinn can see ghosts. And he’s fucking sick of it.
All Quinn ever wanted was to be normal. But when his Irish Catholic mother divorces their father and moves her five boys to America, it soon becomes apparent that isn’t going to happen anytime soon. Being the poor chubby kid with a funny accent isn’t exactly a friend magnet, but Quinn would be perfectly content with being left alone.
That is, until he meets Abby Asher. Abby is the kind of loner all loners aspire to be – she’s cool, she’s opinioned, she’s a raging lesbian, and the only Jewish person in the state of Rhode Island. Desperate to run away from home, Abby runs a side hustle called “karmic adjustment,” where she claims to use ancient Kabbalic lesbian magic to help change the course of your life. At first, Quinn has no idea what to make of her: frankly, she scares the shit out of him.
But Abby has something that Quinn wants: a promise that with his help in her “business,” she can make him normal. And Quinn might be the only person in the state for Rhode Island who can make her hustle legitimate.
Because Quinn can see ghosts. And he’s fucking sick of it.
This Side and the Other
All Adam was trying to do was contact his brother. How was he supposed to expect a dead girl intercepting the call?
As a child, Adam Ochs preferred filling in sidewalk cracks to playing on top of them. As an adult, nothing much has changed. After the death of his younger brother brings him across country to settle the affairs, Adam is determined to put his life in order once and for all – if only in death.
But when strange things start to happen in the cottage, Adam is startled to learn that the ghost haunting him is not his brother, but an eleven-year-old girl named Rachel.
Dealing with grief is one thing but trying to manage it with the ghost of a young girl hanging on your heels all day is another thing altogether. As someone who can't stand messes, noise, or too many questions, human children are difficult enough for Adam to deal with. But when his sister tells him, they will soon be putting their brother's house on the market, Adam is willing to put up with just about anything to stop that from happening. An unlikely friendship grows between the pair as Adam and Rachel make messes, reopen cracks, and heal old wounds.
But loss has a funny way of twisting when you can't find a way to let go. And the closer Adam and Rachel become, Rachel begins to cling to the world of the living in unexpected ways. As Rachel's spirit begins to corrupt into something unrecognizable, Adam must discover whether he will be able to let her – and the spirit of his brother – go.
Full script available upon request.
As a child, Adam Ochs preferred filling in sidewalk cracks to playing on top of them. As an adult, nothing much has changed. After the death of his younger brother brings him across country to settle the affairs, Adam is determined to put his life in order once and for all – if only in death.
But when strange things start to happen in the cottage, Adam is startled to learn that the ghost haunting him is not his brother, but an eleven-year-old girl named Rachel.
Dealing with grief is one thing but trying to manage it with the ghost of a young girl hanging on your heels all day is another thing altogether. As someone who can't stand messes, noise, or too many questions, human children are difficult enough for Adam to deal with. But when his sister tells him, they will soon be putting their brother's house on the market, Adam is willing to put up with just about anything to stop that from happening. An unlikely friendship grows between the pair as Adam and Rachel make messes, reopen cracks, and heal old wounds.
But loss has a funny way of twisting when you can't find a way to let go. And the closer Adam and Rachel become, Rachel begins to cling to the world of the living in unexpected ways. As Rachel's spirit begins to corrupt into something unrecognizable, Adam must discover whether he will be able to let her – and the spirit of his brother – go.
Full script available upon request.
Rolling for Jesus (aka Crit Saved)
Samantha Davis could be the best pastor in the entire upper Midwest. She’s got incredible pulpit presence, excellent bedside manner, and could get Ebenezer Scrooge himself to give to charity. There’s only one problem: she’s not sure she believes in God anymore. Her solution? Become God! After taking over the seminary’s resident Dungeons & Dragons campaign, Sam realizes that faith is a whole lot easier when you’re the one calling the shots. But trying to wrangle a messy group of semi-God fearing misfits into some semblance of peace might take a miracle more astonishing than walking on water.
Full script available upon request.
Full script available upon request.
1836 Miles to Monterey
A piano, a roof full of polaroids, and the specter of an absent mother. Two half-siblings. One terrible van.
Meet Eliot Ross – a bookish, awkward, 9-year-old who thinks she’s smarter than you and probably is. Her whole life revolves around marine life – she spends free time at the pet store offering unsolicited advice, is never without her future marine biologist tote, and constantly checks the live cams at the Monterey Bay Aquarium, the place she wants to go most in the world.
Stuck and looking for an escape, Eliot jumps on the opportunity provided by the unexpected arrival of her estranged half-brother Ben. Ben is everything Eliot’s not – a charming, sociable musician who prefers life on the road and travels the world in his beat-up van (which he’s named “Gladys”). When Eliot discovers that the next leg of his journey is taking him to California, however, she begs to go with him, hoping to finally realize her dream of visiting the Monterey Bay Aquarium.
Doug shoots down the plan immediately, which is fine with Ben -- he’d rather avoid the extra 62 pounds of responsibility. So Eliot concocts a plan to stow away in the back of Ben’s van without Ben or her father noticing. By the time Ben realizes she’s there, they’re already in Colorado. Precocious as ever, Eliot manages to convince a begrudging Ben to take her as far as Monterey on the condition that the road trip ends there, and so the familial (mis)adventure begins.
The journey is filled with delinquency, disagreements, and a bit of danger as these two siblings, complete strangers and polar opposites, try to find a way to connect. Along the way they’re met with obstacles, both physical and emotional, from a temperamental Gladys to a racist uncle who has to bail them out of trouble. All the while, Eliot does her best to stay a step ahead of Doug, who is hot on their tail the moment he uncovers Eliot’s lie.
Slowly, overcoming adversity brings the two siblings closer, and they finally begin to unpack the scars their absent mother, Sadie, left on them both. Through his relationship with Eliot, Ben finally learns what it means to incorporate another human being into his life.
Full script available upon request.
Meet Eliot Ross – a bookish, awkward, 9-year-old who thinks she’s smarter than you and probably is. Her whole life revolves around marine life – she spends free time at the pet store offering unsolicited advice, is never without her future marine biologist tote, and constantly checks the live cams at the Monterey Bay Aquarium, the place she wants to go most in the world.
Stuck and looking for an escape, Eliot jumps on the opportunity provided by the unexpected arrival of her estranged half-brother Ben. Ben is everything Eliot’s not – a charming, sociable musician who prefers life on the road and travels the world in his beat-up van (which he’s named “Gladys”). When Eliot discovers that the next leg of his journey is taking him to California, however, she begs to go with him, hoping to finally realize her dream of visiting the Monterey Bay Aquarium.
Doug shoots down the plan immediately, which is fine with Ben -- he’d rather avoid the extra 62 pounds of responsibility. So Eliot concocts a plan to stow away in the back of Ben’s van without Ben or her father noticing. By the time Ben realizes she’s there, they’re already in Colorado. Precocious as ever, Eliot manages to convince a begrudging Ben to take her as far as Monterey on the condition that the road trip ends there, and so the familial (mis)adventure begins.
The journey is filled with delinquency, disagreements, and a bit of danger as these two siblings, complete strangers and polar opposites, try to find a way to connect. Along the way they’re met with obstacles, both physical and emotional, from a temperamental Gladys to a racist uncle who has to bail them out of trouble. All the while, Eliot does her best to stay a step ahead of Doug, who is hot on their tail the moment he uncovers Eliot’s lie.
Slowly, overcoming adversity brings the two siblings closer, and they finally begin to unpack the scars their absent mother, Sadie, left on them both. Through his relationship with Eliot, Ben finally learns what it means to incorporate another human being into his life.
Full script available upon request.
Current Projects
What Happened in the
Malachite Wastes
“What Happened in the Malachite Wastes” is a slice-of-life, modern fantasy podcast that spends each episode following a different denizen of the Malachite Archipelago. Each story is a chance for you to explore the life of an ordinary person in an extraordinary world, and share the unique trials, tribulations, and joys of the human (or not-so-human) experience.
One More Time with Feeling
Ash Kincaid has never felt at home in their body. But today, they don't even feel at home in their home.
Because Ash just woke up with a man sitting on the end of their bed. The man says his name is Ash Kincaid.
The man says that it’s his turn with the body.
Because Ash just woke up with a man sitting on the end of their bed. The man says his name is Ash Kincaid.
The man says that it’s his turn with the body.
Un Gott Lacht (Title TBD)
Everyone in Leo Blum's family knows him to be just the self-centered sort of octogenarian who would pull a grand stunt just to get attention. They just didn't think that he would go as far as to die on the weekend of his granddaughter's wedding. Through the revisiting and revisions of a single memory of their last day together, a family in diaspora must decide whether to come together at the behest of this ego-centric patriarch, or to forge new family traditions that would spite Leo's memory the most.
Themes: Generational Trauma, Mental Health, Queer Issues, Jewish Culture and Traditions in a Modern Day, Dysfunctional Family
Comps: This is Where I Leave You, Little Miss Sunshine, The Big Chill, Death at a Funeral
Status: Outline
Themes: Generational Trauma, Mental Health, Queer Issues, Jewish Culture and Traditions in a Modern Day, Dysfunctional Family
Comps: This is Where I Leave You, Little Miss Sunshine, The Big Chill, Death at a Funeral
Status: Outline
Dolphin Apocalypse
Since the beginning of the Cold War, the dolphins have known that human hubris is the greatest threat to their world. When environmental scientists discover that the dolphin population has been intentionally accelerating Global Warming to destroy the human race, only to find the water is becoming too warm to survive, their only hope is to team up with the dolphins to save the planet.
Themes: Parody, SyFy original style movie, Dolphins, B-Movie, Genuine Historical and Biological Facts About Environmental Impact but Make it Cheesy as Fuck
Comps: Sharknado, Sharknado 2, Roboshark, Ghost Shark (but with more dolphins)
Status: Nearly finished with first draft
Themes: Parody, SyFy original style movie, Dolphins, B-Movie, Genuine Historical and Biological Facts About Environmental Impact but Make it Cheesy as Fuck
Comps: Sharknado, Sharknado 2, Roboshark, Ghost Shark (but with more dolphins)
Status: Nearly finished with first draft
Untitled Supernatural Comic
Gavin is a witch. Noa is a corpse - sort of (he is sort of kind of alive-ish now, after all). For the past several years, the two have been partners in crime (solving) and love in the offices of McCourt & Roan Preternatural Investigations. But when the circumstances around Noa's death are suddenly called into question, their every day lives of lore-keeping and beast-hunting takes a darker turn into unearthing a murder.
Shakespeare Album
A concept album based around the Complete Works of William Shakespeare. Just 35 left to go.
An album in the vein of 69 Love Songs by The Magnetic Fields, the album will ultimately feature 39 songs, each featuring a song based on each one of William Shakespeare's plays. Several demo tracks can be heard on Soundcloud.
An album in the vein of 69 Love Songs by The Magnetic Fields, the album will ultimately feature 39 songs, each featuring a song based on each one of William Shakespeare's plays. Several demo tracks can be heard on Soundcloud.
Current Projects
Creative Writing
Creative Writing
Good Advice
The world is wondrous and new. It may not always seem that way, but it is. You are too young to be so cynical.
The Lucky Ones
On the day of the 2013 St. Olaf College President’s Ball, I stare into the mirror and determine that I look like a Drag Queen.
Getting Kind of Laid: Jason
I ask him why he keeps a picture of George Bush above his bed. He tells me, with a straight face, that W. is a personal hero.
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