Celebrate the February 2025 Stage 32 Community’s Successes

Hello, Stage 32 Community!

February is in the books! It might be the shortest month of the year, but from what we’ve been seeing, you all are packing as many success stories, meetings and requests into that truncated time frame as possible. We’d expect nothing less from this community!

And without further ado, behold our monthly salute to some of the fantastically talented members of the Stage 32 family and their successes in these past few weeks. Sharing the successes of these hard-working writers and creatives, seeing their hard work turn into progress, this a HUGE part of what makes working at Stage 32 so much fun and so rewarding. We’re here for this!

We know first-hand the heart and soul you all put in to your work every day, and we want you to know that we see you. And when that hard work pays off with some real and tangible movement, nothing makes us happier!

So, here we go! Let’s dive into the signings, deals, meetings, script requests, all of the fun happenings from the month of February…

Success Stories

Congrats to member James Papa and exec/filmmaker Julia Verdin on the release of their film No Address. Julia and James initially met through a Stage 32 consultation call. She liked his writing style, so she invited him to collaborate on a project that became No Address, a film which was released last Friday, February 28th on 1500 screens and stars William Baldwin, Ashanti, Patricia Velasquez and Beverly D’Angelo. Julia produced and directed as well. So awesome, you guys are living the dream! That’s what Stage 32 is all about!

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Double Recommend

Any writer who submits to written coverage and walks away with a ‘Double Recommend’ gets featured in the Stage 32 Double Recommend Lookbook, sent to over 500 industry professionals every month. So let’s give a huge round of applause to the writers below who will appear in our February Lookbook.

Lissa Coffey with the script A SPLENDID SUN.

Andrew Allan James for the screenplay BATTY.

Rick Akins for CRYSTAL WEB.

Jonathan Marballi and the screenplay OTHER PLACES.

RUN! RUN! RUN! – THE LIVES OF ABBIE HOFFMAN by writer Michael J. Shapiro

Last but not least, the screenplay THE HOUSE ALWAYS WINS by Brock Newell.

Open Writing Assignments

For those who are members of the Writers' Room, you have the opportunity to submit to Open Writing Assignments from vetted industry professionals who are actively looking for new writers and material. These writers crushed it last month getting selected for these OWAs!

Production Company Seeks Single-Camera TV Scripts in All Genres for $1 Million or Under (30-min/episode) Any Location Cast and Script Type (0414)

• Danny Katz (XPLTR)
• Olivia Webb (DELIVER ME)
• Matt Hyams (ON THE LINE)
• Danielle Tjoelker (GARBAGE PEOPLE)
• Rhiannon Guzelian (GWEN O'CONNELL UNF*CKS HER LIFE)
• Dianne Thomassin (MY FAVORITE NARCISSIST)
• Steve Belanger (NAMASTE)
• Karim Diane (THE WHEELCHAIR VIRIGIN)

Production Company Seeks Thriller Pilot (Hour or Half-hour) for Any Budget Location Cast and Script Type (0416)

• Anthony Pittore (D.O.C.)
• Lucas Abreu (JARS OF CLAY)
• Thunder Levin (HURRICANE ALABAMA)
• Michael Deigh (THE RED SCARE)
• Helena Zhen (COLONY 14)
• Victor Lesniewski (THE 5TH DOMAIN)
• Sara Zofko (BUSINESS OR PLEASURE)
• Rae Binstock (BUTCH)

Open Writing Assignment Production Company Seeks Horror Pilot (Hour or Half-hour) for Any Budget Location Cast and Script Type (0417)

• Dena Hysell-Cornejo (WINTER WONDERLAND)
• Travis Seppala (SKINWALKER)
• Paul Kimball (NOT AGAINST FLESH AND BLOOD)
• Lauren Ferebee (BLOODBOUND)
• Dan Jolley (BLOODHOUND)
• Aurora Wells (MAKE THEM PAY)
• Katarina Severin (DORIAN)

Producer Seeks Uplifting TV Scripts for Any Budget, Location, Cast, and Script Type (0411)

• Stephanie Neroes (HAIL MARY)
• Samantha Briggs (THE BIG CHOP)
• Arun Narayanan (BAND OF OTHERS)
• Katie McClung (HOMER RANCH)
• Sam Marchiano (FUN & GAMES)
• Sam Pinnelas (INSIDE VOICES)
• Emily Russell (SISTER COUSINS)

Development Executive Seeks Cool Thriller Features and TV Scripts for Any Budget, Location, Cast, and Script Type (0412)

• Blake Robbins (EL COCO)
• Haven Johnson (NEUROSIS)
• John Killoran (THE JUMP)
• Ben Klopfenstein (SOUTHBOUND)
• Arun Narayanan (THE INVISIBLE BOY)
• Xiayang Li (A-MA)
• Molly Bandt (STURGEON GENERAL)
• Celia Ramsey (STURGEON GENERAL)

Production Company Seeks Feature Film Script in All Genres for $1m-$10m, Any Location, Cast, and Script Type (0413)

• Tommy Garcia (THE DEVIL OF FELMAN'S PEAK)
• Daniel Silvas (A LIFE IN THIN AIR)
• Debbie Castanha (THE DEBT)
• Hoss Carroll (THE BULLPEN)
• Justin Ballheim (THE APPLICANTS)
• Sasha Kai Parker (BLACK GIRL MAGIC)
• Ellen Warner O'Brien (TIGHT)

Production Company Seeks Fantasy Pilot (Hour or Half-hour) for Any Budget, Location, Cast, and Script Type (0418)

• Joseph Downey (WHY WE FIGHT)
• Glenn Acosta (LIMINAL)
• Pavan Grover (OZ)
• Bob Singleton (ANATHEMA)
• Simon Frederick (LOREFUL GOOD & EVIL)
• Ron Mondz (THE HOUDINIS)
• Matt Hyams (ON THE LINE)

Production Company Seeks Sci-fi Pilot (Hour or Half-hour) for Any Budget, Location, Cast, and Script Type (0419)

• Christian Ruhen (IN AETERNUM)
• Dena Hysell-Cornejo (DOOMSDAY CLOCK)
• Glenn Acosta (CRYOLIFE)
• Ginger Kearns (STARSEEDS)
• Phyllis Strong (THE PRICE OF YOUTH)
• Matt Hyams (ON THE LINE)

Production Company Seeks Action Thriller Features for Any Budget, Location, Cast, and Script Type (0420)

• Tim Kontje (KITBASH)
• Ian Milne (THE RED WOLF)
• Will Bermender (HEARTRACE)
• Ivy Ge (THE COLOMBIAN SUN)
• Richard Garry (RUNNING THE ASYLUM)
• Ben Klopfenstein (SOUTHBOUND)
• Andy Yang (OUTLAW)

Producer Seeks Writer for a Western Film Under $1M Starring Barry Corbin (0421)

• Ed Knies (THE LAST MONTANA BOOTS AND SADDLES)
• Stephen Hoover (BURIED SOUTH OF GALATIAN)
• Dave Fein (HOMESTEAD)
• Zach Jansen (HADLEYVILLE)
• Will Barboza (THE CROSSING)

Award Winning Director Seeks Female Lead True Crime Feature Film with 89-96 Page Count and Proof for Any Budget, Location, Cast, and Script Type (0422)

• Tore Simonson (LOVERS, LETTERS, & COUNTERFEITERS)
• Brian McCarthy (DETERMINED)
• James Moran (WE NEVER SLEEP)
• Michael Dalzell (BOLLES)
• Sheila D. Boyd (THE LAST DAY OF MARVIN GAY(E))

Creative Executive Seeks Female Lead Thrillers Feature Film Scripts for Any Budget, Location, Cast, and Script Type (0423)

• Paul Sokal (HEATHROW)
• Xiayang Li (LAUREN)
• John Yudelson (THE DEADLY CURE)
• Brianna Da Silva (THE SACRAMENT)
• Rebecca Scott (THE LONGEST NIGHT)
• Ivy Ge (THE COLOMBIAN SUN)
• Molly Bandt (STURGEON GENERAL)
• Celia Ramsey (STURGEON GENERAL)

Script and Meeting Requests

Stage 32 Creators also had 196 Script Requests and 153 Meeting Requests during that span! These requests came from high end outfits such as Sandstone Artists, Phoenix Pictures, LBI Entertainment, Titan1 Studios, Gold Circle Films, Zero Gravity Management, Expectation Management, Happy Place Productions, Virtual Matter, Charles Osowik Management, Vuja De, LINK Entertainment, Majestic Productions, In Theory Productions, Informant Media, Marilyn Atlas Management, Established Artists, Rough Diamond Productions & Management, Four Leaf Productions, 36 Chambers Action, Little Studio Films, High Card Films, 831 Management, Zoic Pictures, Volition, Gilbert Films, Art/Work Entertainment, Neon Kite, Bluewater Lane Productions, Buffalo 8/Bondit Media, Orenda Entertainment, HartBeat, NiteLite Pictures, Alta Global Media, The CW Network, Animus Films, I’d Watch That, CAA, Verve Talent & Literary and WME.

We are so grateful for you and everything you do to make the Stage 32 community the special place that it is. So a HUGE thank you to everyone out there! This month is yet another opportunity to witness and support the many accomplishments and achievements of our incredible members, and it is our sincere pleasure to do our part in helping with those. Seeing these successes makes it all worthwhile. It inspires us, and we hope you all feel that same inspiration!

March has even more amazing things in store, we just know it.

See you next month!

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