Celebrate the July 2024 Stage 32 Community’s Successes!

Hello, Stage 32 Family!

Yes, another amazing month is in the books for all of us in the Stage 32 Community, and once again it is time to celebrate the always impressive progress of our incredible members. This is our monthly opportunity to spotlight some of the writers and creatives in our Stage 32 family and share their stories of success with everyone! We’re so inspired by their hard work and persistence, and it’s made all the more satisfying when that hard work starts to pay off.

Without further ado, let’s dive into the signings, deals, meetings, script requests, and all of the fun happenings from the month of July…

Success Stories

Congrats to our member Pat Semler, whose short script was selected as the winner of the Palm Springs Women in Film & Television Contest and produced into a short film, with a prize of $10,000.00 as the budget. Pat recently detailed the whole experience in a Stage 32 blog (to read it click here), from being told that she had won, through the development of the script and all the way into production of the short itself!

Congrats to our member Rita Avellar, who is currently directing her first short film entitled “The Fat Lady – She Just Wanted to Be Called by Her Name”. The journey for the film took over 10 years and involved overcoming some tough personal health issues. Please read her upcoming blog so you can read her story in her own words, but it is inspiring to see that Rita has emerged resilient and has completed shooting the film.

Congrats to writer Bradford Richardson, whose script MERRILY ALL THE WAY has been discovered by Exec and Producer Kristen Lucas, who was looking for a new Holiday-themed film to produce. They make such an amazing team and will also be sharing their story in an upcoming blog.

Congrats to member Michael Shapiro who is now working with Exec and Literary Manager Eileen Cope on the respective project that he discussed with Eileen during a Consultation Call.

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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. So a round of applause is in order for the writers below who will appear in our July Lookbook. Take a bow, you all!

Bill Ellis with the script COMMODORE CINDY.

Iain Anderson with the script FLATHEAD.

Alana Gerdes’s LIBRARY LARCENY screenplay.

Barry J. Tidwell and the script STILL GOT IT.

KOBEE MANATEE ADVENTURES by writers Bob Regan & Jaimie Engle.

J.C. Davidson with the script THE CARETAKER.

UNLIKELY HERO from writer Michael Menderhausen.

And finally Iain Anderson (again!) and his script RABBIT PUNCH.

Open Writing Assignments

For those who are members of the Writers' Room, you have the opportunity to submit your scripts for 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!

Producer Seeks Fun Female-Led Feature Scripts (0314)

• Helen Sedwick (MUFFLER MAN)
• Elise Marenson (BOYS LOVE THIS)
• Alicia Lomas-Gross (VIRGIN TERRITORY)
• Kelsey Ross (TURF WARS)
• Lindsay Stidham (A REAL PAIR)
• Marisa Forrest (SKYFOXES)
• Jennifer Goldson (EGBOK)

Producer Seeks Contained, Elevated Genre Feature Scripts (0315)

• Nicole Jones-Dion (THE ELEVATOR GAME)
• Jennifer Wilton (CONTAINED)
• Josh Miller (CITY GENERAL)
• Lucas Abreu (STRANDED)
• Andrew McGivern (THE MOVE)
• Carly Hebert (MUSE)

Producer Seeks Low-Budget Horror (0316)

• Jerzy Suchocki (CHILDREN OF THE ETERNAL SUMMER)
• Virginia Youngren (BOTTOMFEEDER)
• Emily Winer (BRIDE & DOOM)
• Lucas Abreu (STRANDED)
• Andrew McGivern (THE MOVE)
• Tanya Klein and Jim Cirile (PSYCHOPATHY)

Manager Seeks Commercial Comedy (0317)

• Zeke Nelson (ZEBRAS)
• Francisco Castro (YEAH, DUDE, I'M A SPY)
• Josh Miller (SWINDLERS)
• Emily Clouse (YOU CAN DO BETTER)
• Patrick Makin (CHIP & DAN’S SUPER SPECIAL SURPRISE)
• Baxter Taylor (THE LUCKIEST MAN)
• Kathy Twomey Wahed (3 FAT FRIENDS)

Manager Seeks True Story Pieces for Any Budget (0318)

• Christian Everhard (OMBAK)
• Daniel Broderick (RACE TO THE SKY)
• A.W. Scott (SILVER WINGS)
• Joe Nelms (DRILLMAN)
• TengK y-Gan (JHO LOW)
• Patrick Connelly (GORBY AND RONNIE DO REYKJAVÍK)

Producer Seeks Closed End Procedural Pilots for Any Budget (0319)

• Wajahat Rauf (SINGLE ENTRY)
• James King (SKIPPING BAIL)
• Simon X.Frederick (LOREFUL GOOD & EVIL)
• Ray Keller (THE MIRACLE SQUAD)

Manager Seeks Romantic Comedy Features and Pilots for Any Budget (0320)

• VAGRANT (Jeanette Campbell)
• CHEAP ASS ASIAN (Roy Hsu)
• REVENGE DATE (Patrick Connelly)
• SOMETIME THIS YEAR (Laura Lyte)
• RING IN THE NEW YEAR (Lucas Abreu)
• BOOK PEOPLE (Ashley Darland)
• SEX & SAMOSAS (Jasmine Aziz)

Manager Seeks Romance Features and Pilots for Any Budget (0321)

• NOT THERE YET (Casey Costello)
• HOTEL PRINCESA (Ariadne Shaffer)
• A DIFFERENT WORLD (Michael Mendershausen)
• JOURNEY TO THE ENCHANTED INKWELL (Lyo D.Green)
• LESSONS IN GRAVITY (Sam Ellis)
• SWIPING AT 60 (Niloufar Lamakan)

Manager Seeks Horror Features and Pilots for Any Budget (0322)

• PERSEPHONE (Katherine Hill)
• OLLIE (Amir Mo)
• THE DESTROYER (Ian Patrick Williams)
• THE MOVE (Andrew McGivern)
• HIGHTOWER (Stephen Czerwinski)
• PSYCHOPATHY (Tanya Klein and Jim Cirile)
• SKIN (Kelly Anelons and Megan Anelons)

Producer Seeks Contained Thriller Feature Scripts in the $500k (0323)

• CJ Walley (BLUEBERRY SPECIAL)
• Francisco Castro (THE OUTLIER)
• Patrick Connelly (CALM)
• Jennifer Wilton (CONTAINED)
• Andrew McGivern (THE MOVE)

Producer Seeks R-Rated Buddy Comedies Feature Scripts for Any Budget (0324)

• Francisco Castro (GEEKS)
• Patrick Connelly (WORK RELEASE)
• Patrick Makin (CHIP & DAN’S SUPER SPECIAL SURPRISE)
• Baxter Taylor (THE LUCKIEST MAN)
• Farah Desvarieux (BUTCH BABY MAMA)
• Kathy Twomey Wahed (3 FAT FRIENDS)

Producer Seeks Holiday Rom-Com Feature Scripts for Any Budget (0325)

• Travis Sharp (CHRISTMAS MOVIE TRAP)
• Rachel Payne (ADVENT CALENDAR CHRISTMAS)
• Lucas Abreu (RING IN THE NEW YEAR)
• Maggie Dallen (SINGLE BELLES)
• Ashley Bower (STRAYS, GAYS & HOLIDAYS)

Manager Seeks Action-Thriller Feature Film Scripts for Any Budget (0326)

• Amber Brown (BLACKBIRDS)
• Kate Brooks (SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST)
• Will Bermender (HEARTRACE)
• John Doble (THE ROMMEL GAMBIT)
• Linda Kish (ACCELERATED RISK)

Production Company Seeks Grounded Young Adult Rom-Coms for $5-8m (0327)

• Chase Badgett (THE REBOUND)
• Lucas Abreu (TIME & CHANGE)
• Michael Mendershausen (SOMETHING TO TALK ABOUT)
• Linda Boroff (WRENCHED)
• Arun Narayanan (REWINDER)
• Kelly Anelons and Megan Anelons (MASTER’S KEY)

Production Company Seeks Comedy Feature Film Scripts for $5-8m (0328)

• Susan Taylor (MAN HANDLE)
• Alana Gerdes (POLISHED BUSINESS)
• Susan Boggio (JUST TESTING)
• Rahul Vijay (SLEEPER)
• Marisa Forrest (DADDY ISSUES)
• Kelly Anelons and Megan Anelons (LIFE’S A BEAUT)

Producer Seeks Domestic Finance Thriller Under $1M, Any Location, Cast, and Script Type (0333)

• Bob Pondillo (THE CONFESSION)
• Logan Ayers (HIVE)
• Mike Bencivenga (OUT OF NOWHERE)

Script and Meeting Requests

Stage 32 Creators also had an amazing 224 Script Requests and 86 Meeting Requests! These requests come from high-end outfits such as HartBeat Independent, Passcode Entertainment, Affirmative Entertainment, Lewis & Harris Productions, Newscope Films, and CAA!

The Stage 32 team, as always, is incredibly proud of and impressed by everything that our talented and dedicated community members have accomplished in just this past month of July alone, and we know that August will see even more progress and success. See you next month!

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