Shauna Ray Ratapu

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2026-03-06

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Quarterfinalist, Table Read My Screenplay, Hollywood
(2025)

Second Rounder, Austin Film Festival
(2024)

Semifinalist, Stowe Story Labs Programs and Fellowships Application
(2024)

Quarterfinalist, Table Read My Screenplay - Park City
(2024)

Quarterfinalist, ScreenCraft Screenwriting Fellowship
(2024)

Quarterfinalist, Los Angeles International Screenplay Awards Summer
(2023)

TopTier, Roadmap Writers
(2023)

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BANKING ON BURLESQUE Budget: $5M - $10M | Comedy ⋄ Drama A 55-year-old home loan officer and recent empty-nester ditches her drab, autopilot existence to explore the technicolor world of burlesque while trying to keep a long-distance relationship - with her late husband’s ghost.COMPS: GHOST meets MRS. HARRIS GOES TO PARIS
STARS ALSO DIE Budget: $5M - $10M | Comedy ⋄ Drama When their emotionally abusive, Carl Sagan-obsessed mom is put on hospice, four estranged siblings reunite for a hilariously dark and cosmically chaotic Thanksgiving.COMPS: It’s HIS THREE DAUGHTERS meets THE ROYAL TENEBAUMS—with a cosmic twist.
BIG WHEEL Budget: $1M - $5M | Comedy ⋄ Drama When a helicopter mom with PTSD takes in her recovering “asshole” brother, her suburban sanctuary begins to crumble with every reminder of the feral & fearless little girl she was in 1976.COMPS: THE SKELETON TWINS meets HONEY BOY in THE FLORIDA PROJECT