Michael Chabler wrote and acted in The Interview from Hell (2020). He also wrote the short story Human and Machine Lifespans, which appeared in the Scarlet Leaf Review in 2019.
He is a founding member of the children's music group Treehouse 10, which released the album Bug in a Puddle in 2009. He sang and co-wrote the music on this album with four former members of the Hillside Singers, famous for the '70s smash hit, "I'd Like to Teach The World To Sing.".
In the fall of 2016, he appeared in Ruth Patir's short film Sleepers, Also in the fall of 2016, he finished filming in the role of Judge Jack Woodward in the movie The Tragic Circumstances of 1948, about the imposition of Apartheid in South Africa.
He has written for radio, WCBE (an NPR affiliate) and WBAI, in New York city. He has also written for small newspapers.
Upon Request I am writing a limited series on spec.
You Are Here
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Miscellaneous Crew Jack is a loyal corporate soldier who suddenly finds himself downsized along with the rest of the 24th floor. His boss takes pity on him and suggests he take the family estate, Glenmara, for the weekend to "clear his head and write a resume". Holly is told by a professional matchmaker that she is "too hesitant and over-cautious" and might be better off choosing a man at random. Jack asks the friendly stranger, Holly to Glenmara for the weekend. Holly, at the end of her romantic rope, says yes. What seems at first to be a serendipitous beginning for an awkward young couple turns through misfortune, mishap and histories of romantic wreckage into a screwball journey. Written by Anonymous
Nick and Jane
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Miscellaneous Crew N.Y. corporate Jane discovers her boyfriend John in bed with another woman, leaves building enraged and jumps into cab. Her driver is Nick. Jane and her friend Vickie have a plan - to make John jealous, they'll give Nick a false corporate identity and pass him off as Jane's new boyfriend. Written by Anonymous
Pictures of Baby Jane Doe
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Miscellaneous Crew Horace, a New York City down-on-his-luck writer, meets and finds love with a waifish young woman, named Jane, whom he shacks her up in his tiny apartment room and asks her to pose as a model for some creative death scene photos. But Horace's nowhere job and Jane's drug addiction threaten the union between them, until he moves himself and her to Atlantic City to start over and try to help her overcome her addictions. With that all looks well and upbringing for Jane and Horace... so it seems. Written by <pataygs@voicenet.com>