Screenwriting Projects
“A King and Queen in Roseville”
Feature, drama
Tormented by intrusive thoughts, soon-to-be father LaMorne Jeffries compulsively turns himself in to St. Louis County’s Roseville Police Department for crimes they know he did not commit, his saving grace a lifelong friendship with veteran Police Captain Alice McCarrick (it’s St. Louis, they went to high school together). When McCarrick runs out of harebrained schemes to thwart his disruptions and finally lands on a mental health intervention, LaMorne’s initial glimpse of healing attracts the interest of an ambitious New York Times reporter, culminating in an ultimatum that will either destroy LaMorne’s recovery or end McCarrick’s career.
“Ladies of Justice”
One-hour pilot, comedy/drama
When a prestigious Midwestern university appoints Dr. Bev Odom the first Black female dean of its law school, she earnestly sets to work addressing the school’s multi-pronged financial and PR crisis … until her entitled communications director discovers the administration’s true motive behind her appointment. Will Bev successfully galvanize her band of misfit staff (including her executive assistant/former porn star and permanently frazzled head faculty coordinator) to stabilize the law school and expose the administration? Or will the university’s obsession with rankings, donations, vain prestige, and legacy continue to rule supreme, as it has since the dawn of academic time?
“I’ll Miss You Most of All”
One-hour pilot, drama
After trudging Hollywood’s yellow brick road for years, an ambitious young actress entertains a casting couch relationship with a high-profile producer, which takes an unexpected turn and thrusts them both into globally unprecedented territory. A fresh take on power dynamics, desire, female friendship, and rebuilding after the tornado of blind, youthful ambition.
Second rounder, 2022 Austin Film Festival Screenplay Competition
(Short script) second rounder, 2021 Austin Film Festival Screenplay Competition
“Passing Through”
“How am I supposed to explain you to everyone?” -Carol Spaulding
A family love story about death.
Feature, drama
Medical school dropout and hapless woman-child Allie Spaulding returns home to live with her mother, whose obsessive criticism rivals the emotional damage caused by her younger brother’s suicide years earlier. When Al discovers her perfect academic prodigy step-sister has been living a double life involving dating apps, the promise of someone else’s flaws upstaging her own renews her will to live, which leads to a wacky twist or two … or five.