The following screenplays are currently available. Please contact me if you are interested in learning more.
Nice Jewish Girls (Romantic Comedy)
Logline: Dumped and penniless, Marissa, an aimless 30-something aspiring New York comedian, moves back in with her straight-laced sister, Sarah, and her conservative Jewish family in the Jersey Suburbs, and in the process, forms an unlikely romance with the local synagogue’s cantor. Keeping the Faith meets Girls.
Accolades: Finalist Shore Scripts Feature Contest, Stowe Story Labs Finalist, Quarter-Finalist PAGE Screenwriting Awards, “Second-Rounder” Austin
Goofy Stance (Dramedy)
Logline: Disenchanted with the monotony and pressures of adulthood, a suburban father, on the verge of the birth of his second child, forms an unlikely friendship with a teenage boy, who starts teaching him how to skateboard.
Accolades: Top 10% Nicholl Fellowship
The (Long) Weekend (Sci-Fi, Romance)
Logline: Trying to work through a rough patch, a couple’s plans to spend a romantic weekend in wine country are disrupted when they encounter past versions of themselves.
Accolades: Quarter-Finalist PAGE Screenwriting Awards
Cruise People (Dramedy)
Logline: After she discovers her husband has been unfaithful, a middle-class Jewish woman abandons a life on land and joins the staff of a cruise ship, forming a bond with the diverse workers on board.
Accolades: Quarter-Finalist PAGE Screenwriting Awards
Sunshower (Thriller, Sci-Fi)
Co-written with Ben Watts
Logline: A desperate woman submits herself to an experimental sleep study, but soon visions of her dead sister presage the dark purpose behind the experiment. Ex Machina meets The Butterfly Effect.
Sweet Life (Dramedy)
Logline: In a small Vermont town, three down-on-their luck friends attempt to steal $1.5 million worth of pure maple syrup from the Canadian maple syrup cartel
Accolades: Winner Tracking-B Screenplay Competition, Semi-Finalist Austin, Top 10% Nicholl Fellowship
Max’s Golem (Coming-of-Age Fantasy)
Logline: Tortured by bullies and struggling to overcome his parents recent divorce, a nerdy Jewish kid from the suburbs summons a mystical golem to turn the tables and fight back.
Accolades: “Second-Rounder” Austin, Top 10% Nicholl Fellowship
The Losing Kind (Thriller)
Co-written with Ben Watts
Logline: When Grace’s ex-con brother loses a local kingpin’s drugs, she must race against the clock to find a buried stash of cocaine off the Georgia coast, or otherwise, she and her brother will pay with their lives. A Southern-fried Fargo.
Accolades: Script Pipeline Finalist, Nicholl Fellowship Quarter Finalist, “Second-Rounder” Austin
Sanctuary, Florida (Drama, Mystery Thriller)
Co-written with Ben Watts
Logline: When his estranged brother turns up dead, Joe Shaw travels to Sanctuary — a secluded Florida community that houses only convicted sex offenders — to seek answers: did his brother really commit suicide, or is the truth more nefarious?
Accolades: Top 10% Nicholl Fellowship, “Second-Rounder” Austin
Refire (Hour Long Drama Pilot)
Logline: After a hotshot chef suffers a mental breakdown and loses the stake in his restaurant, he attempts to start over in the Virginia countryside, recruiting a young, unknown cook to helm his new fine dining establishment.