
Screenwriting
Writing has been a passion of mine since I was a child, and that love has never died. The page is where my visions come to life. Below are 'Vices' (Short), 'Cake' (The Bear Spec Script), 'Manic' (Feature, First 30 Pages), 'Changing Tune' (Short) and 'New Kid' (Episode 5: Gay Watch).
All screenplays written with Final Draft 12.
VICES
When a college student’s absent father, who recently suffered a stroke, shows up drunk to her brother’s eighteenth birthday party, she must find a way to show him, and herself, the empathy he never showed her.​
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Short, Proof of concept to be expanded upon in a feature
CAKE-The Bear
FT522: Writing tv sitcom scripts
When Richie and Carmy double-book the restaurant for two special occasions, they must appease screaming Swifties while securing funding from an investor, who is most certainly not in the mafia.
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Spec script written Nov 2024 for The Bear Season 3
MANIC
FT411: Screenwriting i
An archetypal manic pixie dream girl wants nothing more than to escape the monotonous lifestyle of her small town, but when her newest love interest takes his infatuation to dangerously obsessive extremes, she’ll have to adjust her rose-colored worldview.
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First Act of Feature. Full treatment below.
Changing Tune
FT402: Production II
A young classical musician, overwhelmed by the pressure of conservatory auditions, rediscovers her passion for music after an unexpected encounter with a busking street musician.
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Story by Haley Alvarez-Lauto, Initial edits by Brie Tyler
Directed in October 2024: view here
NEW KId Season 1
Episode 5: Gay watch
When the gang returns from spring break, Ivy and Emma decide to find Quinn a girlfriend. Meanwhile, Parker and Sam take Charlie to a gay bar, where he confides in the patrons about his struggling love life.​
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Wrote scenes 6 and 9, Workshopped remaining pages in a writer's room. Independent, student-run mockumentary.