Available Works
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FEATURE COMEDY
The Virgin Knot
GENRE: Teen Comedy
LOG LINE: A frustrated Catholic schoolgirl, desperate to lose her virginity, finds her quest is complicated when people come to believe that she has been imbued by the Blessed Virgin Mary
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Hope's Dash
GENRE: Teen Comedy
LOG LINE: On the day that Lyndon Johnson nullifies the marriage deferment for Vietnam service, a young couple having problems discover they have nine hours to get married.
Paulina, Melvina & Lunt
GENRE: Relationship Comedy
LOG LINE: Three couples at the University of Chicago must come to grips with sex, tenure and a possible murder over the Thanksgiving break.
The Italian Lesson
GENRE: Romantic Comedy
LOG LINE: An abrasive Chicago restauranteur falls for the wrong woman while trying to fulfill his late father’s bequest.
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Oswego
GENRE: Road Movie Comedy
LOG LINE: In order to score an important gig, a mediocre folk duet must take on a female singer who may cause more trouble than she is worth.
Rosie and the Fine Art of Politics
GENRE: Romantic Comedy
LOG LINE: A corrupt Chicago alderwoman finds her career and love life turned upside down when her hastily scrawled poem reveals an unsuspected streak of sensitivity.
Loop’d
GENRE: Relationship Comedy
LOG LINE: The fates of a disparate group of romance seekers intersect and collide during one fateful twenty-four hour period in Chicago’s Loop.
The Lantern Bugs
GENRE: Relationship Comedy
LOG LINE: A weary retiring college professor discovers an unlikely friendship with young Chinese graduate student attempting to navigate her future.
Johnny and the Fine Art of Killing
GENRE: Romantic Comedy
LOG LINE: A mob enforcer and the daughter of a rival family’s boss find common ground while both are hiding out at an artists’ retreat.
When Mara Went Shopping
GENRE: Romantic Comedy
LOG LINE: An about-to-be married TV news reporter and her cameraman find love when they are held hostage in a small Illinois town by a reclusive and unwilling story subject.
Impossible Dreams from the North Side
GENRE: Romantic Comedy
LOG LINE: The fates of a group of North Side Chicagoans come to a head during an ill-fated Chicago Cubs playoff series
The Other Side of Normal
GENRE: Farce
LOG LINE: When a dying industrialist bequeaths his fortune to a small Illinois town, his relatives, business associates and the townspeople plot against each other to get it all for themselves.
Digging Up Henry
GENRE: Comedy/Drama
LOG LINE: Setting out to prove that a long-dead physicist was unjustly labeled a ‘security risk’ during the witch hunt, a young graduate student finds herself torn between her live-in boyfriend and her internet lover.
Santorello’s Pig
GENRE: Relationship Comedy
LOG LINE: An Asian American talk show hosts finds her love life being manipulated by her producer and an on-air guest.
FEATURE HISTORICAL/PERIOD
The History of Her Future
GENRE: Historical Dark Comedy
LOG LINE: An examination of the life of Lizzie Borden from her death in 1927 backward to the murder of her parents in 1892.
The Safeguard
GENRE: War Drama
LOG LINE: A naïve Nazi art curator is sent to Florence to steal Michelangelo’s statue, the David, before the Allies can take control of the city.
Fast Dissolve
GENRE: Period Comedy/Drama
LOG LINE: in 1903, a restless Illinois farm boy strikes a partnership with a burned out cowboy to barnstorm the Midwest with a movie camera and a projector.
White City Blues
GENRE: Period (1945) drama
LOG LINE: Three Italian American women and a young boy living in upstate New York face a difficult readjustment to peace following the end of the Second World War.
STREAMING SERIES
The Man Who Took the Umbrella
GENRE: Dark Comedy/Mystery (a seven-episode limited series)
LOGLINE: A movie extra, victim of the 1950’s anti-Communist witch hunts, finds that he is trapped on an endless studio backlot from which there is no escape.
SHORT SCRIPTS
Monkey Heart
GENRE: Relationship Comedy
LOG LINE: A couple attempts to bond over the Internet during the Pandemic of 2020. Adapted from the play by Thomas McNamara
Condomnation
GENRE: Comedy
LOG LINE: A desperately horny young man is frustrated in his quest when he can’t decide which condoms to buy…and the condoms aren’t helping.
Lincoln Park Pet People
GENRE: Comedy
LOG LINE: A young professional woman tries to come to terms with her recent bad relationship while picking up her freshly neutered kitten.
Validate
GENRE: Relationship Comedy
LOG LINE: Two former in-laws attempt to navigate an outing that may or may not be a date.
A Certain Night in an Uncertain Restaurant, South Florida
GENRE: Farce
LOG LINE: A family’s attempt to find the perfect crab croquettes is thwarted at every turn.
Disconnecting
GENRE: Relationship Comedy
LOG LINE: A frustrated wife finds a novel way to leave her demanding husband.