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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

 

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.

 

 

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.