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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.