Screenplays
I write characters that have crackling and wit and cracking psyches, because I want to see LGBTQ characters I can relate to, and grow with.
An Honourable Bachelor is a feature queer adaptation of Oscar Wilde's An Ideal Husband. When a rags-to-riches lady returns to Victorian England, she brings home blackmail, scandal, & quick-wit; turning the lives of a noble Member of Parliament, his generous wife, dandy brother, and their honourable friend upside down for the next three days.
EXCERPT FROM
AN HONOURABLE BACHELOR
The good Lady Chiltern and her dear friend Lord Goring study her new painting.
LORD GORING
What a banal painting.
Lady Chiltern, ignoring this, turns to him.
LADY CHILTERN
You will be on time for the silent auction tonight? We're
raising money for-
LORD GORING
Another auction? Lady Chiltern, you
make being good seem so ordinary that I’m afraid the rest of us feel rather extraordinary in your presence.
LADY CHILTERN
I love the ordinary - I always wanted
the ordinary; my childhood was far too extraordinary for my taste.
LORD GORING
(about the painting)
And now you're ordinary enough to have no taste.
Roses Are Red, San Fran Is Dead! is a feature queer zombie apocalyptic romantic comedy.
Nick and Henry were head-over-heels in high school - but never got together. 20 years later, they are both in a serious relationship - with other people. When a zombie outbreak hits, they must find a way out of San Francisco, and to each other.
EXCERPT FROM
ROSES ARE RED...
Nick confides in Henry about his ex-girlfriend.
NICK
We'd be at a bar, and she'd be like, "Do you think he's hot? Do you think he's hotter than me? If you had to rate yourself on a scale of 1-10, how Gay are you? Like a 3? Or a 6?"
HENRY
What'd you say?
NICK
Well, I thought about it, and it's
like, I only recently came out as Bi, right? So, I don't really know, and sexuality can't always be equated on a scale! The whole thing is a little degrading and intrusive. My sexuality is my sexuality.
HENRY
Nice! You said that?
NICK
No. Because then I took a BuzzBoy
quiz, and found out I'm 4/10 Gay- Sexual, and 5/10 Straight-Sexual. 1/10 Mufasa-Sexual.
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Rewrites is a feature queer romantic comedy.
On the last night of their internship, sparks fly when Grayson and Cash are paired together to rewrite a crummy romantic comedy script - the final task to determine which lucky intern becomes a Staff Writer at FlixFix.
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"This charming, quirky feature boasts an engaging premise, laugh-out-loud humor, and a moving core relationship." -Slamdance Screenplay Review
EXCERPT FROM REWRITES
Cash and Grayson discuss the script.
GRAYSON
Okay, okay. It's a romcom. Everyone loves romcoms! I think it has good bones.
CASH
Yes, definitely a fatless, skeleton of a movie is what we're dealing with. I'm surprised the script didn't come with pictures.
GRAYSON
Okay, yes it's thin. But that gives us lots of opportunity to get a firm grip on it, hold it down, and inject it with fat until it explodes! With possibility!
CASH
I don't like that you, on purpose, put
a crime in my head.
Will That Be All? is a feature romantic comedy about Paul, a neurotic, relationship-challenged, twenty-something in NYC, who convinces Jack - a charismatic barista - to pretend to be his boyfriend for his ex's wedding. Why? To his get his favorite t-shirt back.
Official Selection of the New York City International Screenplay Awards
and Semi-Finalist of Big Apple Film Festival & Screenplay Competition.
PRAISE FOR
WILL THAT BE ALL?
from Blacklist.com Reader Evaluations
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"Will That Be All? boasts a delightfully weird sensibility that nicely bucks rom-com cliche."
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"The dialogue frequently crackles with an effortless and dynamic wit, and this blend of intelligence, absurdity, and acerbity creates a consistently compelling read."
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"...there is no denying this author's gift for blending earned, powerful emotion with unabashed comedy."
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