I wrote a comedic opening monologue for celebrity host Jane Lynch, as well as all the presentation banter and winner descriptions for the evening (based on research provided by the client), as the sole writer for ADM Productions‘ script for Choice Hotels’ annual corporate awards show in 2017.
Category: Projects
Writing, producing, directing. They’re all here.
Corporate Awards Show for ADM Productions
I was the sole writer for ADM Productions‘ script for Mylan’s annual corporate awards show. I wrote a comedic opening monologue for celebrity host Todd Newton, as well as all the presentation banter and winner descriptions for the whole evening’s event.
Manger Things
This is a Christmas short film I wrote and produced, a spoof called Manger Things. I produced it with Elisa Booker, the Children’s Director of my church here in Brooklyn, Trinity Grace Church Park Slope. The young guys over at Infinity Finite on YouTube, Ethan and Christian Locy, directed and shot it. Ethan directed. Christian shot it. Check it…
The Most Extravagant Gift
The Most Extravagant Gift is a short Christmas play I wrote about the birth of Jesus. It was produced by Trinity Grace Church Park Slope in 2015. Ideal for churches with robust children’s ministries. Check it out. Contact me if you’re looking for a great christmas play for your church’s Kids’ Program.
Jerry & Diane
Chris Domig and Margaret Copeland Hunter star in my not-so-romantic comedy short film about a guitar lesson gone wrong, Jerry & Diane, which premiered at the Big Apple Film Festival at the Tribeca Cinemas on November 9th, 2014. Jerry is a desperate ‘guitar teacher’ hoping to ‘take it to the next level’ with his favorite…
Sonnet #42 for the New York Shakespeare Exchange
I adapted and directed another sonnet for Shakespeare Exchange‘s The Sonnet Project – a great project here in NYC that is aiming to film all of Shakespeare’s sonnets, each performed by a different actor in a carefully chosen New York City location. This time I shot Sonnet 42 about a jilted lover. The location I was assigned provided…
Sonnet #143 for the New York Shakespeare Exchange
I directed (adapted, shot, and edited) Sonnet 143 for Shakespeare Exchange‘s The Sonnet Project – a great project here in NYC that is aiming to film all of Shakespeare’s sonnets, each performed by a different actor in a carefully chosen New York City location. Sonnet 143 is about a mama, her baby, and a chicken. Or is it really? Grand Central…
View from the Q
I directed this short one-act play by Sharifa Williams called “The View from the Q” for the Players Theatre‘s Short Play & Music Festival. But it had been a while since I’d directed theatre and I was a little nervous, but looking for something to do, when Sharifa Williams emailed me about potentially directing the play…
Microsoft Digital Spots
Here is a series of digital spots for Microsoft that I First AD’d. This was day 1: the Samsung Series 9 and delightfully kind and easy-to-work-with Robert Sudduth (39s). Day 2: We shot the Sony Viao Y with the handsome and generous actor Brian Palatucci (37s). Day 3: Our computer was the HP Touchsmart 610 and…
