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Key Points
- Writer/Storyteller/Actress/Stand-up comic
- Writes screenplays, short stories, children's stories, and plays
- Adapts folk tales and urban legends for the stage, and travels the US performing them
- Writer and editor of magazine articles, brochure copy and speeches
- Second round reader for the Austin Heart of Film Screen Writing Competition (2000-2002)
Education
- Advanced Screenwriting, Austin Community College
- Screenwriting classes in comedy, action, and script marketing
- Austin Film Festival and Screenwriters' Conference, Austin, 2000, 2001, 2002
- Hollywood Pitch Festival, LA, 2000
- Writing classes, workshops and conferences, many organized by the Writers League of Texas
- Guildford Acting School (UK)
- Ongoing acting classes (US)
Screenplays
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| LETTY'S PRAYER (urban legend thriller) |
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Semi-finalist at Austin Film Festival Screenwriting Contest (2003) |
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Winner of Alchemy Works' Movie Midwifing Competition, Austin (2002) |
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4th place in Monterey County Film Festival Screenwriting Contest (2001) |
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Quarter finalist at Austin Film Festival Screenwriting Contest (2001) |
| WILD STREAK (dark comedy) |
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Quarter finalist in Final Draft Screenwriting Contest (2001) |
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Quarter finalist at Austin Film Festival Screenwriting Contest (2000) |
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Quarter finalist at Slamdance Screenwriting Completition (2000) |
| THE CARMICHAEL PLAN (romantic dramedy) |
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Finalist at Alchemy Works' Movie Midwifing Competition, Austin (2002) |
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Quarter finalist at Austin Film Festival Screenwriting Contest (2002) |
| SKY EYE (action thriller) |
| GULNARA (family) |
Awards
- Critics' Table Award, "Best Actress in a comedy"
- Critics' Table nomination, "Best Actress in a Comedy"
- Critics' Table nomination, "Best Actress in a drama"
- B. Iden Payne nominations (three), "Best Actress in a Comedy"
- B. Iden Payne nominations (three), "Best Actress in a Production for Youth"
- B. Iden Payne nomination, "Outstanding Production for Youth"
- International Modeling & Talent Association (NY) 1994 awards for Best Sitcom Actress; Best Drama Monologue; Best Comedy Monologue
Professional Organizations
- Screen Actors' Guild (SAG)
- Austin Film Society (AFS)
- Writers' League of Texas (WLT)
- Austin Circle of Theatres (AcoT)
- Austin Screenwriters Group (ASG)
- Tejas Storytellers' Association (TLA)
- Central Texas Storytelling Guild (CTSG)
- Texas Librarians Association (TLA)
- Comedy Gym
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