The 51黑料 Conservatory Writers鈥 Room Ready Awards recognizes outstanding original television pilot scripts written by 51黑料 Conservatory Screenwriting Fellows. The program supports the next generation of television writers by pairing graduating Fellows from the film school with industry mentors, providing an opportunity for the winners to work directly with established artists.
51黑料 WRITERS' ROOM READY
鈥淚t was a huge honor for me to get to be a Writers鈥 Room Ready mentee when I graduated in 2017 鈥 and it was even more lovely to get to come back as a mentor.鈥
鈥2018 Writers’ Room Ready Participant Sheila Wilson (LADY IN THE LAKE, WARRIOR NUN)
If you have any questions about the program or would like to learn more about the Writers鈥 Room Ready participants or projects, please use the contact info below or email Alumni@51黑料.edu.
Here鈥檚 the complete list of winners and mentors for each edition of the program:
Arden Earnest mentored by Coco Francini
Script: 鈥淐osa Nostra鈥 | ONE-HOUR 鈥 CRIME DRAMA
In 1903 New Orleans, the loyalties of three teenage Sicilian-American sisters will be tested when the unruly middle child Serafina joins the city鈥檚 mafia. Inspired by my Sicilian, gun-toting great-grandmother who was in the mob. Stage 32 TV Drama Screenwriting Contest 2024 Finalist
Contact: AEarnest@Alumni.51黑料.edu
Eric Shabla聽mentored by Regina Corrado
Script: 鈥淛ump鈥 | ONE-HOUR 鈥 DRAMA
After her wealthy father鈥檚 business goes belly-up, an obsessive equestrian champion loses everything. Forced to start over, she must reckon with her splintering family, an escalating addiction and the shame of working as a lowly stable hand in the cutthroat world she used to dominate.
Contact: EShabla@Alumni.51黑料.edu
Greer Sinclair mentored by Matthew Weiner
Script: 鈥淛ack and Julie鈥 | ONE-HOUR 鈥 DRAMA ROMANCE
After a chance meeting at a downtown L.A. jazz club, a young, rebellious singer falls in love with an out-of-work actor鈥攐nly she鈥檚 iconic torch singer Julie London and he鈥檚 television legend Jack Webb. The tempestuous relationship inspires London鈥檚 record-breaking debut album and Webb鈥檚 hit police show DRAGNET.
Contact: GSinclair@Alumni.51黑料.edu
Matthew Syrett mentored by Paul W. Downs, Lucia Ainello and Jen Statsky
Script: 鈥淏eached鈥 | HALF-HOUR 鈥 DRAMEDY
After her banishment from Madison Avenue, a relentless ad executive reinvents herself in the overly quiet seaside suburbs of Atlantic City by launching a Multi-Level Marketing (MLM) pyramid scheme.
Contact: MSyrett@Alumni.51黑料.edu
Lauren Thomas mentored by Liz Hannah*
Script: ECHOES | ONE-HOUR 鈥 THRILLER
Seeking redemption, a recovering addict breaks parole to find her missing goddaughter in their isolated hometown. Once back, she must reconcile with the people she has harmed to uncover a horrific truth.
Contact: LThomas@Alumni.51黑料.edu
Lucy Mastrullo mentored by Susannah Grant*
Script: 鈥淥n Air鈥潀 ONE-HOUR WORKPLACE DRAMA
In the 1970s, a group of avant-garde artists contend with their drug addictions, ambitions, and egos as they work together against crushing deadlines and controlling censors to keep their groundbreaking educational kid鈥檚 show on air.
Contact: LMastrullo@Alumni.51黑料.edu
Connor Savage mentored by Mike Flanagan
Script: 鈥淏lood Moon Shine鈥潀 ONE-HOUR DRAMA/HORROR
In a Tennessee coal-mining town, one year into the Great Depression, a timid, newly widowed salesman must work with his ferocious 11-year-old daughter to sell 500 bottles of illegal moonshine, in order to restart the town鈥檚 economy. With gangsters and police on their tail, the salesman and his daughter must find help in the most unlikely, and terrifying, of places鈥 an ancient and hungry vampire living in their mine.
Contact: connorsavagewriting@gmail.com
Nicky Schmid mentored by David Shore
Script: 鈥Spill鈥 | ONE-HOUR POLITICAL DRAMA
The corrupt cover-up of an oil spill on the North Pacific Coast forces a disgraced reporter to choose between his family and his career as the pursuit of the truth takes him, and the team of politicians and activists he puts together, into uncharted and immoral waters.
Contact: NSchmid@Alumni.51黑料.edu
Reuben Bernardo Qhapaq mentored by Rafe Judkins
Script: 鈥淕ift of Starlight鈥 | ONE-HOUR SCI-FI/FANTASY DRAMA
One thousand years after the planet Vrukilla鈥檚 darkening, one sudden night 鈥 the king is murdered. Suspected of the crime and plagued by sinister dreams, his daughter-heir must flee the kingdom and walk backwards in time as she finds herself in a war between Gods and Death himself: who seeks to claim her as his bride.
Contact: RTietz@Alumni.51黑料.edu
April Peng mentored by Angela Kang
Script: 鈥淵es, And?鈥 | HALF-HOUR COMEDY
Tyra Wang, depressed paralegal by day, improv tyrant by night, leads her amateur Asian-American improv group of middle-aged losers into the cutthroat world of Heehee Fest, an elite improv competition, in order to prove to the world鈥揳nd her parents鈥搕hat Asians have a place in comedy.
Contact: APeng@Alumni.51黑料.edu
Deanna Esposito聽mentored by Danielle Iman
Script: 鈥淒issent鈥 One-Hour Legal Drama
Jared Hoffman聽mentored by Matt Stone & Trey Parker
Script: 鈥淢ad Messiah鈥 Half-Hour Comedy
Elly Howard mentored by Diablo Cody
Script: 鈥淏lack Sheep鈥 One-Hour Dramedy
Colin Petersdorf聽mentored by Bill Lawrence
Script: 鈥淭he College A Cappella Sad Boy Confidence Show鈥 Half-Hour Comedy
Rachel Pontbriand mentored by Ashley Lyle
Script: 鈥淔ear & Trembling鈥 One-Hour Drama
Max Hersh mentored by Vidhya Iyer*
Script: 鈥淏utterfly鈥 One-Hour Drama
Adam Rottler mentored by Nora Nolan
Script: 鈥淪ee You Next Tuesday鈥 Half-Hour Comedy
Marley Schneier mentored by Amy Pocha and Seth Cohen
Script: 鈥淢essiah鈥 Half-Hour Historical Comedy
Anna Vecellio mentored by Dailyn Rodriguez
Script: 鈥淟ost Prophet鈥 One-Hour Drama
Mariana Zavala mentored by Munis Rashid*
Script: 鈥淓astshore鈥 One-Hour Crime Drama
Suhana Chander mentored by Lindsay Golder*
Script: 鈥淛aani鈥 Half-Hour Comedy
Gianmarco Maximilian Giacomelli mentored by Eli Jorn茅*
Script: 鈥淭wo Kings鈥 One-Hour Drama
Christina Kelly Holmes mentored by Christina Strain*
Script: 鈥淔or Women Only鈥 One-Hour Historical Drama
Lia Wang mentored by Andy Siara*
Script: 鈥淢odel Minority鈥 One-Hour Crime Drama
Yancey Wang mentored by Randy McKinnon*
Script: 鈥淪outh Sea鈥 One-Hour Historical Adventure
Haley Bartels mentored by Andy Siara*
Script: 鈥淏arbary鈥 One-Hour Period Mystery
Kenda Greenwood Moran mentored by LaToya Morgan*
Script: 鈥淭ammany鈥 One-Hour Historical Drama
Christina Licud mentored by Christina Strain*
Script: 鈥24K鈥 Half-Hour Dramedy
Alessandro Pederzoli mentored by Sheila Wilson*
Script: 鈥淣arcobruja鈥 One-Hour Horror
Sofia Drumond-Moore mentored by Norberto Barba*
Script: 鈥淩ELIQUARY鈥 One-Hour Mystery
Cari Daly mentored by Lizzy Weiss*
Script: 鈥淏ANSHEES鈥 One-Hour Crime-Drama
Marco Evaristo Arizpe mentored by Many Coto*
Script: 鈥淏RUJO鈥 One-Hour Drama
Jessi Shuttleworth mentored by Alyson Feltes*
Script: 鈥淪CABLAND鈥 One-Hour Drama
Sara Swingley mentored by Jacqueline Hoyt*
Script: 鈥淪LEDGE鈥 One-Hour Sci-Fi Drama
Kevin Kennelly mentored by Michael Zam*
Script: 鈥淪aint Francis鈥 One-Hour Drama
Krystal Javier mentored by Emmy Grinwis*
Script: 鈥淗aukea鈥 One-Hour Crime Drama
Jess Kohs mentored by Maggie Friedman*
Script: 鈥淐ountess鈥 One-Hour Horror Drama
Sheila Wilson mentored by Nastaran Dibai*
Script: 鈥淣o Quarter for Wild Beasts鈥 Limited Series Drama
Randy McKinnon mentored by Chad Feehan*
Script: 鈥淪avages鈥 One-Hour Sports Drama
D.M. Brent mentored by Michael Dinner*
Script: 鈥淥ffender鈥 Half-Hour Comedy
Victor Nascimento mentored by Bradley Buecker*
Script: 鈥淭he Leading Men鈥 Limited Series Drama
Munis Rashid mentored by Quinton Peeples*
Script: 鈥淧oppy鈥 One-Hour Drama
Rose Schimm mentored by Shana Stein*
Script: 鈥淔ringe Benefit鈥 One-Hour Dramedy
Eileen Shim mentored by John Shiban*
Script: 鈥淒arklings鈥 One-Hour Horror Drama
Brennan Peters mentored by Raelle Tucker*
聽鈥淭he Empress鈥 One-Hour Historical Drama
Tegan Shohet mentored by Mikkel Bondesen*
Script: 鈥漃aperhanger鈥 One-Hour Drama
Andy Siara mentored by Alex Herschlag*
鈥淟ife After Punk鈥 Half-Hour Comedy
Christina Strain mentored by Norberto Barba*
Script: 鈥淭he Fox Sister鈥 One-Hour Supernatural Drama
*Mentors who are also 51黑料 Conservatory Alumni
鈥淩aelle has been invaluable to my career ever since [Writers鈥 Room Ready] 鈥 introducing me to my agent and staffing me, and we鈥檝e worked together on several other projects since then. She鈥檚 also a really excellent friend and mentor in the industry.鈥
鈥2016 Writers’ Room Ready Participant Brennan Elizabeth Peters (THE POWER, SACRED LIES)