Produced Episodes
TRUE LIES (2023)
20th Television/CBS
Co-writer, “Independent Dependents” (Season 1, Episode 7)
SPIRIT RANGERS (2023-24)
Laughing Wild/Netflix
Co-Writer, “Blizzards and Blankets” (Season 3, Episode 19)
Writer, “Barracuda Brouhaha” (Season 3, Episode 14)
Writer, “Finding Family” (Season 3, Episode 12)
Writer, “Stuck on You” (Season 3, Episode 8)
Writer, “Finding True North” (Season 3, Episode 5)
Writer, “Surfing Shark” (Season 3, Episode 3)
Writer, “The Big Stink” (Season 2, Episode 5)
Original Pilots
LIFE WITHOUT
Half-hour coming-of-age dramedy
After her mother dies of cancer, a precocious preteen struggles to define life without her, tackling grief and her unconventional Choctaw grandmother in her quest to reinvent herself and make friends at a brand-new school.
“The writer takes everyone’s worst nightmare and without diminishing or ridiculing the inherent tragedy manages to wrap it in a humorous lightness that feels both digestible and honest … there is a dynamic rich in potential which reminds just a little of the one found in THE MARVELOUS MRS. MAISEL.”
2021 Launch Pad Pilot Competition Second Round2021 and 2020 Coverfly Red List (half-hour dramas)2020 Final Draft Big Break Screenwriting Contest Quarterfinalist2020 Women in Film | The Black List Episodic Lab Semifinalist2020 Creative Screenwriting Unique Voices Screenplay Competition Semifinalist
TIME JUMP
Hour-long sci-fi mystery
When an immature, part-Navajo schoolteacher investigates her mother’s death, she accidentally time travels to 1968 and jumps into her mother’s 16-year-old body. In her quest to return to the present, she battles impostor syndrome, disbelievers, and a secret society that will stop at nothing to control her family’s sacred land.
“This is a well-written script with a unique premise and a distinctive voice. Susan’s journey is wild and captivating … it’s fun to watch her try to come to grips with her situation and simultaneously figure out how to escape it.”
2021 ScreenCraft Sci-Fi and Fantasy Screenwriting Competition Finalist/Top 72021 Los Angeles International Screenplay Awards Finalist2021 Coverfly Top 1%The Writers Lab 2021 Semifinalist2021 ScreenCraft Screenwriting Fellowship Quarterfinalist2021 Launch Pad Pilot Competition Second Round
TEAM PLAYER
Half-hour workplace comedy
A stats-focused sports marketer unwittingly sells her soul for an entry-level job with a losing Rust-Belt pro basketball team, clashing with her in-over-his-head boss, quirky staff, unprofessional team owners, and sub-zero weather to prove her worth and escape job purgatory.
“The fast-paced environment of the sports world and these delightful characters simply mesh together on a near perfect scale.”
2021 Coverfly Top 10%2020 Creative Screenwriting Unique Voices Screenplay Competition Finalist/Top 102020 ScreenCraft Comedy Screenplay Competition Semifinalist2020 Screenplay Mechanic's Top 10 Lugnut List
EXPAT
Half-hour workplace comedy
When an anal-retentive and overachieving event planner attempts to revive a second-rate Caribbean resort, she battles inept staff, a competing alpha hotel, wild dogs — and a curse — to pull off Carnival, the biggest event of the year.
“Solid comedy writing chops … there’s a sense of craft here. The comedy comes alive via clearly applied technique. Setups and payoffs feel planned, honed and conscientiously executed.”
2020 CineStory Quarterfinalist, TV Comedy2019 ISA FastTrack Top 50
WHISPERING CANYONS
Half-hour sci-fi/fantasy comedy
After a disgruntled Native American kids’ show producer gets sucked into an astral plane during a yoga retreat and connects with her dead mother for the first time in 28 years, she battles her childhood frenemy, tribal police, and a demanding show dog for the chance to recreate the experiment.
“The script is consistently funny throughout and develops its sci-fi and fantasy elements nicely ... it’s a very fun ride with more fun rides in the future.”
2021 Creative Screenwriting Unique Voices Screenplay Competition Quarterfinalist2021 WeScreenplay Diverse Voices Screenwriting Lab Quarterfinalist
THE CATS OF SOUTHAMPTON
Animated kids’ pilot
When a 9-year-old girl and her kitten move into the neighborhood of Southampton, a group of wisecracking cats — and a goofy dog — help them process their feelings of loss in a healthier way.