A group incarcerated women is only trying to put on a play but they wind up in a political battle for control of the prison that could prove lethal for one of them.
Type:
Feature
Status:
For sale
Page Count:
110pp
Genre:
Drama
Budget:
Independent
Age Rating:
13+
Synopsis/Details
Poetry teacher Molly Lopez and her hard-drinking sister Eden team up to offer a drama program at the Lonestar Women's Correctional facility, but an assistant warden and a state senator undermine the program in an effort to make the warden look bad and privatize the prison. When the drama program participants realize what is happening, they foil the assistant warden's efforts by saving the life on one of their peers and putting on a kick ass production. Unfortunately, all their love and effort can't save their beloved teacher Molly from breast cancer. Eden is transformed by her work with the women and discovers that her true calling in life is to carry on Molly's mission.
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An earlier version of this script won the Stage 32 Screenplay Competition and was a finalist in other competitions.

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Submitted: 2019-Apr-24
Last Updated: 2019-Apr-24
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The Writer: Trish MacEnulty

Trish MacEnulty's novels, short story collection, children's play, and memoir have been published nationally and internationally. She has won awards or placed in a variety of contests for her screenplays and television pilots. She has a doctorate in creative writing and has taught film and creative writing for longer than she's willing to admit. Personal statement: I grew up in a family of musicians, and yet I possessed not a shred of musical talent. While they played their instruments, I sat on the floor and made up stories using my collection of marbles as characters. In my teens I suffered more than the usual amount of emotional angst, which I soothed by writing terrible poetry. College… Go to bio
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