Featured Writing Projects

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​"Nemesis"
Directed by Dawn Jones Redstone, written by Brenan Dwyer
A short comedy film about the relationship between free speech and white privilege, as told by the match-up of two rivals for a single Scrabble game. 
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Belinda and Geordi are rivals at a small-time Scrabble club. When Belinda challenges Geordi’s word during their game, the routine game procedure explodes into an argument about country, patriotism, and free speech. To Belinda, rules have no exceptions, and to Geordi, intent and popularity should factor into the competition.
Americans are at loggerheads with our political opponents, and also competing to define what it means to be a democracy, to have a voice, and to matter. “Nemesis” approaches these big issues on a microcosm stage, representing the charms and pitfalls of order and populism in a funny, digestible parable.
Our fuzzy relationship to language defines this moment in history. “Nemesis” contributes another way of looking at the mess of language, democracy, and worth.

*Awards and Selections*
  • POST-TRUTH Award and Screening, Sponsored by Open Signal and Lower Boom, November 2017
  • Selection, Lower Boom + Presents, TV Channel at Hotel Eastlund, 2018
  • Audience Choice Award and Official Selection, Portland Underground Film Festival, May 2018
  • Official Selection, Portland Comedy Film Festival, October 2018
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"No Man's Land"
Written and Directed by Brenan Dwyer
Writing Team included Leon Anderson and Sara Jean Accuardi

A serial theatrical play about an outsider finding her way in Catholic all-girls high school.

No Man’s Land is a 4-episode semi-improvised theatrical serial performed based on detailed episode and scene breakdowns; since its performance I have scripted the scenes into a finished pilot script for TV.
Andy Sawyer attends her first day of school at St. Catherine’s Catholic all -girls academy as a junior transfer student. As she endeavors to earn the favor of her favorite teacher and the popular girls, she instead earns the ire of the school’s cloistered and grumpy principal, falls in with the outcasts, and makes enemies of the rich, popular and beautiful ski team. 

"Cat-Calling" for Potty Talk
Written and Directed by Brenan Dwyer

Two sisters spend some quality time together discussing family, the future, and cat-calling hot men. ​
​"Smile" for Potty Talk
Written and Directed by Brenan Dwyer

She's having the worst day at the office ever. She spills coffee everywhere, is behind on mountains of work, and then aliens and robots invade. ​Meanwhile all her colleagues won't stop reminding her to smile!
"Feminist Response" for Potty Talk
Written and Directed by Brenan Dwyer

What happens when Feminists go rogue? This tongue-in-cheek sketch peeks into the exhausting world of fighting the patriarchy. Monica, Sharky and Joe with their assistant Anthony decide to take a night off.