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American Virtuosa

60-minute historical drama pilot

Based on a true story, a precocious young prodigy in nineteenth-century Boston must fight gender barriers and her own family to follow her dream of being a world-famous musician.

Official Selection and Winner of Outstanding Drama Pitch at the 2021 Catalyst Story Institute Festival; Big Break Top 3 Finalist; ScreenCraft Drama Finalist; Shore Scripts TV Pilot Contest Finalist (Top 1%); CineStory TV Retreat & Fellowship Contest Semifinalist; Quarterfinalist in The ISA’s Emerging Screenwriters Drama Screenplay Competition

View this project on Coverfly.

Ruth Rising

60-minute historical drama pilot

In a rebellious new world of sex, drugs and alcohol, three generations of scrappy Minnesota women fight for the American dream by bootlegging alcohol during Prohibition. Inspired by the life of Lillie’s great-grandma Ruth.

Official Selection at the 2022 Catalyst Story Institute Festival; Recommended by WeScreenplay (Top 1%); Finalist in Roadmap Writers’ Pitching Madness Tournament; Second Rounder in Launch Pad Pilot Competition; Second Rounder in Austin Film Festival’s Script Competition; Quarterfinalist in The ISA’s Emerging Screenwriters Drama Screenplay Competition; Semifinalist (Top 25) in Roadmap Writers’ JumpStart TV Pilot Competition; Semifinalist in the CineStory TV Retreat & Fellowship Contest

View this project on Coverfly.

Allegra Sparkle’s Guide to the Great Composers (You Might Not Have Heard Of)

Animated kids series pilot

An imaginative ten-year-old composer leads a magical journey throughout history and around the world to meet composers that got left out of the canon, including Elisabetta de Gambarini, Chiquinha Gonzaga, Margaret Bonds, Vítezslava Kaprálová, Queen Lili’uokalani, Marianne von Martinez, and more.

Winner in Austin Film Festival’s Script Competition; Official Selection at the 2022 Catalyst Story Institute Festival; Finalist in Barnstorm Media’s BOLT Screenplay Competition; Finalist in The ISA’s TV Pilot Pitch Challenge

Visit Allegra Sparkle’s website or check out the teaser video!

The Peanut Butter Detectives

Animated deaf-accessible kids series pilot created by Lillie Gardner and co-written by Lillie Gardner and Myles Hunt

In the neighborhood of Pleasant Purr, a caring deaf cat and her feline buddies will stop at nothing to find out where the peanut butter is—and learn lessons about friendship and empathy along the way.

Quarterfinalist in Stage 32’s New Voices in Animation Screenwriting Contest; Table Read at 2023 Catalyst Story Institute festival

View this project on Coverfly.

VEGAN PLEASE

30-minute comedy pilot | 2-5 min web series episodes

With the help of her three friends, a people-pleasing blogger works to build her vegan business in the land of “Minnesota nice”—but conflict becomes unavoidable after she falls in love with a butcher.

Table Read at 2023 Catalyst Story Institute festival; Upcoming: Spring 2024 Web Series Premiere Party hosted with Compassionate Action for Animals in Minneapolis

View this project on Coverfly or check out the web series at veganpleasetv.com.

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