The Carol Mendelsohn College Drama Award
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Humanitas
The Carol Mendelsohn College Drama Award
2018
Active Since 2017
The Carol Mendelsohn College Drama Award recognizes one student writer whose work explores the human condition in a nuanced, meaningful way.
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TV Script
· Historical
· 62 Pages
On a Sunday night in 1973, a gay bar in New Orleans is torched to the ground, killing 32. But it is when the powers-that-be systemically work to bury the story that a movement rises to reclaim the memory of the ones they lost – and loved.
Los Angeles, CA
In conservative ‘90s Pakistan, gay and genderqueer AJ Currie was born “othered” by default, and started world-building nice and early as a way of escaping the confines of his reality.
An immigrant who adores a good fashion moment, AJ writes about outsiders in their own worlds, trying to find a way in. His work balances humanist contemplation wit...
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Feature
· Drama
· 111 Pages
Unexpected is a drama following Luca Aguilar, a 25 year old Transgender man who moves to Austin, Texas to attend film school. For the first time, Luca is able to explore the gay dating scene and his new life, only to discover after a random hook-up that he is unexpectedly pregnant.
Los Angeles, CA
Bennett Kaspar-Williams (he/they) is Trans, non-binary, queer writer and advocate who began his career in entertainment working on the hit documentary film Disclosure. Bennett is a graduate of the UCLA School of Theater, Film & Television’s Professional Program in Screenwriting, a father, and a husband. Bennett believes that representation matters!...
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TV Script
· Drama
· 61 Pages
A beloved comedian's life is thrown into chaos when his friend and long-time double-act is accused of sexual assault.
Los Angeles, California
Zoe Miller is a 2024 Screenwriting graduate from the American Film Institute Conservatory.
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