Volstead
Volstead
Television (Half-hour)
· Comedy · 37 pages
When four Chicago outcasts struggle to find a fulfilling path in life, they decide to go into business together and open a bar! …in Prohibition-era 1920, where religious groups, mobsters, the Chicago Police Department, and often their own incompetence threaten them at every turn.
Think Barry meets It’s Always Sunny... but in Oxford shoes.
Written by
Emily Parker
4 Accolades
Accolade Highlights
Semifinalist,
Script Pipeline TV Writing Contest 2023
Quarterfinalist,
ScreenCraft Comedy Competition 2024
Quarterfinalist,
Los Angeles International Screenplay Awards Fall 2023
1 Writer
Emily Parker is a comedy writer & producer based in Los Angeles. She currently works in development at Comedy Central and produces the live comedy show Motherland. In 2022, she received her MS in Television Writing & Producing from Boston University. Her simple pleasures include dry, deadpan comedies, a bad thriller book, Stanley Tucci's existence &...
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