Monthly Salon

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Each month, we invite writers, actors and directors to our home to socialize, drink wine, read scripts and brain storm next projects.  

For the company, it's a pressure-free way to connect with other artists, foster creativity and plan future programming.

For writers wishing to bring new work or works in progress, it's an opportunity to hear their pages aloud in a relaxed environment.

For actors and directors, it's a chance to meet fellow creatives and discuss possible collaborations.  

We hope you'll join us.

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Here's a little bit about the writers we featured in November. We are busy planning our January series, so stay tuned for details!

About Philip D'Gracie   

Philip D’Gracie is an actor and native New Yorker. Credits include: Waiting For Lefty, Italian American Reconciliation and the award winning independent feature Real With Me, directed by Carl Ford. Philip has also worked behind the camera, assisting on the critically acclaimed documentary, Beneath The Olive Tree, narrated by Olympia Dukakis. While continuing his acting studies at Atlantic Acting School and Upright Citizens Brigade, Philip began to write Stepping Into Greatness, a feature length script about his life growing up in Brooklyn. Stepping Into Greatness is a poignant reminder the special bond Philip shared with his father, whom he lost in December 2017.

About Jacqueline O'Kelly

Jacqueline O'Kelly is a theater and film actress living and working in New York City. She received her acting training from the Beverly Hills Playhouse under the direction of Robert Zimmerman and Peter Allas in San Francisco, and currently at the New York branch with Neal Matarazzo. NY credits include: Talent is Sexy (Players Theatre) and The House of Blue Leaves (as Bunny). While living in San Francisco, she frequently performed with the Firescape Theatre, in the roles of Brenda in Four Dogs and a Bone, Maggie in Reunion Special, Tammy in The Last Barbecue, and Gwendolyn in The Importance of Being Earnest. Jacqueline has also starred in several feature films, most recently as a sorority queen in Guys at Parties Like It. Jacqueline is also the founder of Golden Girl Granola, a thriving family business based in Massachusetts. 

About Phoebe Garcia Pearl

Phoebe is an LA native. She attended the Los Angeles County High School for the Arts and then moved cross country to attend The Boston Conservatory on scholarship, majoring in dance. She became a Radio City Rockette at the age of 19 and danced for the company for 7 seasons. She also performed across the country in the national tour of Dirty Dancing as the dance captain and understudy for the leads. In the last couple of years, she has redirected her career to focus on TV and Film. This past year she booked a recurring character on HBO's The Deuce and finished production on Stage V, a film she wrote, directed and starred in, and is now playing the film festival circuit. Most recently, she appeared in New York City Center’s production of Evita. 

Past lineups include:

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November Salon

•Stepping Into Greatness by Philip D'Gracie (full length screenplay)

•Preserve by Phoebe Garcia Pearl (micro-short)​

•The Sock Game by Jacqueline O'Kelly (one act)​

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October Salon

•Your Hearts Desire by Rich Orloff (full length play)

•Pumpkin Spice Latte Anonymous by Desi Waters (short screenplay)

September Salon

•Love Quest by Steve McGraw (full length play)

•Smashing The Urn by Andy Cooper Leary (one act)

•The Critique by Jack Landon (micro short)

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July Salon

•We are Not Unspectacular Things by Bixby Elliot (www.bixbyelliot.com) (full length play)

•Aquamarine by Bixby Elliot (short screenplay adapted from a play)

•Varsity Lock In by Aaron Murtagh (short screenplay)

•The Night Before by Sean Hoagland (micro short)

•Eternal  by Sean Hoagland (micro short)

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June Salon 

•The Proteus Factor by Brian Trent (www.briantrent.com) (feature length screenplay)

•2020: A Fantasy by Raven Petretti (full length play) 

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May Salon

•A Very Irish Killing by Derek Murphy (full length play)

•The Love Parts by Derek Murphy (web series) 

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April Salon

•Good Job by Lowell Byers (https://www.lowellbyers.net) (short screenplay /possible pilot for web series)

•The Magic Number by Risa Mickenberg (www.risamickenberg.com) (feature screenplay) 

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March Salon

•An Ending by Traci Parks (full length play) 

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Micro Shorts

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We take a very short script (2-4 pages max) and shoot it on a zero budget. Similar to our monthly reading series, it is an opportunity for talented creatives to come together, pool their talents and create exciting new work. 

Log Line

Two criminals sit down to hear the review of their most recent bank heist.

Written by: Jack Landon

Directed by: Jack Landon

Starring: Neal Matarazzo, Regina Gibson & Rafael Pacheco

Log Line

Three rebels prepare to commit 

a horrific act to incite a second American civil war.

Written by: Sean Hoagland

Directed by: Phoebe Garcia Pearl

Starring: Hannah Beck, Blake Merriman & Sean Hoagland