WRITING

Eric is a comedy screenwriter who has penned several award-winning projects. He has also written adaptations of operas for Opera on Tap’s Playground Opera, Opera Baltimore, City Lyric Opera, and is a frequent contributor to Classical Singer Magazine.

TABLESCAPE - Feature (2025)

GENRE - Comedy/Murder Mystery

Logline: When a series of gruesome murders threaten to derail the annual Ohio State Fair Tablescape Competition, a savvy competitor and two feisty security guards must creatively assemble a bouquet of clues in order to turn the tables on a vengeful killer.

DON’T BE TOO BLACK - Feature (2023)

GENRE - Comedy

Logline: Luther, a queer, black actor must navigate his precarious career, pitiful love life, and puzzled parents, all while constantly questioning if he is, indeed, the right “type” of black.

Finalist - 9th Annual Stage 32 Comedy Feature Screenwriting Contest 2024

Semi-Finalist - Table Read My Screenplay Competition 2024

Quarterfinalist - Creative Screenwriting Unique Voices Screenplay Competition, 2024

Quarterfinalist - WeScreenplay Diverse Voices Lab, Spring 2024

Semi-Finalist - Los Angeles International Screenplay Awards, Diversity Initiative V

THE DIVA’S LAST ACT - TV Pilot (2022)

GENRE - Comedy

Logline: A reclusive opera diva is ready to return to the spotlight. But when she discovers that she is “dead” to the opera world and that the government thinks she’s actually dead, she, her scrappy assistant, and her new agent must find a way to bring her back to life, literally and figuratively.

Semi-Finalist - Filmmatic TV Pilot Awards, Season 8

Second Rounder - 10th Annual Launch Pad Pilot Competition

Quarterfinalist - 2022 Portland Screenplay Awards

MARINA WANTS TO BE A SPINSTER - Feature (2021)

GENRE - Rom Com with a Twist

Logline: After breaking up with her boyfriend, Romance Novelist Marina is ready to become a spinster. But her story changes when she meets Lawrence and must decide between turning the page towards love or finishing her current chapter of joining the mysterious Spinsterhood Sisterhood.

Quarterfinalist - 2024 Emerging Screenwriters Screenplay Competition

Quarterfinalist - 2023 Filmmatic Comedy Screenplay Awards Season 8

Quarterfinalist - 2023 Table Read My Screenplay Competition

Quarterfinalist - 2023 Creative Screenwriting Unique Voices Screenplay Competition

Quarterfinalist - 2023 Emerging Screenwriters Genre Screenplay Competition

Quarterfinalist - 2022 Emerging Screenwriters Genre Screenplay Competition

ESPIONAGE HITS THE HIGH “C”: A CHRISTOFF LEWIS MYSTERY - Short Feature (2021)

GENRE - Comedy

Logline: After discovering that his favorite diva may be a clone, a geeky opera buff and his best friend must untangle a mysterious plot orchestrated by a secret organization.

Quarterfinalist - 2022 Portland Screenplay Awards

Quarterfinalist - 2021 New York City International Screenplay Awards

Quarterfinalist - Season 6 Filmmatic Short Screenplay Awards

Round One 5th Place - 2021 NYC Midnight Screenwriting Challenge

WE KNOW EACH OTHER SO WELL - Feature (2020)

GENRE - Comedy

Logline: When Drew surprises Kearstin by inviting her former friend, Nadia, to their wedding festivities, Nadia’s presence forces them to reveal hidden truths, test boundaries, and discover how well they actually know each other.

Quarterfinalist - 2021 Scriptapalooza Screenplay Competition

THE COACH - TV Pilot (2018)

GENRE - Comedy Audio Fiction

Logline: Evan Nixon is a former performer-turned-Life-Coach. Aided by his huband, his BFF, and his mentor, Miss Erica, of Miss Erica’s Life-Coaching Institute and Cross-Dressing Academy, Evan navigates a host of zany clients, while also “life-coaching” his own journey.

Nominee - 2024 LA Webfest Awards: Best Comedy/Adventure Podcast and Best Director of a Podccast

2nd Place - 2018 TVWriter.com People’s Pilot Competition

Semi-Finalist - 2020 Hollywood International Diversity Film Festival

Semi-Finalist - 2020 Page Turner Screenplays TV Pilot LGBTQ+ Competition

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