About this Event
Join us live for the celebration of the Grand Prize-winning dark comedy script for the Table Read My Screenplay Competition - Hollywood, Suicide at Noon, by Merrit Chelsey Schmidt.
Logline: A newly organized but suicidal woman must withstand the various objections of her friends and family and convince them to support her or be forced to cancel her perfectly scheduled upcoming suicide.
Watch a performance of excerpts from the script, directed by Paul Lindsay, and join us afterward to celebrate.
Doors Open: 6:30pm
Table Read: 6:45pm
Drinks next door at The Plunge: 8:00pm
*In accordance with the WGA strike, please do not attend if you work for or represent a struck company. Thank you for your cooperation.
This event will be overbooked - please arrive early.
MERRIT CHELSEY SCHMIDT
Merrit Chelsey Schmidt (she/her) has an MFA in poetry from the University of Iowa Writer's Workshop and writes books of poetry under the name "Chelsey Minnis". She's written screenplays of dark comedy, artsy horror and opera biopic. A cinephile with a special interest in classic film, film noir, world cinema and opera, her sensibility tends towards things that are dark, playful, subversive and melancholy.
PAUL LINDSAY
Paul Lindsay's visual style was born years ago on a random Saturday afternoon in Queens, New York when he discovered "Kung Fu" Theater and became a life-long devotee to quirky action-adventure films. These pieces of cinematic art captured Paul's interest and fueled his off-kilter imagination with writing and directing.
During his tenure at Villanova University, Paul joined the Naval ROTC unit and ended up in OPERATION DESERT STORM. To say it was a surreal, yet humbling and growing experience, would be an understatement.
In 2000, after earning his M.A. from The New School in NYC, Paul wrote and directed two short films, The Marked Man and 29, as well as helmed spots for BET. In 2002, Paul co-wrote and directed his first feature, G Chronicles: The Stolen Sample, the first film in the comedic hip-hop superhero trilogy.
In early 2004 fittingly, on Oscar night, Paul moved to Los Angeles to further pursue his goals. Paul has worked in both film and television: Christmas on the Square (2021 Emmy award), Tell Me Lies, 99 Homes and Grey's Anatomy, to name a few, and with companies including HBO and URBN Filmed Productions. Paul has written 7 pilots (3 award winners), 4 features and directed numerous shorts, including 2018’s provocative “OH BABY YES” and 2020's critically acclaimed "11-95". As a natural storyteller, Paul knows exactly what it takes to create a compelling vision and has cultivated a deep understanding of the filmmaking process as a whole. By continually being on set, he has the rare opportunity to learn first-hand, observe and work under so many prolific directors and stays ready to join their ranks.
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
The Broadwater Theatre - Main Stage, 6320 Santa Monica Blvd, Los Angeles, United States
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