Writing
Pilots available upon request (crystallperea@gmail.com)
“Madusa” Half-Hour Comedy
On Halloween, a sculptor dressed as Medusa dies and is brought back to life, but now has the powers of Medusa—able to turn anyone to stone if she looks them in the eyes before kissing them.
Video performance of the pilot.
“Zip Your Lips” Half-Hour Comedy
After ignoring her vagina literally talking to her through a puppet of the letter V, an obsessive, social runner is faced with a pelvic health diagnosis, forcing her to slow down, stop running from her relationship issues, and take care of herself to heal and be able to run again.
“Hive Mind” Half-Hour Comedy
An ill-intentioned, sentient, giant beehive head of hair controls a spineless chump of a human, whose head it’s on. The woman just wants to live an invisible existence as a hairstylist, and the beehive hair is an alien who wants worldwide recognition and eventually control through music stardom.
“Pocket Matey” Half-Hour Comedy
A lady pirate is killed for a crime she committed and cursed to come back to the present day, but miniature-sized, living in the pocket of a modern woman who’s never explored much of the world outside her home.
8 on The Blacklist
“Not Faire” Half-Hour Comedy
At a Renaissance Faire, two queer best friends with opposite beliefs about relationships try to learn about their futures and love lives from a psychic, but are cursed to be stuck in the Renaissance period, where they’ll have to learn to let go of their pasts and live in the present.
2022 Austin Film Festival Script Competition - Second Rounder
“Super Nova” Half-Hour Comedy
After blowing her career years ago and shifting to care for her alcoholic stage mom, a washed-up comedy variety actress in her 50s makes one last attempt to revitalize her career with the help of a younger fan.
“Dick Pickles” Half-Hour Comedy
A woman who chose to take care of her siblings over her controlling father is guilted into taking over her estranged dad's pickle business when he fakes a health issue to cash out on his failing business, unaware he's leaving her with a business built on lies and insurmountable debt as revenge.
“Simmer Down” Hour-Long Dramedy
A disgraced cooking competition contestant tries to get her chef career back on track by posting cooking videos online, but viewers are more interested in whether she's dating her friend in the videos than the food itself.
2024 Austin Film Festival Script Competition - Second Rounder
“Secret Habits” Hour-Long Dramedy
A rebellious 18th-century woman fakes spiritual visions to secure her place in a convent when her stay is on the line. She uses her newfound “power” to secretly educate local women to help them take care of themselves and seek interdependence in early California.
SPECS:
“Cary And Pat Are Authentic” (The Other Two Spec Script)
Cary photoshops himself into photos to maintain the illusion that he’s still cast in Night Nurse. Brooke wants to steer Pat’s show in a more authentic direction by stealing other talk show segments. Streeter catches wind of Cary’s photoshopped photos and wants in too.
“Little Deborah” (Hacks Spec Script)
Ava makes a post on social media that spreads into a rumor that Deborah has died. Deborah wants to find out what her contemporaries really feel about her and her impact on the comedy world, which causes Ava to confront the anger of her grief over her dad’s death.
“Not In the Mood” (Pen15 Spec Script)
Maya and Anna walk in on Maya’s parents having sex. Gabe tries to hide his feelings for Sam during a kickball game.
2021 Austin Film Festival Script Competition - Second Rounder
SHORT FILMS:
Half Life (Genre Short Film Script)
A woman returns to an abandoned beachside bath to see if a creature living beneath the murky water will leave her world and fears behind to join her.