Projects

"The Proxy Mom" TV series pilot & script

"Searching for Shadow" feature film script

"Atomic Summer" feature film script

"The Shell Collector" short film script

(c) Adagio Productions LLC , 2025

A woman leads a double life as a proxy mother to young people in sticky situations in an attempt to heal after the sudden deaths of her husband and son, resorting to absurd and desperate measures to pull it off.

A woman's quest to find her missing cat becomes an obsession that throws her life off balance and awakens repressed memories, forcing her to reconcile her past and the present. Inspired by true events.

WINNER! 2025 Golden Pen Script Awards, Oniros Film Awards, New York International Film Awards and Melbourne International Screenplay Awards

A 12-year old girl is jolted into adolescence by societal, cultural and personal upheavals in the summer of 1970, as construction begins on a nuclear power plant in her home town. Inspired by true events.

The pissed-off wife of an aging rock star takes to the beach to unwind, and starts a new collection that reflects her current state of mind.

WINNER! 2025 New York International Film Award, Oniros Film Award- Best Series Pilot Script

This film is extremely personal. When my cat Shadow went missing, something inside me ruptured, and I relived a childhood trauma. This event and most of the characters we meet during the search are real - the things they said, the places I searched, Shadow's cause celebre status within the area, and finally, the denouement. Like my protagonist, I quit my job and returned to my first loves, performing and writing.

I have always thought of my life as a series of stories from the time I was a child. It was how I made sense of everything. In writing about this life- changing event, I set out to do the same.

A good storyteller conveys the human condition in all its glorious messiness. Its heartbreak and absurdity, its Murphy's Law moments, from the rational to the unhinged. That's all in television series The Proxy Mom. But it’s the overarching themes that resonate with me: motherhood, loss and helping oneself by helping others - because I saw this firsthand.

When my sister and I were children playing together, she had a seizure and died. I couldn't save her. I watched my mother struggle to stay sane and find joy in life again. All she wanted was her child back in her arms. So I made it happen - sort of - for my protagonist Cecile.

"This script has the bones and soul of a deeply affecting and distinctive debut feature." Melbourne International Screenplay Awards

"An ensemble of intelligent characters that can appeal to wide audiences ... the leads are engaging ... a premise worthy of a series." Table Read My Screenplay