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The Wreck of the Frolic

A love story with a political background, THE WRECK OF THE FROLIC involves Ollie Levy, a Jewish pathologist, and Walker Donovan, an Irish artist and the few weeks from when they meet, fall in love, and meet with life and death. A story of the role of the heart and the existence of the soul, the script’s subject matter includes science, art, the history of the development of Mendocino County, California.

  • Colleen Smith
    Writer
    Angels Hallelujah
  • Project Type:
    Screenplay
  • Number of Pages:
    119
  • Country of Origin:
    United States
  • Language:
    English
  • First-time Screenwriter:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Digital Cinema Package:
    Unavailable
  • Iowa Writers' Workshop
    University of Iowa
    Iowa Writers’ Workshop Fairall Scholar of Creative Writing (At the time, this was the highest award for undergraduate writers. 1983
  • E.P. Shakespeare Scholarship Award
    University of Iowa
    E.P. Kuhl Shakespeare Scholarship awarded for literary criticism: 1983
  • International Catholic Stewardship Council
    International
    International Catholic Stewardship Council awards in various years.
  • Catholic Press Association
    national
    Catholic Press Association awards in various years
Writer Biography - Colleen Smith

Colleen Smith was an award-winning student in the Iowa Writers’ Workshop, writing both fiction and poetry. She’s been a freelance writer since 1995, and publishes features on the arts, pop culture and gardening in a variety of local, regional and national publications. The author of the critically acclaimed novel “Glass Halo” and the gift book “Laid-Back Skier,” she also has written and art-directed award-winning communications, primarily for nonprofits. She wrote and directed a short documentary film broadcast by Rocky Mountain PBS in 2014 and 2015. The recent recipient of a grant from the Haven Foundation, she’s finishing a screenplay for a feature film, as well as an adaptation of her novel. She’s a member of Women in Film and Media Colorado, National Association of Garden Writers, and a fellow of the Salzburg (Austria) Seminar in American literature.

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Writer Statement

I write works that are both inspired and inspiring, offering slices of life that enlighten readers, language that both tells a story and illustrates the tale, and metaphors that help us understand the world in a fresh way.