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1930’s Manhattan, gay clubs were thriving on the Lower East Side. Drag kings were stars of their clubs and they were offered protection by an unlikely source - the Mafia. This was a delicate relationship. A progressive drag king tries to be a part of a society nowhere near ready for him yet as well as a new side business with the mob in the hopes of saving his club - his saving grace.

  • Faith Emmolo-Johnson
    Writer
  • Project Type:
    Television Script
  • Country of Origin:
    United States
  • Language:
    English
  • First-time Screenwriter:
    No
  • Student Project:
    Yes
Writer Biography - Faith Emmolo-Johnson

Faith is a senior at SUNY Purchase in Westchester County, NY. She is obtaining a BA in Playwriting & Screenwriting. In 2015, her one act work Warzone was accepted into the New South Young Playwrights Festival in Atlanta, GA. It was a wonderful week-long experience with the Horizon Theater company, who helped produce Warzone and We’re Standing On Even Ground, another one act written during the time there. The works earned her a nomination for an award and free membership into the National Dramatists Guild. She has also worked on pre and post-production, respectively, for two films, pre-production on the feature, Real Love, and as production manager, along with assisting equipment setup and filming/editing a BTS video for a short - I Hate When It Gets Dark So Early. These projects were with screenwriting professor Edward Pomerantz (writer and director of Caught with Edward James Olmos). In addition to those projects she has regularly shot with Adam Barta, an associate with World of Wonder Productions (Rupaul's Drag Race, Million Dollar Listing). Shooting and co-editing multiple interviews with drag queens from Rupaul's Drace Race and Barta's own music video is Season 7 alum Kandy Ho.

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Writer Statement

I do not feel a writer needs a statement to go out and be a writer. I write for all genres, all people, all stories. I write to capture a moment in time that we recognize as a moment that is both individual and can happen to anyone. I write with the intention of not giving the audience as easy answer or ending. I write to tell a never-ending, always changing story of a never-ending, never changing society.