Read samples of my screenplays here. Contact me if you want to read any scripts not shown here.
Boyardee
Boyardee is a fictionalized “origin story” of Hector Boyardee, more commonly known as Chef Boyardee. When the Russian Empire invades Hector Boyardee’s home country, he must find the strength and chef within himself in order to save his country.
Rating: PG; Genre: Historical Action-Comedy; Tone: Lighthearted
Wanted: Dead and Alive
Wanted: Dead and Alive (aka Desperados) is an action packed, supernatural western about a former bounty hunter Jake Brentbridge who finds his spirit physically chained to his brother Luke after a shootout kills him. Now, the brothers must overcome their differences and dislike of each other while trying to find a way to remove this curse that has befallen them.
Rating: PG-13; Genre: Supernatural Historical Action-Comedy; Tone: Lighthearted
 Kuebiko
A short anthology about violence and its effects on people. Read the screenplay: Part 1 and Part 2.
Rating: R; Genre: Drama; Tone: Serious
The Raccoons
Life changes forever for a small town when sentient raccoons move in. Click here to read the short story.
Eggs
A family of egg farmers resort to desperate measures in order to save their farm. Click here to read the screenplay.
Rating: R; Genre: Comedy Horror; Tone: Lighthearted
Afterwards
On Mars in the future, a team is sent to help a colony hit by a major dust storm. Click here to read the screenplay.
Rating: R; Genre: Dramady/sci-fi; Tone: Serious
Jumpstart
Stuck in the middle of nowhere, an elderly couple must find a way to repair their broken down car as well as their failing relationship. Click here to read the screenplay.
Rating: PG-13; Genre: Drama; Tone: Lighthearted
Dark Spaces
In the future, an elderly woman retells her memories to a young graduate student. Click here to read the screenplay.
Adapted from Sachdeva, A. (2021). Dark Spaces on the Map. Technology Review, 124(1), 81-87.
Rating: PG-13; Genre: Sci-Fi Drama; Tone: Serious
Launch
Launch is a short script about two children embarking on a magical interplanetary journey.
Rating: G; Genre: Drama; Tone: Lighthearted
Tales From the Other Place
Tales From the Other Place is an anthology series (around 5 minutes each) with a supernatural science fiction theme.
Episode 1: Squirrelland. In the middle of Kansas lies a sovereign nation populated entirely by squirrels: Squirrelland.
Episode 2: The Constant. A police chief attempts to solve the peculiar case of a town stuck in time.
Episode 3: Itch. A man on a space station realizes he can’t sneeze.
Episode 4: The Question. In the distant future, a group of robotic overlords defend humanity from an alien scourge.
Episode 5: Incognita. Escaping from the authorities, a criminal is taken into a tribal society.
Rating: PG-13; Genre: Sci-Fi Drama; Tone: Serious
Only Gods (Episode 1)
Only Gods are episodic short sci-fi screenplays in an upside-down world where humans are being hunted by sentient androids known as artisyns, who have overtaken humans as the dominant life form on the planet.
Episode 1: Pilot A human hides in a sympathetic artisyn’s house, posing as a serv, a second-class android with simple AI, to avoid capture by inspectors.
Rating: R; Genre: Sci-Fi Drama; Tone: Serious
Countdown from Infinity (Episode 1)
Countdown from Infinity is an anthology series set in the future. Each episode documents humanity’s exploration of the stars in different time periods.
Episode 1: Richard and Orion Parsons In 2116, amid a collapsing Earth, a man must choose to either bring his brother or a trusted robot with him.
Rating: R; Genre: Sci-Fi Drama; Tone: Serious
Atlas’s Card
(written for NYU 24 Hour Play Festival)
Atlas’s Card Two soldiers must debate whether or not to let a survivor of a bombing raid into their spaceship. Click here to watch the video. Click here to read the screenplay.
Rating: R; Genre: Sci-Fi Drama; Tone: Serious
Death Worm
Death Worm A group of customers in a supermarket must find a way out when a gigantic death worm begins attacking them.
Rating: R; Genre: Comedy ; Tone: Lighthearted
Shakespeare Adaptation
Shakespeare Adaptation King Lear, Act 1 Scene 5: From an in-class exercise where students had to adapt a Shakespeare scene into a contemporary setting.
Rating: R; Genre: Comedy; Tone: Lighthearted
Death of a Comcast Salesman
Death of a Comcast Salesman: Willy Loman from Death of a Salesman finds a job. Only problem? It’s with Comcast.
Rating: PG-13; Genre: Comedy; Tone: Lighthearted