Stage & screen

Stories built for the room to go dark.

Screenplays and stage plays where the stakes, and the surprises, keep moving.

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Stories worth following

Feature-length screenplays

01

Charade

A thriller driven by espionage, treachery, and love.

Finalist 2026 Oxford Script Awards

02

All I Want for Christmas

A sweet, clean, and wholesome holiday romance that rings all the bells, lights all the candles, and frosts the windows.

Finalist 2026 Cambridge Script Festival, Feature Screenplay

Semi-Finalist 2026 Hollywood Indie Festival, Best Feature Screenplay

Official Finalist 2019 Cannes Screenplay Contest, Drama

03

The Visible Man

An out-of-body traveler pursues an in-person relationship with the First Daughter.

Finalist 2025 Best Script Award, London, TV Pilot

04

Return – 2039

While an Alien claims that his visit is to save humankind, deception appears to be his hallmark.

Finalist 2025 Cannes International Screenplay Awards by CINEVERSE

05

Hot Shot

A coming-of-age story about the life and loves of a young woman whose quick wit and even quicker gun overcome the trials of the Wild West.

Semi-Finalist 2020 Miami Screenplay Awards

06

Hired Education

Serial killer on a university campus.

Quarter-Finalist 2025 NYISA Teleplay Pilot Scriptation Showcase Script Competition

07

The Franklin Stein Mobster

Brothers in an organized crime “Family Business” manipulate each other for control.

08

Dirty Blonde

A model is murdered with an artist’s sculpting chisel. But not everything is as it seems.

09

Truth Be Damned

Riveting, fast-paced thriller: mid-level law enforcement officials circumvent their superiors’ orders and team up with ex-marines and a female assassin to thwart an assault on the justice system.

Quarter-Finalist 2025 NYISA Emerging Screenwriters Thriller Screenplay Competition

10

A Knight Before Christmas

A family Christmas party becomes a crime scene when four attendees are murdered. Calamari and Treadwell struggle with snow and deception to unwrap the killer.

11

Cape May Ghost

Detectives share an apartment in a seaside B&B to investigate a cold case and end up ghost hunting.

12

Who Didn’t Do It?

A shady businessman is killed. The problem? Four people confess to the deed, each with their own plausible version of how it happened.

13

The House of 6-1/2 Gables

Murder within the wealthy Gable family, where everyone in the household is a prime suspect.

14

The Phenom – 231

A glimpse of how automatons may replace human athletes.

15

Is Cain Able?

Creating the first unelected President of the United States.

16

A Woman’s Touch – Can be Deadly

Twin sister assassins become embroiled in a Mediterranean royal family power struggle.

17

Mill Pond Murders

Young teens at a secluded pond are unaware that it is the dumping ground of a serial killer.

18

The Marrying Kind

A wedding leads to in-laws commingling.

Short screenplays

A

Wedding Crasher

In the future, an investigation into a death at a wedding unravels reality.

Quarter-Finalist 2025 Filmmatic Sci-Fi/Fantasy Awards

B

A Three Body Problem

A detective mystery with a wink at Shakespeare. Three teenagers found dead in a crypt...

Quarter-Finalist 2025 Manchester Film Festival, Short Script

C

Peas in a Pod

Two unlikely cohorts join forces and trek northward on the Appalachian Trail: one toward his glorious finale, the other toward his hopeful beginning.

D

Talking with Dinosaurs

Close friends enjoy their golden years, even as their diminished hearing complicates human interactions.

E

The Convertible

A sack of money falls into your car; what do you do?

F

Code

A gifted programmer finds himself in bed with corrupt corporate billionaires and Federal agents.

G

Prey

Alone in her isolated Vermont cabin, a young woman is confronted by a wild killing machine.

H

Teeny Tiny Tina

Misfortune follows a live doll.

I

25¢

Gunslingers mingle in a Wild West barbershop.

Also in the archive

01

Roosters

The heir apparent to a rural secret society tries to escape its gruesome rituals and his father’s demonic spirit.

First Place 2017 Cannes Screenplay Contest, Thriller/Suspense

Stage plays

Richard was drawn to theater while collaborating with his son Brian. His stage work includes Mary Howling, Queen of the Crazy Ones, The Four-Sided Triangle, Talking with Dinosaurs, Love, Lost and Found, and The Marrying Kind.