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TERRI HAWKES: WRITING RESUME
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| THE BOOK OF EVE;
dramatic screenplay adaptation of novel by Constance Beresford-Howe.
A sixty five-year-old woman gives up a comfortable life in NDG for
the struggle of independence in the ghettos of Montreal. Current
project for Rose Films, Montreal. Premiered in Montreal & Toronto,
Canada in May 2003. Check it out on Global TV in Fall 2003. |
| ANNE OF GREEN GABLES: the animated
series. Episode: "Carrots." A comic and poingant story
of how Anne learns that real beauty is on the inside. Current project
for Sullivan Animation. To be aired on PBS. |
| KISS ME, HUG ME, FAX ME;
original screenplay. Romantic comedy. The possibilities and complexities
of long distance relationships in the 21st century. |
| FINDING H.P.;
one act play. Dramedy. Early Easter morning, a jingle writer struggles
to make a life altering decision with the help of her ‘Higher
Power’. A seriously satirical look at 12 step programs, relationships,
career, and abuse. Produced at the POWERHOUSE THEATRE in Santa Monica,
Los Angeles. |
| ON GUARD FOR THEE;
full length play, dramedy. Four generations of Alberta women struggle
to keep their family together against the backdrop of a highly charged
federal election. |
| RHUBARB, RHUBARB, RHUBARB;
full length play, comedy. Character voice actors deal with personal
crises in a sound studio, as they try to find their individual voices.
Presented as part of the UCLA New Works’ Festival, Spring,
‘95, directed by Kent Gash. Finalist in the 1997 Canadian
National Herman Voaden Playwriting Competition. |
| I SURVIVED THE SEARCH FOR SCARLETT;
one act play, comedy. Satire of the much publicized international
search for the successor to Vivien Leigh. Produced with UCLA’s
One Act Festival, December 1994, Los Angeles. |
| HARMONY’S HOPES;
one act radio dramedy. From the vantage point of a music school
on the Ontario/Quebec/New York border, students and professors struggle
to overcome the factions within the school. (A metaphor for the
demise of Canada.) Performed live (with musicians) at UCLA, Los
Angeles. Radio Drama Festival. |
| THE PRIVATE JOURNAL,
a twenty-minute film on video. Satire of role of former Chief Gov’t
Whip of the P.C. PARTY , Ottawa, Ontario. |
| MURDER MYSTERY THEATRE;
interactive theatre. Blyth & Company, New York |
| MYSTERY TRAIN RIDE;
interactive theatre. Blyth & Company; NY & Toronto. |
| SECOND
CITY; improvisation troupe, writer/performer.
Political satire, comedy sketches. Old Firehall, Toronto. |
| THE HOMOTHESPIANS;
Theatre Sports Improvisation Troupe, writer/performer, Toronto. |
| THE SPY GAME,
ABC/Universal Series. Executive Producer/Head Writer’s Observer.
Shadowed Exec Producer, John McNamara, for half the production season.
Was involved in script meetings, writing sessions, network meetings,
production, and editing. |
| PASADENA PLAYHOUSE,
LORT Theatre, Los Angeles; script reader. |
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TRAINING
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| UCLA
School of Theatre Film & Television: Honours MFA in Playwriting |
| University
of Calgary: Honours BA in Political Science/Minor
BFA in Drama |
| Banff School of Fine Arts: Music Theatre
Ensemble: scholarship writer and actor |
| H.B. Studio, New York: Master Playwriting
Workshop |
| Ensemble Studio Theatre, New York: Curt
Dempster: Master Playwriting Class |
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TEACHING
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| UCLA School
of Theatre, Film, & Television: Undergraduate Playwriting |
| Ryerson Polytechnic
University Toronto: Guest teacher – theatre dept |
