ANTI-HEROINE Updates and More
Happy April Fool's Day!
I hope 2023 is treating you well and would love to know what you’re up to.
Anti-Heroine is JaZzyMaE Media’s eclectic audio anthology/scripted podcast series that offers a fresh take on the anti-hero archetype. Six stories now available on the series homepage, and all major podcast platforms, like Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music, Spotify, iHeart and more. Enjoy!
Your listens, likes and shares are very much appreciated by myself as well as the contributors, their casts and crews. 😊
More Anti-Heroine is on the way, with new stories/episodes dropped on Wednesdays.
Creative Colleague Showcase
LAWRENCE RIGGINS
Writer-Director-Producer Lawrence Riggins contributed the most recent Anti-Heroine episode, Auti-Mom: Warrior Princess, a short docudrama adapted from his multi-award-winning short film of an Auti-Mom who battles close-minded individuals while using love, brains, and humor to help her son overcome his disability.
He has written for SONY / Tristar, Ruddy-Morgan, Paramount, 21st Century Fox, Millennium Films, ABC Television, Atlantis, MGM, Showtime, SyFy Channel, USA Network, and may independent film and television companies – 24+ scripts sold, 9 film/TV projects produced, 47 awards, directed three feature films and two TV-shorts. (See also Resources & Opportunities below.)
MELANIE CHARTOFF
Melanie is a stage, screen, voice actor, author of Odd Woman Out: Exposure in Essays and Stories, and the creator of an upcoming Anti-Heroine episode, The Message. She’s been published in the New York Times, McSweeney’s, Funny Times, The Jewish Journal and five editions of Chicken Soup for the Soul. She teaches charisma in classes and coaching (see Resources & Opportunities below.)
JULIE HOVERSON
The creator of the first Anti-Heroine episode, Shadow of Ignorance, Julie Hoverson, has dabbled extensively in costuming, LARPing, art, beadwork, acting, and writing in such disparate genres as horror, noir, fantasy, urban fantasy, dark social commentary and whatever else occurs to her. She has a wonderful distinctive voice and records audiobooks. She also writes, produces and acts in the award-winning podcast audio drama series, 19 Nocturne Boulevard, (highly entertaining - check it out!)
Resources & Opportunities
Melanie Chartoff teaches charisma in classes and coaching that aggregates improv acting, movement, and voice intel. Class focus is on ensemble collaboration with an emotional, charismatic silly spin. Her next live class is Sunday, April 23rd, 3–6pm in Los Angeles. For questions and reservations email: playdate444@gmail.com. Mention you’re an Anti-Heroine fan for $5 off the regular cost of $30 for the class. (Venmo: @melanie-chartoff-1.)
Lawrence Riggins’ services:
Script Consultation (utilizing his state-of-the-art story structure system)
Screenplay Development and IP Adaptations
Script Doctoring
Rewrites and Polishes
For a free 15-minute consultation and/or 10% off, email Lawrence at creative@brandedfilmsmanagement.com with the subject line “Laurie Sent Me.”
Happy April Fool’s Day and Happy Spring! 🌷
(read my blog post The Upside of Being a Fool)
Laurie