Dan Maurer

Dan Maurer is a theater director, playwright, screenwriter, and author. He spent ten years co-producing and directing plays at Kelsey Theatre in West Windsor, New Jersey. During that time, he won several NJACT Perry Awards for his directing, producing and sound design. In 2015, Dan was inducted into the NJACT Hall of Fame. Meanwhile, his screenwriting works have been named a finalist in the Austin Film Festival, semi-finalist in the Page International Screenwriting Awards, winner of the WeScreenplay Feature Screenwriting Lab competition, Top 20% at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ Nicholl Fellowship competition. He lives in Robbinsville, New Jersey.

Dan Maurer is a theater director, playwright, screenwriter, and author. He spent ten years co-producing and directing plays at Kelsey Theatre in West Windsor, New Jersey. During that time, he won several NJACT Perry Awards for his directing, producing and sound design. In 2015, Dan was inducted into the NJACT Hall of Fame. Meanwhile, his screenwriting works have been named a finalist in the Austin Film Festival, semi-finalist in the Page International Screenwriting Awards, winner of the WeScreenplay Feature Screenwriting Lab competition, Top 20% at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ Nicholl Fellowship competition. He lives in Robbinsville, New Jersey.

Scripts

Eventually Ever After (15 Minutes)

by Dan Maurer

2
Cast Size
6
Genre
comedy,
romantic comedy

A woman writer submits a story to her otherwise all male writers group without telling them the piece is autobiographical. As the men deliver their scathing critiques, it quickly becomes evident she has a very different story to tell than the one on the page.

A woman writer submits a story to her otherwise all male writers group without telling them the piece is autobiographical. As the men deliver their scathing critiques, it quickly becomes evident she has a very different story to tell than the one on the page.

A Declaration of Independence (15 minutes)

by Dan Maurer

5
Cast Size
3
Genre
comedy,
drama

The day before finalizing their divorce, a befuddled husband meets with his "lifestyle influencer" wife, hoping for one last chance to salvage their marriage. But he quickly finds she is crafting a "brand-boosting" divorce announcement for her online followers; it’s her public declaration of independence. How does he reconcile the person he thought he married with the woman sitting across from him now? Can he...

The day before finalizing their divorce, a befuddled husband meets with his "lifestyle influencer" wife, hoping for one last chance to salvage their marriage. But he quickly finds she is crafting a "brand-boosting" divorce announcement for her online followers; it’s her public declaration of independence. How does he reconcile the person he thought he married with the woman sitting across from him now? Can he save their marriage? Should he even try?

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That's Hollywood (15 Minutes)

by Dan Maurer

6
Cast Size
8—10
Genre
comedy,
drama

With their marriage on the rocks and careening toward divorce, two squabbling actors find themselves minutes away from filming a nude love scene in a major Hollywood motion picture. They've faked it in real life, they reason; they can try faking it for the camera. But all bets are off when the intimacy coordinator shows up.

With their marriage on the rocks and careening toward divorce, two squabbling actors find themselves minutes away from filming a nude love scene in a major Hollywood motion picture. They've faked it in real life, they reason; they can try faking it for the camera. But all bets are off when the intimacy coordinator shows up.

Henry's TED Talk (10 Minutes)

by Dan Maurer

4
Cast Size
6
Genre
comedy,
drama

With just minutes to curtain, a wannabe writer who is terrified of public speaking struggles to prepare for his very first TED Talk. When his wife arrives to provide moral support, he sees it as a chance to tell her something he’s been unable to say for 20 years. Can he find the courage to speak from the heart, or has time run out?

With just minutes to curtain, a wannabe writer who is terrified of public speaking struggles to prepare for his very first TED Talk. When his wife arrives to provide moral support, he sees it as a chance to tell her something he’s been unable to say for 20 years. Can he find the courage to speak from the heart, or has time run out?

Do You Believe in Ghosts? (15 minutes)

by Dan Maurer

2
Cast Size
4
Genre
drama,
melodrama,
mystery/thriller

While conducting a competency evaluation in a murder case, a forensic psychiatrist gets more than he bargained for when his interview subject begins asking questions of her own.

While conducting a competency evaluation in a murder case, a forensic psychiatrist gets more than he bargained for when his interview subject begins asking questions of her own.