Wendy Bryan Michaels

A family spirals into utter chaos when Aunt Carmela demands that her nephew and wife, apologize to her late father’s coffin before they’re allowed to attend the funeral. Apparently, Will and Lisa are convinced that, before his death, Granddad accidentally blurted out the baby’s gender, ruining their lives and barring him from ever meeting the baby. Just as things reach peak absurdity, Granddad’s ghost floats in, remind everyone that love, not a gender reveal gone wrong, is what truly matters—though the ghost does make sure to leave them with one final cryptic note.

A witty and unexpected comedy tells the story of Angela, a Black artist, and Erica, a White corporate professional, who meet by chance on a deserted subway car one night. They soon discover that they were childhood friends, torn apart in sixth grade by a traumatic incident rooted in racial tension and a painful betrayal. As the two women begin to talk, they unearth memories of their shared past, realizing that this unexpected encounter may offer a chance for healing.

We follow the misadventures of two quirky characters as they attempt to purchase a train ticket from a seemingly sentient ticket machine.

LOGLINE
A bride. A groom. A maid of honor. (who just happens to be the bride’s ex-lover) WHAT COULD POSSIBLY GO WRONG?!
SYNOPSIS
Amy, an ambitious and driven woman in her early 40’s wants to get married to Tim and keep her past relationships with women a secret from Tim’s family, friends, her father and their church. Amy asks her former lesbian lover to be her bridesmaid under one condition; that she not drink and blab about their past relationship. Getting married to a man, Amy feels she is finally able to share an intimate relationship with her conventional-thinking father. The marriage takes place in a small town where Amy and Tim renewed their friendship and fell in love. The small town has the perfect quaint country church backdrop; however, the church is homophobic as is the friends and family of Tim. What if coming of age didn’t happen until your 40’s?

When a brilliant young man struggles with addiction and mental illness, his vulnerable sister fights to keep him from harm over seemingly insurmountable odds.

A woman walks into the same bar she retreats to every night and encounters a strange woman never seen before, sitting at the bar writing in a large book. She approaches this stranger to get her to buy a drink since she is once again out of money. The woman at the bar agrees to pay for her drinks under one condition. That she orders the exact same drink as she has in front of her. Uncomfortable that the woman could be hitting on her, she changes her mind, returning to her tried and true tricks for getting men to buy her drinks, but this time with no success. She decides to comply with the woman’s condition and her world is forever changed.

Bill a retired executive in his 80’s with a gorgeous beauty queen wife Jessica, and resentful gay daughter Sarah, has his world flipped over when he is admitted back to the hospital post-surgery with no control over getting people to let him drink beer, smoke his pipe or go home. Sarah still resents his treatment of her growing up but agrees to give her stepmother a break from caretaking, except when she visits for 5 minutes to brush his hair and shave him. When Jessica refuses to let Bill come back home until he goes to another rehab, Sarah and Bill are forced to relinquish denial to discover unrecognized talents and assets.

Two sisters re-unite in a new city.