GENRE: Comedic Adventure
LOGLINE: When a failed philosophy major moves back home in disgrace, she becomes entangled in the plots to save (or destroy) the last theater in town.
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SCRIPT
Curtain Call by Bill Meeks
(OPEN IN NEW WINDOW)
EVERLY HEIGHTS CONNECTIONS
- Nat Greco, the main character, gets pulled back by the “Everly Heights Magnet” after she left at the end of Kids Like Us.
- Michael Special from Very Special serves as a secondary protagonist. You’ll also find out the fate of his wife Meredith and catch a glimpse of his granddaughter working at The Koffee Shop.
- Danny and Melody from The Last Chance Detective Agency appear as a crime-fighting duo.
- Travis, Jeremy’s romantic rival in Kids Like Us, is part of Gaston’s plot to claim Cornerstone Theater for his own.
- Jeremy Haun, the protagonist in Fanboy, and his production company Chosen Few Productions play a big part in the effort to save Cornerstone Theater.
- Tina Infantino, the town eccentric, made her first appearance as a teenager who didn’t want to go to Space Camp in Zoo of Zero Tolerance.
- Beatrix and her witches started in the 90s as “The Sparkles,” a group of mean girls in Very Special.
- Jim Colvin, the current proprietor of Leroy’s Pub/creepy old man, made his first appearance as a creepy young man working for a government agency in Nosloo the Great.
- Ryon Paisley, last seen leaving for Nashville to pursue his music career in Kids Like Us, plays a significant role as a street musician who got pulled back home by the Everly Heights magnet.
- Benjamin Ainsley, the older kid who questioned his sexuality in Kids Like Us, tries to rekindle a hometown romance when he comes back to manage his inheritance.
- Kelsey, the new girl at The Koffee Shop in Kids Like Us, takes the audience on a historical tour of Everly Heights after running into her old flame Nat.
- Mr. Matheson, the math teacher in Very Special who went on to buy The Koffee Shop in Kids Like Us, makes several appearances. He mentions a rumor that the basement of Leroy’s Pub was part of some secret government project, a nod to the W.E.I.R.D.E. Task Force from Nosloo the Great.
- Ralphie, the gang member who steals from the Quaker Intercourse Mafia in The Last Chance Detective Agency, returns to make trouble for Jim Colvin.
- When Nat gets back to town, she stays with her skinhead friend Peter Postal, just like she did before she left town in Kids Like Us.
- Many locations from previous scripts feature, including The Walking Bridge, The Old Chi-Chi’s, Franklin W. Dixon Memorial Library, Leroy’s Pub, The Koffee Shop, the Pancake music club, Gaston’s Diner, Dixon Park, and of course Cornerstone Theater.
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