Laura Skopec is a writer, comedian, and recovering policy wonk. Her half-hour television comedy, “Clown Town,” is under option. Her humor pieces have appeared in McSweeney’s Internet Tendency, The Belladonna Comedy, and Slackjaw Humor, and her stand-up was an official selection of the New York Underground Comedy Festival. Laura lives in Sunset Beach, CA with a lively first grader, a very patient husband, and a beautiful cat who hates her guts.
Screenplays
A holiday horror/comedy feature
When the leaders of a faux-festive Christmas town trap her friends in a holiday romcom hellscape, people-pleaser Dany Trevant must work with a smitten townie to hunt them down. Every Hallmark Christmas movie meets CABIN IN THE WOODS.
Austin Film Festival Second Rounder
Recommended by Script Pipeline
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A half-hour television comedy
A frazzled Psychology Professor returns from maternity leave determined to pick up where her career left off, but a tenacious new rival, her ambivalence about motherhood, and a worrisome new fantasy life threaten to keep her from having it all.
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A half-hour television comedy
A stand-up comedian blows up her career in a drunken tirade and takes a job as a kids party entertainer while she navigates recovery.
In Development
Humor Publications
McSweeney’s Internet Tendency
Fat Lady Attempts to Get Health Care: An Oral History
An Open Letter to Preschool Homework
Slackjaw Humor
An Open Letter to Virtual School Attendance Policy
Karen Sends Her Son, a Very Gifted Young Man, to Public School
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