The new bohemians

pilot script (First 16 Pages)

You may also view the pilot script along with video pitch deck, synopsis and character details at the following cites:

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International Screenwriters Association (ISA)

A free-spirited woman facing middle-age in middle-America and the eclectic people in her orbit have their lives torn apart by gentrification and a soul crushing redefining of the 21st Century American Dream.

What is it?
Friends made us laugh and cry as those millennials navigated adult life.

Just Like That… follows three women as they enter a new stage in life.

The New Bohemians takes both to create a one-hour, serialized drama centered around TABITHA VINCENT and four, diverse inhabitants of a Soho like area in the Midwest, enduring gentrification, a changing economy and reassessment of the American Dream. It also shows there is such a thing as Middle-Aged Angst.

Each is at a different stage in their life ranging from early 20s to their mid-40s separated by the proverbial 6 degrees. At stake is a future they define or succumb to, coming into conflict with friends, neighbors and their own shattered worldview. Fear of change drives each to latch onto a cause they feel will fill a void in their lives, with unintended consequences.
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It examines the themes of life choices and what does the future now hold for those like them well into the 21st Century.

Comps    

Nomadland (2020)           This is Us (NBC)        Gentefied (Netflix) ​

Vision/Tone/Case
Each character is at a different age ranging from early 20s to 40s, separated by the proverbial 6 degrees. At stake for each is a future they define or fall victim to, while coming into conflict with friends, neighbors and their own shattered worldview.

Fear of, or accommodating change then drives each to latch onto a cause they feel will fill a void in their lives, whether it will or not, regardless of the price.

Real world issues: 

Millennials do not have the same opportunities as before. The current economy, cost of college, the Great Recession and COVID have altered America. Facing a lower standard of living, they question what the American Dream now means.

The Middle Aged now see their life's work ripped away and face the same challenges, living a middle-aged angst.

Gentrification affects areas brought back from decades of decay, only to fall prey to success. We see the casualties of Enron, the mortgage collapse and the pandemic long after the perpetrators (real or perceived) have faded away. Change is inevitable. How each deal with it is not.

We see the casualties of Enron, the mortgage collapse, the Great Recession, and the pandemic long after the perpetrators (real or perceived) have faded away. We see those caught in the middle.
This is not a drama where it’s us v. them. The characters are victims absent a clear external antagonist. The most gut-wrenching struggles are not those where good versus evil, but an us-v-them where good intentions battle good intentions.

We see the casualties of Enron, the mortgage collapse and the pandemic long after the perpetrators (real or perceived) have faded away. It’s not about winning/losing, but what you learn by fighting. What’s worth fighting for towards the goal to mean something in this world.  Change is inevitable. How each deal with it is not.
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This keeps the audience coming back wondering what choices —good, bad, indifferent— each makes. 

Main Characters:

Tabitha Vincent (45)- The story's omnipotent narrator. Big sister type. Unconventional. Grasping for meaning, saving a local landmark from demolition gives renewed purpose.

Simone Babcock (32)- Single mom. Vivacious but no attention seeker. Focused on her son and troubled art gallery. Friends with Tabitha but may lose it for her family's future.

Edward Sieger (42)- Intelligent. Measured and reserved, but socially awkward. Business consultant. Seeks a greater connection with younger Samantha to bring out his inhibitions.

Samantha Erickson (23)- Devout drummer for a local garage band. Works while attending community college. Seeks a life on her own but stymied by the times and friends.

Jacob Delgado (35)- Friendly but an introvert at heart. A talented artist in oil and watercolor. Wants to help Simone but is a functioning alcoholic. Roommates with Edward.
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