Hi, Stage 32 Community!

Our Stage 32 Team has been working diligently to bring in as many new resources and opportunities as possible to enrich your experience here in our community!

At Stage 32 you have direct access to industry professionals who’ve written, authored, developed, produced, directed and represented acclaimed projects like BROOKLYN STORY, THE NIGHT OF, HIS DARK MATERIALS, A DISCOVERY OF WITCHES, THE BEAR, THE AMERICANS, EVERYBODY HATES CHRIS, MY FRIEND DAHMER, MY TRUE CRIME STORY, THE HORROR OF DOLORES ROACH, and many more.

So without much further ado, let's roll out the red carpet and welcome some of the fantastic new people joining our Stage 32 Community this October!

New Stage 32 Educators-

Suzanne Corso, NYT Best-Selling Author

Suzanne Corso is a NYT bestselling author whose critically acclaimed novels about her own life’s journey, BROOKLYN STORY, THE SUITE LIFE, and HELLO HOLLYWOOD, have all been published with Simon & Schuster. Suzanne has also produced for the New York and London stages, has executive produced two documentaries, and has written successful children’s books SAMMY AND SUE GO GREEN TOO. She was a contributing TV Film Correspondent to THE TODAY SHOW on NBC, as well as a columnist for Downtown Magazine and Hamptons Magazine, and is currently working on a three-picture deal for her best-selling novel trilogy.

You can currently register for Suzanne’s webinar- Learn How To Write A Best-Selling Novel Based On Your Own Life’s Story From The NY Times Best-Selling Author Of BROOKLYN STORY.

John Trefry, Producer & Filmmaker

John Trefry has produced a dozen short films which have competed at prestigious festivals around the world including SXSW, Tribeca, Raindance, HollyShorts, Palm Springs, and over a hundred more. His shorts have starred known actors including Maika Monroe (THE GUEST), Tatiana Maslany (SHE-HULK), Jovan Adepo (WATCHMEN), Zachary Levi (SHAZAM!), Joe Keery (STRANGER THINGS), and many more. John developed the festival and distribution strategy for STUCCO starring Janina Gavankar (THE MORNING SHOW) which won at SXSW, secured an exclusive release with The Hollywood Reporter and went on to become the most watched short in the history of the festival with over 130 million views

You can register for John’s webinar- How To Get A-List Talent In Your Short Film.

New Stage 32 Executives-

Jeff Boone, VP of Development at Bad Wolf America

Jeff Boone is the Vice President of Development at Bad Wolf America. Bad Wolf, an independent TV production company with offices in Los Angeles and London and with a studio in Cardiff, Wales, is behind shows such as HBO's drama INDUSTRY, SKY's dramedy I HATE SUZIE, THE NIGHT OF for HBO, HIS DARK MATERIALS for BBC/HBO, A DISCOVERY OF WITCHES for SKY, the upcoming ITV action thriller RED EYE, among others. The company also consulted on HBO’s SUCCESSION, and Bad Wolf's cofounders are perhaps best known as the award-winning producers behind the UK phenomenon DOCTOR WHO.

Previously, Jeff was at Entertainment One Television, where he functioned as Manager of Global Scripted Development, contributing to all aspects of the company’s US and UK scripted development and production efforts. Prior to joining Entertainment One in 2013, Jeff worked in the Literary department at Management 360.

You can meet with Jeff about your First 10 Pages.

David Woods, Producer, Director, & Screenwriter

David Woods is a Producer/Director/Writer, who lives and works in New York. Currently, David is Co-Producer on THE BEAR, a Producer on AMERICAN SPORTS STORY: GLADIATOR, and is developing projects as an Independent Producer with an interest in helping to realize original, authentic, character-driven content that speaks to the challenges and the possibilities of our divided world. David has worked closely with Showrunners to help bring to life over two hundred episodes of television across a wide range of storytelling worlds, including the Emmy-nominated Comedy series THE BEAR, the Emmy-nominated, Peabody and Golden Globe Award-winning Drama series THE AMERICANS, the Golden Globe-nominated and NAACP Image Award-winning Comedy series EVERYBODY HATES CHRIS, the NAACP Image Award-winning Drama series P-VALLEY as well as RED OAKS, SWEETBITTER, GENIUS: ARETHA, THE GIRLFRIEND EXPERIENCE, and UP HERE. He has also served as Post Production Supervisor on various projects, including Steven King’s Emmy Award-winning Mini-Series NIGHTMARES & DREAMSCAPES: FROM THE STORIES OF STEPHEN KING for TNT, THE GOOD WIFE for CBS, BIG LOVE for HBO, and the Jon Reiss feature documentary BOMB IT, which premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival.

He's worked with industry notables such as Ryan Murphy, Stuart Zicherman, Nina Jacobson, Brad Simpson, Christopher Storer, Joanna Calo, Steven Levenson, Thomas Kail, Steven Soderbergh, David Gordon Green, and Josh Senior.

You can meet with David for a Reel Review + 30-Minute Talk.

Daniel Capuzzi, Author, Screenwriter, Director, & Producer

Daniel Capuzzi is a writer, director, and producer who has served as an Independent Producer for Dynamic Range Media for over a decade. In addition to penning dozens of screenplays, Daniel has written and directed two award winning series, sci-fi thriller THE KILL CORPORATION starring William Catlett (Black Dynamite, Lovecraft Country) and the dark comedy TRUE ALIEN, starring Yetide Badaki (American Gods, Star Trek: Strange New Worlds) and Tim Halligan (Mad Men). Both shows were sold to Youtube TV. He recently published his first novel, the sci-fi mystery REQUIEM for a Good Machine, available everywhere books are sold. He is represented by the Nancy Yost Literary Agency. The intellectual property/film & TV rights for his novel are represented by Rich Green at The Gotham Group and being adapted into a limited series at Paramount+.

You can meet with Daniel about your Pilot here or your Feature here.

John Dunne, Literary Manager & Producer

John Dunne is a Literary Manager & Producer based in LA. After starting his career at APA (now IAG), John eventually settled as a Manager with Dave Rath’s group at Imagine Artists Management. Now known as Independent Artists Media, John leads the feature film division and, alongside Rath, produced the SXSW Grand Jury & Audience award-winning film I LOVE MY DAD starring IAM client Patton Oswalt. In addition to packaging and development, John represents a list of edgy, up & coming writers, filmmakers and comedians with projects set-up at Imagine Entertainment, CAA Media Finance, XYZ Films, Spyglass Media & Bazelevs. Prior to joining Independent Artists Media, John worked at Aperture Entertainment, whose films include MY FRIEND DAHMER, EXTRACTION, and THE LAST WITCH HUNTER.

You can meet with John about your First 10 Pages and your Feature here.

Valerie Idehen, Producer & Director

Valerie “Val” Idehen, is a seasoned television producer, multi-cam director, development executive and content creator who has delivered shows for a wide array of networks and platforms including Lifetime, VH1, WEtv, E!, TLC, BET, Oxygen, SoulPancake, YouTube and So Yummy. She most recently served as Vice President at Hot Snakes Media where she executive produced and supervised delivery of 20 episodes of the upcoming season of VH-1’s MY TRUE CRIME STORY narrated by Remy Ma. Prior to that role, Valerie served as Director of Development for Propagate Content. She has also held development executive roles at Rainn Wilson's production company, SoulPancake and 51 Minds. She started in the business as a department assistant at Comedy Central in Advertising and Marketing before transitioning into Production Development at MTV. Val’s accomplishments as a development executive include SISTERHOOD OF HIP HOP, which was picked up to series at pre-crime Oxygen where it aired for 3 seasons, ALL ABOUT HER WITH ANGELA RYE which was ordered to series by Quibi and SEND HELP, a scripted dark comedy which was ordered to series by AllBlk. Her first development pitch while at SoulPancake received a scripted offer from Nickelodeon and she recently sold a format she created into development at BET. Additionally, Val has over 30 credits as a producer, director or showrunner across linear, digital and podcasts and has worked with notable industry talent including Remy Ma, Ben Silverman, Howard Owens, Rainn Wilson, Cris Abrego, Kheris Rogers, Jean Elie and Mike Guayo.

You can meet with Valerie about your Pilot here or your Pitch Deck/Bible Reviews.

Julian De La Paz, Producer & Development Executive

Julian De La Paz is a producer & development executive with nearly a decade of original content experience at Spotify, NBCUniversal, Telemundo, The TODAY Show & USA/SYFY. For the last 2.5 years, he co-led the tv/film division at Spotify as a Creative Development Executive, managing a slate of 35+ scripted/unscripted projects. In this role, he adapted music playlists & podcasts from The Ringer, Gimlet, Parcast and Spotify Studios for the screen. He was an integral part of the team that developed & produced THE HORROR OF DOLORES ROACH for Prime Video, and he was responsible for setting up a number of other projects at various networks, including FX, Hulu & Netflix. Prior to this, he was a development executive for Spotify Studios, where he worked on hit podcasts such as WIND OF CHANGE, SON OF A HITMAN, CLASS OF 2020 SPEAKS and HALLELOO HAPPY HOUR WITH DJ SHANGELA. During this time, he helped launch a slate of seven new original shows via Spotify's Music + Talk feature, which combined music + podcasts.

Julian started his career as a Page with the prestigious NBCUniversal Page Program in New York City. During this time, he worked for NBCU Talent Development, Telemundo Enterprises & The TODAY Show. After graduating from the program, he transitioned to The TODAY Show as a production assistant for the 3rd & 4th hours of the show, and soon after, he joined the Cable Entertainment group at NBCUniversal as a Coordinator for USA/SYFY.

You can meet with Julian about your First 10 Pages, your Pilot here, and your Feature here.

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