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GreenLight Women & Theatre West Writers’ Workshop – THE LEGEND Table Read
November 5, 2023 @ 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm
During the tumultuous 11th century young Joan’s entire family is murdered in front of her. She escapes, disguised as her dead twin brother John, to a monastery where she is raised to be a priest. A truly brilliant human, Joan rises in the Church while hiding her gender, eventually becoming Pope. At the peak of her powers, she finds love and her world is torn asunder, forcing her to pay an earthly price for being a woman.
Tessa Bell Producer/Writer Wild Flower Films LLC
Tessa Bell began her career at CBS Sixty Minutes and the CBS Evening News. She created the FYI Column for Premiere Magazine, and for 20 many years was the President of Infinity Films & Video Inc. Since moving to LA in 2008, Tessa has produced three WIF International Short Film Festivals, Bipolar, a feature film by Jean Veber and the multiple award-winning family drama Life Inside Out, directed by Jill D’Agnenica as well as countless PSA’s for the WIF PSA Production Program. She is currently in development on “Nice Trick” a dramady to remind us of the magic in our lives. Her screenplay “The Legend,” based on the myth of the first female Pope, has won three awards for Best Screenplay, including Best Screenplay at the Firenze Film Festival. Tessa is a founding member of GreenLight Women whose mission is to champion professional women over the age of forty and promote diverse perspectives in media.
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