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LA Writers Center

Writing A Television Pilot
with Mark B. Perry and Che'Rae Adams

THIS CLASS IS BY INVITATION ONLY AND IS FOR
LA WRITER CENTER MEMBERS ONLY
​

BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND!
 

​Are you working on a TV pilot and could use ideas and notes from a professional?
​Mark b. Perry has been writing scripts for television for 30 years and will be offering feedback to the writers based on the pages they bring in.  Writers are expected to bring in 5-10 pages per class to be read out-loud. One hour and half hour scripts welcome. 


Saturdays from 11am-1:30pm PST
for six weeks

October 28th-December 9th
(no class on Nov 25th due to the Thanksgiving holiday)


$300 tuition fee


Instructor Bios
Throughout his 30 year career, Mark B. Perry has written and produced a wide variety of series including THE WONDER YEARS, PICKET FENCES, LAW & ORDER, PARTY OF FIVE, PASADENA, ONE TREE HILL, WHAT ABOUT BRIAN, BROTHERS AND SISTERS, GHOST WHISPERER, REVENGE, and HEARTBEAT. He was the show-runner on Mike White’s short-lived but cult-favorite PASADENA, then for the first two seasons of ONE TREE HILL, and the second season of BROTHERS & SISTERS. As a writer-producer on the first season on David E. Kelley's PICKET FENCES, Mark shared an Emmy Award for Outstanding Dramatic Series. For his "Falsies" episode of PARTY OF FIVE, Mark was nominated for a Writers Guild of America Award for Best Achievement in Dramatic Writing. For his writing and producing services on that same series, Mark shared a Golden Globe Award for Best Drama. Mark is currently developing a sequel series to the cult class DARK SHADOWS with Amasia Entertainment and Warner Bros. TV.

​​Che'Rae Adams is the Producing Artistic Director for the LA Writers Center and PlayPenn where she develops material with local writers. She has been a Development Executive for Playhouse Pictures Studios, Co-Artistic Director of the Road Theatre Company, and Managing Producer for the LA Women’s Theatre Festival. She has worked in development for Showtime Entertainment, Melba/Jake Productions and Alliance/Atlantis Film and Television. Che'Rae has taught workshops at various institutions around the country such as The Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, Catholic University, Miami Dade University, California State University, Fullerton, UCLA Extension, Drexel University, Hussian College and Azusa Pacific University. 
Pilot class
$
300.00    

Check out the below Webinar with Showrunner Mark B. Perry
​about his 30 year career in Hollywood

  • Home
  • Jon Bastian Memorial
  • History
    • Staff
    • Testimonials
  • New Play Development
    • The Voices of Afghanistan >
      • HOW YOU CAN HELP ARTISTS ​IN HIDING IN AFGHANISTAN
    • Home: Asian Voices Reading Series >
      • Yuri and Malcolm X by Tim Toyama
      • YLO by Dru Park
      • Them's Ponies! by Rebekah Chang
    • Breathe: BIPOC Reading Series >
      • "Strange Fruit" by Jon Bastian
      • "Villains" by Marquis Ewing
      • "Chasing the Wolf" by Nathan Singer
    • New Alignments Reading Series and Library >
      • Reading Series History
  • Classes
    • Writing A TV Pilot with Mark B. Perry
    • Advanced Writing Workshop
    • Free Recorded Webinars
  • Script Coverage
  • OUR WRITERS
  • Blog
  • Store
    • Directing Projects