Marlena Evangeline
Poet at marlenaevangeline.com
Author, Screenwriter, Playwright and Songwriter
February 2025
1 day ago
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About Marlena
My high concept scripts generally feature dynamic women protagonists, often torn from the pages of history and reimagined; as a poet, my interest in language fuels my stories, energies my characters and invigorates the dialogue. My slate of scripts, novels, short stories and poetry leans back through a writing journey fuelled by the extraordinary events of a dramatic life well-lived; from the drug smuggling of my ex's early years to the moment I was offered witness protection and a new life (which I refused) to more sedate years of reflection and memoir. I spent four years in a boatyard rebuilding a 1955 Navy Utility boat into a motor yacht; this journey is memorialised in my book and script, Raising The Ruby Tuesday( not yet published but ready). I eventually sued Port San Luis after my boat ended up on the shoreline after a storm (long story here). My books and poetry collections are available on Amazon, and my current work in progress is a spec script I have been forced into writing (after promising myself NO MORE SPECS) as the idea is so damn good. A few years back I had great interest in my script Watertown, set in the Owen's Valley during the Water Wars of the early 1900s, but I opted out as something felt "off" with the Producer. I breathe, I write, I endure.
Unique traits: M.A., M.F.A.
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The Acetylene Whores Budget: $5M - $10M | Other Lola Hodges and Mo Sullivan seem doomed to unhappiness in a small desert town until Lola's anger at her cheating husband prompts Lola to seek revenge by dismantling Charlie’s prize four-wheel drive pick-up truck with an acetylene torch. Tag line: Revenge Gone Well
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Watertown Budget: $5M - $10M | Western A fictional story woven into the fabric of historically true events of the Water Wars between Owens Valley and The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power of the early 1900s. Sophie Blackstone arrives in Owens Valley with her children just as the California Water Wars begin to escalate. On the way into the valley she kills a man who tries to steal her horse. John Emerson (Fredrick Eaton) of the Los Angeles Water and Power District immediately targets her homestead for its water and lake. Sophie has no intention of selling her water or her property but Emerson is ruthless and uses the murder of the horse thief of discredit her in an attempt to steal her land.
Awards
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Watertown: Quarter Finalist, Big Break Script Competition
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Malibu Mutts: An Ordinary Day, Quarter Finalist, Creative Screenwriting Animation Competition
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The Orange Blossom Express, Quarter Finalist, Big Break Script Competition
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Romantic Comedy, Official Finalist, Beverly Hills Film Festival
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The Orange Blossom Express, Quarter Finalist, Fade In Awards
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Edgy Romantic Comedy, Official Finalist, Nevada Film Festival
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Edgy Romantic Comedy, Official Selection, Beverly Hills Film Festival
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Edgy Romantic Comedy, Placement top 30, Script Pimp Awards
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Edgy Romantic Comedy, Honorable Mention, Los Angeles Movie Awards
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