About Laurie
Laurie has always been a writer. From handwritten accounts of Mets baseball games as a child, to fanfiction stories of favorite television programs, and freelance news & magazine writing, she eventually became an award-winning playwright in the family-friendly market. Making the audience laugh, cry, and think is a powerful responsibility. Fully committed now to storytelling through screenwriting, Laurie is excited to share her work with producers and audiences.
SCREENPLAYS - Holiday
SILENT NIGHTS- A Christmas Rom-Com OPTIONED!
Children’s book illustrator Emma Caine’s lost her husband and writing partner and is struggling to replace him - in her heart and in her work. When her publisher and BFF sends her to a snow-globe perfect small town, hoping to inspire her to come back with a new book and renewed joy, she meets a local bookstore owner and his silent son, and it’s up to the season to work its magic. A sweet Christmas story with some salt and spice.
CONQUERING CHRISTMAS - A Cozy Christmas Romance AVAILABLE
A Christmas reunion brings out the Scrooge in an English teacher as she and her old college pals gather to bid farewell to their retiring professor. Knowing she has yet to live down a clumsy moment in their school play, her holiday anxiety increases with the arrival of the ex-boyfriend who left her for the Broadway stage. Can she close the curtain on bad Christmas memories and find new love with an old leading man?
SCREENPLAYS - Holiday
A HIGH HORSE CHRISTMAS - A Cozy Christmas Romance AVAILABLE
A champion equestrian and socialite loses her home, fortune and status when the family estate she expected to inherit is sold off to a ‘new-money’ app developer. Her frosty attitude thaws when he asks her to co-host the annual estate Christmas party and promotes her fledgling business–but as her star rises in time for the big party, he may lose everything.
FORECASTING CHRISTMAS - A Cozy Christmas Romance AVAILABLE
When a massive snowstorm hits Romance, VT on Christmas Eve, two rival meteorologists become a social media sensation after grudgingly reporting together on a national weather channel.
SCREENPLAYS - MYSTERY
FREE SANTA: A HOLIDAY LIGHTS MYSTERY - A Cozy Christmas Mystery
AVAILABLE
A holiday decorator is devastated when her work for the town is repeatedly vandalized with mysterious messages claiming a sidewalk Santa doing time for murder is actually innocent. When she uncovers the identity of the mischievous vandal, they team up to see justice is done and get his wrongly convicted grandfather freed in time for Christmas.
THIRD SHOT DROP - A Cozy Mystery AVAILABLE
A pickleball pro’s corporate event sours when mixed doubles turns to murder and her sister becomes the prime suspect.
SCREENPLAYS - DRAMA
LOSING SIGHT OF SHORE - A Time Travel Romance AVAILABLE
A recently divorced white writer is intrigued to discover her new beach house haunted by the ghost of a charismatic Black lifesaver. When she time-travels to 1901, their forbidden love is complicated by his impending murder, which may hold the key to her return home.
MINI-SERIES pitch - DRAMA
KEEPERS - A Period Drama PITCH DECK AVAILABLE
Rough seas, rivalry, and racism strain the relationship between the son of a former slave owner and his Black half-brother as they vie for the love of the same woman and lead their respective US Lifesaving Service crews in rescuing shipwreck victims along the Outer Banks coast in 1880.
plays for your stage
Laurie Bryant is an award-winning playwright, with five stage plays being performed around the world! From Alaska to Zimbabwe (!), students and community theatres have enjoyed staging Laurie’s work. Her plays are popular because they appeal to a wide audience, and feature engaging main and supporting characters, smart comedy, and include an important message or two.
Comments about Laurie’s Plays
*Great choice! * Mayhem at its best!*
*We could‘ve sold out another night.*
*[Actors] had a blast! Biggest audience turnout ever!
THE RANSOM OF MISS ELVERNA DOWER
Available through Pioneer Drama
Two mischievous students get more than they bargain for when they kidnap their demanding English teacher, only to find no one wants her back!
*Shubert Fendrich Playwriting Award
CRAMALOT - A parody of a parody
Available through Brooklyn Publishers
Arthur, King of the Students, embarks on a quest for the holy grail--an Ivy League diploma, encountering a strange cast of characters and a host of academic roadblocks along the way.
plays for your stage
Available through Pioneer Drama
Could you live without technology? Hilarity ensues when corporate giant SOLOtech challenges the most wired town in America to unplug for 30 days. Relevant & very funny!
Available through Pioneer Drama
A one-act series of connected vignettes shows a variety of reactions to an unattended black backpack in a park.
MARTIANS OVER BROOKLYN - Available through Heuer Publishing
A Brooklyn neighborhood is thrown into chaos during the infamous War of the Worlds radio broadcast in 1938. (Artwork courtesy Dexter High School Drama Club)
