Elizabeth Atwater Menes comes to writing from a background as an actor, a designer, a speedskater and a park ranger. Her family is pleased that she is finally using her degree.

The following scripts are available on request...

THE LAST CHRISTMAS CARD (Comedy Screenplay) In the near-future waning days of the U.S. Postal Service, dedicated postman BENNY LIPSNER faces another lonely holiday. Everyone except Benny and his handful of remaining cutomers lives and loves in a virtual-reality fantasy world. When Benny uncovers a plot to destroy that world, he must choose: save the post office for himself and his clients, or save the virtual paradise for everyone else. Benny’s choice is complicated as he falls in love with a virtual world architect, and learns that the idea behind the post office is more important than the mail it carries.

SAVAGES (One Hour Sci-Fi/Drama Pilot) Welcome to Savage Planet, the top-rated alt-reality show of 2258, where teenagers compete to establish a new civilization on a distant planet. This year's twist? It's all real – and forty-nine kids just got a one-way ticket to Lord of the Flies in space.

JAWBONE (One Hour Horror/Drama Pilot) co-written with Brian Buccellato. Simon Gray loses all hope for a normal life when he inherits a demonic artifact and plunges into a race to destroy it before it can seize control of him – as it did his serial killer father. PAGE International Competition Semi-Finalist; Spec Scriptacular Finalist.

UNDERDOGS (One Hour Comedy/Drama Pilot). A group of veterinary students face their first year of clinical rounds. A fresh twist on an ever-popular genre, Underdogs explores a whole new world of patients, medicine and medical ethics – as well as the relationships between some very offbeat student vets.

THE CLOSER: Absalom (One Hour Spec). A headless corpse fished out of the Marina leads to a celebrity sex tape – and to incest, blackmail and murder. To solve the case, Brenda must crack a former television star whose fictional career and painful life choices mirror Brenda’s own career and choices a little too closely. Disney/ABC Television Writing Fellowship – Finalist and Alternate for the Program.

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