Category: News

News about the Carnegie Screenwriters and its members.

CREW CONNECT

Join us on Wednesday, December 4, 2024 from 6-9 PM for our next WQED Filmmakers Crew Connect at Dancing Gnome Brewery, presented by WQED.
As always, this Crew Connect will allow you the opportunity to network with other local Pittsburgh filmmakers and pitch your ideas!
EVENT TO INCLUDE:
-Trivia!
-Bar and food menu available for purchase!
-The opportunity to pitch yourself or your project!
-Pitch Ticket: Reserve a “Pitch Ticket” if you are planning to pitch yourself or your project!
-Guest Ticket: Reserve a “Guest Ticket” if you are attending the Crew Connect but do not plan to pitch anything!
Please consider a donation to help us offset costs related to ticketing. Thanks!
This event is ALL AGES and free to the public.
Dancing Gnome is located at 1025 Main St, Pittsburgh, PA 15215 in Sharpsburg. 
 
 
 
 
 

Carnegie Screenwriters Meeting 9/21

The next CSW meeting will be on Saturday, September 21 2024.
10:00 am to 12:30 pm
Mt. Lebanon Library
 
Folks are welcome to pitch your projects or bring pages to read – please keep it to around 10 pages (or less) and bring enough copies for each speaking character and a narrator.
 
Pitching and pages are not required to attend. Come and join in the fun.
Mt. Lebanon Library
16 Castle Shannon Blvd, Pittsburgh, PA 15228

CSW Meeting July 20

The next CSW meeting will be on Saturday, July 20, 2024.
10:00 am to 12:30 pm
Mt. Lebanon Library
 
Folks are welcome to pitch your projects or bring pages to read – please keep it to around 10 pages (or less) and bring enough copies for each speaking character and a narrator.
 
Pitching and pages are not required to attend. Come and join in the fun.
Mt. Lebanon Library
16 Castle Shannon Blvd, Pittsburgh, PA 15228

CSW SEATED READINGS AND FILM SCREENINGS

The Carnegie Screenwriters present an evening of seated readings and film screenings.
 
Monday, July 8 from 6:30 – 8:30 pm.
 
We will do readings of several short scripts, including Aaron Sutch’s “Locked, Stocked, Dropped,” the script we used for our CSW 48 Hour Film Project film. We will screen “Locked, Stocked, Dropped” along with Mystery Achieved’s 48 HFP film, “Stargazer.”
 
Readers for the evening: Samantha Ainsworth, Minda Briley, Rei Briley, Shane Callahan, Carrie Collins, David Dietz, Duncan Jameson, Amy Marsalis, Jerry Pietrala, Joel Rosenthal, Bob Scott, John Siciliano and Stephanie Swift.
 
SCRIPTS: “Dear Amy” by William Gleeson; “Bird Song” by Roger Silverstein; “Just Another Day” by Joyce Bevic; “Supermoon” by Chad Shannon & Catherine Dawgert, and, “Locked, Stocked, Dropped” by Aaron Sutch.
 
FREE and open to the public.
 
Light refreshments served.
 
Mt. Lebanon Library
Meeting Room A
16 Castle Shannon Blvd, Pittsburgh, PA 15228

CSW MEETING 12/16/23

The next CSW meeting will be on Saturday, December 16, 2023.
10:00 am to 12:30 pm
Mt. Lebanon Library
 
Folks are welcome to pitch their projects or bring pages to read – please keep it to no more than 10 pages and bring enough copies for each speaking character and a narrator.
(Pitching and pages are not required to attend)
 
Mt. Lebanon Library
16 Castle Shannon Blvd, Pittsburgh, PA 15228

DATE CHANGE FOR THE SEPTEMBER CSW MEETING

The September meeting of the Carnegie Screenwriters has been moved from the 16th to the 23rd due to Rosh Hashanah.

 
Meetings are 10 am to 12:30 pm
Mt. Lebanon Library
16 Castle Shannon Blvd, Pittsburgh, PA 15228

CSW Meeting July 15

The next CSW meeting will be on Saturday, July 15, 2023.
10:00 am to 12:30 pm
Mt. Lebanon Library
 
Folks are welcome to pitch their projects or bring pages to read – please keep it to no more than 10 pages and bring enough copies for each speaking character and a narrator.
(Pitching and pages are not required to attend)
 
Mt. Lebanon Library
16 Castle Shannon Blvd, Pittsburgh, PA 15228

CSW Film in the Pittsburgh 48 Hour Film Project

Congratulations to the Carnegie Screenwriters team on their entry in the Pittsburgh 48 Hour Film Project, “I Wet My Plants,” written by Jenna Potts and directed by Caroline Collins. The comedy was nominated for nine awards and won four:

Best Female Leading Actor – Samantha Ainsworth

Best Female Supporting Actor – Samantha Fitschen

Best Female-Led Team

Runner-Up for Audience Favorite – Screening Group B

CSW Meeting June 17

The next CSW meeting will be on Saturday, June 17, 2023.
10:00 am to 12:30 pm
Mt. Lebanon Library
 
Folks are welcome to pitch your projects or bring pages to read – please keep it to a few pages and bring enough copies for each speaking character and a narrator.
(Pitching and pages are not required)
 
Mt. Lebanon Library
16 Castle Shannon Blvd, Pittsburgh, PA 15228