Jeff Athey
Below is a small selection of projects.
For writing samples and professional inquiries feel free to send me an email at jeff.a.athey@gmail.com
Basements & Bugbears
Episodic Web Series
Pilot released online February 19th, 2021
To view episode 1 click here: Basements & Bugbears
A group of High school students play a game of Dungeons & Dragons
to help cope with their friend's recent suicide.
Workshop readings throughout June 2018-August 2018
Writer, Creator, Executive Producer:
Jeff Athey
Produced by:
Mischa Ipp, Heloise Wilson, & Dani Tenenbaum
Directed by:
Dani Tenenbaum
Starring:
Jeff Athey
Issa Best
Jordan Cobb
Dorothea Gloria
Frankie Placidi
Jay Reum
Caroline Smith
Weirdsville
Fiction Podcast
*finalist in the Austin Film Festival Script Competition 2020
In 1955, ten years after defeating Cthulhu in WWII, Americans are tested monthly for signs of abnormal behavior that might signal Cthulhu’s return. 16 year-old James is terrified of being labeled “abnormal” while his friend, Henry, holds a secret that could either destroy or liberate the world.
For inquiries about "Weirdsvville" please email Jeff at jeff.a.athey@gmail.com
Pandemonium
Fiction Podcast
*Second Rounder: Austin Film Festival Script Competition 2021
After sacrificing his life to give the man he loves immortality, Antinous awakes in Pandemonium: a parallel world where the spirits of everyone who has ever died wander the Earth forever watching the living world pass them by. To maintain his sanity in this new eternal afterlife, Antinous sets out on a 2000 year long journey across the world to discover the meaning of his existence.
For inquiries about "Pandemonium" please email Jeff at jeff.a.athey@gmail.com
Still Breathing
Feature Film
(quarter-finalist in the 2018 PAGE International Screenwriting Competition)
The coming of age story of a young, gay teenager who has been recently diagnosed with cancer. Peter tends to wear the persona of someone who is strong and independent to avoid worrying those around him. However, there is more holding him back than he wants to admit.
Staged Reading/Workshop January 2018
Directed by:
Joe Coles
Actors:
Lizzy Jarrett
Max Beckman
James Swanson
Oliver Palmer
Nell Kessler
Jeff Athey
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Fucking Ghosts
Stage Play
As the daughter of the world's strongest psychic, the last thing Kenzie wants to do is talk to dead people. However, when a pesky, paranormal investigator visits their bed & breakfast, threatening to disrupt the spirits' delicate existence, she's forced to either pick up her family's mantle to calm the restless dead, or else forever be haunted by her biggest regrets.