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A Successful Fundraiser & Internship Program During COVID, Screenplay Finalist Award-winner & Top Status On Screenwriter Web Site!

Family, friends, former students, colleagues, and other supporters, I hope you and your loved ones are safe and well as we begin 2022! The Pursuit Studio had quite a busy 2021 claiming a number of achievements with your support! Here are some of the highlights (primarily in chronological order):

Raised over 100% of our fundraising campaign goal to keep the company and the Thorn Trees TV Pilot project solvent during COVID. Continued and completed our premiere Assistant Producer Internship Program dedicated to supporting the Thorn Trees project. Continued and finalized Rachel's Gazette, a Thorn Trees-inspired e-newsletter campaign edited by our assistant producer interns who curated news about witches and witchcraft. Jacob Larch (Co-creator/Screenwriter), Bernadette Montana (Producer), and Valerie Mich'El Oliver (Co-creator/Screenwriter/Producer) for Thorn Trees. experienced an engaging and fun interview as guests of the That Witch Life podcast. Hosted a podcast discussion on The Portrayal of Witches in the Entertainment Industry Established The Pursuit Studio as an LLC production company. Established a new company email address: [email protected]. Best to add this to your email contact list so company communications don't go to your spam folder. Jacob Larch partnered with Val as a screenwriter on the following The Pursuit Studio projects: Back Up the Truck (short film, based on a true story), Gifts (short film, based on a true story), and I'm No Square: The Freddy & Ann Tayor Story (feature film or limited episodic series, based on a true story).

We raised 110% of our fundraising goal in January 2021! Rachel's Gazette featured the Thorn Trees series female protagonist as editor!

Jacob, Bernadette & Val were guests on That Witch Life podcast! The Portrayal of Witches in the Entertainment Industry podcast covered a great deal of territory, and featured Peg Aloi, The Media Witch, as a special guest. The entire podcast can be viewed as a whole, or you can visit the playlist of topic-specific short clips and select what interests you most!

Published multiple issues of Creativity & Storytelling 'Zine curated by our assistant producer interns. Received an excellent script score and report for Thorn Trees from a well-known U.K. script coverage, education, and competition company. Our Thorn Trees script won a FINALIST selection award at the Vail Screenplay Competition!

The Emmy-nominated art director for the successful Bridgerton original Netflix series began tracking Thorn Trees! We are viewing this as an encouraging sign concerning the value of the project. Received notification by Coverfly, a top international screenwriting competitions website, that our Thorn Trees script is in the: Top 12% of all 65,000+ screenplays Top 13% of 18,000+ drama screenplays Top 17% of 9,000+ one-hour TV screenplays, and Top 17% of 4,000+ one-hour drama TV screenplays Began seeking and meeting with potential producing partners and crew members for biopic short films adapted and to be adapted from short stories (Gifts, Back-Up the Truck, & Dolls). On a personal note...I (Val) was invited to participate in what will be my first acting role in a scene in an episodic series pilot slated for production in April 2022. "A Thousand Miles" is being directed by Andrew Rothkin of White Rabbit Productions.

Jacob Larch and Valerie Mich'El Oliver won their first award for Thorn Trees! Dominic Devine, art director for Bridgerton, is tracking the Thorn Trees project!

Creativity & Storytelling 'Zine: Special Edition - International Women's Day Issue

International Women's Day 2021 Campaign Theme Was... internationalwomensday.com A challenged world is an alert world with multiple stories to respect and share. Individually, we're all responsible for our own thoughts and actions - all day, every day. Read more paper.li

A very special thanks to the Thorn Trees team members associated with the project who actively worked on it in 2021: Jacob Larch (Co-creator/Screenwriter/Producer) Valerie Michele Oliver (Co-creator/Screenwriter/Producer) Bernadette Montana (Producer) Bruce Nahin (Co-producer) Alisha Solaiman (Assistant Producer) Irene Krawczuk (Associate Producer, Content Editor) Molly Shilling (Assistant Producer, Intern) Rachel Kaufman (Assistant Producer, Intern) Clarissa Labady (Assistant Producer, Intern) (Assistant Producer, Intern) Mariannjely Marval (Assistant Producer, Intern) Learn more about the project and the entire Thorn Trees team.

What's Happening As We Begin 2022? We are currently packaging the Thorn Trees project and welcome meetings with production companies to co-produce the pilot, seasoned showrunners, and well-established directors for post-pilot first-season episodes opportunities for this unique, witch-themed, historical-based, period-drama prequel to the Salem witch trials set in the U.K. during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I.

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Thank you for your support!

We wish you and your family safety, wellness, wonder, peace, and a prosperous 2022 and beyond! Blessings always, Val

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