41 - Mary Laws (Monsterland) from Hollywood Unscripted

41 - Mary Laws (Monsterland)

37 minutes Posted Oct 19, 2020 at 8:00 am.

Finding her way to the arts as a young child. 

Receiving some harsh but beneficial advice from a teacher in undergrad. 

Starting out as a playwright and the first play she wrote, FINGAL’S CAVE. 

Tina Howe’s observation of Mary

Going to NY and working at Rattlestick Playwright’s Theater

Not giving up on getting into Yale

Studying with Paula Vogel and taking lessons from her to MONSTERLAND. 

Going from playwriting to writing NEON DEMON with Nicolas Winding Refn. 

Writing with other people and creating now for a visual medium in film & TV. 

The experience of being a first-time showrunner. 

Adapting from Nathan Ballingrud’s book NORTH AMERICAN LAKE MONSTERS. 

The choice in naming the episodes after the locations they were set in. 

Staffing the writers room and creating an open environment. 

The first day on MONSTERLAND and challenges with wind. 

Creating one world that the anthology series exists in. 

The monster Mary is the most proud of and using practical effects. 

Wrap day on MONSTERLAND and the challenges of doing an anthology series

The exciting opportunities of working in television. 

What storytelling has done for Mary on a personal level. 

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Showrunner Mary Laws joins host Jenny Curtis to discuss her career, writing, and her new anthology series on Hulu, MONSTERLAND. Throughout the conversation they discuss:

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