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Lunar Year of the Rabbit is off to a fast start. In January 2023, INVISIBLE, a co write by Gabriell DeBear Paye and Hester Schell has been optioned. This is Schell’s first option, and sixth for her partner, Paye. Schell and Paye met in 2009 at the longest running script network in America: Harvard Square Script Writers. They began INVISIBLE in 2015. Hester writes roles for middle aged and senior women in stories about social and environmental good.

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Lunar Year of the Rabbit is off to a fast start. In January 2023, INVISIBLE, a co write by Gabriell DeBear Paye and Hester Schell has been optioned. This is Schell’s first option, and sixth for her partner, Paye. Schell and Paye met in 2009 at the longest running script network in America: Harvard Square Script Writers. They began INVISIBLE in 2015. Hester writes roles for middle aged and senior women in stories about social and environmental good. As a produced writer Hester’s shorts have placed in festivals with awards. Both her comedy web series and a documentary landed distribution. Evolving from theatre roots (acting) Hester is an award-winning director and veteran acting teacher. Film crew experience spans casting, script supervising, preproduction through distribution. She has cast commercials, industrials, shorts and features. During her transition from professional actor and director, to full time scriptwriter, she took a detour into academia, becoming a full professor of film and theatre. She retired completely from academia in 2015. Schell is the author of the critically acclaimed volume, CASTING REVEALED: A Guide for Film Directors, now in its 2nd edition with Routledge Press, 2016, first edition 2011 by Michael Wiese Productions. She published Bay Area Casting News from 1995 to 2015 and enjoyed a column with Script Magazine where she focused on acting and casting. Find Hester online at hesterschellcreative.com, Facebook, LinkedIn, IMDb and IMDbPRO. She doesn't do Twitter or Instawhatever.

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