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Phil has written 18 published plays that have had over 400 productions around the world. Nine of his plays are published by Samuel French including, “A Nice Family Gathering,” “A Nice Family Christmas,” “Mom’s Gift,” “Don’t Hug Me,” “A Don’t Hug Me Christmas Carol,” A Don’t Hug Me County Fair,” “Don’t Hug Me, I’m Pregnant,” “Don’t Hug Me, We’re Married,” "Don't Hug Me, We're Family," "Birthday Club," "A Twisted Christmas Carol," and “Polyester The Musical.

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Phil has written 18 published plays that have had over 400 productions around the world. Nine of his plays are published by Samuel French including, “A Nice Family Gathering,” “A Nice Family Christmas,” “Mom’s Gift,” “Don’t Hug Me,” “A Don’t Hug Me Christmas Carol,” A Don’t Hug Me County Fair,” “Don’t Hug Me, I’m Pregnant,” “Don’t Hug Me, We’re Married,” "Don't Hug Me, We're Family," "Birthday Club," "A Twisted Christmas Carol," and “Polyester The Musical.” Cindy Williams (Laverne & Shirley) starred in Phil's play, "Mom's Gift," at the Meadowbrook Theatre in Michigan. Phil has sold two screenplays and script doctored three screenplays that were produced. He also played football for Dartmouth and tried out for the Chicago Bears. PhilOlson.com

Beverly Graf is a writing consultant and teaches film studies and Classical Mythology at Pepperdine, CSUN, UCLA and UCLA Extension where she's taught since 2006. Classes include “Understanding Hollywood Film Genres,” “A Development Workshop,” “The Language of Filmmaking,” “Film as Art,” “Introduction to Film Studies,” “Film Theory” and “The History of the American Cinema (both for Pepperdine’s MFA program), “Classical Mythology,” “Classical Antiquity on Film,” “A Hollywood Overview,” and “Creative Producing.”

Previously, Beverly worked as Vice President of Development for director Gregory Hoblit at Abilene Pictures. During her tenure at Abilene they produced five movies: “Primal Fear,” “Fallen,” “Frequency,” “Hart’s War,” “Fracture,” and “Untraceable.” They also shot a few t.v. pilots, including futuristic police show “NYPD 2069,” and “Wanted.” We sold two t.v. pilots to CBS and Paramount respectively.

She approaches writing and development from both sides of the desk. Her article: “Arya, Katniss & Merida: Empowering Girls Through the Amazonian Archetype” was published in the journal Classical Myth on Screen (Palgrave/Macmillan 2014).

2013 marked the publication of her first short story, “Shikata Ga Nai,” in the Sisters-in-Crime anthology, Last Exit to Murder , and she's am currently shopping around her first sci-fi mystery novel.. But she has also done one rewrite for Buena Vista, and optioned another story. She's worked all manner of jobs in the movie industry including story analyst, costume assistant, line producer, corporate vice president for German director Percy Adlon.

Beverly's Ph.D. and M.A., both in Classics, are from Princeton University. Her B.A. is from Dartmouth College.

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