writing

script samples available upon request. please reach out to kdawndumas10@gmail.com for pdfs.

supernatural/thriller

dream walkers - pilot, 1-hr

when a consumptive, supernatural threat reveals itself to a family of mystics, elise, a chronic people-pleaser, must face her biggest challenge yet while deciding whether it’s more important to adhere to her family’s magical traditions or to use her newfound power to finally forge a path of her own design.

the lot - pilot, 1-hr

in the height of detroit’s crack epidemic, a young girl vows to bring her father back from its clutches. what she doesn’t realize is there’s a pantheon of otherworldly beings conspiring to use the mass vulnerability to their insidious advantage.

queen in the water - short film

upon getting her first period, a teenage girl must reckon with the immediate and drastic change in relationship dynamic with her mother while navigating an otherworldly personal transformation.

comedy

henchmen - pilot, half-hour

sandra evans has one goal: to be the world’s first lady-super villain from the bronx. but does she have what it takes to completely abandon her catholic guilt - and the home training her mother knows good and well she was raised with?

(them feels) - pilot, half-hour

after a sudden breakup immediately after being forced to move back to her hometown of detroit, mi, renee’s left navigating the bag of personal growth, rediscovering the crazy city that raised her, and playing nice with the ex she’s stuck rooming with.

drama

showtime - 1-hr

following an untimely loss and a consequential fall from grace, a team of idealistic subway dancers do whatever it takes to get back to the top of the underground performance scene.

specs

atlanta - comedy, half-hour

an upright piano for one dollar? man, that sounds hella sketch.

the last o.g. - comedy, half-hour

when tray takes on cake duty for josh’s surprise party, he realizes the city of new york will stop at nothing to ruin a beautiful thing.