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Feature Screenplays     written by       Kevin Rush:

Blind Spot (Thriller, Woman in Jeopardy) An insulin diabetic, recruited by the FBI to spy on her boss, a suspected Middle Eastern terrorist, lapses into a coma at the scene of his murder, awakening to find herself framed for the crime and blind from the progress of her disease.

The Clay Boys (Musical, Family Comedy/Drama, Coming of Age, Teen Romance, Christian.  Film No. 2 in the Trinity High School Trilogy.)  When a popular athlete teams up with an awkward social outcast to write songs and form a band, they change the dynamic of their entire high school class.           

The Flight of Flannah Ruah(Coming-of-Age Adventure, Medieval Romance, Sword and Sorcery, Irish, Christian, Semi-finalist: John Templeton Foundation Kairos Prize Competition, 2006)  A young Irish prince, wrongly banished for cowardice, must save a neighboring kingdom from evil enchantment and marauding Vikings to prove himself a man.  

Frankie Flambé and the Leftover Lovers (Romantic Comedy, Farce, Semi-Finalist Extreme Screenwriting Contest, 2006.) A down-and-out Swing singer comes to the aid of a jilted internet bride only to become the pawn in a con-man’s scheme to defeat a ruthless mob boss.

A Good Shoot, (Suspense Thriller, Quarter-finalist, PAGE International Screenwriting Competition 2007) When a young SFPD detective needs a heart transplant, his detective brother conspires with fellow officers to murder a violent sex offender to harvest his heart.

The Halo Effect (Dark, romantic comedy, Dramedy, Satire) A solitary psychiatrist, whose work “exit counseling” cult victims, has unfit him for any intimate relationship, must choose between his love for a sensuous tango instructor and his obsession with winning clemency for a death row inmate.

Hu’s On First (Baseball Comedy, Quarter-Finalist Nicholl Fellowship Competition, 1989)  As a disgraced star comes off steroids and tries to salvage his career, his team is lifted to greater heights by a young Japanese phenom, who unbeknownst to all is a sophisticated robot.

The Lance and The Veil (Coming-of-Age Adventure, Ancient Rome, Biblical) When the diseased Emperor Tiberius purges the Roman Senate, Veronica, a princess of Rome, flees to Judea, and her cousin Claudia, the wife of Pontius Pilate.  When her uncle is brutally murdered by a band of Zealots, Veronica encounters a holy man with the power to heal the Emperor and allow her to return home. 

• Norman 6 (Thriller, Finalist, Extreme Screenwriting Contest, 2006; 3rd
place, Hollywood Nexus Screenplay Competition, 2006; Quarter-finalist, Fade-In Screenplay Contest 2006.) A wounded veteran of the Afghan War must save his children from terrorists demanding the ultimate bio-weapon: pollen inadvertently created by his scientist wife, capable of destroying all vegetation on Earth.

Oopsey, Baby! (Family Comedy/Drama, Coming of Age, Teen Romance, Christian.  Film No. 1 in the Trinity High School Trilogy.)  When their ultra-involved mother succumbs to a deep depression, three highly-competitive, self-involved, high school age siblings must make accommodations in their busy schedules to care for their two year old sister, the “Oopsey Baby.”

• The Shift (Supernatural Thriller, 12th place, Hollywood Nexus, 2006; Semi-Finalist, Fade-In Screenplay Contests, 2006.) When Detective Holden Prentice is gunned down, he finds himself in a purgatory precinct, surrounded by colorful characters from bygone decades.  Now he must close the cases he couldn’t solve on Earth, to return to his pregnant wife for the birth of their son.

 

 

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Specializing in pompous egomaniacs, awkward social misfits, and violent psychopaths.

 

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Bio

Kevin Rush was born in South Bend IN, while his father was earning his PhD at Notre Dame.  In 1964, the family moved to New Jersey and Kevin was given the usual parochial school education, until he won a scholarship to Regis High School in NYC, a Jesuit, all-scholarship, high school for academically talented young men.  After Regis, Kevin went to Haverford College where he majored in English, graduating in 1982. 

Returning to New York, Kevin began acting in summer stock productions, earning his Equity card in 1988.  He completed a two-year Meisner Technique program under the tutelage of Edward Moor, late of the Neighborhood Playhouse.   He moved to San Francisco in 1989, where he began to concentrate on writing, while pursuing a teaching career and later attending law school.  He graduated from the University of San Francisco School of Law in 1995, but returned to teaching instead of law practice.

In 2005, having written extensively and produced his first short film, A Good Shoot, Kevin moved to Los Angeles to more aggressively market his screen and stage plays, picking up some writing awards and accolades along the way.  He also went back to acting class, studying Meisner Technique in the Graduate Class at the William Alderson Studio.  He recently earned his SAG eligibility.

Stage Plays:

Crossing Event Horizon (Dramedy, 2006.  Winner, 8th Annual Chameleon Theatre Circle New Play Award, Audience Favorite of New Play Festival, 2007) A Catholic high school guidance counselor struggling to get his students to face reality, tries to revive his failed acting career after viewing his performance in a Hollywood western he can’t remember making.

Doubtful Provenance (Drama, Finalist, Lark Theatre Lab Playwrights’ Week Competition, 2008.)  As an ambitious museum curator goes on trial for trafficking in looted antiquities, she learns a devastating secret from her estranged daughter, who has retraced the family roots.

Worthy Sons (Finalist, Univ. of Northern Michigan Play Competition, 1989)  On the only night that all three sons of the great Junius Brutus Booth ever appeared together on the stage, a Confederate spy tries to burn New York, and John Wilkes Booth (haunted by the ghost of his father appearing as a mad King Lear) hatches his plot to kill the President.

The Halo Effect, (Dramedy, 2006) See feature film above.         

The Coffee Date (One Act, The Barhoppers , St. Nick’s Pub, LA, 2005)

The Placement (One Act, Roughdraft Theater Ensemble, Santa Monica, 2005)

Continuing Education (3 One Act Plays, Hollywood Fight Club Theater, 2006)

For information on rights, email ktrush@yahoo.com