Dos Casas Productions 
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Dos Casas Productions
919 Governor Nicholls, #3
New Orleans, LA 70116
ph: 504.813.1840 (Curtis)
alt: +44 07854 085032 (Cyd)
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News
Cyd in Finals of Tennessee Williams Contest...Again!
March 25, 2009
Cyd was one of ten finalists in the 2009 Tennesse Williams One-Act Play Contest. Her play, The Interview, was chosen out of almost 150 entries. This is her second time in the finals.
Script by Casados' team receives awards at 48-Hour Film Festival New Orleans
July 2008
The ballots are in and Wish I'd Known You Better won both Best Use of Character and Best Use of Line in the 2008 New Orleans 48-Hour Film Project!
Cyd and Curtis wrote the script, Wish I'd Known You Better, for the 7-minute short and helped out with revisions, locations, casting, and anything else they could.
Cyd Finishes Second in Cage Safe Productions Short Screenplay Competition
January 15, 2008
Out of 131 entries, Cyd finished in second place with her 15-minute short Crazy Daisy. The first place script will be produced by Cage Safe Productions. For second place Cyd gets only bragging rights.
Curtis Holds Art Opening at Mimi's in the Marigny
February 2008
After a long hiatus and much prodding, Curtis held his first opening in several years at Mimi's in the Marigny.
Cyd Finishes as Finalist in 2007 Tennessee Williams One-Act Play Competition
March 23, 2007
Cyd finished in the top eleven scripts out of 141 one-act plays submitted to the festival. An inside source said she was in the running to win, but didn't because her play was "too racy". She feels honored that something she wrote could be considered "too racy" for Tennessee Williams. To read more, click here.
Austin Film Festival 2007 Writer's Ranch
As finalists in the Austin Film Festival Screenwriting Competition, Cyd and Curtis were invited to apply to this amazing program. They were selected to participate along with two other scripts, Moxie by J.J. Masley & Dwayne McKenzie and Chain Letter by Michael Bucklin.
The first week of the program (February 2007) was spent in Buda, Texas where they worked on their script with James Hart (Dracula, Hook, and Contact) and Herschel Weingrod (Trading Places, Twins, Kindergarten Cop, and Falling Down). Hart worked with the writers for three days developing the structure of each screenplay and introducing them to the ”Hart Chart." Jim and the writers charted their stories, which illustrated the lifelines of their main and secondary characters. This process helped each writer develop their characters‚ progress and plot lines. When Herschel arrived, each writer met individually with him to discuss in detail the ins and outs of their scripts. They were given the opportunity to look at what worked and what could be revised scene by scene.
By the end of the week, the writers had prepared for their meetings that took place during the second week of the Writers Ranch in Los Angeles in May 2007. Cyd and Curtis met with producers, managers, and agents gaining valuable contacts and insight into the business side of screenwriting.
Top: Michael Bucklin, Cyd and Curtis at the Writer's Ranch in Buda, Texas
Bottom: Curtis, Cyd, Michael, J.J. Masley, and Dwayne McKenzie work on their "Hart Charts"
Dos Casas Productions
919 Governor Nicholls, #3
New Orleans, LA 70116
ph: 504.813.1840 (Curtis)
alt: +44 07854 085032 (Cyd)
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