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Fellows /
Mallory Sparks
Screenwriters Lab
2026-2027 Fellow
Culturally
A “culturally” Jewish woman is jolted into an identity crisis after being dumped for not being “Jewish enough,” launching her on a messy, deeply personal journey to reconnect with the heritage she’s spent her life suppressing.
"Mallory Sparks is a New York City-born writer and actor who creates character-driven comedies that use humor to confront existential questions. Her feature script ""Saturn Return"" placed in Roadmap Writers’ Top Tier (Top 10), Launch Pad (Top 10), ScreenCraft (Finalist), and Sundance’s Development Track (Second Round), and her pilot ""Culturally,"" about Jewish identity, was a semifinalist for the ATX TV Pitch Competition. As an actor, she’s appeared in shows like ""black-ish,"" ""Orange Is the New Black,"" ""The Detour,"" and ""That Damn Michael Che.""
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