begins mind-playing with Veronica and edging her toward horrendous actions, He uses her skills in forging handwriting to cover up his emerging deadly actions. Veronica is a bit put off by J.D.'s determination to kill all the popular kids at Westerberg High to make the world better.However, the two support each other and fall in love, although J.D. It is later revealed that his mother left him and his father owns a de-construction company, blowing buildings up, so they are always on the move. (Ryan McCartan), she is intrigued by his all-black garb and cool cynicism that, we slowly discover, masks a seriously disturbed youth. When Veronica meets a new kid in school, J.D. Veronica knows these are not really her friends ("Heathers are people I work with and our job is being popular and shit"). She does what she must to be accepted, even ignoring her longtime best friend, Martha (Kati Ladner), who is overweight and awkward. , The story's good girl, Veronica (Barrett Wilbert Weed), envies the Heathers ("They are solid Teflon -never bothered, never harassed.I would give anything to be like that"). The Almighty Heather Chandler (Jessica Keenan Wynn), head cheerleader Heather McNamara (Elle McLemore), and bulimic Heather Duke (Alice Lee) make the rules and all outsiders are dweebs.įickman's direction keeps a purposeful balance to the evil Heathers and their popular minions like bird-brained football players Kurt and Ram. Their book, music and lyrics expand the essence of the songs, reaching perverse, ridiculous, and hilarious levels.ĭirected with biting perceptiveness and relevance by Andy Fickman the world of Westerberg High is still teen terror time for those who are not accepted by the cool, cruel threesome, the Heathers. Twenty-five years later, Kevin Murphy ( Reefer Madness ) and Laurence O'Keefe ( Bat Boy ) added music for a stage versio now at New World Stages. With a sharp eye and an ear for slangy dialogue, he forged the way for other films that reflected the hard-edged teen culture, like Mean Girls. Heathers revealed the tough nature of adolescents and high school life. Committee member and worked with disabled children for "The Pony Awards", "The Fred Astaire Awards" hosting many charity events such as "The Women’s Project Gala" honoring Eve Ensler, Asia Society" interviewing Ang Lee, Maya Lin and Lisa Lu.When screenwriter Daniel Waters dove into the dark side of teen culture, he discovered primal grist for an 1988 cult hit that starred Winona Ryder. Member of the Television Academy, Film Independent, SAG/AFTRA, AEA, NYWIFT & Creative Coalition. Jacqueline also is a writer, host and interviewer for Entertainment and Sports Today which covers the entertainment industry and red-carpet events. She has also Guest starred in many NY TV shows including: Law & Order, Law and Order: Criminal Intent as well as been cast in many Indy Films. While living in NYC she worked with director Martin Scorsese in "Goodfellas", Woody Allen in "Hannah and Her Sister's" & “Radio Days”, Mike Nichols in "Regarding Henry", Ron Howard in "The Paper", Nora Ephron in "Mixed Nuts", Barbet Schroeder in "Kiss of Death", Leonard Nimoy "3 Men & A Baby", Kevin Smith in "Cop Out" and was in Warner Brothers film "Run All Night" where she had scenes with Liam Neeson & Ed Harris. Shortly after she completed acting school at AADA & Stella Adler she was discovered by ABC-"All My Children” and cast in a recurring role as Nurse Thomas & medically consulted as well. In her twenties Jacqueline received her BSN & RN Degree. Recently completed Sundance Co//ab TV Writing Core Elements Course and is an Alumni member of ScreenwritingU ProSeries where she wrote “Yellowbird” (a street slang for opioids) this summer. It’s a personal story based on her experience when she was a Registered Nurse in NYC in the 90’s and deals with the opioid crisis. She made the short film into a Web Series and submitted in 2018 for the FYC EMMY nomination race in the Short Form Drama Category She’s now writing "The Admired" TV pilot and developing it into a TV Series.Ĭurrently working on her second draft of her first feature film “Yellowbird and the Titan”. Her short film “The Admired” (2017) which she starred in, created, produced, directed, and co-wrote has won over 50 film festival awards. Jacqueline Murphy is an award-winning actress, screenwriter director, and filmmaker.
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