why, in a studio dedicated to film, did i pitch a play?

my name is anike sonuga and i'm a writer--a playwright, a screenwriter (and who knows, maybe one day i'll write a novel). starting at nyu in playwrights horizons theatre school, my journey as a multidisciplinary artist began on the stage. but, from the beginning, i knew i also wanted to do film. because of these two sides of myself, i began to strengthen my style of writing: cinematic plays, theatrical films.

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stonestreet studios has given me countless opportunities to create films throughout the past year and, with a minor in film, i find myself on a set almost every day of the week. while this has been amazing to do, i also have been missing the feeling of a play, and girls! girls! girls! has been something i've been working on for a little while and have felt very passionate about.

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this play is what i've been passionate about and, while i did film it for the purpose of this pitch, it's still a play. but i film and theatre don't exist as separately as we seem to think they do. 

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so, that's why i pitched a play.