CHARISE SOWELLS

Storyteller

Hiya! I’m Charise. My life has been immersed in art since day one as a theater, choir, and band kid. Born and raised in Minnesota, I’ve since lived all over the USA and traveled a fair amount abroad.

History, nature, subcultures, folklore, and underdogs especially inspire me. As does working on something with a good takeaway to satisfy my activist heart. But I also enjoy keeping things light. Everybody needs at least one comfort show! And we all could use a bit more escapism than usual these days…

A favorite pastime of mine is going to the theatre. Whether for a movie, a play, or a concert - it’s a sacred space that moves me every time. That’s the power of storytelling and precisely why I do what I do!

Writing

Development

Creative Consulting

Let's Collab

TV

  • Wonder Pets: In the City (Screenwriter)

  • Vida the Vet (Screenwriter + Script Coordinator)

  • CoComelon (Screenwriter + Script Coordinator)

  • Blippi (Screenwriter + Script Coordinator)

  • Welcome to the Dungeon - Original Dramedy Pilot Script (Creator + Screenwriter)

  • Adoption Day - Animated Short Film Script (Creator + Screenwriter)

Theatre

  • An Ocean In My Soul - Produced and Published One- Act Play (Playwright)

  • (562) - Produced Full Length Drama (Playwright)

  • The Overseer - Ten Minute Play (Playwright)

  • Tossed Curls - One-Act Play (Playwright)

  • Jolene’s Home - Full Length Drama (Playwright)

  • Mary Mary, Quite Contrary - Experimental One- Act Play (Playwright)

Film and Online Media

  • Barbie Darlin’ - Musical Drama Feature Film Script (Writer)

  • Respect the Dead - Thriller Feature Film Script (Writer)

  • The Christmas Comeback - Holiday Rom-Com Feature Film Script (Writer)

  • Make It Stop - Short Film Script (Writer)

  • It Goes In Waves - Short Film Script (Writer)

  • Sun Tea - Short Film (Writer/Director)

  • Pretty Bird - Short Film (Writer/Director)

  • Safe Harbor - PSA (Writer/Director)

  • Sleep When You’re Dead - Short Film (Writer/Director)

  • Feral Times - Music Video (Director)

  • Various other music videos (Writer/Director)

  • Island of the Dolls - Short Film (Composer)

  • Escape - Short Film (Composer)

  • Ask Us How - PSA (Composer)

  • Halfway - Webseries (Composer)

  • Branded content for a variety of companies (Writer/Director)

Live Entertainment

  • Walt Disney Imagineering - Creative Consultant on themed experiences and a musical

  • Bright Lights Hotel (Creator)

  • Mistletoe the City (Co-Creator)

Music

  • Obsolescent Adolescence (Singer-Songwriter)

  • Here I Stand (Singer-Songwriter)

  • Without You Here (Singer-Songwriter)

  • Reiteration (Singer-Songwriter)

  • Lake Lady (Singer-Songwriter)

  • Lake Lady Ukulele Project (Singer-Songwriter)

  • Lake Lady and the Mountain Man (Singer-Songwriter)

  • Sydney Miles (Singer-Songwriter)

  • Witness (Singer-Songwriter)

  • (512) Collective (Singer-Songwriter)

  • The Seven Veils (Singer-Songwriter)

  • Grizzly Adams Family (Singer)

  • Grayson Wray Project (Singer + Keys)

  • Omarr Awake (Singer)

  • Stone Kite (Singer)

Children’s Books

Professional Associations

  • Recording Academy Grammy Voting Member

  • BMI / ASCAP Songwriter, Recording Artist, Composer, and Music Publisher

Honors & Awards

  • FLOW Film Festival - Best Director

  • MUMBAI International Film Awards - Best Sound of

    the Year & Best Experimental Short

  • Film Vancouver Independent Film Festival - Best Ensemble Acting

  • Arthouse of Beverly Hills - Best US Short, Best Short Producer

  • Cannes World Film Festival - Best Weird/WTF Film

  • Black Swan International Film Festival - Best Director, Best Short Script, Best Short Film

  • Rome International Movie Awards - Best Experimental Film

  • Virgin Spring Cinefest - Critics Choice

  • Niagara Falls International Shorts Festival - Best Female Director

  • Phoenix Shorts - Best Short Film

  • Jonathan L’s “She Show” - Song of the Year

  • SPUR Song Commission

  • NYU Founders Day Award

  • NYU Tisch Honors Scholar

  • NYU Tisch - John Golden Playwriting Prize

  • NYU Tisch - Goldberg Play Award (2nd Place)

Education

  • New York University, Tisch School of the Arts, BFA, Dramatic Writing

  • Orange County School of the Arts, Musical Theater and Creative Writing

  • Storytelling Course with John Cameron Mitchell

  • Hayes Horror Workshop with Chad and Carey Hayes

  • Themed Entertainment Creative Academy Haunt Writing Courses Level 1 & 2 with Ted Dougherty

  • Robey Theatre Company Playwrights Lab

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