Molly Rydzel (WGAE) was a staff writer and story editor on the Alejandro Inarritu series for Starz The One Percent. She was the head writer of the web series Assisted Living. (assistedlivingtheseries.com) She is a professor of screen and tv writing at New York University and Pace University. She is also responsible for the plays Everybody Dies (Robert Moss Theater, NYC) Certifiable (FringeNYC) and Serial Lover (Ars Nova/Sanguine TheaterCo.) She is currently developing a stage adaptation of Richard III with a grant from New York University. At the Catwalk residency, she will be working on a modern screenplay adaptation of Euripides' The Bacchae set in the Hudson Valley (because of the wine!) Logline: A SOMMELIER AND HER BAND OF FERAL FEMALE FRIENDS MAKE SACRIFICES TO THE GOD DIONYSUS TO FIND ECSTASY - AND GET REVENGE ON THOSE WHO HAVE WRONGED THEM.

Affiliation: NYU/TISCH