American dramatist
Cassie Pappas is an American television writer, screenwriter and playwright. She has worked on the Apple TV+ dystopian drama Silo (TV series) , the Netflix crime drama Griselda (miniseries) , the FX drama series Tyrant and the Showtime series The L Word . She is currently working on the upcoming Netflix series Hatching Twitter based on the book by Nick Bilton .[citation needed ]
Early life
Pappas played basketball at Mater Dei High School where they won two state championships.[ 1] Pappas went on to play at Butler University in Indianapolis, IN before transferring to The University of Texas where she studied playwriting.
Career
Some of Pappas' earlier writing credits include, Ride, a biopic about astronaut Sally Ride for Lionsgate .[ 2] She wrote MGM 's remake of the 1980s cult classic Road House starring Ronda Rousey .[ 3] She also developed a limited drama series about a Texas female rodeo in the 1940s for Amazon produced by Jill Soloway (Transparent ).[ 4] [ 5]
Other writing credits include the CBS drama Hostages and the MTV comedy Awkward . In 2011, she wrote Dreamhouse a single-camera comedy for Fox with 3 Arts Entertainment producing.[ 6] The following year she penned 20s vs 30s , a semi-autobiographical comedy based on her relationship with her sister for ABC .[ 7]
Pappas wrote and performed in the Off-Broadway production of Pieces (of Ass) at the New World Stages in New York and Raleigh Studios in Los Angeles.[ 8] She also wrote and directed the play Colin Grey at The Kennedy Center American Theatre Festival .
Filmography
Year
Title
Credited as
Notes
Writer
Producer
2011
Awkward
Yes
No
Wrote 2 episodes
2013
Hostages
Yes
No
"The Good Reason"
2015
Tyrant
Yes
No
Co-wrote 2 episodes
2016
The Catch
No
No
Executive story editor[ 9]
2020
Interrogation
Yes
Yes
Consulting producer, wrote "Det. Dave Russell vs Chris Keller 1983"
2023
Silo
Yes
Yes
Co-executive producer, co-wrote "Holston's Pick"
2023
Griselda
Yes
Yes
Co-executive producer, co-wrote episode 2[ 10]
2024
Road House
No
No
Additional literary material[ 11]
References
^ Henderson, Martin (March 15, 1995). "Division I Girls Basketball Championship" . Los Angeles Times . Retrieved 23 August 2016 .
^ "Exclusive: 'Transparent's Jill Soloway to Direct Sally Ride Biopic for Lionsgate" . Collider . 24 October 2019.
^ Kroll, Justin (September 9, 2015). "Ronda Rousey to star in 'Road House' Reboot (EXCLUSIVE)" . Variety. Retrieved 22 August 2016 .
^ "Amazon Developing Jill Soloway-Produced Limited Series About Texas Female Rodeo" . 7 March 2017.
^ "Jill Soloway's Next Project is an All-Female Rodeo TV Show" .
^ Andreeva, Nellie (October 24, 2011). "FUNNY LADIES: Jennifer Crittenden & Gaby Allan, Cassie Pappas Sell Comedy Projects" . Deadline. Retrieved 23 August 2016 .
^ Andreeva, Nellie (August 23, 2012). "Cassie Pappas & Vijal Patel Sell Semi-Autobiographical Comedy Projects to ABC" . Deadline. Retrieved 23 August 2016 .
^ Hernandez, Ernio (December 8, 2004). "Woes of Beauty Work Pieces Returns to New York at Dodger Stages" . Playbill. Retrieved 23 August 2016 .
^ "Cassie Pappas" . Writers Guild of America West . Retrieved July 29, 2023 .
^ "Griselda " . Writers Guild of America West . Retrieved July 29, 2023 .
^ "Road House " . Writers Guild of America West . Retrieved July 29, 2023 .
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