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Cassie Pappas

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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

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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

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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

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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

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  1. ^ Henderson, Martin (March 15, 1995). "Division I Girls Basketball Championship". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 23 August 2016.
  2. ^ "Exclusive: 'Transparent's Jill Soloway to Direct Sally Ride Biopic for Lionsgate". Collider. 24 October 2019.
  3. ^ Kroll, Justin (September 9, 2015). "Ronda Rousey to star in 'Road House' Reboot (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
  4. ^ "Amazon Developing Jill Soloway-Produced Limited Series About Texas Female Rodeo". 7 March 2017.
  5. ^ "Jill Soloway's Next Project is an All-Female Rodeo TV Show".
  6. ^ Andreeva, Nellie (October 24, 2011). "FUNNY LADIES: Jennifer Crittenden & Gaby Allan, Cassie Pappas Sell Comedy Projects". Deadline. Retrieved 23 August 2016.
  7. ^ Andreeva, Nellie (August 23, 2012). "Cassie Pappas & Vijal Patel Sell Semi-Autobiographical Comedy Projects to ABC". Deadline. Retrieved 23 August 2016.
  8. ^ Hernandez, Ernio (December 8, 2004). "Woes of Beauty Work Pieces Returns to New York at Dodger Stages". Playbill. Retrieved 23 August 2016.
  9. ^ "Cassie Pappas". Writers Guild of America West. Retrieved July 29, 2023.
  10. ^ "Griselda". Writers Guild of America West. Retrieved July 29, 2023.
  11. ^ "Road House". Writers Guild of America West. Retrieved July 29, 2023.
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