After 40 years of patronage, a spicy New York Jewish widow and the tightly wound Chinese restauranteur who served her family every Christmas, find themselves drawn into an unexpected late-in-life romance.
Shari Albert – Co-Writer & Director
Shari writes dramatic stories through a comedic lens. The first short film she wrote and directed, WILL YOU TAKE THIS DOG?, won best female content creator at The Bowery Film Festival and has screened at the San Francisco Indie Film Fest, New Ohio Film Festival, NY City Web Fest, and many others. As a writer, she has been a cohort at the esteemed “The Writer’s Lab” (class of 2022). Her scripts have placed in competitions such as AFF, The Big Apple Film Festival, and The Big Break Contest. She is published in SHE PERSISTED, a book of monologues written by women playwrights by Applause Books. With over 30 years of experience in front of the camera, Shari is now stepping behind it with everything she’s learned and absorbed. She lives in NYC with her husband and rescue dachshund, Dr. Watson.
Laura Leelun – Co-Writer
Laura LeeLun is a Los Angeles-based screenwriter, sketch comedian, and recovering litigator. She currently writes and produces videos for a Gold Comedy digital sketch team. Her pilot and feature screenplays have placed at the Austin Film Festival and her comedy writing has appeared in McSweeney’s and Reductress. She enjoys digging her satirical claws into social absurdities, a skill she honed through training at The Second City.
