Phoenix

About the Project

In an underground laboratory somewhere in Arizona in the not-too-distant future, Cameron and Marie

race to find a cure for a super-flu that’s already killed most of the world. Will they get the serum to the

President in time? Or will they all perish?

This will be the world premiere of Phoenix, a one-act scientific thriller by Scott Fivelson. Phoenix: The

Radio Play was recorded and released in 2015 by the Cleveland Radio Players, and is available in

paperback, audiobook, and on vinyl record.

A screenwriter, playwright, and director, Scott Fivelson’s other works include the one-act plays Dial L for

Latch-Key and Leading the Witness, which have been produced in London, Belfast, San Francisco, and

elsewhere. He co-wrote and produced the film American Reel, a comedy/drama about the music biz,

starring David Carradine (Tarantino’s Kill Bill films), Michael Maloney (Truly, Madly Deeply), and Mariel

Hemingway (Personal Best).

Scott Fivelson was also the writer/director of the award-winning Hollywood comedy biopic, Near Myth:

The Oskar Knight Story, starring Lenny Von Dohlen (Twin Peaks) as legendary director, Oskar Knight. Also

featuring Academy Award winner Margaret O’Brien, International Emmy winner David Suchet, Joaquim

de Almeida, Rudolf Martin, Julianna Guill, and many more, Oskar Knight continues to show up in

cinemas and at film societies in the U.S. and internationally.