MOTHER, MAY I HAVE A KIDNEY?

6 Episode Short Form Comedy/Drama Series

When Doug Andrews discovers he needs a kidney transplant and the best available match is his long estranged mother, he has to carefully orchestrate a reunion and reconciliation he'd never thought possible.

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MOTHER TEAM

Paul Schnee is originally from Wilmington, Delaware and is a graduate of Kenyon College. After graduating, Paul worked at ICM for agent Sam Cohn, then as assistant to director Mike Nichols. He and Kerry formed Barden / Schnee Casting in 2008. Paul is a member of The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, The Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, The British Film and Television Academy, and The Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers. He lives in Brooklyn NY with his wife and daughters.

Paul Schnee
Director

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Veronica Reyes-How
Creator/Writer
Executive Producer

Veronica Reyes-How is an award winning writer/actor/producer based in NYC. A graduate of the University of Michigan with a B.A in Mathematics, she left a career in technology consulting to pursue acting when an open-call audition resulted in her booking the national tour of Rent. Her big break came when she was one of ten actors chosen for the ABC/Disney Talent Showcase. Mentored by ABC/Disney, she then went on to book credits such as CBS’ Blue Bloods, NBC’s The Blacklist, CBS’ Person of Interest, and ABC’s Alex Inc. California Roll, a short film she produced and acted in screened at over 10 festivals around the country, and won Best Micro Thriller at Austin Revolution Film Festival.

She eventually found her passion in writing. Her scripts have been finalists and semifinalists in 8 national writing competitions. She was a 2022 Sesame Street Writing Fellow and after completing it, she was hired for her first narrative writing job as an EP / head of a writer’s room to develop kids shows that focused on Math. That same year, she was hired to create, write and Executive Produce an Indie tv series called Mother, May I Have a Kidney?

All her thanks to God, her husband Brad, and their chihuahua Fergus, without whom this life would not be possible.

Doug Plaut is an actor most known for his work on the Emmy Nominated Series “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt”. He has also been seen starring as Rex in Hurricane Bianca: From Russia With Hate. Other film and TV includes “Vice Principals” (HBO) “Daredevil” (Netflix), Charles Busch and Carl Andress’ The Sixth Reel, The Mimic, The Preppie Connection, and Naomi And Ely’s No Kiss List. He produced and starred in the upcoming short form series “Mother, May I Have A Kidney?”, created and written by Veronica Reyes-How and directed by Paul Schnee. He has been seen across the country in various regional things, and can be seen wandering the streets of New York with unblended sunscreen.