Screenplays
Lynn Garthwaite’s screenplays showcase her signature blend of heart, humor, and humanity—stories that explore how ordinary people rise to extraordinary moments. From heartfelt family dramas and sharp-witted comedies to gripping thrillers, her works span genres but share a common thread: authentic characters who find courage, connection, and redemption in unexpected ways.
That Won’t Fly
When a devoted father builds a giant replica flying saucer to fulfill his dying daughter’s dream, his act of love draws the attention of real extraterrestrials—setting off a chain of miracles that rekindle hope in his family and unite a divided town.
Feature family dramedy
Westmore Wombats
A weary maintenance boss at a small college must rebuild his department from a band of lovable oddballs—including a psychology intern who joined by mistake but finds inspiration in their dysfunction. As the crew fumbles through leaky pipes and fragile egos, they learn that fixing a campus might just start with fixing each other.
TV Comedy Series, 30-minute, single camera
Landlords
Newlyweds Allison and Linc think they’ve gamed the system – half the rent in exchange for being “live-in property managers.” Instead, they’ve accidentally signed up for the strangest set of neighbors, and a big test for their fledgling marriage.
Feature Romantic Comedy
Starless Midnight
The adaptation of an original novel by author Lynn Garthwaite: A shocking mystery/thriller that pits a young bi-racial woman against a secret white supremacist group in her hometown. Her discovery of a murder victim close to home begins a race to save her own life, and she doesn’t know who in the town she can trust.
Feature Mystery/Thriller
Goat Wranglers
A young, novice writer is given the dream assignment of interviewing a retired movie star for her biography, but the famous woman’s unexpected past tests the writer’s abilities to reliably tell the woman’s story, and the interesting man who runs the woman’s hobby farm is a very welcome distraction.
Feature Romantic Comedy