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Karla Marie Sweet

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ACTOR | WRITER | DRAMATURG

ACTOR | WRITER | DRAMATURGACTOR | WRITER | DRAMATURGACTOR | WRITER | DRAMATURG

Acting

Writing

Television

The Paradise Project

Original Drama Pilot and Series Pitch

US set Dystopian Satire with ensemble cast

Sexy Beast (Season 2)

Writersroom

Paramount+ 

British Drama prequel series based on the film of the same name

Inheritance (Season 1)

Episode Commission

Sky Atlantic

DaSilva And Sharp

Original Comedy-Drama Pilot and Series Pitch

Featured on the 2023 Brit List

Pirates (Working Title)

Writersroom 

YA Drama helmed by Ashley Walters and produced by Slnda/Vertigo Films

Bright Lights

Original Revenge Thriller Pilot and Series Pitch

Nuclear

Original Ensemble Comedy-Drama Pilot and Series Pitch

No Friends Club

Writersroom 

LGBTQ+ Drama set in Cornwall, produced by Kellan Productions/ Bandit Television

Sainthood

Writersroom 

Action/Crime Drama set in London, produced by Otherly Entertainment

Hollyoaks

Multiple Episodes of Channel 4 Continuing Drama including Unconscious Bias special episode

  • RTS Award win

Rise

Original Political Thriller/ Villain's Origin Story Pilot and Series Pitch

Get Even

Writersroom 

YA Drama produced by BBC/Boatrocker for Netflix

The 15

Ensemble YA Drama Pilot and Series Pitch produced by Big Deal Films, commissioned by the BBC 

Two Brothers

Original YA Domestic Drama Pilot and Series Pitch 

Stolen

Original Mystery-Thriller Pilot and Series Pitch 

Gospel Truth

Writersroom and Treatment Commission 

Liverpool-set Ensemble Drama produced by Lime Pictures


Theatre

Othello

Adaptation for the Watermill Theatre, Newbury

The Grief Exception

Ensemble Relationship/Friendship Drama created with support from Box of Tricks Theatre

A Meteor Shower over the Ribblehead Viaduct, North Yorkshire

Ensemble YA drama exploring homelessness, commissioned by the National Theatre

Leaving

Ensemble Drama produced by Dead Good Theatre, originally performed at The Bunker and transferring to the Pleasance in November 2022

Cheetham Hill

Four-hander commissioned by the Royal Exchange and based on the real life stories of Cheetham Hill 

Yes, Chef

Dramaturgy 

Restaurant Kitchen-based Drama written by Laurie Ogden, supported by Roundhouse London

This Little Relic

Radio Drama inspired by the life of Ira Aldridge, written for BBC Radio 3, performed live at Belgrade Theatre Coventry and produced by BBC Drama North

Rupture

Cli-Fi Dark Comedy performed at Theatre 503 and Underbelly for Edinburgh Fringe

The Blue Touch

Short Family Drama 

  • Grin Theatre Young Playwright Award Winner


Film

Custard Creams

Short Domestic Drama produced by Homecoming Films and directed by Isabel Steuble-Johnson

Cereal

Short Domestic Drama directed and produced by Radford Nicholls

The Floyd Effect

Dramaturgy/Script Editing - Three short films by Black, Trans and Disabled artists exploring the Horror Genre, produced by Kamari Romeo at Humblebee Creative 


Page

Another Life

Speculative Fiction Novel due for release September 2024

False Idols

Novel due for release in July 2025

On Black Lives Matter and Being Mixed Race

Essay published via Medium

Representation on Screen

Essay published by The Guardian

The Ampersand (Multiple Essays)

karlamariesweet.substack.com


Radio

Speech/Drama

This Little Relic

Radio Drama for BBC Radio 3's Contains Strong Language

The Forgetting

Audio Essay for Josie Long's Short Cuts on Radio 4


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