LESLIE MORRIS
DIRECTor / executive producer
greg levonian
writer / executive producer
executive producer
DIANE MUSSELMAN
After a messy divorce, failed novelist Peter Press moves in with his esteemed professor father and reluctantly becomes an adjunct professor, sparking a comedic journey of self-discovery and unexpected second chances.
The adjunct
SYNOPSIS:
Peter Press stares in disbelief as his agent delivers crushing news. The publisher hates his manuscript and won't be publishing his third novel. It was the last thing Peter needed after the messy divorce from Celeste drained his finances.
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Desperate, Peter pleads with his agent to find another publisher, to keep trying. Peter hangs up defeated. As if on cue, Celeste appears at his door demanding her alimony check. Peter, slightly panicked, tells her that he can't pay her.
She leaves in a huff, leaving Peter to survey his new surroundings: the basement of his father's house. Victor Press, the esteemed author and professor, has provided Peter a place to stay in return for helping him at Ficus University. Reluctantly, Peter finds himself immersed in his father's world, hauling boxes, cleaning, and meeting students who are surprised he is alive. Cynthia, the charming chair of the English Department, helps Peter make copies of Victor's syllabi.
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Peter finds himself disclosing his current situation as he melts in Cynthia”s flirtatious kindness.
A by-the-book Dean Foster convenes an English department meeting that discloses a teaching vacancy that the tenured professors aren’t willing to fill. Victor, ever the strategist, sees an opportunity to push Peter into academia, a move that would both sustain him and inspire his writing. Despite Peter's fierce resistance, Victor orchestrates events to make his son's life uncomfortable enough for him to acquiesce.
Between that and Celeste's demands for her alimony, Peter finds himself standing before a classroom of expectant students on the first day of classes. The reluctant adjunct professor, driven more by necessity than passion, begins a journey he could have never imagined.
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MEET THE TEAM
LESLIE MORRIS | DIRECTOR | executive producer
DIANE MUSSELMAN | executive producer
GREG LEVONIAN | WRITER | executive producer
With over two decades of experience in television production, Leslie has honed her craft as a producing director through a multifaceted journey.Her love for visual storytelling is apparent in her work as a camera operator on over 20 episodic tv series, such as Grey’s Anatomy, All Rise, and Terminal List.
Complementing this hands-on experience, Leslie has spent a decade studying the Meisner technique at the esteemed Actors Workout Studio. This deep dive into the craft of acting has provided Leslie with invaluable insights into character development and an actors process. She has performed in many one act plays, musicals, and short films.
Currently, Leslie is one of the co-founders of Yellow Butterfly Entertainment where she is producing and directing various projects.
LESLIE MORRIS | DIRECTOR | executive producer
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Greg Levonian is an actor, writer, and producer. He began his writing and acting journey in the
theatre, composing and directing short plays and performing as Mitch in A Streetcar Named
Desire, Officer Welch in Rumors, and Joker in Summer Brave. His most recent role was Officer
Earl Garcia in the feature film “Justice for Lizzie”. As a producer, Greg co-produced 2022 and
2023’s Combat Radio’s “A Christmas Carol” starring Keith David and Ron Perlman, “Justice for
Lizzie,” and the short film, “The Last Show”. His television series, “The Adjunct” is currently in
pre-production.
Greg was a professor of English and Theatre Arts at Marymount California University (formerly
Marymount College) for 30 years, earning Educator of the Year Honors in 2021. He has
published several short stories and critical articles, and is the author of the book “Oz and Ends:
Wisdom from the Emerald City” (BearManor Media), which details L. Frank Baum’s 14-book
Oz series.
GREG LENOVIAN | WRITER | executive producer
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Diane Musselman is a writer, producer, and director. In 2012 she launched Dancing Forward Productions, where she wrote and served as Executive Producer on her first award-winning short film, Just Another Dance With My Father.
Since 2013, Diane has been a co-producer on Turnover (Feature Film), Passage (Short Film), and Cat Dexx: Inkosi (Short Film). She has served as a co-executive producer on the award-winning, Last Call At Murray’s (Feature Film), and executive producer on the web series Carbon Dating and the award-winning short film, Intervention. She also served as a producer on award-winning The Peck Situation (Short Film) and Look (Music Video).
In 2017, Diane co-wrote and served as executive producer on the concept short, Afterthoughts, and in 2019 Diane wrote, produced and debuted as a director in the dramatic short film, Harmony. Last year she returned to the director’s chair for the short film, The Monologue, for which she earned the Vanguard Award Achievement in Directing - Short Film at the Scotland International Festival of Cinema.
Currently Diane is in production as a producer on a documentary about young stroke survivors titled Code Stroke.
DIANE MUSSELMAN | executive producer