Adam Kern
Writer • Producer • Actor • Director
Phone:
330-323-1329
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MFA Harvard / Moscow Art Theatre Institute
T.S. Eliot Fellow, The Old Vic
I write character-driven genre stories about people who find belonging in extraordinary circumstances.
A Bit About Adam
Adam Kern is a writer, producer, actor and director who creates immersive, mythic worlds where communities confront the stories that define them. Working across film, theatre, and immersive experiences, Adam crafts character-driven narratives that blend emotional intimacy with ambitious world-building, often transforming architecture, ritual, and community into compelling narratives.
As a queer, adopted Palestinian-American artist, Adam is drawn to stories of belonging, chosen family, and identity. His ensemble-driven work explores how people navigate power, tradition, and inherited narratives, finding resilience in those who redefine themselves and the communities they call home.
Selected Recognition:
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Only Bears — Directed by Emmy-nominated Billy Clift; currently on the festival circuit.
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Say Thank You — Honorable Mention, 2026 13Horror.com Screenplay Contest.
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Only Bears screenplay — Quarterfinalist, Indie Shorts Fest Screenplay Competition.
Interested in one of these projects?
Screenplays, pilots, pitch decks, and additional materials are available upon request.
Project Pipeline
Currently Screening
Only Bears (short)
Logline: Over the course of one wildly unpredictable day, two married bears attempt to rekindle their intimacy—but between traffic, screenings, queer social chaos, and a stranger handing them gently used pizza, life keeps acting like the pushy “third” in their relationship.
Finalist - Indie Shorts Fest, February 2026
Premiere - SF Queer Film Fest 8/23/26
Cinema Diverse - 9/??/26
Read more about Only Bears HERE. See below for series version.
Feature Screenplays
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Say Thank You - Action Horror Comedy
Cabin in the Woods x M3GAN by way of Leviticus
Logline: An experimental AI trained on decades of institutional prejudice transforms a remote conversion therapy camp into an adaptive nightmare. Seventeen year old Allie Cooper and six other queer teens are trapped underground and must embrace who they are, and each other if they want to survive.
Honorable Mention in the 2026 13Horror.com Screenplay Contest, where judges called it "an ambitious horror script with a clear point of view" that "repeatedly finds ways to make psychological horror tangible." Slamdance coverage: "The stakes are high, the deaths are tragic, and the antagonists are formidable."
Available for perusal: Completed Screenplay, Director Deck, Budget Topsheet, Casting Breakdown
The Lonely Hurtz Parking Club - Dark Comedy
Little Miss Sunshine x Jojo Rabbit
Logline: In a world shaped by the mass commercialization of assisted suicide, the employees of a local park and die franchise discover that the family they've built together is their greatest reason to keep living.
Available for perusal: Completed Screenplay, Topline Budget, Casting Breakdown
A Playhouse Christmas – Holiday Romance (LGBTQ)
Elf x Theatre Camp
Logline: After completing Christmas weeks ahead of schedule, Santa diverts the elves' well-earned beach vacation to save a struggling community theatre when the flu sidelines its holiday cast. As the North Pole crew joins the production, his son Mark discovers a life—and a love—he may not want to leave behind.
Script in Active Development
Television / Animation
KINDRED - Animated Musical Adventure
Encanto x Kubo and the Two Strings
LOGLINE: As five teenagers stolen at birth and raised apart approach their shared sixteenth birthday, emerging powers bring them together and awaken a supernatural darkness tied to their disappearance. They are forced to uncover the lie that has shaped an entire kingdom before their own origins are devoured forever.
Kindred is an original animated musical that uses epic fantasy to explore the emotional experience of adoption—the search for identity, the mystery of beginnings, and the realization that “family” can be whatever you make of it. It asks audiences “can I honor every part of my story without letting any one part define me?”
Available for perusal: Synopsis, Pitch Deck, Character Breakdown
Mer: Return to Dark Water - Animated Legacy Sequel
LOGLINE: Thirty-five years after Prince Ren vanished into the Dark Water, a young salvager discovers the legendary Wraith and reluctantly assembles an unlikely crew, setting sail on an unfinished quest that the rest of Mer has long since abandoned.
Based on The Pirates of Dark Water, created by David Kirschner.
This is an unauthorized speculative development document. No claim is made to ownership of The Pirates of Dark Water or any associated characters, settings, trademarks, or other intellectual property.
Available for perusal: 2 Season / 26 Episode Outline, Series Bible, Pitch Deck
Dead Write: The Ravenscroft Affair
Dexter x Murder She Wrote by way of an Agatha Christie Manor House.
Logline: The world's greatest detective is secretly its most dangerous murderer. Invited to dinner at Ravenscroft Manor, she expects to orchestrate the perfect crime—until the people no one ever notices begin seeing through her lies.
Available for perusal: Vertical Series 60 episode outline, Series Bible, Pilot Episode, Series Expansion Plan - This is also available to be adapted into a traditional hour-long format.
Only Bears - Series
Sin City x Parks and Rec
Logline: A Seattle bartender and a Midwestern creative fall in love across 2,050 miles, testing whether their very different lives can truly come together.
Available for perusal: Pilot Episode, Pitch Deck, Series Bible
Immersive Theatre
An Awfully Big Adventure: a wake in Neverland
An immersive theatre piece being developed for Coeurage Ensemble
Logline: The Angel of Death is come and not even Dr. James Hook can stop him. How will the Darling children fare when stuck between the good Doctor and the Prince of Neverland amidst inevitable outcomes?
Available for perusal: Completed Script, Pitch Deck, Budget Breakdown, Marketing Plan
Stitch Cut Curse
An immersive audio drama
Built around 8D binaural / bilateral music stimulation, this play puts the audience in the middle of a conversation between the three sisters better known as The Fates.
Script in Active Development
Samples
Star Trek Strange New Worlds
Logline: The Enterprise discovers the long-lost Lanthanite homeworld, where Commander Pelia is reunited with the parents she believed dead. As they prepare for an ancient Ascension ceremony, Pelia must confront five thousand years of grief before saying goodbye once again.
This is an unauthorized sample script. No claim is made to
ownership of Strange New Worlds, or any associated characters,
settings, trademarks, or other intellectual property.
Available for perusal: Completed Sample Script, One Sheet, Episode Breakdown
Reality
Secret Actor
Match Game x Name that Tune
Logline: In this comedic celebrity guessing game, Celebrity actors compete to identify non-celeb performers they previously worked with — and the projects that connected them — using scenes, sounds and memories from throughout their careers.
Available for perusal: One Sheet, Treatment
Early Development
Merry and Bright: A Zombie Christmas Musical Extravaganza with Glitter - Indie Holiday Feature
Logline: In the middle of the Zombie Apocalypse, former Hollywood star, and crafting enthusiast Anna Kendrick finds the last glitter factory in America, and through a Christmas miracle discovers that glitter is the cure for the Zombie virus, which leads her and her newly banded team of misfits to save the world, through song, dance and crafts! – Shaun of the Dead meets CAMP.
Tis the Season – Holiday Feature
Logline: After a widower handyman relocates his family for a fresh start, he begins restoring a town’s fading Holiday Spirit while creating antagonistic and romantic sparks with the fiery local mayor.
Mrs. Claus Night Out – Holiday Heist Feature
Logline: Being married to Santa isn’t easy, especially when you only get one night out a year. While the rest of the world has Santa’s attention, Mrs. Claus has a different holiday tradition.
Super Anonymous - Half-Hour Comedy
Logline: Superheroes and Villains use their alter egos to talk through their day-to-day struggles through Super Anonymous, a twelve-step group therapy program that isn’t what it seems.
Want to Request Materials?
Email me at kern82@gmail.com with your request.
