LAUREN HOVEY & ERIC PASTORE
Comedy Writing Team
Comedy Writing Team
LAUREN & ERIC
Oh yeah, we have a website. Jealous?
Who?
Lauren Hovey & Eric Pastore are a comedy writing team based in Los Angeles. While they met in college, they represent different ends of the Gen-Z spectrum. Eric spent several years performing at UCB before going back to school, while Lauren, in her words, “did it the normal way.” Most recently, Lauren and Eric worked as staff writers for the scripted podcast company Pocket FM, where they drafted hundreds of episodes that spanned genres including comedy, sci-fi, and coming-of-age. Lauren and Eric’s High School revenge comedy, MONTE CRISTO HIGH, has received semi-finalist placements in the Table Read My Screenplay and Emerging Screenwriters Screenplay Competitions, landing it in the top 10% of projects on Coverfly. When they’re not writing, Eric and Lauren can be found playing D&D, hosting poker nights, and getting their asses handed to them at the WeHo pickleball courts.
PROJECTS
We have 'em and you want 'em!
RUDOLF
UNDERGRAD
A failed musician in his late 20s returns to college intent on living a more "realistic life," but his plans are thwarted when he is forcibly befriended by a 20 year-old girl who is just as determined to have the classic college experience as he is to avoid it.
MONTE CRISTO HIGH
5 years after his wrongful expulsion from middle school, a once-popular teenager dons a disguise to infiltrate the high school of his enemies and take his righteous revenge. It’s an epic tale of betrayal, vengeance, and amateur nose piercings.
MONTE CRISTO HIGH
Testimonials
"Like a two person flash mob"
- Joe Biden
"Not like other writing teams"
- Zooey Deschanel's Character in 500 Days of Summer
"A two-headed joke writing machine"
- That one tick whose bite makes you allergic to meat
"An unstoppable force"
- Eric's Mom
"I take it all back"
- Lauren and Eric's childhood bullies
"Strange and beguiling"
- Someone really said this about us!
"An incredible team"
- Eric's Dad
"Never ask me for a job"
- Anthony Jeselnik
(Look him up!)
"I just want her to be happy"
- Lauren's Mom