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Teresa Jusino (she/her)
@teresajusino.bsky.social
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Writer/Producer/Director. I tell stories in multiple mediums. Founder: POMONOK ENTERTAINMENT. Co-host of the 'FINDING FELICITY' podcast w/ @katstreet.bsky.social. Your weird Xennial aunt. 🇵🇷✡️🏳️‍🌈♾️ http://www.pomonokentertainment.com
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Just arrived in #NewOrleans for a week-long #WeddingAnniversary trip with my wife... and this random glamour shot is on the wall of our Air BnB. 💅🏼💅🏼💅🏼

#NOLA #travel
Image of a living room wall art an angle showing a large portrait on the wall in the distance Close up of the portrait on the wall: a glamour shot of a teen girl with dark hair in an elaborate beauty pageant costume.
December 3, 2025 at 7:54 PM
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Just learned that @badrobot.bsky.social sold its iconic office! I've been a #BadRobot / #JJAbrams stan for yrs & was lucky enough to have had a general w/them -- but on Zoom, so I never got to see the office. 😔 RIP the Nat'l Typewriter Company. ❤️

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#ScriptSky #FilmSky
Image of the front of Bad Robot's former Santa Monica office - a brick building with the sign above reasons "The National Typewriter Company."
December 1, 2025 at 7:36 PM
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Went to the #Scriptnotes Book Launch today! Listened to @johnaugust.bsky.social & @clmazin.bsky.social argue w/ @juliaturner.bsky.social about #film criticism & Ashley Nicole Brown make a point re: education & AI that made me cheer (overly?) loudly. AND I got the book!

#ScriptSky #BookSky #books
Image of the title page of the Scriptnotes book autographed by John August and Craig Mazin. Image of John August and Craig Mazin sitting in chairs on a stage speaking on microphones at the Scriptnotes book launch. Image of John August, Craig Mazin, Julia Turner, and Ashley Nicole Black on a stage seated in chairs and holding microphones with an image of the Scriptnotes book and the words "Scriptnotes Live!" projected behind them as they laugh and talk during the Scriptnotes book launch. Image of Teresa Jusino (a smiling Latina with dark hair) holding up her copy of the Scriptnotes book in front of a theater.
December 1, 2025 at 6:59 AM
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If you see this, post a comics cover you love.
Cover of the one shot comic 'Halloween Eve' depicting a young Black woman with a straight pin in her teeth holding a mirror up to someone else who's trying on a Dorothy from 'The Wizard of Oz' costume. The mirror is held over the Black woman's body so that the reflection looks like it could be her own torso.
November 29, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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"They are currently hot adults." 😘

Do I get nostalgic about my youth? Totally. But youth isn't automatically better by virtue of being "youth."

This is a text exchange between me & my BFF-since-I-was-10, Robin after I sent her a pic I found of us during our HS graduation.

#xennial #millennial
Screenshot of a text exchange following a photo of two teenage girls in caps and gowns. Teresa: Was looking for a specific photo for something, but then came across this! ❤️ Robin: Who are those cool babies? Teresa: They are currently hot adults
November 7, 2025 at 1:44 AM
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Hello, #SanJuan! It's been a while! ❤️🇵🇷❤️🇵🇷❤️🇵🇷

#PuertoRico #Boricua #LatinSky #LaIslaDelEncanto
Image of palm trees and blue sky at the San Juan airport
October 30, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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Going on vacation tomorrow & coming back to #LosAngeles on 11/4, so I'm making sure I handle important business before I leave.

#YesOnProp50 #Prop50 #SpecialElection #California #YesOn50 #voting #vote
Image of an "I Voted" sticker on a ballot receipt Image of a mail in ballot for a special CA election
October 28, 2025 at 2:03 AM
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First #ShortFilm accomplished. The #HappyBirthdayHarold shoot is over & went swimmingly, despite the usual #production hiccups. I had the best crew & such a talented cast & I am so grateful & so very, very tired. More to come!
#ScriptSky #LatinaWriter #LatinaDirector #LatinSky #director #writer
Group photo of the cast and crew of 'Happy Birthday Harold' gathered around the director holding the slate in a backyard. On the wall of the house behind them hangs a large sign on brown fabric with white letters that read "happy birthday Harold!" Image of a brown Latina in period 1940's attire making a face with blue sky and a cloud streak behind her. Image of a punch bowl sitting outside on a table with a light blue plaid tablecloth surrounded by small glass punch cups. Image of two beer bottles on a table in front of the "happy birthday Harold" sign on the wall
October 20, 2025 at 10:18 PM
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Day 1 (of 2) of #HappyBirthdayHarold shoot. My first time #directing. It begins. #LatinaDirector #ShortFilm #ScriptSky #filmmaking #writer #director #film #Jewish
Image of the front of a suburban home with a film crew setting up equipment on the front lawn.
October 18, 2025 at 2:55 PM
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Today was a big day. I've tried for yrs to complete a #ShortFilm, but haven't been able to follow thru for various reasons. Today was my tech scout & a cast rehearsal for a short I've written & am directing called 'Happy Birthday Harold' - we shoot NEXT WEEKEND. It's really happening. 🥹 #ScriptSky
Image of the cover sheet for the production draft of a short film called 'Happy Birthday Harold' by Teresa Jusino. Image of 6 people sitting around a large, wooden table outdoors at a pizza restaurant smiling into the camera.
October 12, 2025 at 5:50 AM
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Working w/ @freakyaguilar.bsky.social as my @sunbloomarts.bsky.social mentor, he asked me to create mock-ups of different screens for my #VisualNovel. Thx to awesome art from Aisling Kesinger & @princessjem4.bsky.social, #ROBOTGIRL's gonna look SO cute! My basic design for a choice screen. #GameDev
Mock-up of a choice screen from the visual novel, ROBOT GIRL. The background image is a teen girl bedroom with a pink and purple color scheme. Overlaid on the left side of the image is a square illustrated image of Latina player character, Ana. Beneath her are smaller square images of three robots: Sensors, Effectors, and Control System. Above Ana are 10 illustrated pink sporks. On the right of the image is a pink banner with the following written in black text: "Even without the overhead light, the space is warmly lit by strands of purple fairy lights hanging across the ceiling..." Beneath the banner are four choices on black buttons with white text and a small light blue illustration of Saturn next to each one. They are: * I hate the dark. * Listen, energy-efficient, low-light strands are both a practical night-light and super-cute, okay? * The purple lights get hazy as my gaze softens... * To-Do: 1) Disconnect the...
October 8, 2025 at 12:16 AM
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Had a great time speaking on a panel called MAKING THE PITCH that FOX's Latine org HOLA was hosting to highlight Latina industry pros for #LatineHeritageMonth & they just sent me this as a Thank You! Very sweet. Thanks @fisforphantom.bsky.social for including me! #LatinSky #ScriptSky #FOXTelevision
Image of a bouquet of colorful flowers in a glass vase with a Thank You card propped up in front of it sitting on a desk. Image of the inside of the Thank You card. It reads: "Dear Teresa, On behalf of our entire team at FOX HOLA, we sincerely appreciate your invaluable contribution as panelist. In fact, we have already heard from several participants that they really appreciated your contribution! Please enjoy this small token of thanks."
October 6, 2025 at 9:49 PM
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Now, I'm virtually at #GDoCExpo (Game Developers of Color Expo) which has been gr8 so far! Learning a lot & it uses the Swapcard app to host, so you're actually in a virtual convention center & maneuver around like a player character. Here's me waiting in line to ask a question. 🤓(2/2) #GameDev
Screenshot of a virtual panel at Game Developers of Color Expo showing the attendee avatars
September 16, 2025 at 8:52 PM
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Leveling up my #GameDev skills in multiple ways! Was recently accepted into @sunbloomarts.bsky.social's "Full Bloom" mentorship pgrm being mentored by @freakyaguilar.bsky.social for the next few wks as I build out my first game! (1/2)

*concept art from my 1st IF game #ROBOTGIRL by Aisling Kesinger
Concept sketch of a character from ROBOT GIRL called "Sensors" - a childlike robot wearing a beanie w/a propeller and holding a lollypop.
September 16, 2025 at 8:52 PM
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There are fewer than a handful of people that I'd wait in a long line to see at this point in my existence. #BrianKVaughan is one of those people. Went to a signing he was doing at @collectorsparadise.bsky.social in #NoHo today & picked up a hardcover copy of his latest work, "Spectators!" #comics
Image of Brian K. Vaughan (white, bald man in a black buttondown) and Teresa (a Latina with dark hair in a ponytail and bangs in a red T-shirt) holding up a copy of "Spectators." Image of Teresa (a Latina with dark hair in a ponytail and bangs in a red T-shirt) holding up a copy of "Spectators" on a long line outside a comic shop.
September 14, 2025 at 3:19 AM
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I'd rather be #gaming rn

#Fallout4 Edition featuring screenshots from my actual game. Yes, I tricked Codsworth out and turned him into a tank. Yes my Sole Survivor collected Dirty Ashtrays. 🤓

#VideoGames #GameDev
Screenshot of my player character in 'Fallout 4,' a woman with a pink bob and bangs wearing light armor, kneeling in front of Dogmeat's doghouse as Dogmeat looks up happily. Screenshot of my player character in 'Fallout 4,' a woman with a pink bob and bangs wearing a black trench coat and fedora, standing next to Codsworth, who's been tricked out with Automaton extras and now looks like a robot tank. Screenshot of the "My Junk" menu in my inventory screen in 'Fallout 4.' Worth noting is the amount of Dirty Ashtrays I had. My player character collected them. Screenshot of my player character in 'Fallout 4,' a woman with a pink bob and bangs wearing a black trench coat and fedora, standing next to her Power Armor in Sanctuary.
September 9, 2025 at 7:11 PM
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And I love this photo of me & fellow cast member, Chris Brosnan in a scene from TALES OF BLAZE CITY! Photo by Scott Feinblatt. 2/2

fonprods.thundertix.com

#theater #TheaterSky #scriptsky #acting #interactive #LivePerformance #LosAngeles #SpookySeason #FONProds
Image of Teresa Jusino & Chris Brosnan as The Porcelain Woman & Detective Markowski in a scene from the theatrical interactive experience, TAKES OF BLAZE CITY. Both are dressed in black & white & have black and white makeup on their faces. Photo by Scott Feinblatt
September 8, 2025 at 6:56 PM
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Check me out in #FONProds "Fallen Saints" show (a #SpookySeason walk-thru), TALES OF BLAZE CITY! Opens FRI for 3 wkends. Don't disappoint Priscilla! fonprods.thundertix.com

#theater #LosAngeles #IndieTheater #TheaterSky #scriptsky #acting

Early review: zahirblue.blogspot.com/2025/09/fall...
September 8, 2025 at 9:40 AM
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Backstage about to perform in our invited dress rehearsal for TALES OF BLAZE CITY! We open FRI 9/12! Get Tix at www.fonproductions.com

#theater #IndieTheater #FONProds #LosAngeles #acting
Image of a woman in black and white face make up in a black ruffle dress over a white turtleneck in front of a black and white illustrated background
September 7, 2025 at 3:22 AM
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So pumped to be at the premiere screening of #TheComicShop! Been following @cheyennethegeek.bsky.social's journey w/this for a couple of years & I'm excited to see it finally come to life! 1/3 #comedy #IndieTelevision #scriptsky #WomenInTelevision #LGBTQIA
August 28, 2025 at 1:40 AM
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There'll be 3 shows a night (8, 9, and 10pm) every Fri/Sat night Sept 12-27.
Tix: $25

If you ❤️ #theater, #comics or experiential #storytelling, come check us out! 4/4

#LosAngeles #theater #fonprods #IndieTheater #NoHo #NorthHollywood #TheaterSky #TheatreSky

fonprods.thundertix.com/events/249112
Graphic for 'Fallen Saints: Tales of Blaze City' September 12-27, 2025 Fri/Sat 8pm, 9pm, 10pm Sawyer's Playhouse - 11031 Camarillo St North Hollywood FonProductions.com
August 26, 2025 at 9:34 PM
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Hey #LosAngeles! The #theater company I'm in is doing our annual "Fallen Saints" show (a #SpookySeason walk-thru, guided experience type play) & I'M IN IT FOR THE 1ST TIME THIS YEAR! 1/4

#fonprods #IndieTheater #NoHo #NorthHollywood #TheaterSky #TheatreSky

fonprods.thundertix.com/events/249112
Graphic for 'Fallen Saints: Tales of Blaze City' September 12-27, 2025 Fri/Sat 8pm, 9pm, 10pm Sawyer's Playhouse - 11031 Camarillo St North Hollywood FonProductions.com
August 26, 2025 at 9:34 PM
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PROJECT BLANCA (drama pilot)
When a young woman in 1950s #PuertoRico pursues the new birth control pill, she uncovers a U.S. plot to turn the island's women into sleeper agents indoctrinated to subdue Puerto Rico's independence movement.

#SciFiScriptSunday
#scriptsky
#SciFiSunday
Page 1 of 'Project Blanca' (hour-long pilot) by Teresa Jusino. Text: INT. BLANCA CLINIC - RIO PIEDRAS, PUERTO RICO, APRIL 1956 - DAY We’ll see this gritty clinic later--looking more presentable. But this is what it looks like behind locked metal doors. MONTAGE - A DAY IN THE LIFE AT THE ‘BLANCA CLINIC’ TITLE: RIO PIEDRAS, PUERTO RICO, APRIL 1956 HALLWAY -- A dazed female patient with olive skin, CURLY HAIR (20s, athletic), wearing a UNIFORM of green culottes and a loose, white blouse is led down a hallway by a FEMALE NURSE (30s, white). EXAM ROOM -- A MALE DOCTOR (50s, white) forces an LSD tab into Curly Hair’s mouth. MEDIA ROOM -- Curly Hair sits at one of several classroom desks alongside OTHER FEMALE PATIENTS (20s-30s, all light-skinned), wearing the same culottes and shirt uniform. They blankly watch a PROPAGANDA FILM extolling the virtue and industry of the United States. EXAM ROOM -- Doctor shoves more LSD into Curly Hair’s mouth. OBSERVATION ROOM -- a GROUP OF MEN (20s-40s, white), in SUITS W/BLACK TIES, LAB COATS, or GUARD UNIFORMS watch as Curly Hair FIGHTS A HUGE PUERTO RICAN MAN (30s, Black). She shouldn’t stand a chance, whatever her level of fighting skill -- but she’s exhibiting UNUSUAL STRENGTH. She stops at intervals, out of breath, then tenses. Suddenly, her ARMS AND LEGS GLOW FROM WITHIN, her veins coursing with YELLOW-GREEN FLUORESCENCE. Each time this happens, she’s rejuvenated and comes back for more. Each time, Curly Hair is increasingly fierce, until finally, she’s pummeling her opponent into a bloody pulp. DOCTOR (spoken English dialogue) Self-defense is easy as pie. Curly Hair keeps PUNCHING, her fists get bloodier. DOCTOR (CONT’D) Easy as pie! She doesn’t stop. DOCTOR COLLINS Somebody stop her!
August 24, 2025 at 8:43 PM
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Why the heck not? 🤓

NEW JERUSALEM (drama pilot)
The Biblical prophet, Elijah--still reluctantly showing up to #Jewish life events on the moon in the 23rd Century--is charged by God to guide 11-year-old Jael in her role as the Messiah. Yes, her.

#SciFiScriptSunday
#scriptsky
#SciFiSunday
Page 1 of the hr-long pilot 'NEW JERUSALEM' by Teresa Jusino. Text: EXT. EMPTY SUBURBAN STREET - THE YEAR 2200 - NIGHT A peaceful, suburban block lit only by starlight and the light coming from the windows of the charming, split-level ranch houses that line the street. THERE ARE NO CARS ANYWHERE. The homes don’t have garages or driveways. The street is empty. Until-- A CRACKLING HUM. Then, A MAN (30s, MENA) wearing a suit, trench coat, and fedora MATERIALIZES FROM A FLASH OF LIGHT onto a large TRANSPORTER PAD built into the concrete. There’s one on every block. The nearest streetlight--on a MOTION SENSOR--illuminates the area around him. He steps off the pad and stands beside it, waiting. A WOMAN (30s, white), wearing a swing dress and a shawl materializes on the pad. She walks into the light and past the man, huffy. The Man rolls his eyes and follows, equally annoyed. The streetlights illuminate above them as they walk-- ELIJAH’S VOICE (V.O.) Humanity. No matter how far in the future, or how far from Earth, it’s always the same old shit. EXT. CARDOZO HOUSE - FRONT LAWN - NIGHT Standing on the lawn of a cozy-looking home is ELIJAH (50s-60s, white) - not just any Elijah, but the Biblical prophet Elijah. Jaded swagger in a disheveled 1950s-style suit and loosened tie. Marc Maron serving 'Marvelous Mrs. Maisel' vibes. Capable of charm when he cares enough to try. His eyes narrow as he watches the couple rush up the walk and up the steps to the door. The screen door is shut, but the inside door is open. There’s a MEZUZAH on the doorframe. WOMAN Told you we’d be late. MAN Alright! Will you stop? They breeze into the house, ignoring the mezuzah.
August 24, 2025 at 8:34 PM
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Post a non-religious photo you think of as holy.

#TLOU #TheLastOfUs #VideoGames
Image from the game 'The Last of Us, Part 2.' Ellie from the back looking at a farmhouse from across a field.
August 21, 2025 at 7:34 PM