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Andrea Berting @andreaberting.bsky.social · 4h

For my birthday tomorrow I would love some concrete forward motion with literally any of my screenplays but especially BREAST IN SHOW!!

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Andrea Berting @andreaberting.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I started two feature screenplays this year and I have decided I WILL finish one of them before the year ends. Both have supernatural elements; one is more comedy/rom-com adjacent and the other is more family drama. Now I just have to choose which to focus on

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Andrea Berting @andreaberting.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Just got new headshots taken - I’m way overdue for a profile picture change! I simply don’t look like this right now!

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Andrea Berting @andreaberting.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Sometimes, if you’re very lucky, you end up with a community that sees you when you’re struggling and does whatever they can to lift you back up - even from several states away. Thank you for your kindness, @leahfromsd.bsky.social

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Andrea Berting @andreaberting.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

I'm a part of a group that gives us prompts to write a short play in four days, and did I expect to come away with a solo piece about J. Robert Oppenheimer grappling with his legacy as Anubis prepares to weigh his heart against a feather? No, but it's what my brain came up with!

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Andrea Berting @andreaberting.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Well that’s a first! Four “In Considerations” at once! Thanks @networkisa.bsky.social

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Andrea Berting @andreaberting.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Love having a partner who convinces me to do fun things that I’m talking myself out of for some reason Anyway I think I’m gonna go to AFF this year :)

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Andrea Berting @andreaberting.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

It’s that time of year where I get a million emails about my annual Breast Cancer Awareness Month burlesque show fundraiser BREAST IN SHOW and get my hopes dashed when I momentarily assume each one is about my breast cancer burlesque show feature script BREAST IN SHOW 🥲

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Andrea Berting @andreaberting.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Hi I’m in the worst place mentally that I’ve been in uhhhhh a long time. Support welcome.

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Andrea Berting @andreaberting.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

I don’t think I have ever in my life felt like I *needed* a therapy session as badly as I need the one I have scheduled for tomorrow

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Andrea Berting @andreaberting.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

On 9/11/2001 I was 13 years old living in New Jersey about an hour outside of NYC. Many of my classmates lost their parents that day. I try not to get too overly reverential or “Never Forget”-y, but damn it sucks to see that this has became a punchline for younger generations.

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Andrea Berting @andreaberting.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

“Wow I hope I don’t cry at work today” she said while clocking in at the Crying-At-Work Factory

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Andrea Berting @andreaberting.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

When I was probably 14 or 15, my mom told me that I should pursue a career in medicine, since I liked helping people 20+ years later and she was right about helping people - now I just help them tape their belts in place and cut them out of costumes when quick changes go poorly

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Andrea Berting @andreaberting.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Looking through old emails and found a poem I sent an ex back in 2011 that I don’t remember sending in the slightest I feel like there’s a poem there

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Andrea Berting @andreaberting.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

I feel like I can sense the growth in myself and my community as a screenwriter, like “oh wow I’m a second rounder!” vs “not even a Semifinalist? hard pass” My standards are higher and that’s okay!! (Also AFF is a lot of fun and I might go anyway and that’s okaaay!)

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Andrea Berting @andreaberting.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

My road trip comedy feature BIG SKY COUNTRY is an AFF Second Rounder! Can confirm that I got both an email and a phone call about it. Still waiting to hear about a stage play, fingers crossed

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Andrea Berting @andreaberting.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Told some of the performers at work that I’ll be out for three days of the run and they all lost their minds and told me (jokingly) that I’m not allowed to go It’s good to feel loved like that!

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Andrea Berting @andreaberting.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Happy Spooky Season!! YES it will be going up to 94 degrees today and NO I do not care

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Andrea Berting @andreaberting.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

I’ve never been a fan of pickles, but all of a sudden I am ALL IN on cornichons. Pickle juice martinis with cornichons garnish. Cornichons straight from the jar. I don’t know what’s happening. Maybe I’ll like olives next.

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Andrea Berting @andreaberting.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Grateful to have a spouse I can come home and sob directly into for a full two minutes straight when work was real bad

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Andrea Berting @andreaberting.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

3 big writing rejections in 3 days, could really use a win right now tbh

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Andrea Berting @andreaberting.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Feels like a promising pull for the upcoming week! What I love about @rosalarian.bsky.social’s tarot deck so much is how clear the message behind each illustration is, even if you don’t have the meaning of each card memorized well yet.

Two tarot cards from the illustrator Rosalarian: one is The Empress, and the other is the Six of Wands.

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Andrea Berting @andreaberting.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

My husband and I like to make aviation cocktails sometimes, except we bought a red cherry liqueur instead of clear maraschino liqueur, so they are unfortunately a cloudy gray rather than the traditional lavender hue. We call them “dirty mop water” (Tastes fucking great though)

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Andrea Berting @andreaberting.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

I am going to write a play that takes place in a Spirit Halloween

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Andrea Berting @andreaberting.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Lord grant me the confidence of any person who feels that the entire train car wants to listen to their music

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Andrea Berting @andreaberting.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

The managers of two pretty big-name actresses requested to read BREAST IN SHOW within less than a week of each other 🤯 This movie will get made because I say it will! (I will succeed because I am insane, etc)

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Andrea Berting @andreaberting.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Screenwriting pals - who's going to AFF this year? I'm still on the fence (waiting to see if my short is selected or if I place in the script competition)

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Andrea Berting @andreaberting.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Currently ✨manifesting✨ that I’ll next encounter the Mullally-Offermans at some awards show when they’re both in the running for acting and I’m in the running for writing and we have this amazing 2026 Chicago Summer Reunion and honestly we’re all just happy to see each other

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Andrea Berting @andreaberting.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

I think my main problem is that I want to make most of my money from my Fun Work (writing) while also supplementing from my Also Fun Work (dressing in a live theater capacity) and like am I simply having too much fun? Is that a thing? Is my life too whimsical???

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Andrea Berting @andreaberting.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

The first time I ever paid my literary manager anything, it was $5 off of a $50 playwriting stipend. Soon I’ll be paying him $25, and I’m promising him now that there are more zeroes to come 🤣

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Andrea Berting @andreaberting.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Working as a stylist at a bridal shop was simultaneously among the best and among the worst jobs I’ve ever had. The good days were SO good, playing dress up with people who were so excited to be there. The worst… well. Maybe there’s a feature in that world lol

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Andrea Berting @andreaberting.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Got a disappointing answer to a question I posed someone today, and even though it wasn't what I wanted to hear, I so deeply appreciate that this person was direct and honest with me (while still being kind). I feel like this person respects me because of their response!

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Andrea Berting @andreaberting.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

When I was in first grade I wanted to be a “ballerina scientist” when I grew up, because I guess even at age six I knew a career in the arts was unstable and would require a day job

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Andrea Berting @andreaberting.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Sometimes it’s fun to act like a tourist in your own city

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Andrea Berting @andreaberting.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

I don’t know when romance started to look like my partner staying up after midnight on a weeknight so we can drink whiskey and eat fresh cherries in the kitchen together when I get home from work, but I love it so much I almost don’t want to name it for fear of it going away

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Andrea Berting @andreaberting.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Just accidentally made eye contact with a man on the train and realized I was making this exact face: 😠 Sorry bro I’m not mad at you my face just does that sometimes

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Andrea Berting @andreaberting.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Just got a very soft, very kind, very supportive rejection. Ouch owie oof, okay on to the next!

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Andrea Berting @andreaberting.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Brb gonna apply for a grant to develop a former CVS into a performance space and I’m not joking

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Andrea Berting @andreaberting.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

I think it’s weirdly one of my favorite feelings when I get a note from a writing peer and it unlocks that “omg how didn’t I see this before” feeling Like criticisms can be uncomfortable sometimes but sometimes they’re fun and make me excited for the next draft!

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Andrea Berting @andreaberting.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

This is a Lollapalooza hate account

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Andrea Berting @andreaberting.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

A piece of my lore that I don’t think everyone knows is that I’m emetophobic (fear of vomit) It’s moderate but decently controlled, not severe But I swear the fuck to god if these Lollapalooza kids break my streak of never seeing someone vomit on my train ride home I will RIOT

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Andrea Berting @andreaberting.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Is it really not common knowledge that if you don’t plan on walking up an escalator, you should keep to the right and let people pass you on the left? And two people shouldn’t stop on one stair so nobody can pass? Like howwww do so many people on my daily commute not know this

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Andrea Berting @andreaberting.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Thanks to Lollapalooza it just took me an hour and a half to get home from work instead of the usual ~40 minutes by train. Decompressing with a late night snack. Gluten-free biscuits, spicy honey, and cheap red wine.

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Andrea Berting @andreaberting.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Happy (roughly) 11th birthday to my sweet, neurotic girl! I don’t know what I would do without her.

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