Madonna Diaz-Refugia
Madonna Diaz-Refugia got her start writing jokes for drag queens in Philly after taking playwriting classes taught by Broadway playwright Albert Innaurato. She now lives in Los Angeles where they write about mental illness and being queer in the Filipinx-American community. She was part of the inaugural class of the Mentorship Matters Fellowship where she was paired with showrunner Kelly Galuska as her mentor. Born in Saipan and eventually landing in the suburb of White Marsh, MD where she grew up, Madonna writes about her lovably chaotic family and her struggles with bipolar disorder without forgetting to sprinkle jokes in between the drama. As a self-proclaimed “recovered comedian,” Madonna studied at the Upright Citizens Brigade in New York and has been featured on Reductress and WFMU.
Agent, Lyra Tan
Gersh Agency
ltan@gersh.com
PARENTAL UNITS
After losing her dream job, an NYC journalist asks her widower father for financial help while visiting him at his new apartment in White Marsh, MD, and meets the family she didn’t know she had: his bizarre neighbors.
SINO SIYA?
Half-hour | Comedy
After the oldest sister moves out of the family home when she gets married, three severely codependent Filipinx-American siblings search for autonomy and independence from their tight-knit family.
DON’T CALL IT A COMEBACK
Half-hour | Comedy
Two Gen-Z besties get sent back in time by a magical amulet and are forced to travel through history to prevent celebrity deaths.