Theresa Burkhart Gallagher

Theresa Gallagher is a writer, producer, and actress based in Los Angeles and working in stage, television, and film. Her scripts are lauded as "rapid fire Lucy Ricardo routines interpreted by Cheech & Chong" (Backstage West), "acerbically golden" (Entertainment Weekly), and "guaranteed to leave you howling!" (Los Angeles Magazine). Theresa's short film Schmoolie the Deathwatcher, praised as "a stunning gem" (HuffPost), is now streaming on Amazon, and she also produced the recent Amazon Prime stand up comedy specials Matt Gallagher: A Stumble in the Woods and Jimmy Shin's A Wok of Shame. Alongside Jim Gaffigan and Anna Gunn, Theresa has a supporting role in the indie comedy Being Frank, directed by Miranda Bailey and opening in theaters 2019. Her feature film script Schmoolie The Deathwatcher was a FINALIST in the 2019 New York Women in Film and Television Writer's Lab and is positively reviewed on The Blacklist. She has just wrapped production on the short film Honey and Clover: A Recipe for Disaster that she co-wrote, produced and starred in with comedians Jackie Monahan and Matt Gallagher also starring Ray Abruzzo and Dan Lauria. In 2019 she also produced the feature film The Promise (Dir. Torben Bech) with a fantastic team, shot on location in Mc Allen Texas and is currently in post production. Dedicated to diversity and to singular storytelling, Theresa is drawn to creating deeply flawed characters: those at their very lowest points and at crossroads. Audiences find themselves rooting for these unique underdogs on their unexpected and darkly comical journeys to heroism.