Andrea Berting

Award-winning screenwriter, produced playwright, live theater professional, glitter enthusiast, breast cancer survivor. andreaberting.com

New goal just dropped: get invited to the AFF Writers Conference as a speaker/panelist

I'm staring down the barrel of my 40s and coping by purchasing a pair of dinosaur-print overalls. I lived my thirties almost exclusively in leggings and t-shirts, and it's time I wear something I actually think is fun!! I am going into my 40s giving Peak Quirky Millennial!

Learned to weave today, because obviously what I need is one more hobby

Listen, OBVIOUSLY I'm excited to hang with other screenwriters next week, and I always come away from AFF feeling so creatively inspired but also I cannot wait to eat my weight in breakfast tacos

Being chronically ill is crazy because what do you mean I just spent the first two and a half hours of my day breathing into bags every 15 minutes so they can check my guts

I’m taking a medical test tomorrow that requires a strict diet today: Eggs, potatoes, rice, beef, pork, chicken, tofu only. Salt and pepper only. Water, black tea, black coffee only. It’s only 11:30am and I’m already annoyed lmao

It's the day of my fundraiser show for two incredible breast cancer organizations providing direct support for breast cancer patients and survivors. Even if you aren't in Chicago to come to the show, you can still donate and support through the event page! www.eventbrite.com/e/breast-in-...

Tonight my friends celebrated their wedding at a retro bowling alley with immaculate vibes and a puppet served us ice cream bars It was flawless I love my friends and I love living in Chicago

Pretty wild to watch a movie in a theater and the name of a guy you cold queried and who is currently reading your screenplay flashes across the screen

I hope the man openly drinking a beer on the Belmont bus while playing with his loose (but well-behaved) ginger cat on the seat next to him has a great night

The Los Angeles mind cannot comprehend walking 2 miles home from dinner because it’s nice out (65 degrees and raining)

I'm dealing with low iron as well as some gastro issues, so my doc doesn't want to start me on a stomach-upsetting supplement, and is recommending I up my iron via food intake. After doing some research, respectfully, how the FUCK am I supposed to eat 18mg of iron a DAY??

So proud to announce that I just signed a shopping agreement for my road trip comedy feature BIG SKY COUNTRY with His Radness himself, the one and only @ashlazer.bsky.social! This one is going places :)

I know this is deeply strange, especially for someone with my medical history, but I always find ultrasounds to be incredibly relaxing experiences

New headshots for a new look!

Went to my fave lab work place (vs my doctor’s office) to try again today and they got me in one stick, no problem at all. Hate that I’m chronically ill enough to have a “fave lab work place”, but glad I found them

I was randomly selected to participate in a Mock Writer’s Room at AFF this year!! So excited to break an episode of Schitt’s Creek!

My neighborhood goes all out for Halloween every year and it brings me great joy

The Haunting of Hill House is among my most favorite pieces of spooky season media, and Midnight Mass is one of my husband’s faves. I believe this is because I am more mentally ill than I am Catholic and my husband is more Catholic than he is mentally ill In this essay I will—

I told the phlebotomist that my veins are tricky, she said “I’ll assess your veins”, and then COULDN’T GET ANY BLOOD OUT

My older cousin’s daughter turned 30 today, and I thought to myself, “surely that can’t be true, as I have just turned 30 myself” Reader: I am 39

Working with circus performers has been fascinating and horrifying; I adore every single one of them and also hope I never do a circus show again. If there’s one thing I love, it’s writing about subcultures. Circus dramedy feature when???

I love my job because a full-grown man just ran up to my coworker and me, whisper-screamed “I RIPPED MY PANTS”, then we had to shine a light on his crotch and ass in the middle of backstage to find the tear (He did not, in fact, rip his pants)

If I absolutely had to have my birthday on a two show day at work, then today was everything I could have possibly hoped for - full of hugs, treats, trinkets, and kind words from the sweetest collection of people I’ve ever been lucky enough to work with. 39. Wild.

lol this didn’t work ✨

It's happening again! A Chicago screenwriter meetup! Monday, October 26, 2026 6:30-9:30pm @ The Long Room (in their back room) 1612 W Irving Park Rd

I’ve decided that I’m going to get good writing news today. ✨

🎃👻💀it is my birthday💀👻🎃

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

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

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

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

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!

Monday Mammogram

Close, but no cigar 😭

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

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 :)

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 🥲

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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!)

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

I love going to the movies

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!