Episode 64: Maya Erskine and Anna Konkle, "PEN15"

OnWriting: A Podcast of the WGA East

Host Geri Cole speaks to PEN15 co-creators, co-writers, and co-stars Maya Erskine and Anna Konkle about how the duo met (at an experimental theater program in Amsterdam), how PEN15 has become even more honest and raw in its second season, and the curious case of writing for yourself as a 13-year-old.

Maya Erskine is a writer and actor known for her onscreen roles in several comedy series, including MAN SEEKING WOMAN, HEARTBEAT, CASUAL, and INSECURE.

Anna Konkle is a writer, actor, and director, known for co-starring in the Fox police procedural ROSEWOOD.

Together, Erskine and Konkle co-created, co-write, and co-star in the Hulu series PEN15. The "traumedy" follows fictionalized versions of Maya and Anna as teenage outcasts in the year 2000, during a period when the best day of your life can turn into the worst with just the stroke of a gel pen.

The series, which premiered in 2019, is available to stream on Hulu. Part two of Season 2 is scheduled for release on December 3.

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