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What happens when a high school student descended from Lady Macbeth is forced to confront her family’s dark legacy?
That question sits at the center of Lady Em, a television pilot written by Cristina Pippa, director of the MFA in Dramatic Writing Program at Missouri State University. The 60-page, hour-long drama, created as a television series pilot, recently earned recognition when it won the Josephson Entertainment Teleplay Award at the Austin Film Festival in Austin, Texas on October 25, 2025…