DIRECTING

LITTLE ONE

Little One is a short film written and directed by Lindsay Carpenter, and produced by Secret Beach Productions. In a magical realist thriller, a cat turns into a woman and becomes the object of her owner's toxic fixation.

2025 RiverRun: Official Selection

2025 New York Indie Shorts: Official Selection

2025 Wicked Queer: Official Selection

2025 VIII Biennial Internacional Dona I Cinema: Official Selection

2025 UPTILT Film Festival: Official Selection

2025 Love Wins Film Festival: Official Selection

2025 Mirada Corta: Semifinalist

2025 Venezia Shorts: Semifinalist

2025 Toronto International Women Film Festival Nominee
2024 Indie Short Fest: Award Winner for Best Female Director & Award of Excellence | Nominee for Best Short of the Season

2024 Roma Short Film Festival: Best Short Film

2024 Swedish International Film Festival (SIFF): Outstanding Achievement for Best International Short Film

2024 Dark Red Film Fest: Nominated for Best Concept/Story and Best Holy Fuck Moment

THE STRANGER'S MASQUERADE

BY GHOST SHIP MURDER MYSTERIES & OTBA

Produced in 2024 as a collaboration between Ghost Ship Murder Mysteries and OTBA, The Stranger's Masquerade was an immersive theatre show performed at the Ned NoMad Hotel in NYC. As a co-founder of Ghost Ship, Lindsay collaborated with Dylan Zwickel to write and direct an interactive murder mystery where the 75 audience members played all of the suspects, including the murderer. The enigmatic carnival proprietor, The Stranger, has gathered family and friends for his infamous Masquerade. When The Stranger doesn’t show up, rumors of his demise proliferate and questions arise over who will succeed him as a leader…and who committed the crime.

TEMPODYSSEY

BY DAN DIETZ

tempODYSSEY is a dark comedy that follows Genny, a former chicken-choker who moves to Seattle to become a temp. Convinced she's the goddess of death, she faces an opportunity to reinvent herself or to cause even more destruction.

2013 Tufts University

PROOF

BY DAVID AUBURN

Catherine, a genius mathematician, worries she's gone mad after her father's recent death. When a new proof is discovered in her father's house, tensions rise between Catherine, her sister, and her boyfriend, until Catherine finally admits that it was her and not her father who wrote the proof.

2012 Edinburgh Fringe Festival (February 30th Productions)

THINGS THAT FALL FROM THE SKY

AN EVENING OF SHORT PLAYS

Things That Fall contained three short plays that meditated on hope. InUnusual Epitaphs by Rob Rinow, which took place outside under a tree, two strangers find common ground and a reason not to be eaten by a bear. In Fly Me to the Moon by Eva Konstantopoulos, a man is willing to do anything to make his wife happy, even if it means selling his memories of her. In the final play, Things That Fall From the Sky by Brenda Varda, a young woman overcomes her fear of the sky.

2010 Barnyard Theatre