BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. – Playwright Lindsey Ferrentino is thrilled she can finally announce her latest project in the works: She’s teamed up with Netflix to direct a film adaptation of her stage show, “Amy and the Orphans.” “It was really, really thrilling ‘cause I’ve always wanted to write and direct my own stories and it’s something that I’ve been building towards for a long time,” the 32-year-old said.
Ferrentino was born in New York but grew up in Brevard County, gradating from Merritt Island High School. She said this project has been months of planning slowed by the pandemic. “Jason Bateman’s film company had been really interested not just in the play but in allowing me to be a first-time filmmaker working on it and so we developed a