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The Sundance Institute has announced the 10 projects that will be part of its first Episodic Story Lab — which aims to do for TV and online storytelling what the Feature Film Labs do for movies.

The lab will take place Sept. 27-Oct. 2 at Robert Redford's Sundance Resort in Provo Canyon. It has been established with founding support by TV pioneer Norman Lear ("All in the Family," "Maude," "The Jeffersons") and his wife Lyn.

Applicants to the program had to submit a spec pilot script and a series overview. The 10 chosen writers will work with accomplished TV showrunners, producers and executives in one-on-one creative story meetings, a writer's room, pitch sessions and group conversations about the creative and business sides of making TV.

The writers and their projects are:

• Desiree Akhavan, "Switch Hitter" (half-hour comedy), centers on Leila Shahi, who turns down a marriage proposal from her lesbian partner, as she confronts the fact that she is bisexual. Akhavan's movie, "Appropriate Behavior," in which she directed, wrote and starred, premiered at this year's Sundance Film Festival, and returned to Utah for the Damn These Heels! LGBT Film Festival.

• Peter Biegen, "Small Change" (one-hour drama), is about Maxi, a brilliant 13-year-old placed in a juvenile detention center, where he forms an alliance with the leader of the prison's criminal underworld — and is observed by a counselor, an Afghan War veteran with her own demons. Biegen, an award-winning playwright and screenwriter, is developing his screenplay "Fortunate Sons" for Eric Stoltz to direct.

• Nate Crocker, "Scar Tissue" (one-hour anthology series), begins with Chew, a boxing cut man who is diagnosed with Parkinson's disease and decides to become a trainer — taking on a raw prospect with gang ties. Crocker's short films have screened at NBCUniversal's Short Film Showcase, as well as film festivals.

• Katori Hall, "The Dial" (one-hour drama), is inspired by America's first black radio DJ, Nat D. Williams, introducing Memphis audiences to blues and soul at the start of the civil-rights movement. Hall, an alumna of Sundance's theater program, received an Olivier award (London's version of a Tony) for Best New Play for her drama "The Mountaintop."

• Barry Jenkins, "Radical" (one-hour limited series), inspired by a true story, is set in 1972 and follows five civil-rights activists who hijacked an airliner from the United States to Algeria. Jenkins' directorial debut, "Medicine for Melancholy," was released by IFC Films in 2008.

• Nick Keetch, "Borderline" (one-hour drama), follows two estranged brothers on opposite sides of the U.S./Mexico drug war: A DEA agent and a lieutenant in a cartel. Keetch, a screenwriter from London, has worked as a writers' assistant on ABC's "The Assets" and DirecTV's "Rogue."

• Lisa Kron, "The Schaeffers" (half-hour comedy-drama), focuses on Ginger Schaeffer, a wife and working mom who must return to her Midwestern hometown to care for her aging parents. Kron is a veteran of Sundance's theater program, both with her award-winning play "Well" (2003), and her libretto for the musical of Alison Bechdel's memoir "Fun Home," set to open next spring on Broadway.

• Crystal Liu, "The White Sheep" (half-hour comedy), centers on Lori Lynn, a blonde, blue-eyed woman adopted at birth by Asian-American parents, who's pushing 30 and must move back home to her family of overachievers. Liu is a staff writer on "American Horror Story: Freak Show."

• Heather Marion, "Bury Me" (half-hour comedy), tells of Kim Diamond, a single mom who returns to her Nebraska home to try to keep her family's funeral home afloat. Marion works as a writers' assistant on AMC's "Better Call Saul," the prequel spinoff of "Breaking Bad."

• Matt Young, "Still" (one-hour drama), follows a struggling farmer in Depression-era Virginia, hired to bust up the stills of a sinister family of moonshiners. Young, an actor and improv-comedy performer, is pursuing a Master's degree in screenwriting at California State University, Northridge.

Creative advisors for the Episodic Story Lab include: Michelle Ashford (creator, "Masters of Sex"); Jenny Bicks (executive producer, "Sex and the City"); Greg Daniels (co-creator, "Parks and Recreatione); Chic Eglee (executive producer, "Dexter"); Kerry Ehrin (executive producer, "Bates Motel"); Howard Gordon (co-creator, "Homeland"); Noah Hawley (creator, "Fargo"); Felicia D. Henderson (creator, "Soul Food"); Warren Leight (executive producer, "Law & Order: SVU"); Amy Lippman (executive producer, "Masters of Sex"); Murray Miller (executive producer, "Girls") and Elwood Reid (executive producer, "The Bridge").

Industry Mentors include: Michael Ellenberg (executive vice president, HBO Programming), Peter Friedlander (vice president, Netflix Original Series), Tana Nugent Jamieson (senior vice president, A&E Studios), Laura Michalchyshyn (president, Sundance Productions), Erica Motley (acquisition consultant, Sonar Entertainment), Nena Rodrigue (senior vice president, original programming - Sundance Television), Rodrigo Teixera (founder and CEO, RT Features), Betsy Beers (executive producer, "Scandal"), Dante Di Loreto (president, Ryan Murphy Television), and Mark Johnson (producer, Gran Via Productions).