PEN15
R-Rated. Cringeworthy. Middle school.
Middle school as it really happened. Maya Erskine and Anna Konkle star in this adult comedy, playing versions of themselves as thirteen-year-old outcasts in the year 2000, surrounded by actual thirteen-year-olds, where the best day of your life can turn into your worst with the stroke of a gel pen.
Cast
Maya Erskine
Maya Ishii-Peters
Anna Konkle
Anna Kone
Mutsuko Erskine
Yuki Ishii-Peters
Taylor Nichols
Curtis Kone
Melora Walters
Kathy Kone
Taj Cross
Sam Zablowski
Dallas Liu
Shuji Ishii-Peters
Seasons
E1First Day
Feb 8, 2019
It’s the first day of seventh grade in the year 2000. School rejects, Anna and Maya, get a lot of unexpected attention.
E2Miranda
Feb 8, 2019
Maya and Anna become fascinated with the mature girls in their class who smoke. They are faced with the age-old question: stay home and play pretend or go out and do drugs?
E3Ojichan
Feb 8, 2019
Maya feels a tickle down there which becomes kind of an addiction, distracting her from her best friend who really needs her.
E4Solo
Feb 8, 2019
Trailview’s Night of Amazing Music is coming up. Anna hopes to win Alex’s heart with a classical aria while Maya is consumed with a lie.
E5Community Service
Feb 8, 2019
There’s an exclusive fashion show at the local nursing home. Somehow Anna and Maya make it in, but feelings of inadequacy lead them down a shady path.
E6Posh
Feb 8, 2019
Maya gets a questionable nickname during a school project. Anna goes along with it, resulting in a test of their friendship and identities.
E7AIM
Feb 8, 2019
Maya and Anna get their very first AIM screennames and their social world opens up. Maybe too much.
E8Wild Things
Feb 8, 2019
It’s a viewing party to watch the newly released VHS movie, Wild Things. The night gets sexy and Anna and Maya try to keep up.
E9Anna Ishii-Peters
Feb 8, 2019
Anna gets to sleep over at Maya’s house on a school night and can’t wait to become part of the Ishii-Peter family. But things turn as Anna gets a little too comfortable.
E10Dance
Feb 8, 2019
It’s the night of their first school dance but Anna and Maya are on bad terms. They’ll have to navigate this unfamiliar terrain set to billboard hits, by themselves.
E1Pool
Sep 18, 2020
Two days after the dance, Maya and Anna reluctantly go to a lame pool party. A crush unexpectedly shows up, causing them to question their sanity and reputations.
E2Wrestle
Sep 18, 2020
Maya zeros in on her crush, while Anna deals with the fallout from her parents’ divorce. Together they find outlets in an unexpected extracurricular activity.
E3Vendy Wiccany
Sep 18, 2020
Anna and Maya discover secret powers within, allowing them to control rocky aspects of their lives through magic.
E4Three
Sep 18, 2020
Witnessing their daughters reach a new low, Kathy and Yuki rally around them. At school, Maya and Anna receive an opportunity at redemption but it will come with a range of influences.
E5Sleepover
Sep 18, 2020
Maura hosts a group sleepover at her house. The clock chimes late into the night as secrets and masks threaten the death of friendships.
E6Play
Sep 18, 2020
The school play has been cast. Maya has the opportunity to get her actual first kiss. Anna struggles to find herself.
E7Opening Night
Sep 18, 2020
It’s opening night. Hearts are exposed, forcing both Anna and Maya to grow up.
E8Jacuzzi
Aug 27, 2021
On vacation with Curtis, Anna and Maya are introduced to new crippling insecurities. The girls try to ignore them, but a mystical turn makes their self-doubt impossible to forget.
E9Bat Mitzvah
Dec 3, 2021
An upcoming Bat Mitzvah forces Maya to face a realization about her family's socio economic status while Anna grapples with an existential crisis.
E10Shadow
Dec 3, 2021
Anna helps her dad move into an apartment. Maya is confronted by a surprise visitor from Japan.
E11Yuki
Dec 3, 2021
A day in the life of Yuki.
E12Grammy
Dec 3, 2021
A new family member comes to live with Anna but their arrival brings unexpected endings. Maya gets a diagnosis.
E13Luminaria
Dec 3, 2021
Anna and Maya attend the local “Walk For Cancer.” Opportunities for socializing evolve into inklings of mortality.
E14Runaway
Dec 3, 2021
Anna is given the opportunity of a lifetime but when her parents won’t let her partake, Maya encourages them to take fate into their own hands and embark on a dangerous journey.
E15Home
Dec 3, 2021
Anna and Maya are far from where they began. Now all they want is to go back home.
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Storyline
Middle school as it really happened. Maya Erskine and Anna Konkle star in this adult comedy, playing versions of themselves as thirteen-year-old outcasts in the year 2000, surrounded by actual thirteen-year-olds, where the best day of your life can turn into your worst with the stroke of a gel pen.
