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Screenwriter, casting director, publicist and Hays native Scotty Mullen will be in town this week (for his 25th HHS class reunion), and will speak at 6 p.m. Oct. 7 at the Hays Arts Center. 

Now living in Los Angeles, he is an award-winning screenwriter specializing in action, parody and comedy … with a long list of credits as a casting director as well.

In the last four years, he’s been in the trenches of the “Sharknado” series (The SyFy Channel’s most successful movie franchise) as the casting director on “Sharknado 4, 5 and 6,” and screenwriter on 5 and 6. “The Last Sharknado: It’s About Time” debuted this summer.

While visiting with him about his upcoming visit back to Hays, he said he would love to share some of the things he’s learned working in the Hollywood film industry. He said he would most like to share insight into the scary question of “Is it possible to make a living at this and how?”

He has some empowering words of encouragement and short-cut strategies he wish he’d known when he lived in Hays. He loves his hometown, and said “Hays, Kansas, is actually the perfect place to prepare for a career in Hollywood.”

The event is free and open to the public.