BEST SCENE SCREENPLAY READINGS
The "best scene" take from features and TV pilots of winning screenplays.
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ACTION Festival Best Scene Reading: OLD SINS, by Mark Allen
A long-retired Government assassin is forced out of hiding when a Russian Spetsnaz kill team murder the members of a covert team that operated in East Germany thirty-five years ago.
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Kyana Teresa
Rory (M-60s overweight): Steve Rizzo
Nurse (F): Allison Kampf
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BEST Scene Reading: Uriel's Curse, by Edwin Berne
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Allison Kampf
Man One/Man Three/Pan: Geoff Mays
Man Two/Uriel: Steve Rizzo
Justine: Kyana Teresa
Cassandra: Elizabeth Rose Morriss
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BEST Scene Script Reading: IN HYDING, by Carlos Perez
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Elizabeth Rose Morriss
Poole (M)/Utterson (M): Geoff Mays
Lanyon (M)/Henry (M): Steve Rizzo
Miss Hyde (F): Val Cole
James (M): Andy Camp
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BEST SCENE Reading: Akita On Parole, by King Jordan “SuperMan” Taylor, Stacci D. Great & Sire Eminence Zakkiyyiah
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Elizabeth Rose Morriss
Judge/Judge Thompson: Sean Ballantyne
Bailiff/Mr. Keith: Geoff Mays
Attorney Mr. Lewis/Mr. Dogg: Steve Rizzo
Akita/Mrs. Jordan: Kyana Teresa
Ms. Love: Allison Kampf -
THRILLER Festival BEST Scene Reading: You Are Mine, by Justin Lord
On her first night outside the house in a year, a traumatized teen meets up with two old friends, only to wake up in a dark cell faced with a series of tests to solve if she wants to escape.
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Allison Kampf
Jade: Elizabeth Rose Morriss
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TV FESTIVAL Best Scene Reading: Dirt From A Holy Place, by Sarah Courchaine
A group of five young girls navigates the trials and traumas of adolescence while growing up in a religious patriarchal cult. Based on true events.
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Allison Kampf
Carla (F-50s): Val Cole
John (M-50s) Steve Rizzo
Ana (F): Allison Kampf
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BEST Scene Reading: EE, by Rick McManus
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Shawn Devlin
Officer in Charge: Geoff Mays
Eva: Kyana Teresa
Adam: Steve Rizzo
Roland/Grandfather: Sean Ballantyne
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COMEDY Festival BEST Scene Reading: Eleanor Of Ellendale Of Earth, by Hunter Ridgway
The most under-appreciated single mom in the world helps humorously inept aliens from outer space save Earth from takeover by sinister aliens.
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Allison Kampf
Eleanor (F-30s): Kyana Teresa
Xavier (M-30s): Steve Rizzo
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ACTION Festival BEST Scene Reading: Nemesis, by Helena Derett
In a world where heroes and villains are genetically identified at birth, a desperate superhero father will do anything to protect his young daughter tagged as a future villain, even if it means turning into the world’s greatest nemesis.
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Elizabeth Rose Morriss
Tech One: An... -
TV PILOT BEST Scene Reading: Alex, Infected, by Samantha Brennan
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Kyana Teresa
Nate (M-12): Steve Rizzo
Alex (M-17): Geoff Mays-----
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BEST SCENE Screenplay Reading: Hearts Flowers & Longshoremen, by Rick Karlsruher
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Allison Kampf
Bill: Steve Rizzo
Jerry/Phil: Sean Ballantyne
Tony/Robin: Geoff Mays
Alexis/Third Woman: Kyana Teresa
Tina/First/Second Woman: Elizabeth Rose Morriss-----
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STAGE PLAY Best Scene Reading: Romance By The Book, by Jody Lebel, by Jody Lebel
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Sean Ballantyne
Sheila: Val Cole
Rose: Hannah Ehman
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TV PILOT Best Scene Reading: MARTY'S WORLD, by Robert Cole
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Shawn Devlin
Max/Cooper: Steve Rizzo
SLY/Marty: Geoff Mays
LOLA/Candace: Elizabeth Rose Morriss
Doctor Ross: Sean Ballantyne
Melissa: Kyana Teresa
Carmen: Allison Kampf
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CRIME Festival BEST Scene Reading: Liberty, by Chris Lawing
A disgraced journalist trying to rebuild her career in a small western Kansas town paper must unravel a plot that threatens to send a young promising athlete to jail for life.
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Allison Kampf
Zoe (F-20s): Kyana Teresa
Rae (F-50s): Elizabeth Rose Morriss
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TV PILOT BEST Scene Reading: We Rise Like The Sea, by Scarlett Shepard
Narrator: Allison Kampf
Melanie/Mrs. Plumb: Kyana Teresa
Moxie/Emma/Student #1 and #2: Hannah Ehman
Sydney/Ms. Taylor: Elizabeth Rose Morriss
Mr Landry/Mr. Fletcher: Steve Rizzo
Eric/Principal Hawk: Geoff Mays----------
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SCI-FI Festival TV PILOT Best Scene Reading: SAKDA: THE AMULET BEARER, by J.T. Tepnapa Chaiyakam
Thai-American, Tobias moves from Los Angeles to a small town in Illinois. Caught between two worlds, he faces the prejudices of his students and the high expectations of his family. In the shadows, there is an evil growing and only the amulet bearer has any chance of saving his family, and himsel...
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FAN FICTION Festival BEST Scene Reading: The Kitchen Sink Sequel, by Justin S. Fischer
The story follows a young Alliance pilot traveling through deep space to transport an Alliance diplomat. Unknown to the pilot, the passenger is hiding secrets of her own and is in possession of a weapon that could destroy the Alliance once and for all. The Pilot learns the line between the Allian...
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BEST SCENE Script Reading: LIFE AFTER DEATH - THIS IS HELL, by Darsan Solomon
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Val Cole
Michael: Steve Rizzo
Ricky - Geoff Mays
Raphael/God - Sean Ballantyne
Uriel/Jesus - Shawn Devlin -
LGBT Festival BEST Scene Reading: NORTH BEACH NOIR, by Kip Pearson
Post- War San Francisco. A smart young detective with a dangerous secret lands in town to start a new life. But is it really safe for her anywhere.
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Allison Kampf
Hastings: Steve Rizzo
Mitch: Geoff Mays
Francine: Val Cole
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BEST Scene Screenplay Reading: The Seedling, by Kevin J. Howard
Found adrift at sea, sold into slavery and raised without knowledge of who he truly is, a young man looks up to meet the gaze of a handmaiden, discovering a love so intense it leads to the downfall of a kingdom.
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Shawn Devlin
Mr. Shey: Geoff Mays
Roanna: Hannah Ehman
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LA Festival BEST Scene Reading: 15, by Tim McClelland
As a child, Adrian experienced a horrific trauma resulting in 15 years of self-imposed solitude in his home, and now, his brother is sanctioning a radical new therapy that will push Adrian to his limits, forcing him to question his own sanity.
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Allison Kampf
Adrian: Steve ... -
LGBTQ+ Festival BEST Scene Reading: The Man Who Didn't Exist, by Ivan Toth
Bruno Balz is a German songwriter, who rose to fame during the Nazi regime, and was found guilty of boosting morale during the war. Bruno navigates his lifestyle as a closeted gay man and gets married to a woman, in order to maintain his image.
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Allison Kampf
Herbert: Steve... -
BEST SCENE Reading of Destiny Of Tar & Feathers, by Harold L. Brown
Estranged from his family Matis settlement, a corporate lawyer finds his loyalties torn when he's caught in the middle of a settlement dispute with the government and a powerful company over jobs and oil rights."
CAST LIST:
1. ARCHIE GLADUE - Sean Ballantyne
2. JAMES CARDINAL - Shawn Devlin
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Female Festival BEST SCENE Reading: THE HALOPERIDOL FILES, by
Lexie Addison, a cold case detective with a history of psychosis, works with her hallucinations (whom she casts as the great detectives of literature) to help the local PD find a serial killer in the community.
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Allan Michael Brunet
Lexie: Kyana Teresa
Sherlock: Geoff Mays...