BEST SCENE SCREENPLAY READINGS
The "best scene" take from features and TV pilots of winning screenplays.
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FAN FICTION Best Scene Reading: A CREEP, by Gahee Lee
Summary: A strange young man, BILL, learns he has penile cancer and is faced with the difficult decision to remove his member altogether. The diagnosis sends BILL on a downward spiral of creepy sexual fantasies.
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Allan Michael Brunet
Bill: Steve Rizzo
Follower 1/Nurse/Moth... -
LGBTQ+ Festival BEST SCENE Script Reading: HOW TO CARE FOR CRICKETS, by Jessica Hilscher
Through a string of family events, an emotionally estranged woman comes face to face with her step-father's abuse. The confrontation threatens to unravel her facade and reveal the dark secrets she keeps in the guise of protecting the family she’s avoided for fifteen years.
CAST LIST:
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FAN FICTION Best Scene Reading: The Mandalorian Chapter 17 : "Legacy" , by Valeran Lothaniel
Four years after returning the child Grogu to the Jedi, the lone Mandalorian warrior Din Djarin faces his greatest challenge yet: protecting four foundlings from conflicting Galactic forces, and raising them in the way of the Mand'alor.
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Kyana Teresa
Cobb Vanth: Allan Micha... -
HORROR Festival BEST Scene Readng: THEY'RE WATCHING US, by D.G.
‘They’re Watching Us’ is a psychological thriller surrounding an actor couple who agree to partake in an interactive experience acting opportunity.
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Steve Rizzo
Emma: Kyana Teresa
Lenore: Val Cole -
THRILLER Festival BEST SCENE Script Reading: OUT NEIGHBORHOOD, by Jarrod Raymond Distrola
Divorce-bound parents are desperate for answers after their young son is kidnapped by a mysterious figure known only as “Messenger“ while the kidnapper takes interest in his next victim -- a quick tempered, closeted twelve-year-old.
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Val Cole
Annie: Kyana Teresa
Peter: Geoff... -
CHICAGO Festival BEST Scene Reading: BELLY, by Anna Zabel
A 30-minute dramedy pilot by Anna Zabel.
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Steve Rizzo
Leah: Kyana Teresa
Kai: Val Cole
Rowan: Andy Camp-----
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FAN FICTION Festival Best Scene Reading: STAR WARS EPISODE 1: THE REDEMPTION OF SKYWALKER, by Brian O'Flaherty
Some stories are too important, some stories must be retold. The story of Anakin Skywalker will be molded between the pressure of separate forces vying for his soul, which will determine the fate of the galaxy.
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Val Cole
Anakin: Steve Rizzo
Obi Wan/Owen: Geoff Mays
Bre... -
FEMALE Festival BEST Scene Screenplay 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: Allan Michael Brunet
Skinny Triplet:... -
THRILLER 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: Val Cole
Adrian: Kyana Teresa
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BEST Scene Screenplay Reading: CAVEAT EMPTOR, by Ray Goldberg
After a law school drop-out accidentally makes a deal with the devil, she fights back by striking a new bargain with the demons who are now possessing her.
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Kyana Teresa
Zip: Allison Kampf
Rob: Geoff Mays
Tyler: Andy Camp -
Thriller Festival BEST Scene Reading: STUNG, by Richard M. Kjeldgaard
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Geoff Mays
Angela/Angela: Kyana Teresa
Kyle/Scary Clown Mask: Allan Michael Brunet
Figure #1/Zombie Mask: Sean Ballantyne
Figure #2 and #4/Wife: Val Cole
Driver/Man/Skull Mask: Steve Rizzo
Alien Mask/Figure #3: Allison Kampf
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THRILLER Festival Best Scene Reading: SERIAL, by Robert Benjamin
A kind, old retiree's life is thrust into anguish and despair when he suspects his son may be a serial killer.
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Val Cole
Irate Woman: Kyana Teresa
Manager: Geoff Mays
Helmer: Andy Camp -
POLTICAL Festival BEST Scene Script Reading: THE ELECTRIC WAR, by Arthur Tiersky
Black-comic satirical version of the events that led to the invention and ratification of the electric chair and its inaugural official use.
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Val Cole
Fell: Geoff Mays
Southwick: Steve Rizzo -
THRILLER Festival Best Scene Reading: June In California, by T.J. Morehouse
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Val Cole
John: Geoff Mays
June: Kyana Teresa -
CRIME Festival BEST Scene Reading: EVIL FACES, by C.J. Doukakis and T.J Doukakis
Hollywood 1946. When a private detective is tasked with solving the possible murder of an old friend, he's plunged into a much larger and more sinister plot.
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Allan Michael Brunet
George: Geoff Mays
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BEST Scene Screenplay Reading: EVACUATION, by Aubrey Reynolds
After losing his father in an air raid, Arthur and his brother are evacuated from Liverpool to Wales to safely wait out World War 2 with a kind farm family. There he comes to suspect the woods on the farm's edge are full of danger, and that his younger brother has been replaced with a changeling....
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LGBTQ+ Festival BEST Scene Reading: ONE NIGHT AT THE MORRISON, by Joan Beilstein
It’s 2040, and Victoria, age 75, has died from cancer. Before her death, Victoria reveals to one of her two daughters, Kelly, that twenty-five years ago, she had met the love of her life, a woman named Jessie, at a wedding weekend. Victoria asks Kelly to please contact Jessie when she dies so Jes...
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BEST SCENE Screenplay Reading: Out Of The Ditch, by Charley Vance
An addict hits bottom, vows change, works to regain the trust of her son, repair relationships and fends off an abusive, menacing dealer. The son and his girlfriend hatch a plan to get revenge on the dealer, but victory is short-lived, putting the lives of the addict, the son and girlfriend in je...
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LGBTQ+ Festival Best Scene Reading: In Hyding, by Carlos Perez
Dr. Jekyll has perfected a medical formula that will bring back a part of himself that was lost because of his father's mistreatment, and now that Miss Hyde has entered the picture, she has no intention of leaving. This is a transgender woman version of the Dr. Jekyll/Mr. Hyde Tale.
CAST LIST:
N... -
FEMALE Festival Best Scene Reading: Sister Stones, by Nicole Dawson
A lower-class, Adderall-addicted student from an Ivy League university becomes the prime suspect in a murder investigation when her ex-friend is found dead.
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Val Cole
Max: Shaun Devlin
Lola: Allison Kampf
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THRILLER Festival Best Scene Script Reading: The Dirty Blonde, Sven Anarki
A gritty Noir detective wakes up in modern day San Francisco where he is given a second chance to solve the case that killed his partner in 1945.
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Val Cole
Ernest/Sid: Bill Poulin
Candace: Kyana Teresa
The Nippon Kid/Franklin: Allan Michael Brunet
Dr. Wienkeller/Lenny: Sh... -
THRILLER Festival Best Scene Script Reading: Severance Payback, by Richard M. Kjeldgaard
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Hannah Ehman
Female Voice/Amanda: Kyana Teresa
Female Voice #2/Teenage Voice: Val Cole
Male Voice/Parking Attendant: Allan Michael Brunet
Lindsey Voice: Julie Sheppard
Robert Voice: Bill Poulin -
LGBTQ+ Festival Best Scene Script Reading: Strange Desires, by Doug Allen
When a middle-aged gay man's sartorial choices create an identity crisis, he is forced to reconsider his relationships with the men in his life, and ultimately what it means to be a man.
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Val Cole
Jasper: Allan Michael Brunet
Phil: Shaun Devlin
Receptionist: Andy Camp
Gina... -
THRILLER Festival Best Scene Script Reading: We Are All Dead, by Arthur Tiersky, Bruno Fischer
When a robbery goes wrong and the getaway driver is killed, the gang's two leaders become romantic rivals when the driver's widow shows up to collect her share.
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Val Cole
Kramer: Andy Kamp
Judd: Shaun Devlin
Johnny: Allan Michael Brunet
Oscar: Bill Poulin-----