BEST SCENE SCREENPLAY READINGS
The "best scene" take from features and TV pilots of winning screenplays.
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COMEDY Best Scene Script: Violent Indigo, by Deborah Hodgetts
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Shawn Devlin
Margaret: Hannah Ehman
Benji/Jack Denton: Sean Ballantyne -
COMEDY Best Scene Script: Number Two, by Robert Tartell (interview)
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Shawn Devlin
Meg: Julie Sheppard
Tim: Sean BallantyneGet to know the screenwriter:
1. What is your screenplay about? We've all heard of marital bliss. This is the opposite of marital bliss.
2. What genres does your screenplay fall under? Farce comedy
3. Why...
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COMEDY Best Scene Script: Heaven Sent Me, by Jim Norman (interview)
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Shawn Devlin
Mark: Geoff Mays
Erica: Julie Sheppard
Bobby: Sean BallantyneGet to know the writer:
1. What is your screenplay about?
A depressed firefighter falls in love with a guardian angel.2. What genres does your screenplay fall under?
Romantic comedy; fant... -
COMEDY Best Scene Script: Down At The Val, by Neil Goodchild
The grandson of a golf course owner loses his job and has to return to the dilapidated family business, where his grandfather and two surprising new employees inspire him to try and help save it from bankruptcy.
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Shawn Devlin
Melvin: Geoff Mays
Nate: Sean Ballantyne
Otis... -
COMEDY Best Scene Reading: Burning Old Man, by Joe Farhatt and Jim Clemens
A group of grade school friends reconnect to throw a communal sixty-fifth birthday party for one another - leading to a Burning Man type celebration.
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Shawn Devlin
Harlan/Burt: Steve Rizzo
Millie/Anita: Hannah Ehm
Michael/Wayne: Geoff Mays
Arthur/Gus: Sean Ballantyne
Bet... -
COMEDY Festival Scene: Kill the Millennial, by Dedra L. Stevenson (interview)
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Shawn Devlin
Mr. Blaynard/Shandel/Harley: Sean Ballantyne
Ryan/Ryan's Inner Voice: Geoff Mays
Mandi/Mandi's Inner Voice: Hannah Ehman
Lunch Lady/Cashier/Emily: Julie SheppardGet to know the writer:
What is your screenplay about?
My screenplay is a Dark Comedy pa... -
BEST Scene Reading: A Dangerous Gamble, by André Meira (interview)
A woman with mental health issues, pressured by the insults of her own mother, attempts to stage the kidnapping of her daughter to prove she can make money... but the stunt goes wrong.
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Hannah Ehman
Amanda: Elizabeth Rose Morriss
Richard: Geoff Mays
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Toronto Female Festival: TINU, by Nirali Shastri (interview)
Tinu, an Indian woman in her 40s, is going through a divorce. Leaving her acting career in Los Angeles and moving in with her parents in Buffalo, NY, Tinu attempts to rebuild her life as she pursues her back up engineering career plan with a job as a Construction Inspector. What she expects to be...
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HORROR Festival: Some Enchanted Evening, by Ian Welfley
On a quiet, snowy Valentine's Day, a psychotic high schooler breaks into his crush's home and forces her to have a romantic dinner with him -- A dinner that will leave none of its guests unscathed...
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Elizabeth Rose Morriss
Caleb: Geoff Mays
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DRAMA Festival: Gallatin, by Ryan Skinner
A famous author goes on a quest of revenge as he tracks down and plans to murder the priest who molested his daughter.
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Elizabeth Rose Morriss
Matt: Geoff May
Phillip: Sean Ballantyne
Monica: Val Cole -
FAN FICTION: The Sea Captain's Cottage, by Stephanie Marie Couture (interview)
After losing her job in NYC, Marylin and her daughter move away for a quieter life in Maine. Marylin hopes to fix her strained relationship with her daughter and find new purpose by restoring an old seaside cottage. What she didn't anticipate was falling in love with the ghost that resides there....
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LGBTQ+ Festival: A-Okay, by Casey Seline (interview)
Merritt and Hylan are returning to their high school for their ten year reunion. Friends and roommates, the two complete each other in being completely different; Hylan — a confident, sexually active and adventurous extrovert, and Merritt — a shy, hopeless romantic who is struggling with her sexu...
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LGBTQ+ Festival: Queer Cowfolk: The Gay Rodeo Musical, by Bear Kosik (interview)
One is confused. One is growing older. One is afraid of settling down. They all take their chances on rodeo weekend amid the dancing, riding, and drinking.
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Hannah Ehman
Paul: Geoff Mays
Martin: Steve RizzoGet to know the writer:
1. What is your screenplay about?
Ni...
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ACTION/ADVENTURE Festival: Wrath, by Martin White II (interview)
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Val Cole
Envy/Michael/All Angels: Geoff Mays
Greed/Dan/All Angels: Sean Ballantyne
Justin/Gary/All Angels: Steve Rizzo
Rebecca/Pride/Tina: Elizabeth Rose MorrissGet to know the writer:
1. What is your screenplay about?
The best way I can summarize my screenplay is:... -
ACTION/ADVENTURE Festival: The Portal, by Pamela PerryGoulardt
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Steve Rizzo
Holiday: Val Cole
Jax: Sean Ballantyne
Samm: Elizabeth Rose Morriss -
ACTION/ADVENTURE Festival: Stranded, by Gini Graham Scott
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Hannah Ehman
William Forest: Geoff Mays
Dan Parks: Sean Ballantyne
Ken: Steve Rizzo -
ACTION/ADVENTURE Festival: Bandaged Knees, by Colin Simpson
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Steve Rizzo
Meredith Burns: Elizabeth Rose Morriss
Wilson/Bartender: Geoff Mays
Sara: Val Cole
Reynolds: Sean Ballantyne
Tulip: Hannah Ehman -
ACTION/ADVENTURE Festival: Never Trust, by Garry Hicks
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Val Cole
Bobby: Geoff Mays
Waiter: Sean Ballantyne
Woman: Elizabeth Rose Morriss -
CRIME/MYSTERY Best Scene: The Seeds We Sow, by Scott Harbison
A former hitman returns to his hometown of New Orleans and reunites with a former girlfriend. Trouble catches up with them and they have to fend off the demons of their past and the mafia who wants them dead.
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Hannah Ehman
Rita: Julie Sheppard
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GOING HOME, by Marilynn Loveless, Sara Dinga, Sherry Wachter, Patrick Dunphy
Desperate human refugees from the Mars colony return home to Earth, only to discover they are no longer at the top of the food chain.
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Julie Sheppard
Queen: Elizabeth Rose Morriss
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DIVERSITY Festival Best Scene Reading: DELULU, by Adam Jay Ung (interview)
A Korean-born, American-raised K-pop idol working on the release of her solo debut track in Seoul, struggles with the language and cultural differences while dealing with a crazed stalker who’s dangerously obsessed with her.
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CAST LIST:
Narrator: Sean Ballantyne
Jie... -
DIVERSITY Fest Scene: Heroes, Just For One Day, by Salvatore Riggio (inter.)
While on vacation with his family in Disney World, Johnny, a FDNY Firefighter (along with the rest of America) receives word of the attack on the Twin Towers and the Pentagon on September 11, 2001. He is not there with his fellow man and the guilt eats at him for years in the aftermath. Through a...
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BEST SCENE Reading: AHOY FOR JOY, by Keith Reilly
Amidst unrest in 1970s Belfast, troubled teenager Michael meets Dutch tourist Anna, and a whirlwind romance begins. Anna is enchanted with the Ireland Michael showcases in his letters, but he is shielding her from the truth. As Michael’s recovery from the trauma of his childhood progresses, event...
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BEST SCENE Reading: Down At The Val, by Neil Goodchild
The grandson of a golf course owner loses his job and has to return to the course, where his grandfather and two surprising new employees inspire him to try and help save it from bankruptcy.
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Hannah Ehman
Lazenby: Steve Rizzo
Nate: Sean Ballantyne