SHORT SCREENPLAY READINGS

SHORT SCREENPLAY READINGS

Full winning short screenplay readings.

SHORT SCREENPLAY READINGS
  • UNDER 5 MINUTE Festival Short: BEAUTIFUL OCEAN, by Margie Jo Vess

    Captain One and Two and a deckhand are on a ship. Clowns are in the water. The ship catches the clowns. Deckhands deal with the clowns: pulling off the goo and chopping off legs. Buddy wakes up. Deckhands kill the rest of the clowns.

    CAST LIST:

    Narrator: Val Cole
    Captain One: Geoff Mays
    Capt...

  • SHORT Script Reading: Human Liabilities, by Richard M. Kjeldgaard

    CAST LIST:

    Narrator: Val Cole
    Richard: Geoff Mays
    Homeless Man: Steve Rizzo

  • Under 5 Min. Festival SHORT Script: GUARD YOURSELF, WAYFARER GREG, by Trey Hock

    As Greg cares for his ailing mother, she asks him to look after his father after she is gone. Both ponder this possibility and the cages that bind us all.

    CAST LIST:

    Narrator: Julie Sheppard
    Greg: Steve Rizzo
    Margaret: Hannah Ehman

  • EXPERIMENTAL Festival SHORT Script: Shadows of Stardom, by Mel Masry (interview)

    "Shadows of Stardom" (Inspired by True Events) is a screenplay that follows the journey of Jack, a middle-aged man with unfulfilled dreams of acting and dancing. The story delves into the stark contrast between Jack's vivid dream sequences, where he experiences success and fulfillment, and the ha...

  • FEMALE Festival SHORT Screenplay: Silent Redemption, by Ami Brown (interview)

    A hot-tempered writer finds redemption after losing control, he connects with an unlikely neighbor.

    CAST LIST:

    Narrator: Hannah Ehman
    Michael: Steve Rizzo

    Get to know the writer:

    1. What is your screenplay about?
    Silent Redemption is about a man struggling with anger issues. When he loses...

  • SHORT Screenplay: Cowabunga, by Kabrien Gathers

    Set in 1991, a cocky young boy faces off against the menacing main villain of a popular video game... in real life.

    CAST LIST:

    Narrator: Hannah Ehman
    J.C.: Geoff Mays
    Shredder: Sean Ballantyne

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  • HORROR Short Screenplay: ENGINE OF EVIL, by Beckett Van Stralen (interview)

    A sixteen year old receives an old car as a birthday gift from his stepfather. When he drives it for the first time, he realizes it isn't powered by conventional gasoline - but instead, an engine of pure evil.

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    CAST LIST:

    Narrator: ...

  • 1pg Short Script: Grandpas Favorite, by Diana Robertson Bond

    CAST LIST:

    Narrator: Sean Ballantyne
    Grandpa/daa: Steve Rizzo
    Mom: Julie Sheppard
    Teen/Girl: Hannah Ehman

  • SHORT Screenplay Reading: CHOWER, by Bernard Amador (interview)

    CAST LIST:

    Narrator: Elizabeth Rose Morriss
    Chief/Pedro: Steve Rizzo
    Arlo: Sean Ballantyne
    Thiago: Geoff Mays

    Get to know the writer:

    1. What is your screenplay about?

    The story is about an exhibitionist addicted to chowers who grapples with a converging world of voyeuristic non...

  • Fantasy/Sci-Fi Festival SHORT Screenplay Reading: IN CYRO, by Conner Stirling

    Oliver, devastated by his daughter Victoria's death, preserves her body cryogenically, clinging to the hope of a future cure. As a technician in a subarctic cryogenic facility, he oversees the preservation of Victoria and other patients. His commitment to the job intensifies when frost damage thr...

  • 1pg. Comedy Short Script: SECOND CHANCE, by Paul Huenemann (interview)

    Sam is out to avenge his true love being stolen from him.

    CAST:

    Narrator: Geoff Mays
    Sam: Steve Rizzo

    Get to know the writer:

    . What is your screenplay about?
    Poor Sam, outmaneuvered by a devious, conniving administrator , not only lost his job, but his true love and is going to get his ...

  • 1pg Short Script: THE ANSWER, by Nate Lewinski (interview)

    A film student makes a call, the answer changes his life.

    CAST LIST:

    Narrator: Val Cole
    Nathan: Steve Rizzo
    Police Officer: Sean Ballantyne
    Grandma: Hannah Ehman

    Get to know the writer:

    1. What is your screenplay about?

    This one page script The Answer is about the moment I received th...

  • 1pg. Script: Burgerland, by Harold Taw

    Genre: Romantic Comedy

    Synopsis: A fast-food worker and a fastidious eater "meet cute" over an unhealthy meal.

    CAST LIST:

    Narrator: Andy Camp
    Sheena: Hannah Ehman
    Dash: Geoff Mays
    Genre: Romantic Comedy

    Synopsis: A fast-food worker and a fastidious eater "meet cute" over an unhealthy meal.
    ...

  • 1pg. Short Script: SAMANTHA AND THE CHRISTMAS CASTLE, by Jeffrey B. Wayne

    Family, Christmas

    Uncle Jeff tries one last ditch effort to help Samantha find a gift for her cousin Ava.

    CAST LIST:

    Narrator: Julie Sheppard
    Uncle Jeff: Geoff Mays
    Aunt Julia: Hannah Ehman
    Tico: Steve Rizzo

  • 1pg. Screenplay: Imposter, by Thariq Amir (interview)

    Name: Thariq Amir
    City and Country: Singapore, Singapore
    Title of Story: Imposter
    Type of Story: Drama

    Synopsis: This is a semi-biographical story about how imposter syndrome took hold of my life and how it communicated with me.

    CAST LIST:

    Narrator: Julie Sheppard
    Person's Reflection: Hannah ...

  • LGBTQ+ Festival SHORT Script: Wishing on Stars, by Rosie Maddox (interview)

    Mare, a graduating high school senior, must navigate the bittersweet complexities of leaving her hometown for her dream school while grappling with her growing romantic feelings for her best friend, Jules.

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  • ENVIRONMENTAL Festival SHORT Script: Green Scream, by Debbi Mack (interview)

    A woman senses serious trouble connected to a discarded plastic bottle leaking an eerie green substance in her neighborhood.

    CAST LIST:

    Narrator: Steve Rizzo
    Kelly: Val Cole
    Sally: Elizabeth Rose Morriss

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    https://instagram.com/debb...

  • Under 5min Festival SHORT Script: DERWYDDON, by Richard Sloggett

    A mother and daughter take it in turns to provide maternal security for their family.

    CAST LIST:

    Narrator: Elizabeth Rose Morriss
    Gwen: Val Cole
    Carys: Julie Sheppard
    Nurse/Dewi: Steve Rizzo
    Jack: Andy Camp

  • COMEDY Short Script: Postage Due, by Janna Jones

    CAST LIST:

    Narrator: Hannah Ehman
    Nancy: Val Cole
    Stuart: Steve Rizzo
    Dave: Sean Ballantyne

  • SHORT Script: F the M, by Charles Marks

    Charlie Marks takes the train to work.

    CAST LIST:

    Narrator: Sean Ballantyne
    Charlie: Steve Rizzo
    Sexy Voice: Val Cole

  • SHORT Script: 8 DAYS 'TIL THE END, by Ray Charles (interview)

    CAST LIST:

    Narrator: Shawn Devlin
    Desmond: Steve Rizzo
    James: Geoff Mays
    Waitress 1/Danya: Val Cole
    Waitress 2/Ada: Hannah Ehman
    Bryan: Sean Ballantyne

    Get to know the writer:

    1. What is your screenplay about?
    Well, to be completely honest, what I had submitted was a brand new project...

  • SHORT Script: Love. Santa, by Jim Newton

    Genre: Holiday

    Synopsis: A Mall Santa is having a bad day, until a young boy shows him love.

    CAST LIST:

    Narrator: Shawn Devlin
    Marcus: Steve Rizzo
    Store Manager: Geoff Mays
    Young Boy: Sean Ballantyne

  • ROMANCE Short Script: I Swiped the Wrong One, by Joe Fishel

    A movie within the The Haunting of Prince Dom Pedro feature film, I Swiped the Wrong One is the story of four people who discover dating in the physical world is much different than dating online. Their first dates begin and end in ways that they did not anticipate.

    CAST LIST:

    Narrator: Shawn...

  • SHORT Script: Free Tomatoes, by JT Tuttle

    Narrator: Val Cole