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SHORT Script: Her Best Night Ever, by Carl Burcham
A 100-year old woman visits the Museum of Modern Art hoping to see a famous masterpiece before she dies but a record crowd challenges her dream.
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Val Cole
Giada: Hannah Ehman
Senior Woman/Asia Maria: Kyana Teresa -
SHORT Script: Sending Gill, by Richard P. DiPietro
Genre: drama
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Val Cole
Marco: Steve Rizzo
Paco: Sean Ballantyne
Dana: Kyana Teresa -
SHORT Script: The Wife Beater, by Zeff Lawless
Genre: Dark Comedy
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Val Cole
Jack: Sean Ballantyne
Tracy: Kyana Teresa -
Short Script: UNEMPLOYMENT, by Barbara Blomquist
In the near future, a strict demanding law requires men to be financially responsible for all children they father.
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Val Cole
Jeff: Sean Ballantyne
Susan: Kyana
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1pg. Script Reading: McHappiest, by Andrés García Uyabán
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Steve Rizzo
Brad: Sean Ballantyne
Mother/Woman: Hannah Ehman
Cashier: Val Cole -
1pg Script Reading: A Page in the Mind, by Kevin Orzel
Genre: Comedy
This was a fun challenge, thanks for putting this together!
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Steve Rizzo
Ego: Hannah Ehman
Super-Ego: Val Cole -
1pg. Script Reading: Who is We, by Richard P. DiPietro
Drama
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Steve Rizzo
Ricky: Sean Ballantyne
Talia: Hannah Ehman
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1pg. Script Reading: Cyn of Omission, by Obediya Jones-Darrell
Set in the 1950's this story follows Cynthia Richards, an unassuming secretary, who is thrust into the role of detective on a provisional basis. While trying to overcome her own well hidden self doubts she must fight to prove herself everyday to her co-workers and most importantly, herself.
Neo...
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1pg. Script Reading: Brohst, by Gabby Etzel
Horror-Comedy
Dude... This paranormal investigator is totally desperate for evidence.
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Val Cole
Tank: Steve Rizzo
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1pg. Script Reading: She Died Laughing, by Mark Mc Quown
Genre – Dramedy
Synopsis - A married couple start to tell each other the real truths of their lives.
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Val Cole
Trea: Hannah Ehman
Oscar: Steve Rizzo -
1pg. Short Screenplay: READY FOR IT, by Richard P. DiPietro
Drama
CAST:
Narrator: Val Cole
Marco: Steve Rizzo
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LGBTQ+ Festival SHORT Screenplay: ABLAZE, by Jenny Goddard-Garcia
Born into a society that punishes the different, eighteen-year-old Kalinda struggles to maintain her secret ability to breathe flames, as a chance encounter with a group of amateur fire dancers tempts her to risk living a life that burns brightly.
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Val Cole
Zoey/Peggy: Ha... -
SHORT Script Reading: Standing in Line, by Jules Corriere (writer interview)
Sam is standing in line at the grocery store with his grandson when an incident sparks a memory, and Sam is stunned as he watches the Food Lion transform into the haunting landscape of Auschwitz he escaped seventy years ago.
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Hannah Ehman
Sam: Sean Ballantyne
Buddy/Mr. Lo... -
Thingamajigs — An American Fairy Tale, by A.S. Templeton (writer interview)
As an act of proxy revenge, a little girl is given a book filled with unexpectedly vivid illustrations.
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Val Cole
Nora/Donkey/Mrs. Brown: Hannah Ehman
Jane/Monkey: Elizabeth Rose Morriss
Book Agent: Steve Rizzo
Clown/Grizzly: Sean BallantyneGet to know the writer:
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SHORT Screenplay Reading: Anger Management, by Robert Marshall Tartell
Anger Management is a comedy in which an angry man seeking treatment finds an unusual cure for his problem.
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Elizabeth Rose Morriss
Man with Magazine: Sean Ballantyne
Restless Man: Steve Rizzo
Receptionist: Kyana Teresa
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COMEDY 1st Scene Reading: Wintucky High, by Thomas Schoch (with interview)
Get to know the writer:
1. What is your screenplay about?
Three down-on-their-luck friends discover an old high-school rival, now the corrupt mayor of their town, and his army of violent seniors are running an illicit weed growing business; an operation they had been arrested for years before....
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HORROR Festival Short Script: THE MOUSE, by Tonia Kempler
A woman falls pray to her lover's darker side and is forced to obey his wishes even if it costs her, her life.
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Kyana Teresa
Nikki: Elizabeth Rose Morriss
Brock: Sean Ballatyne
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SHORT Script: Evolution, by Zsolt Pozsgal
Two men, one little boy. And a woman. Unknown. Or not. One woman, two men and a boy. Or not. A little boy, a woman and two men. And pain.
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Kyana Teresa
Little Boy: Andy Camp -
Short Script: Creations Dance, by Bruce Purcell
Sci-Fi
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Geoff Mays
Quenton: Sean Ballatyne
Maggie: Elizabeth Rose Morriss -
Short Script: SCRATCH, by Alexander Hernandez-Maxwell
Horror
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Shawn Devlin
Will: Sean Ballatyne
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Short Script: FALLEN ON HOARD TIMES, by Matthew Nicholson
Genre: Drama, Dramedy
Logline: "Eva Brown must help her hoarder brother clean his apartment (and his life) before he gets evicted. In the process, she uncovers the real reason why he has such a hard time letting go of material objects."
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Shawn Devlin
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Short Script: CHOCOLATE DROP, by Allonya Payne (with interview)
Get to know the writer:
1. What is your screenplay about?
Chocolate drop is about a serial killer who hunts African American women.
2. What genres does your screenplay fall under?
African American fiction / horror
3. Why should this screenplay be made into a movie?
This screenplay should b...
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Short Script Reading: AGAIN, by Lee Nordling (with interview)
Get to know the writer:
1. What is your screenplay about?
It’s about a page. (Heh.) Story-wise, it’s about the recriminations a couple goes through when they’re not on the same page (pun intended).
2. What genres does your screenplay fall under?
Humor and fantasy.
3. Why should this screenp...
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Winning HORROR SHORT Screenplay Reading: SOLI DEO GLORIA, by Andrew Wade Bowcock
In a rural early 20th century midwest American town, young August must face frequent abuse by his fundamentalist preacher father. As domestic troubles intensify with August’s family, so do visions of a monstrous presence chasing him. Can August escape both the source and the symbol of his trauma...