1ST SCENE SCREENPLAY READINGS
Winning screenplays. First scenes readings from features, and television specs.
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SCI-FI Festival 1st Scene Script Reading: Mind Out Of Time, by Carole Starcevic
Following the arrival of a mysterious alien object in space, a brilliant woman scientist opens a Pandora's box in an attempt to save humanity from growing amnesia.
CAST LIST:
Narration: Elizabeth Rose Morriss
Carole: Hannah Ehman
David: Geoff Mays
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SCI-FI Festival 1st Scene Reading: VIOLE(N)T, by Thomas D. Rotenberg
A man and a woman wake up in a house with no memory of how they got there, only to find that they're locked inside and need to solve three puzzles to escape...or so they think.
CAST LIST:
Narration: Steve Rizzo
Man/Abe: Geoff Mays
Woman: Hannah Ehman-----------
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COMEDY Festival 1st Scene Reading: The Pirate Groom, by Anthony Ventresca
In this sequel to the film "The Princess Bride", 25 years later, a princess and a pirate join forces in an attempt to save their parents and free the kingdom from an evil tyrant.
CAST LIST:
Narration: Steve Rizzo
Leah: Hannah Ehman
Father: Geoff Mays
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DIVERSITY Festival 1st Scene Reading: North Beyond East, by Alex Farhandi
Logline: A high-achieving student neglects her application to a prestigious academy in order to stay with and look after her HIV-positive sister.
CAST LIST:
Narration: Elizabeth Rose Morriss
Olivia: Kyana Teresa
Darlene: Hannah Ehman
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1st Scene Reading: MAN CAVE, by Mark Higgins
Mike and Eddie are searching for antiques and they find one in Gordon, with his lifetime of collecting automobiles and old devices. It’s worth a fortune and they intend to scam him out of it, but Gordon has some plans of his own as he poisons them and adds them to his collection.
CAST LIST:
N...
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POLITICAL Festival 1st Scene Reading: THE JUNIOR SENTATOR FROM IDAHO, by David LeBlanc
After her horn-dog, Senator husband drops dead in the middle of an office tryst, a sarcastic, lifelong trophy wife is enlisted by a group of cynical political insiders to complete his term in office, only to find herself wholly unprepared for the political spotlight.
CAST LIST:
Narration: Stev...
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SCI-FI Festival 1st Scene Reading: Chase Of Destiny, by Jason Wallach
Mason, a scholar with a grudge, seeks a path to redemption and fame. He seeks to use a family heirloom of an ancient powerful artifact as providing a redeeming path, however, it calls for him to volunteer to be the subject of a scientific experiment. His sessions have the effect of altering his s...
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HORROR Festival 1st Scene Reading: RAT, by Paul Harker
In a coastal backwater, a pregnant newcomer becomes the object of a lonely Ratcatcher's infatuation, but the arrival of her arrogant ex-lover triggers pest control of terrifying proportions.
CAST LIST:
Narration: Elizabeth Rose Morriss
Alex: Sean Ballantyne
Mother: Hannah Ehman
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CRIME Festival 1st Scene Reading: THE SPLIT, by Nicola Green
Based on true events, this is the story of three lives intertwined; a 1960's London sporting hero turned gold thief, a sick child and a grieving daughter, determined to uncover her family's secrets, finding far more than she ever could have bargained for.
CAST LIST:
Narration: Steve Rizzo
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1st Scene Script Reading: The Grand Jury, by Suzanne Lutas
A small random group gets a chance at an interview for a sought-after position and endures a long wait in a room where the test truly begins.
CAST LIST:
Narration: Elizabeth Rose Morriss
Drew: Bill Poulin
Steve: Geoff Mays
Mary: Hannah Ehman
Kyoko: Kyana Teresa
Ageless Man - Sean Ballant... -
1st Scene Script Reading: Finding Eden, by Brad Dude
"Captured along with 30 female asylum-seekers by modern-day pirates on a remote utopian island, Captain Anna Kruger struggles to escape while her rescue ship's crew attempts to unite warring African, Arab and Asian villages to mount a rescue."
CAST LIST:
Narration: Elizabeth Rose Morriss
Chi... -
FEMALE Festival 1st Scene Reading: JEWELS OF LIGHT, by Tessie Herrasti
In the world of Upprunkna, a guilt-ridden elven warrior is tasked with the care of a powerful and untrusting royal. Together, they begin a journey that will unite the most adventurous beings of the different realms and force them to work together in order to restore the vital energies of a darken...
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LGBTQ+ Festival TV 1st Scene Reading: DILF, by Orlando Wood, Victor Kubicek
DILF is a comedy drama following JACK NOVAC, a 37-year-old father who’s just lost his wife and has been carrying a secret his whole life. He’s gay.
CAST LIST:
Narration: Elizabeth Rose Morriss
Jack: Geoff Mays
Diane : Kyana Teresa-------
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ROMANCE Festival 1st Scene Reading: Date With Destiny, by Michael Brody
Everything happens for a reason...Finally the reason.
Two people on separate paths find themselves inextricably drawn together, raising the possibility that destiny is neither predetermined nor random acts of coincidence. Maybe destiny is just the fulfillment of a promise made in a previous life...
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FEMALE Festival 1st Scene Script Reading: A Bit Much, by Stacy Dymalski
After being told her whole life she’s “a bit much,” an outspoken middle-aged woman has an existential crisis when a first date asks her, “Do you want red or white wine?” Unsure how to answer, she retreats to the restroom in embarrassment, where both sides of her psyche recount her past to help he...
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1st Scene Script Reading: A Package Of Dreams, by Bradley M. Look
A young man is pushed into working for a delivery service by his father and finds himself connecting with a hero from his youth in a supernatural way.
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Elizabeth Rose Morriss
Uncle Icky (M-50s): Steve Rizzo
ARCHAELOGIST #1 (M-30s): Geoff Mays
ARCHAELOGIST #2 (F-30s): H... -
1st SCENE Crime Festival Script Reading: Bffs Never Say Die, by K. Jennifer Ilagan
With the aid of her best friend, a ballsy teenager tries to solve her own murder but the killer might be a lot closer than she thinks.
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Elizabeth Rose Morriss
Voice/Jess: Hannah Ehman
Sadie: Kyana Teresa
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1st Scene Reading: Wild Turkey, by Jay Fjestad
When an eleven-year-old girl escapes the toxicity of her mother's household, she and her alcoholic father are taken in by a local rancher with secrets of his own. Hidden away in the hills of West Texas, she finds the childhood she never had, he trusts to be the father he never was, and the ranche...
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1st Scene Reading: Rocket Number Nine, by Alexander McCoy
LOGLINE: A young man, Kojo grapples with his past and immense loss.
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Elizabeth Rose Morriss
Kojo: Sean Ballantyne
Band: Andy Camp
Santos/Tall Worker: Geoff Mays
Caster: Shawn Devlin
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FEMALE Festival 1st Scene Reading: What Kind Of Woman, by Israela Margalit
On a fall morning Carlie steps onto the porch of her home in Connecticut and drinks her first cup of coffee, entirely unaware that her life is about to turn upside down. Interweaving reality, fantasy, memory, dreams, fears and hopes, she explores her relationships until she thinks she’s ready to ...
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1st Scene Reading: Jo-Dordy, by Jon Emm
LOGLINE: A young man with Down Syndrome is incidentally (or routinely?) involved in a theft with his brother in law and sister.
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Steve Rizzo
Dordy/Goodlow: Geoff Mays
Margaret: Hannah Ehman
Artie: Shawn Devlin
Driver: Andy Camp
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LGBTQ+ Festival TV 1st Scene Reading: Trans-Human, by Leon Masters
SYNOPSIS:
In a world where humanoid robots coexist somewhat peacefully with men and women, Artemis is an innocent robot who has a wholesome father-daughter relationship with her creator William Moore.
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Elizabeth Ros Morriss
Hal: Sean Ballantyne
Blake: Shawn Devlin
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TV FESTIVAL 1st Scene Reading: My Life In Three Easy Payments, by Dale Madison, Breeze Vincinz, Darryl LeMont Wharton-Rigby
A TV shopping host finds love in all the wrong places as he seeks fame, fortune, and acceptance- eventually discovering his true calling…a drag queen
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Elizabeth Rose Morriss
Ricky: Sean Ballantyne
Dale: Shawn Devlin
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STUDENT Festival TV 1st Scene: Sous, by Joel Galanti
Billy, a young cook, must prove he has what it takes to work in the prestigious kitchen of a belligerent head chef.
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Elizabeth Rose Morriss
Jalen/Chef: Sean Ballantyne
Nikole: Hannah Ehman
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