1ST SCENE SCREENPLAY READINGS
Winning screenplays. First scenes readings from features, and television specs.
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Winning 1st Scene Reading: ON TRACK, by Simon J. Gallagher
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Julie Sheppard
Howard: Allan Michael Brunet
Curtis: Steve Rizzo -
LGBT Festival 1st Scene Screenplay Reading: 10 Rounds Deep, by Parker Bohner
When a promising young boxer is outed before a life changing fight, he must overcome his lack of support outside of the ring, as he battled against the man he loves in it.
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Julie Sheppard
Zaire: Steve Rizzo
Fighter: Allan Michael Brunet
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TV FESTIVAL 1st Scene Script Reading: Letterkenny: "Dary's Super-soft Poem", by Jay Servedio
The hicks help Dary write a poem to woo a "cultured lass"; The hockey players run a bake sale for new jerseys.
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Julie Sheppard
Wayne: Allan Michael Brunet
Daryl: Steve Rizzo
Squirrley: Bill Poulin
Katy: Kyana Teresa -
FEMALE Festival 1st Scene TV Script Reading: Mad Hadley, by Jodi I Lustig
After a clash with a client goes viral, a lawyer infamous for defending despicable men volunteers at a women's legal aid clinic run by her uber-feminist mother, hoping to turn over a new leaf without tearing down the whole family tree.
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Julie Sheppard
Mad: Hannah Ehman
Kaile... -
LGBT Festival 1st Scene Script Reading: Big Girl, by Cyn Harris
In 1976 suburban Wisconsin, Tori, 14, is too big and awkward to be the cheerleader her mother demands. When field hockey coach Deb appears at Tori's Catholic school, her swagger, strength and acceptance sets fire to Tori’s repressed desires. Chaos swiftly ensues. Yet through Tori’s new found love...
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LGBTQ+ Festival 1st Scene TV Reading: THE MENDER, by Robert Ripley
A transgender man turns to contract killing to pay for his gender reassignment surgery, while his murky past begins to catch up with him.
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Allison Kampf
Roy: Sean Ballantyne
Jiron: Matthew Camp
Attendant: Steve Rizzo -
1st Scene Screenplay Reading; CRACKSMEN, by Daniel Corey
Cracksmen are a new class of criminal that specialize in slipping into an alternate dimension to commit crimes. Jake is one of the best, but to escape the mob, he has to strike a deal that will get him in trouble with syndicates on both sides of reality.
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Elizabeth Rose Morr... -
1st Scene Script Reading: SURFACE TENSION, by Shane Walsh-Smith
When the world ends in a nuclear explosion, a family of pampered and petty one-percenters bicker and blunder their way through the apocalypse, confined in their luxury underground bunker.
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Elizabeth Rose Morriss
Clem: Allison Kampf
Camile: Hannah Ehman
Preston: Steve Rizzo... -
NYC Festival 1st Scene TV PILOT: SEEN, by Colin J. Murphy
een follows Caleb Jamison, a NYC writer and podcaster who is quick-witted, sensitive and has a pop culture reference at his fingertips to pull out at any moment. Basically, he is the person who slays the GIFs in a group chat. After continually taking a back seat in his own life, Caleb's friend So...
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THRILLER 1st Scene Script Reading: Eat What You Kill, by Leslie Lyshkov
A cunning, but naive attorney gets in over his head with a Wall Street financier and the Russian mob.
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Julie Sheppard
Max: Sean Ballantyne
Ruben: Steve Rizzo
Vulture Capitalist: Matthew Camp
Neisha: Allison Kampf -
TV Festival 1st Scene Reading: Pure, by Erika Hakmiller
A 30 minute single camera comedy following Mary Smith, the most eligible pilgrim in New England whose life is turned upside down when an unexpected group of Puritans move in next door.
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Allison Kampf
Mary: Julie Sheppard
Peter: Steve Rizzo
Grace: Kyana Teresa
Paster Smith: ...