1ST SCENE SCREENPLAY READINGS

1ST SCENE SCREENPLAY READINGS

Winning screenplays. First scenes readings from features, and television specs.

1ST SCENE SCREENPLAY READINGS
  • 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
    Russ: Bill Poulin

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • 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: ...