1ST SCENE SCREENPLAY READINGS

1ST SCENE SCREENPLAY READINGS

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

1ST SCENE SCREENPLAY READINGS
  • SCI-FI Festival 1st Scene: THE MOONSTRUCK, by Tanya Wheelock, Will Phillips

    A military power couple suddenly finds themselves at the center of a lunar phenomenon turning ordinary people into zombies and must work together to save the world, their daughter, and their marriage.

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    https://instagram.com/TanyaWheelock

    CAST LIST:

    Narrator: ...

  • ANIMATION Festival 1st Scene: GOING COMMANDO, by Adam Hopwood

    After the loss of his wife, 1980's military hero Commando Dan moves to the suburbs to live with his daughter and her family.

    CAST LIST:

    Narrator: Val Cole
    Commando Dan: Shawn Devlin
    Maskface/All: Allan Michael Brunet
    Gunshow/All: Steve Rizzo
    Bombshell/All: Kyana Teresa

  • 1st Scene Script: THE EVIL THAT MEN DO, by Jeffrey van Davis (writer interview)

    When a police detective, hunting a serial killer, gets too close, the killer murders his wife and two children, sending him into a downward spiral of alcohol, suicide, and a near-death experience where God tells him to become a priest. Years later the serial killer reappears - in his confessional...

  • TV Festival 1st Scene: SHADOWS, by Michael Angel Johnson (interview)

    SHADOWS begins with Reverend Josie Strickland (late 40s, African-American) entering her office at St. Thomas Church and finding her mother, Violet Audrey, (60), standing over a dead body and holding the bloody murder weapon. Through a series of flashbacks, it’s revealed that Diana (21) , the gran...

  • WILDsound 1st Scene: The Hollywood'll Eat, by Jeffrey Riley Kazanjian

    A dark coming of age satire about a young boy trying to break into Hollywood.

    CAST LIST:

    Narrator: Steve Rizzo
    Old Man/Gepetto: Allan Michael Brunet
    Pinnochio: Shawn Devlin

  • WILDsound 1st Scene: CLEANSING ACTS, by Carlos Perez (writer interview)

    A young man contemplating suicide calls a prostitute to keep him company before he commits the act.

    CAST LIST:

    Narrator: Hannah Ehman
    William: Allan Michael Brunet
    Maxine: Kyana Teresa

    Get to know the screenwriter:

    1. What is your screenplay about?

    Cleansing Acts is about a young man who ...

  • LA Festival 1st Scene: BLOCKHEAD, by Garrett Nicholson

    When a mid-30’s concrete truck driver injures himself at work, he partners up with some friends to pursue his passion as a magician in order to separate himself from the constraints of his father’s business.

    CAST LIST:

    Narrator: Hannah Ehman
    Roy/Lou: Allan Michael Brunet
    Jill/Lucky: Kyana Ter...

  • HORROR Festival 1st Scene: THE FOURTH, by Gabriel Gervais (interview)

    While undergoing fertility treatments, a budding psychotherapist becomes embroiled in a conspiracy involving kidnapped women, cryptic symbols, and shocking revelations about her troubled past.

    CAST LIST:

    Narrator: Hannah Ehma
    Boy: Shawn Devlin
    Angie: Kyana Teresa

    Get to know the screenwr...

  • CRIME/MYSTERY Festival 1st Scene: QUASH, by John McCarney

    Inspired by true events... A homeless Vietnam Vet loses custody of his children and to get them back is forced to take a job with a diverse group of community workers in the middle of a gang war.

    CAST LIST:

    Narrator: Hannah Ehman
    John: Allan Michael Brunet
    Mo: Kyana Teresa

  • FEMALE Festival 1st Scene: THE PAINTED MUSE, by Farah Merani

    A brilliant art restorer is commissioned by a big fancy British museum to track down and restore a series of rare miniature masterpieces scattered around

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    CAST LIST:

    Narrator: Steve Rizzo
    Curator: Val Cole
    Samara: Kyana Teresa
    Dusty : Allan Michael Brunet

  • FEMALE Festival 1st Scene: ALL THAT YOU LOVE, by Ken Gire

    A teenager's idyllic life on a German farm is shattered during World War II by a ruthless Soviet invasion that separates her from her family, putting

    CAST LIST:

    Narrator: Steve Rizzo
    Mildred: Val Cole

  • THRILLER Festival TV 1st Scene Reading: ZOOM HIT, by Laura Puccia Valtorta

    When idealistic attorney Silvia Moretti watches her obnoxious doctor/lover get assassinated during a Zoom meeting, she travels to California with her housemate, Wyshonda, to find the killer.

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    CAST LIST:

    Narrator: Hannah Ehman
    Cedric: Shawn Devlin
    Silvia: ...

  • DRAMA Festival 1st Scene: AGAIN, by Melissa L. White (screenwriter interview)

    AGAIN tells the story of three strong women whose lives intertwine in three parallel stories about r eincarnation, life-altering love, and the re-connecting of souls throughout history: from Duchess Bianca Maria Visconti in 15th Century Milan; to author Jean Rhys in Devon, England in 1966; to cur...

  • COMEDY Fest 1st Scene: YOU MUST BE THIS TALL, by Randall R. Reese (interview)

    Workers of a run down amusement park rush to save the park before an evil developer buys the land.

    CAST LIST:

    Narrator: Steve Rizzo
    Colette: Hannah Ehman
    Ryan/Kristopher: Geoff Mays
    Julia : Kyana Teresa

    Get to know the screenwriter:

    1. What is your screenplay about?
    The series is about...

  • COMEDY Festival 1st Scene: SHELTER, by Janna Jones (interview)

    A smart, but indecisive movie theater owner is about to lose her husband, movie theater and her family's legacy, but when two forces of nature sweep into her life--a violent tropical storm and a gorgeous and compassionate man--she finally jumps into action to get what she wants.

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  • LGBTQ+ Festival 1st Scene: SOUTHERN HOSPITALITY, by Kate Harbert

    With the help of her best friends, a strongly-spirited girl must do whatever it takes to keep her family on the right track no matter how desperate the antics become.

    CAST LIST:

    Narrator: Steve Rizzo
    Reese/Jim: Geoff Mays
    Sierra: Kyana Teresa
    Finn: Hannah Ehman
    Victor: Sean Ballantyne

  • LA LGBTQ+ Festival 1st Scene: THE BLESSED, by Sarah Grodsky (interview)

    When a young, queer nun confined to a life of labor, starvation, and flagellation reaches her threshold, she draws attention and takes control by performing possessions and miracles, electing herself a holy conduit of God's word.

    CAST LIST:

    Narrator: Steve Rizzo
    Carlotta: Val Cole
    Benedetta: ...

  • THRILLER Festival 1st Scene: Infinite Man, by Greg Robbins

    The consequences of a society that no longer ages and a journey to revive death.

    CAST LIST:

    Narrator: Steve Rizzo
    Harlan: Sean Ballantyne
    Madalyn: Hannah Ehman

  • THRILLER Festival 1st Scene: BLOOD MONEY, by Dominic Flanagan

    Howard Swan, a doctor with a severe drinking problem, loses his medical license, his wife, his house, and is on the verge of losing his daughter as well. In a desperate act, he enlists the help of Caspar, his drug dealer brother, to make some easy money. After a deal goes wrong, Howard uses his m...

  • SHORT Screenplay 1st Scene: The Debt He Never Promised, by Daniel Foster

    When a lone rancher learns of his impending death, then he must find homes for his six beloved Labradors before he pays the debt he never promised

    CAST LIST:

    Narrator: Val Cole
    Eugene: Geoff Mays
    Everitt: Steve Rizzo
    Ammon: Sean Ballantyne
    Alex: Andy Camp

    Writer Statement
    As soon as I retire...

  • TV 1st Scene Reading: Southern Elite Law, by Clifton McMillan Jr. (interview)

    A former JAG attorney starts a new life as a private sector lawyer and gets caught up in a class action lawsuit against a crooked pharmaceutical company.

    CAST LIST:

    Narrator: Sean Ballantyne
    Al/Emmett: Steve Rizzo
    Organ Player/Grace: Kyana Teresa
    Sylvia: Hannah Ehman

    Get to know the screenw...

  • TV FESTIVAL 1st Scene: THE WATCHLIST, by Alex Vickery-Howe

    A young man falls in love with an ecoterrorist and teams up with her to save the world.

    https://www.currency.com.au/books/drama/watchlist/

    CAST LIST:

    Narrator: Val Cole
    Delia: Kyana Teresa
    Bolton: Sean Ballantyne

  • TV Festival 1st Scene: CROWN POINT, by Joseph Anthony Francis

    A scandalous event in their hidden past transformed the once-friendly Dalton and Alvarez dynasties into bitter rivals. Against the backdrop of the Crown Point skyline, members of these two empires scheme to gain the upper hand, leaving a path of broken dreams, broken promises, and broken hearts b...

  • LA Festival BEST Scene Reading: Kubricks Waterloo, by Mike Mann (interview)

    in 1969 Stanley Kubrick attempts to make his dream film, an epic about Napoleon Bonaparte. If Napoleon doesn’t unmake him first…

    CAST LIST:

    Narrator: Steve Rizzo
    Kubrick: Sean Ballantyne
    Christiane: Val Cole

    Get to know the screenwriter:

    1. What is your screenplay about?

    Kubrick's Waterl...