BEST SCENE SCREENPLAY READINGS
The "best scene" take from features and TV pilots of winning screenplays.
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BEST Scene Reading: Shady's Last Stand, by Stan Barton
When a misplaced border wall throws his honky-tonk into no-man’s land, Shady establishes a new kingdom to offer folks a second chance, but powerful politicians have other ideas.
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Elizabeth Rose Morriss
Santos: Steve Rizzo
Shady: Geoff Mays
Landry: Sean Ballantyne
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BEST SCENE TV PILOT Reading: THE MÂR CHRONICLES, by A. S. Templeton
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Val Cole
Barnesdale: Allan Michael Brunet
Yaeger: Hannah Ehman
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TV Festival Best Scene Reading: This Next Year, by Mark Violi
After surviving a school shooting and now suffering from PTSD, Kate takes a position as guidance counselor at a Pennsylvania high school. In crisis herself, Kate must navigate new rules and deal with a haunting past while employing unconventional methods to identify and help those students most a...
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POLITICAL Festival BEST SCENE Reading: Confined Hatred, by Jeffrey Swerdan
Sgt. Robin Sole wakes up to find herself trapped with six strangers in a deadly game of racism and torment. Can the seven strangers overcome their personal differences to come together and escape or will they take their personal prejudice to an early grave?
CAST LIST:
Narration: Elizabeth Rose ...
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LGBTQ+ Festival BEST Scene Reading: KING, by Jessica L. Folk
After landing a coveted junior associate position at a prestigious law firm, a freshly minted lawyer must navigate the harsh reality of working for one of D.C.'s top firms, all while uncovering a dark family secret buried under decades of carefully cultivated deceit.
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THRILLER Festival BEST Scene Reading: CALLING CARD, by Israela Margalit
Julia's estranged husband has just left for an island vacation with their daughter. Her best friend is busy. So is everyone else on her Rolodex. The phone rings. A man says that he has her calling card in his wallet. How did it get there? That has been driving him crazy. Would she meet him for an...
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BEST SCENE Reading: Donald's Time, by Jimmie D Smith
CAST LIST:
Narration: Elizabeth Rose Morriss
Donald: Bill Poulin
Umpire/Barry: Allan Michael Brunet
Jim: Geoff Mays
Lynn: Kyana Teresa
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COMEDY Festival BEST Scene Reading: Socially Awkwardly, by Jesse M. Baker
A young man, fed up with his job and ending a deceitful relationship, reaches out to a young comedienne who teaches him about love and life, while picking up the pieces of her own damaged existence.
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Allison Kampf
Amethyst : Kyana Teresa
Manager: Andy Camp
Laura: Elizabeth ... -
BEST SCENE Reading: Akita On Parole, by King Jordan “SuperMan” Taylor, Stacci D. Great & Sire Eminence Zakkiyyiah
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Elizabeth Rose Morriss
Judge/Judge Thompson: Sean Ballantyne
Bailiff/Mr. Keith: Geoff Mays
Attorney Mr. Lewis/Mr. Dogg: Steve Rizzo
Akita/Mrs. Jordan: Kyana Teresa
Ms. Love: Allison Kampf=====
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BEST SCENE Reading: I.C.U., by Dennis Lee Foster
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Elizabeth Rose Morriss
Palmer: Sean Ballantyne
Granger: Geoff Mays
Rawal: Steve Rizzo
Nielson: Allison Kampf
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TV PILOT Best Scene Reading: Rebound by Dan Grove
After he is dumped by his girlfriend after proposing to her, Ben Livingston slowly begins to notice a pattern within every girl he's ever dated: they are all the complete opposite from the one before. Yet, rather than step away from dating and live a the single life and work on himself post-break...
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ACTION Festival Best Scene Reading: OLD SINS, by Mark Allen
A long-retired Government assassin is forced out of hiding when a Russian Spetsnaz kill team murder the members of a covert team that operated in East Germany thirty-five years ago.
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Kyana Teresa
Rory (M-60s overweight): Steve Rizzo
Nurse (F): Allison Kampf
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BEST Scene Reading: Uriel's Curse, by Edwin Berne
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Allison Kampf
Man One/Man Three/Pan: Geoff Mays
Man Two/Uriel: Steve Rizzo
Justine: Kyana Teresa
Cassandra: Elizabeth Rose Morriss
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BEST Scene Script Reading: IN HYDING, by Carlos Perez
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Elizabeth Rose Morriss
Poole (M)/Utterson (M): Geoff Mays
Lanyon (M)/Henry (M): Steve Rizzo
Miss Hyde (F): Val Cole
James (M): Andy Camp
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BEST SCENE Reading: Akita On Parole, by King Jordan “SuperMan” Taylor, Stacci D. Great & Sire Eminence Zakkiyyiah
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Elizabeth Rose Morriss
Judge/Judge Thompson: Sean Ballantyne
Bailiff/Mr. Keith: Geoff Mays
Attorney Mr. Lewis/Mr. Dogg: Steve Rizzo
Akita/Mrs. Jordan: Kyana Teresa
Ms. Love: Allison Kampf -
THRILLER Festival BEST Scene Reading: You Are Mine, by Justin Lord
On her first night outside the house in a year, a traumatized teen meets up with two old friends, only to wake up in a dark cell faced with a series of tests to solve if she wants to escape.
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Allison Kampf
Jade: Elizabeth Rose Morriss
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TV FESTIVAL Best Scene Reading: Dirt From A Holy Place, by Sarah Courchaine
A group of five young girls navigates the trials and traumas of adolescence while growing up in a religious patriarchal cult. Based on true events.
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Allison Kampf
Carla (F-50s): Val Cole
John (M-50s) Steve Rizzo
Ana (F): Allison Kampf
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BEST Scene Reading: EE, by Rick McManus
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Shawn Devlin
Officer in Charge: Geoff Mays
Eva: Kyana Teresa
Adam: Steve Rizzo
Roland/Grandfather: Sean Ballantyne
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COMEDY Festival BEST Scene Reading: Eleanor Of Ellendale Of Earth, by Hunter Ridgway
The most under-appreciated single mom in the world helps humorously inept aliens from outer space save Earth from takeover by sinister aliens.
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Allison Kampf
Eleanor (F-30s): Kyana Teresa
Xavier (M-30s): Steve Rizzo
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ACTION Festival BEST Scene Reading: Nemesis, by Helena Derett
In a world where heroes and villains are genetically identified at birth, a desperate superhero father will do anything to protect his young daughter tagged as a future villain, even if it means turning into the world’s greatest nemesis.
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Elizabeth Rose Morriss
Tech One: An... -
TV PILOT BEST Scene Reading: Alex, Infected, by Samantha Brennan
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Kyana Teresa
Nate (M-12): Steve Rizzo
Alex (M-17): Geoff Mays-----
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BEST SCENE Screenplay Reading: Hearts Flowers & Longshoremen, by Rick Karlsruher
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Allison Kampf
Bill: Steve Rizzo
Jerry/Phil: Sean Ballantyne
Tony/Robin: Geoff Mays
Alexis/Third Woman: Kyana Teresa
Tina/First/Second Woman: Elizabeth Rose Morriss-----
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STAGE PLAY Best Scene Reading: Romance By The Book, by Jody Lebel, by Jody Lebel
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Sean Ballantyne
Sheila: Val Cole
Rose: Hannah Ehman
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TV PILOT Best Scene Reading: MARTY'S WORLD, by Robert Cole
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Shawn Devlin
Max/Cooper: Steve Rizzo
SLY/Marty: Geoff Mays
LOLA/Candace: Elizabeth Rose Morriss
Doctor Ross: Sean Ballantyne
Melissa: Kyana Teresa
Carmen: Allison Kampf
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