BEST SCENE SCREENPLAY READINGS

BEST SCENE SCREENPLAY READINGS

The "best scene" take from features and TV pilots of winning screenplays.

BEST SCENE SCREENPLAY READINGS
  • CRIME Festival BEST Scene Reading: Liberty, by Chris Lawing

    A disgraced journalist trying to rebuild her career in a small western Kansas town paper must unravel a plot that threatens to send a young promising athlete to jail for life.

    CAST LIST:

    Narrator: Allison Kampf
    Zoe (F-20s): Kyana Teresa
    Rae (F-50s): Elizabeth Rose Morriss
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  • TV PILOT BEST Scene Reading: We Rise Like The Sea, by Scarlett Shepard

    Narrator: Allison Kampf
    Melanie/Mrs. Plumb: Kyana Teresa
    Moxie/Emma/Student #1 and #2: Hannah Ehman
    Sydney/Ms. Taylor: Elizabeth Rose Morriss
    Mr Landry/Mr. Fletcher: Steve Rizzo
    Eric/Principal Hawk: Geoff Mays

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  • SCI-FI Festival TV PILOT Best Scene Reading: SAKDA: THE AMULET BEARER, by J.T. Tepnapa Chaiyakam

    Thai-American, Tobias moves from Los Angeles to a small town in Illinois. Caught between two worlds, he faces the prejudices of his students and the high expectations of his family. In the shadows, there is an evil growing and only the amulet bearer has any chance of saving his family, and himsel...

  • FAN FICTION Festival BEST Scene Reading: The Kitchen Sink Sequel, by Justin S. Fischer

    The story follows a young Alliance pilot traveling through deep space to transport an Alliance diplomat. Unknown to the pilot, the passenger is hiding secrets of her own and is in possession of a weapon that could destroy the Alliance once and for all. The Pilot learns the line between the Allian...

  • BEST SCENE Script Reading: LIFE AFTER DEATH - THIS IS HELL, by Darsan Solomon

    CAST LIST:

    Narrator: Val Cole
    Michael: Steve Rizzo
    Ricky - Geoff Mays
    Raphael/God - Sean Ballantyne
    Uriel/Jesus - Shawn Devlin

  • LGBT Festival BEST Scene Reading: NORTH BEACH NOIR, by Kip Pearson

    Post- War San Francisco. A smart young detective with a dangerous secret lands in town to start a new life. But is it really safe for her anywhere.

    CAST LIST:

    Narrator: Allison Kampf
    Hastings: Steve Rizzo
    Mitch: Geoff Mays
    Francine: Val Cole
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  • BEST Scene Screenplay Reading: The Seedling, by Kevin J. Howard

    Found adrift at sea, sold into slavery and raised without knowledge of who he truly is, a young man looks up to meet the gaze of a handmaiden, discovering a love so intense it leads to the downfall of a kingdom.

    CAST LIST:

    Narrator: Shawn Devlin
    Mr. Shey: Geoff Mays
    Roanna: Hannah Ehman
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  • LA Festival BEST Scene Reading: 15, by Tim McClelland

    As a child, Adrian experienced a horrific trauma resulting in 15 years of self-imposed solitude in his home, and now, his brother is sanctioning a radical new therapy that will push Adrian to his limits, forcing him to question his own sanity.

    CAST LIST:

    Narrator: Allison Kampf
    Adrian: Steve ...

  • LGBTQ+ Festival BEST Scene Reading: The Man Who Didn't Exist, by Ivan Toth

    Bruno Balz is a German songwriter, who rose to fame during the Nazi regime, and was found guilty of boosting morale during the war. Bruno navigates his lifestyle as a closeted gay man and gets married to a woman, in order to maintain his image.

    CAST LIST:

    Narrator: Allison Kampf
    Herbert: Steve...

  • BEST SCENE Reading of Destiny Of Tar & Feathers, by Harold L. Brown

    Estranged from his family Matis settlement, a corporate lawyer finds his loyalties torn when he's caught in the middle of a settlement dispute with the government and a powerful company over jobs and oil rights."

    CAST LIST:

    1. ARCHIE GLADUE - Sean Ballantyne

    2. JAMES CARDINAL - Shawn Devlin

    ...

  • Female Festival BEST SCENE Reading: THE HALOPERIDOL FILES, by

    Lexie Addison, a cold case detective with a history of psychosis, works with her hallucinations (whom she casts as the great detectives of literature) to help the local PD find a serial killer in the community.

    CAST LIST:

    Narrator: Allan Michael Brunet
    Lexie: Kyana Teresa
    Sherlock: Geoff Mays...

  • FAN FICTION Best Scene Reading: A CREEP, by Gahee Lee

    Summary: A strange young man, BILL, learns he has penile cancer and is faced with the difficult decision to remove his member altogether. The diagnosis sends BILL on a downward spiral of creepy sexual fantasies.

    CAST LIST:

    Narrator: Allan Michael Brunet
    Bill: Steve Rizzo
    Follower 1/Nurse/Moth...

  • LGBTQ+ Festival BEST SCENE Script Reading: HOW TO CARE FOR CRICKETS, by Jessica Hilscher

    Through a string of family events, an emotionally estranged woman comes face to face with her step-father's abuse. The confrontation threatens to unravel her facade and reveal the dark secrets she keeps in the guise of protecting the family she’s avoided for fifteen years.

    CAST LIST:
    Narrator:...

  • FAN FICTION Best Scene Reading: The Mandalorian Chapter 17 : "Legacy" , by Valeran Lothaniel

    Four years after returning the child Grogu to the Jedi, the lone Mandalorian warrior Din Djarin faces his greatest challenge yet: protecting four foundlings from conflicting Galactic forces, and raising them in the way of the Mand'alor.

    CAST LIST:

    Narrator: Kyana Teresa
    Cobb Vanth: Allan Micha...

  • HORROR Festival BEST Scene Readng: THEY'RE WATCHING US, by D.G.

    ‘They’re Watching Us’ is a psychological thriller surrounding an actor couple who agree to partake in an interactive experience acting opportunity.

    CAST LIST:
    Narrator: Steve Rizzo
    Emma: Kyana Teresa
    Lenore: Val Cole

  • THRILLER Festival BEST SCENE Script Reading: OUT NEIGHBORHOOD, by Jarrod Raymond Distrola

    Divorce-bound parents are desperate for answers after their young son is kidnapped by a mysterious figure known only as “Messenger“ while the kidnapper takes interest in his next victim -- a quick tempered, closeted twelve-year-old.

    CAST LIST:
    Narrator: Val Cole
    Annie: Kyana Teresa
    Peter: Geoff...

  • CHICAGO Festival BEST Scene Reading: BELLY, by Anna Zabel

    A 30-minute dramedy pilot by Anna Zabel.

    CAST LIST:

    Narrator: Steve Rizzo
    Leah: Kyana Teresa
    Kai: Val Cole
    Rowan: Andy Camp

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  • FAN FICTION Festival Best Scene Reading: STAR WARS EPISODE 1: THE REDEMPTION OF SKYWALKER, by Brian O'Flaherty

    Some stories are too important, some stories must be retold. The story of Anakin Skywalker will be molded between the pressure of separate forces vying for his soul, which will determine the fate of the galaxy.

    CAST LIST:

    Narrator: Val Cole
    Anakin: Steve Rizzo
    Obi Wan/Owen: Geoff Mays
    Bre...

  • FEMALE Festival BEST Scene Screenplay 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: Allan Michael Brunet
    Skinny Triplet:...

  • THRILLER Festival Best Scene Reading: 15, by Tim McClelland

    As a child, Adrian experienced a horrific trauma resulting in 15 years of self-imposed solitude in his home, and now, his brother is sanctioning a radical new therapy that will push Adrian to his limits, forcing him to question his own sanity.

    CAST LIST:

    Narrator: Val Cole
    Adrian: Kyana Teresa
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  • BEST Scene Screenplay Reading: CAVEAT EMPTOR, by Ray Goldberg

    ‪After a law school drop-out accidentally makes a deal with the devil, she fights back by striking a new bargain with the demons who are now possessing her.‬

    CAST LIST:
    Narrator: Kyana Teresa
    Zip: Allison Kampf
    Rob: Geoff Mays
    Tyler: Andy Camp

  • Thriller Festival BEST Scene Reading: STUNG, by Richard M. Kjeldgaard

    CAST LIST:

    Narrator: Geoff Mays
    Angela/Angela: Kyana Teresa
    Kyle/Scary Clown Mask: Allan Michael Brunet
    Figure #1/Zombie Mask: Sean Ballantyne
    Figure #2 and #4/Wife: Val Cole
    Driver/Man/Skull Mask: Steve Rizzo
    Alien Mask/Figure #3: Allison Kampf
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  • THRILLER Festival Best Scene Reading: SERIAL, by Robert Benjamin

    A kind, old retiree's life is thrust into anguish and despair when he suspects his son may be a serial killer.

    CAST LIST:

    Narrator: Val Cole
    Irate Woman: Kyana Teresa
    Manager: Geoff Mays
    Helmer: Andy Camp

  • POLTICAL Festival BEST Scene Script Reading: THE ELECTRIC WAR, by Arthur Tiersky

    Black-comic satirical version of the events that led to the invention and ratification of the electric chair and its inaugural official use.

    CAST LIST:

    Narrator: Val Cole
    Fell: Geoff Mays
    Southwick: Steve Rizzo