BEST SCENE SCREENPLAY READINGS
The "best scene" take from features and TV pilots of winning screenplays.
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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 -
THRILLER Festival Best Scene Reading: June In California, by T.J. Morehouse
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Val Cole
John: Geoff Mays
June: Kyana Teresa -
CRIME Festival BEST Scene Reading: EVIL FACES, by C.J. Doukakis and T.J Doukakis
Hollywood 1946. When a private detective is tasked with solving the possible murder of an old friend, he's plunged into a much larger and more sinister plot.
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Allan Michael Brunet
George: Geoff Mays
Vera: Kyana Teresa -
BEST Scene Screenplay Reading: EVACUATION, by Aubrey Reynolds
After losing his father in an air raid, Arthur and his brother are evacuated from Liverpool to Wales to safely wait out World War 2 with a kind farm family. There he comes to suspect the woods on the farm's edge are full of danger, and that his younger brother has been replaced with a changeling....
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LGBTQ+ Festival BEST Scene Reading: ONE NIGHT AT THE MORRISON, by Joan Beilstein
It’s 2040, and Victoria, age 75, has died from cancer. Before her death, Victoria reveals to one of her two daughters, Kelly, that twenty-five years ago, she had met the love of her life, a woman named Jessie, at a wedding weekend. Victoria asks Kelly to please contact Jessie when she dies so Jes...
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BEST SCENE Screenplay Reading: Out Of The Ditch, by Charley Vance
An addict hits bottom, vows change, works to regain the trust of her son, repair relationships and fends off an abusive, menacing dealer. The son and his girlfriend hatch a plan to get revenge on the dealer, but victory is short-lived, putting the lives of the addict, the son and girlfriend in je...
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LGBTQ+ Festival Best Scene Reading: In Hyding, by Carlos Perez
Dr. Jekyll has perfected a medical formula that will bring back a part of himself that was lost because of his father's mistreatment, and now that Miss Hyde has entered the picture, she has no intention of leaving. This is a transgender woman version of the Dr. Jekyll/Mr. Hyde Tale.
CAST LIST:
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FEMALE Festival Best Scene Reading: Sister Stones, by Nicole Dawson
A lower-class, Adderall-addicted student from an Ivy League university becomes the prime suspect in a murder investigation when her ex-friend is found dead.
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Val Cole
Max: Shaun Devlin
Lola: Allison Kampf
Erin: Kyana Teresa -
THRILLER Festival Best Scene Script Reading: The Dirty Blonde, Sven Anarki
A gritty Noir detective wakes up in modern day San Francisco where he is given a second chance to solve the case that killed his partner in 1945.
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Val Cole
Ernest/Sid: Bill Poulin
Candace: Kyana Teresa
The Nippon Kid/Franklin: Allan Michael Brunet
Dr. Wienkeller/Lenny: Sh... -
THRILLER Festival Best Scene Script Reading: Severance Payback, by Richard M. Kjeldgaard
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Hannah Ehman
Female Voice/Amanda: Kyana Teresa
Female Voice #2/Teenage Voice: Val Cole
Male Voice/Parking Attendant: Allan Michael Brunet
Lindsey Voice: Julie Sheppard
Robert Voice: Bill Poulin -
LGBTQ+ Festival Best Scene Script Reading: Strange Desires, by Doug Allen
When a middle-aged gay man's sartorial choices create an identity crisis, he is forced to reconsider his relationships with the men in his life, and ultimately what it means to be a man.
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Val Cole
Jasper: Allan Michael Brunet
Phil: Shaun Devlin
Receptionist: Andy Camp
Gina... -
THRILLER Festival Best Scene Script Reading: We Are All Dead, by Arthur Tiersky, Bruno Fischer
When a robbery goes wrong and the getaway driver is killed, the gang's two leaders become romantic rivals when the driver's widow shows up to collect her share.
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Val Cole
Kramer: Andy Kamp
Judd: Shaun Devlin
Johnny: Allan Michael Brunet
Oscar: Bill Poulin-----
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THRILLER Festival Best Scene Reading: Solstice, by Stephen John Beyer
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Val Cole
Angela: Julie Sheppard
Peter/Julius: Steven Rizzo
Fred/Thomas: Allan Michael Brunet
Amy: Kyana Teresa
Clayton: Andy Kamp
Ken: Bill Poulin----
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LGBTQ+ Festival Best Scene Script Reading: Strange Desires, by Doug Allen
When a middle-aged gay man's sartorial choices create an identity crisis, he is forced to reconsider his relationships with the men in his life, and ultimately what it means to be a man.
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Val Cole
Jasper: Allan Michael Brunet
Phil: Shaun Devlin
Receptionist: Andy Camp
Gina... -
THRILLER Festival Best Scene Script Reading: The Dark Valley, by T.J. Morehouse
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Julie Sheppard
V.O.: Shaun Devlin
Ella: Kyana Teresa
Sam: Allan Michael Brunet
Parking Lot Attendent/Stoner Dude: Andy Kamp -
THRILLER Festival Best Scene Script Reading: Recital, by Penny Brommersma
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Hannah Ehman
Aker: Allan Michael Brunet
Beth: Elizabeth Rose Morriss -
FANTASY/SCI-FI Festival TV Best Scene Reading: Spores, by Pat Brown
While searching for their missing parents, a botanical researcher and her conspiracy-minded brother discover deadly Mycorrhiza wreaking havoc on the largest rainforest on the west coast as aliens prepare to terraform Earth for themselves.
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Allan Michael Brunet
Ellen: Julie S... -
TV FESTIVAL Best Scene Script Reading: Stealing The Mona Lisa, by Erik Corradino
After his daughter is kidnapped, a US Navy SEAL must steal the Mona Lisa for a crime lord to get her back.
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Allan Michael Brunet
Boris: Bill Poulin
Ivan: Sean Ballantyne
Anastasiya: Allison Kampf
Alex: Andy Kamp -
FEMALE Festival TV Best Scene Reading: IVY, by Nicole Dawson
A lower-class, Adderall-addicted student from an Ivy League university becomes the prime suspect in a murder investigation when her ex-friend is found dead.
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Allan Michael Brunet
Chief Robinson: Sean Ballantyne
Male Detective: Andy Camp
Detective Cady: Julie Sheppard
Leah:... -
SCI-FI/FANTASY Festival Best Scene Reading: Conquist, by Dirk Strasser
While pursuing an Incan emperor, a driven conquistador and his men find themselves trapped between the warring forces of demonic natives and angelic beings in a world whose morality proves to be less black and white than it initially appears.
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Hannah Ehman
Sarpay: Allison Kam... -
FEMALE Festival Best Scene Script Reading: Hysteresis, by Lynn Vincentnathan
A deep water Arctic Ocean oil rig explosion in our near present releases gigatons of methane, causing runaway warming to spiral out of control much faster than it would have. By 2273 the only habitable place is the Arctic and life is dying out there. May’s malnourished son dies and the autocratic...
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LGBTQ+ Festival BEST Scene Script Reading: My Home Far Away, by Diego Scerrati
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Steve Rizzo
Oliver: Geoff Mays
Lukas: Sean Ballantyne