SHORT SCREENPLAY READINGS

SHORT SCREENPLAY READINGS

Full winning short screenplay readings.

SHORT SCREENPLAY READINGS
  • SCI-FI SHORT Screenplay Reading: DOUBLE BACK, by Steven Coy

    In the year 2035, Special Agent Lieutenant Daniela Regen, a sharp but self-focused officer in the Android Detection Unit, is pulled from her regular routine into a high-stakes global crisis.

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    CAST LIST:

    Narrator: Hannah Ehman
    Radio/Emmanuel/Replicant: Geoff Mays
    ...

  • DRAMA Festival Short Screenplay: Breadcrumbs, by Alexander Sikarevich

    In Nazi-occupied Ukraine, a starving five-year-old girl risks everything for a handful of breadcrumbs, confronting the brutality of war and the fragile hope of survival.

    CAST LIST:

    Narrator: Elizabeth Rose Morriss
    Mother: Val Cole
    Faina: Hannah Ehman
    SS Soldier: Geoff Mays
    Father Ilya: Shawn De...

  • COMEDY Festival SHORT Screenplay: Linked, by Dion Aralihalli (interview)

    Linked is a surreal dark comedy about Jordan, a man slowly losing his identity to the performative chaos of LinkedIn. Comment wars turn passive-aggressive, emojis become weapons, and the platform bleeds into reality.

    CAST LIST:

    Narrator: Geoff Mays
    Various: Hannah Ehman
    Various: Val Cole
    Vario...

  • UNDER 5 Minute Festival SHORT Screenplay: VIRAL, by John Cooney (interview)

    Due to his actions during a daring rescue, young Deputy Sheriff McGee follows in his late father's footsteps by being selected to receive the department's Medal of Valor.

    CAST LIST:

    Narrator: Elizabeth Rose Morriss
    Tracy: Val Cole
    McGee: Geoff Mays
    Sheriff Knight: Shawn Devlin
    Clown: Sean Balla...

  • FEMALE Festival Short Screenplay: Mum Before Motherhood, by Helen Rana

    A shocking incident by a train track reveals a new side of his mother to Jack.

    CAST LIST:

    Narrator: Hannah Ehman
    Jack: Geoff Mays
    Mum: Val Cole

  • ROMANCE Festival Screenplay: Accidental Tomatoes, by Adam M. Kehres (interview)

    A young man navigates the weeds of dating apps while tending to his makeshift compost pile.

    CAST LIST:

    Narrator: Shawn Devlin
    Callie: Elizabeth Rose Morriss
    Geraldine: Hannah Ehman
    Lester: Geoff Mays

    Get to know the writer:

    1. What is your screenplay about?
    My goal was to parellel new age dat...

  • HORROR Festival SHORT Screenplay: NIGHTFALL, by Johnny Storme

    CAST LIST:

    Narrator: Elizabeth Rose Morriss
    Sarah: Hannah Ehman

  • REVENGE Screenplay Scene by Sayima (interview)

    CAST LIST:

    Narrator: Shawn Devlin
    Woman: Hannah Ehman
    Mboni: Geoff Mays

    Get to know the writer:

    1. What is your screenplay about?

    This screenplay explores first contact between a human teenager and a powerful non-human being who has been displaced across time and worlds. Through a quiet,...

  • 1pg. REVENGE Short Script Reading: A PENCIL, by Allen O'Leary

    CAST LIST:

    Narrator: Val Cole
    David: Sean Ballantyne
    Laura: Hannah Ehman

  • REVENGE Short Script: OIL AND BLOOD, by Brian S. Brijbag (interview)

    Get to know the writer:

    1. What is your screenplay about?

    Oil and Blood is a dark, poetic one-act psychological thriller centered on a man in a bathroom at night, grappling with legacy, masculinity, and betrayal. What begins as a ritual with mustache wax and a razor becomes a monologue about l...

  • SCI-FI SHORT Screenplay: THE END OF THE BEGINNING, by G. Policar

  • UNDER 5 MINUTE Short Script: From a Woman’s View, by Ty Kirchharr (interview)

    Some of my female friends told me certain stories of what they sometimes deal with from men. This short script expresses that.

    Get to know the writer:

    1. What is your screenplay about?

    Men who don't understand the word "No"

    2. What genres does your screenplay fall under?

    Drama

    3. Why s...

  • SHORT Screenplay Read: A Polar Bear's Nightmare, by Eric A Vasallo (interview)

    A grizzly bear and a polar bear mate as a result of climate change and in an attempt to find food for their "grolar bear" cub the male polar bear must leave the safety of their ice cave to hunt and find sustenance for his new family in a harsh and increasingly difficult environment. He encounters...

  • SHORT Script Reading: OVER THE HILL, by Jones

    When the beloved dog of a robust elderly lady dies, her family resolve her blues with a puppy. Years later, the totality of their time together must be considered when an end-of-life decision is forced upon her.

    CAST LIST:

    Narrator: Val Cole

  • ENVIRONEMENTAL SHORT Script: GREENER, by Emily McFerson

    Remy's eco-anxiety heightens when she experiences persistent nagging from two figures.

    CAST:

    Narrator: Geoff Mays
    Remy: Val Cole
    Remy's Roommate/Classmate: Hannah Ehman
    The Woman: Elizabeth Rose Morriss
    The Man: Shawn Devlin

  • COMEDY Festival SHORT Script: AUBERON’S LAST CHANCE by Matt MacBride (interview)

    Auberon's track record as a vampire is less than stellar, so when he's given a final ultimatum he has to pull out all the stops to save his career.

    CAST LIST:

    Narrator: Elizabeth Rose Morris
    Killian: Geoff Mays
    Auberon: Shawn Devlin
    Gretchen/Woman: Val Cole
    Pete/Friend 1: Steve Rizzo

    Get to ...

  • UNDER 5 Minute Festival Short Script: THE CYCLE, by Stephanie Neroes

    A family carries a heavy secret between father and son, passed down from generation to generation until it finally becomes to much for the last one.

    CAST LIST:

    Narrator: Val Cole - 2
    Detective/Soldier: Geoff Mays
    Wife: Elizabeth Rose Morris
    Man/Officer/Junior: Shawn Devlin

  • SHORT Script Reading: FIDO, by John Norris Ray

    A young girl watches an old dog. Taking the dog on a walk, a rough encounter with a bully has dire consequences.

    CAST LIST:

    Narrator: Elizabeth Rose Morriss
    Kyle: Steve Rizzo
    Jason: Geoff Mays
    Sydney: Val Cole
    Ms Barker: Hannah Ehman

  • HORROR Short Script: The Sabbath of The Dead, Sammy Vogel-Seidenberg (interview)

    The screenplay The Sabbath of The Dead follows Rachel, a determined woman, who, along with a group of survivors, faces a zombie apocalypse centered around an abandoned synagogue in Eastern Europe. As the undead rise, Rachel retrieves ancient scrolls and a shofar from the synagogue, initiating a s...

  • HORROR SHORT Screenplay Reading: Deep Red, by David Rogers

    Little Red Riding Hood needs to defend herself against the big bad werewolf - but she has a surprise or two up her sleeve!

    CAST LIST:

    Narrator: Val Cole
    Little Red: Hannah Ehman
    Lumberjack #1: Geoff Mays
    Lumberjack #2: Shawn Devlin
    Werewolf: Steve Rizzo

  • SHORT Screenplay Reading: Bold, by Andry Platrites

    CAST LIST:

    Narrator: Julie Sheppard
    Harlen: Hannah Ehman
    Audrey: Val Cole
    Instructor: Geoff Mays

  • Experimental Short Script: Delirium–Have you heard of the new drug in town?

    Known for her all-nighter study sessions and subsequent delirious antics, art student Alli decides to take a study break and join her classmate for a night out in Austin, TX. On her walk over to his place, weird and unusual things stop her in her tracks. She soon finds herself immersed in a world...

  • 1pg. Screeenplay Reading: The Politician’s Tap, by Anita Bickle (interview)

    CAST LIST:

    Narrator: Julie Sheppard
    Reporter: Steve Rizzo

    Get to know the writer:

    1. What is your screenplay about?

    My screenplay (the long version) is about a journalist on the sidelines
    watching as politicians get on their soapbox for their spiel. It's designed
    as a musical where diffe...

  • UNDER 5 MINUTE Festival Short: BEAUTIFUL OCEAN, by Margie Jo Vess (interview)

    Captain One and Two and a deckhand are on a ship. Clowns are in the water. The ship catches the clowns. Deckhands deal with the clowns: pulling off the goo and chopping off legs. Buddy wakes up. Deckhands kill the rest of the clowns.

    CAST LIST:

    Narrator: Val Cole
    Captain One: Geoff Mays
    Capt...