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Under the Bedby Dewayne

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Six-year-old Ethan claims something lives beneath his bed and only moves when adults aren't watching. Hoping to prove it imaginary, his parents install lights and cameras, but the presence begins adapting, spreading beyond the bedroom as observation makes it stronger. While the house subtly changes, Ethan grows calmer, revealing he's been teaching it how to belong. By the time his parents understand the rules, the entity no longer needs the bedand neither does Ethan.

Genre: Horror
35 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles

Baby Farts A Lot 2by Doug J Robbins

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Emily take Baby Farts A Lot to show and tell and it creates quite a stink in the classroom.

Genre: Comedy
1 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles

The Meno that Pausedby LaKesa Cox

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A woman in her 40s has a pregnancy scare only to find out through a meeting with Mother Nature that she's about to start menopause.

Genre: Comedy
11 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles

Shoesby Carlos Alex Ceni

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The life of a middle-aged man turns into a nightmare when, after moving into a small block of flats, finds himself involved in a series of quarrels with some of his neighbors, leading him to take an ingenious but risky move to turn things around.

Genre: Suspense/Thriller
34 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles

The Owlby Brandon Rhiness

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After a hit-and-run on a dark country road, a panicked woman is haunted by a relentless owl that seems to have witnessed her crimeonly to realize the bird is merely a herald for the vengeful spirit she left in the ditch.

Genre: Horror
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles

Mars Landingby Aaron Langvand

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A space obsessed teenager who suffers from a terminal illness bonds with a space sciences graphic designer to fulfill the teen's dream of landing on Mars.

Genre: Drama
35 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles

The Mooseby Edward Lawrence Betz Jr.

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Inside a playwright's frantic mind, a struggling writer named Ralph battles a high-strung, wedding-dress-clad Muse for control over his latest script. While Ralph fixates on a bizarre family heirlooma trophy cast of Jimi Hendrix's anatomythe Muse despairs over his lack of sophistication. As their dialogue descends into a hilarious, meta-fictional tug-of-war, the play explores the messy, often "veal-like" vehicle of inspiration and the absurdity of the creative process.

Genre: Comedy
11 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles

United We Fallby Elliot Stanton

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The end of the world is finally triggered by a missed penalty kick. Two English football fans of rival clubs have just watched one of their sides get relegated in the final game of the season. For the vanquished, it seems that there is nothing left to live for - a fact that his friend positively revels in.

Genre: Comedy
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles

My Empty Lifeby Brandon Rhiness

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Two cynical, broke teenagers embark on a series of failed get-rich-quick schemes to buy a used car, only to lose their ultimate prize to their own incompetence within minutes of achieving it.

Genre: Comedy
15 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles

Small Talkby Larry Shannon

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20 year old college student Clark Cleland opens a door he should not have opened, and the devil comes in through that door and thrashes him.

Genre: Biographical
38 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles

Christmas at the Orpheumby Todd Bronson

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On a snowy Christmas Eve an aging puppeteer performs a festive show for hospitalized children which gifts him with a miraculous memory of his late partner. This leads to a surreal performance in a forgotten and shuttered Orpheum theater which unlocks a life-affirming reconciliation that allows him to honor Clark's memoryand find a renewed sense of purpose.

Genre: Drama
33 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles

Paradise Partyby Steven Burton

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With art, photography, fun, love, family, strangers, and fantasy, a man shares adventures before he dies which propels his spirit forward.

Genre: Fantasy
13 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles

Shapes and Coloursby Craig Ford

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After a brief moment of forbidden tenderness reignites his buried humanity, a gay concentration-camp prisoner must choose between suppressing his desire to surviveor risking death by claiming love in a place built to destroy it.

Genre: Gay/Lesbian
15 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles

Cold Moon Highby Doug J Robbins

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The dead walk up to the house, zombies and ghosts.

Genre: Horror
11 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles

Applause and Ashesby Bob Messinger

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As his last play crumbles around him, an aging writer spirals through Manhattan streets pursued by the ghost of his legendary partner and the realization that his greatest enemy may have always been himself.

Genre: Artistic
15 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles

Incarnationsby Bob Messinger

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A young man fears for his sanity and love relationship as disturbing episodes from his youth come back to haunt him.

Genre: Horror
45 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles

Trilogy of Terrorby Bill Wyza

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Trilogy of Terror is a trio of micro-short horror stories. DRIFTER - An overconfident lawyer on the verge of his biggest case makes a wrong choice on a secluded country highway. WISHBOOK - A desperate man finds a magical book and learns to be careful what you wish for. FEAR - A suburban serial killer gets an unexpected surprise.

Genre: Horror
7 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles

Stop Driving Yourself Crazyby Elliot Stanton

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Clive, a thoughtless and paranoid driving instructor's wild theory about his wife's infidelity is all but confirmed when out on a driving lesson - her car is seen somewhere it shouldn't be. However, the only thing that is confirmed is his poor learner's theory that Clive is an idiot.

Genre: Comedy
12 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles

The Same Insideby John Porter

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A young man and his fiance confront the owner of a pharmaceutical company that abducts, mutilates, and kills albinos in Kenya.

Genre: Drama
17 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles

Halloween Massacreby Doug J Robbins

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When Danny is followed home by a strange man in a mask, he thinks it's a harmless Halloween prank, but he soon finds out that the man has sinister intentions.

Genre: Horror
9 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles

Gina's Veilby Kevin Silva

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A lonely, facially scarred woman discovers that a charming writer has been sneaking into a private spot on her farm to complete his novel.

Genre: Drama
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles

The Night Before Christmasby Jared Kelly

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It's Christmas Eve. The house is silent, everyone asleep. Except for 7-year-old Jake. Too excited to sleep, Jake needs to know if Santa has visited yet. Jake creeps downstairs into the lounge, over to the fireplace where his parents left some snacks for Santa. The snacks are untouched. No presents yet. Then Jake hears a noise from the fireplace, a faint scraping from inside the chimney... Yes! Could this be Santa bringing his presents?

Genre: Horror
2 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles

Crime Sceneby Matthew J Cresta

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At a brutal crime scene an inexperienced patrol sergeant, working along side a seasoned homicide detective, receives a master class in murder investigation while also discovering a shocking connection with the killer!

Genre: Crime/Murder/Mystery
15 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles

Beyond the Doorsby Bar Mandalevy

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Traveling through the unfamiliar, a man struggles to hold on to reality as the world around him becomes surreal.

Genre: Suspense/Thriller
9 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles

Housewarmingby Bill Freas

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For a heartbroken woman starting over in a new home, a mysterious collection of vinyl records left behind connects her to the house's love-scorned former owner, who took his own life there years ago.

Genre: Drama
9 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles

Attack of the Church Furnitureby David McPete

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A youth group's overnight at a church becomes deadly when murderous church furniture comes to life.

Genre: Comedy
35 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles

Brain Freezeby Jon Platt

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Far in the future, a teenage schoolgirl has the cryogenically frozen head of a scientist of our time thawed...to help her with her history homework.

Genre: Sci-Fi
13 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles

A Fine Dayby Dempsey Samways

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A relaxing day-off for stoner Danny quickly goes sideways when a mysterious agency of 'Enforcement Officers' begin fining him for increasingly nonsensical offences.

Genre: Comedy
21 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles

Cop Killerby D J Robbins

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A vengeful spirit hunts down the cops who gunned him down a decade ago.

Genre: Horror
12 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles

Kindred Spiritsby Iris Mangual

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A Black teen moves into a historic Southern home and clashes with the ghost of a young Confederate soldier, but their unlikely bond forces them to confront the past and find healing across time.

Genre: Drama
31 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles

Double-Crossed Christmasby Wendy Toliver

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A surgeon searching for the daughter she gave up for adoption believes she's finally bringing her home for Christmas--unaware the adoption agency receptionist is posing as her daughter.

Genre: Drama
26 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles

Late Doorsby Barry Staff

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Three 'remainers' congregate in a deserted pub and there contemplate whether the news that a meteorite will shortly destroy Earth is a hoax, but also to undertake their final acts in case it's true.

Genre: Comedy
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles

Coming Aliveby John Klawitter

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Dr.Voit's invention, the Life Spike, can do almost anything - drive a jet plane or bake a perfect dinner - but he'd do almost anything to have a human body.

Genre: Action/Adventure
14 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles

Avaby Bill Wyza

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After receiving a phone call from her future self, a failing screenwriter must perform an unthinkable task to achieve fame or risk paying the ultimate price.

Genre: Suspense/Thriller
19 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles

The Detective and the Priestby Jan Clinton Chilson

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The Lead Detective of a police department, at the directions of the Chief, is assigned a priest, in assist in successfully solving crimes.

Genre: Crime/Murder/Mystery
43 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles

Into The Fogby Rade Mileusnic

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After years of estrangement from their son, an elderly couple's cross-country drive through a dense, unsettling fog forces them to confront fading memories and a shared tragedy they can no longer outrun.

Genre: Drama
23 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles

The Monk in Holywoodby Hiabu Hassebu

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A Monk Immigrates to USA to cast down the Hollywood demons.

Genre: Drama
40 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles

Purgatorioby Hakan Ünal

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After waking in a desolate purgatory with no memory of his death, a former SS officer must confront the victims of his past or remain imprisoned in an afterlife built from his own crimes.

Genre: Suspense/Thriller
21 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles

Abel's Returnby Doug J Robbins

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An eleven-year-old boy kills his sister on Halloween night and returns 17 years later to chase his baby sister.

Genre: Horror
22 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles

When You Go to Townby Susan Jordan

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A chance encounter at a thrift store leads a divorced woman to ask, "Could I have gone the distance?"

Genre: Drama
6 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles