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Echoes of Nothingby  Lamar D. Vine
When a grieving retiree installs an AI life coach to escape crushing loneliness after divorce and loss, he must confront buried rage and rediscover purpose through writing before the seductive voice consumes his identityor lose his last chance at redemption.

Genre: Drama
37 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The Would-Be's Are on the Anvilby  John Porter
A young woman from India and a young man of Indian extraction from America don't want to go along with the marriage their parents have arranged for them--until they meet and fall in love. Then their parents fight and call off the wedding.

Genre: Romantic Comedy
22 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
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
Furry Family Reunion [Extended Family Edition]by  Amy
When a loyal Furry breaks Fandom protocol, he finds it impossible to rise in the ranks at FurCon, especially with his extended family in tow. More information here: https://www.scriptrevolution.com/scripts/furry-family-reunion-extended-family-edition

Genre: Comedy
18 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
A Classic Western Love Storyby  John Porter
A western comedy in which two young men compete for the favor of a lovely young woman.

Genre: Western
10 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Out of the Goodnessby  Rocco Simonelli
A self-serving would-be do-gooder's inauthentic attempt to assist a homeless man backfires on her in terrible and unforeseen ways.

Genre: Drama
22 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
A little girl channels the spirit of a murdered woman to exact revenge on the person who killed her.

Genre: Horror
11 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
A man in search of a shave and new start in life, following a traumatic event, enters a city side street that leads him to the heart of darkness and a reckoning with his past.

Genre: Suspense/Thriller
11 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Breaks That Mendby  Lily Sanders
When a lover's breakup triggers deep introspection and reflection.

Genre: Drama
22 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Memory Survivalby  Steven Burton
Two men are in a loving long-term relationship. The beautiful, shared memory of their past together provides relief from the current challenges of dementia.

Genre: Gay/Lesbian
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Moonlight and Rosesby  Jack Halliday
A screenwriter finds more than he bargained for during a late-night stroll with an actress, in this noir, short script. Award-winner, Indie Gathering Film Festival.

Genre: Crime/Murder/Mystery
11 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Incarnationsby  Bob Messinger
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
Rubic's Kubeby  Bernard Mersier
Driven to the edge by his ideological abuse, a woman delivers the ultimate, dehumanizing punishment to the man who thought it was justifiable.

Genre: Horror
2 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Driver Sevenby  Elliot Stanton
A vintage car appears like an irresistible purchase, but at what real cost? An unassuming man is convinced to buy a pristine classic car from a mysterious seller. Even though the car is beautiful, it hides a dark and deadly secret that it soon unleashes on its new owner.

Genre: Suspense/Thriller
23 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
A-rrhythmiaby  Tigran Vardanyan
A reserved man visits a secluded seaside restaurant, masking his internal turmoil as he prepares for an evening with "guests" who may never arrive, culminating in a haunting act of finality that echoes his quiet despair.

Genre: Drama
4 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Tethered Soulsby  Andrew Chisholm
Trapped in a decaying home with his dying wife, a man's mind begins to fracture under the weight of grief and isolation, as a mysterious voice urges him toward suicide and he begins to question whether her fate is bound to his own.

Genre: Drama
8 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Don't Mess With Babyby  Larry E Coleman
A hitman tracks down the runaway degenerate who got his family member pregnant and can't pull the trigger when he finds out who it is.

Genre: Comedy
4 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Erection Night - 2028by  John Boal
On a girls' night out at the St. Christopher Tavern in Columbus, OH, three women dish on men and the polarization that's fracturing our society as we head into the 2028 Presidential Election. Mollie McGuire, a 40s divorcee, devises a strategy to end the divisiveness by placing an ad on an AI dating app called "The Hack" where she entices a US Senator to break from the herd for two months of epic bliss.

Genre: Comedy
21 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Don't Believe The Drunk Girlby  Tawnie Powell
97%that's what Hana Murphy became part of when it happened. Now, dismissed by her University, she struggles to break free from the statistic and find herself. Spiraling into self-destruction and with her relationships unraveling, Hana is forced to confront the question: What happens to the drunk girl?

Genre: Drama
33 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Gagging For Itby  Barry Staff
A budding mute and blind standup needs to get through an audition to prove the act will work.

Genre: Comedy
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
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Genre: Animation
3 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
FIREWOOD - is a comedic short play small cast about an entertainer who gets fired twice from an ageist, racist, homophobic theme park run by a tyrannical, paranoid boss with a Napoleonic complex who makes money exploiting young girls and boys aspiring to be actors.

Genre: Comedy
15 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Beauty in the Ringby  Jessica Taylor
An injured MMA fighter on the brink of losing everything crosses paths with a broken ballet dancer recovering from a violent assault. Together they discover strength, redemption, and love as she trains to fight in the ring and he learns how to fight for her heart.

Genre: Drama
3 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
At a bus stop, three strangers unknowingly stand at the crossroads of eternity as heaven's angels investigate their lives, revealing how faith, temptation, and free will determine who will be written into the Lamb's Book of Life.

Genre: Drama
21 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
When a newly wed couple are invited to two separate bachelor and bachelorette parties, things go awry sparking a perfect union in this drama/comedy.

Genre: Drama
14 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Cage For Twoby  Darryl N. Layne
After a desperate ex-con's botched robbery, he and his assumed lover are abducted by aliens who demand they become specie's in their galactic zoo-only to discover that his mate isn't who he expected, and a lifetime with her is now his fate.

Genre: Sci-Fi
26 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Fear Of Fallingby  Jeffrey Stackhouse
A driven EMT takes a rescue call during a deadly storm. The tortured angel he finds in the old man's shed won't be his most life-changing discovery. -- multiple Finalists

Genre: Horror
29 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Dragomir and the Ieleby  camelia dinu
While Dragomir stumbles upon the enchanting dance of the iele mysterious forest spirits from Romanian lore fascination quickly turns to terror. Trapped between irresistible beauty and deadly magic, he must fight to resist their spell or be claimed forever by the darkness.

Genre: Fantasy
6 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
A young black priest takes a life-changing opportunity at a convent dating back to the birth of New Orleans and discovers secrets that shake his sanity as much as his faith. -- WINNER Best Short Screenplay

Genre: Horror
28 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Old Fashionedby  Jose Villanueva
A mysterious woman with a hidden agenda seduces an unsuspecting bartender, luring him into a conversation where each revealed secret tightens the noose around their necks and turns flirtation into a ticking countdown to bloody murder.

Genre: Suspense/Thriller
12 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Cold Moon Highby  Doug J Robbins
The dead walk up to the house, zombies and ghosts.

Genre: Horror
11 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
A street thief with a stolen wand accidentally opens a portal into a mirror world and faces her own twisted reflection for control of her destiny.

Genre: Fantasy
45 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The New Schoolteacherby  George Baumann
A tall, dark-coated stranger strides into an isolated 1860s Bavarian village dogs retreat and geese scatter at the sound of his boot heels. He goes by Uffentussen, a misnomer derived from 'Affen Tassen' German for 'monkey cups.' Frau Trout, the self-appointed sentinel on the hill, slams her shutters at the sight of him. He's here to replace the beloved Herr Weisenkopf.

Genre: Drama
15 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Life-changing Injuriesby  Barry Staff
A commuter just wants to complete his train journey home, but needs to handle the horrendous events standing in his way. [A single-location, one-actor scenario, shootable in a day, about a pointedly existential situation.]

Genre: Horror
5 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Symbols of a Lifeby  Rochelle Potkar
Three people come to terms with the aftermath of a plane crash: an embittered MOTHER who wasn't happy with her son and his family and wanted to leave them; a competent ATC OFFICER who undergoes gruelling interrogations; and a FISHERMAN in whose waters the plane fell.

Genre: Drama
25 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Suspectsby  Will Johnson
A grieving man befriends a mysterious stranger, finding answers to what happened to his deceased wife.

Genre: Crime/Murder/Mystery
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Colette is a bold, 30-year-old Black woman whose sharp, unfiltered wit masks a deep vulnerability. Operating as the audience's confidante, she breaks the fourth wall to deliver a brutal, hilarious, and ultimately self-reflective monologue on the disappointments of modern dating.

Genre: Drama
14 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Why Do I Put Up with You?by  John Porter
A young woman wonders why she puts up with her extremely flawed boyfriend.

Genre: Comedy
5 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Death Sentenceby  Brian Jackson
In a stark cell, a guilt-ridden man haunted by visions of his mother, bride, and daughter must utter the command that becomes humanity's death sentence.

Genre: Drama
5 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Family Traditionby  Kris Shuman
A guilty man's diner confession risks exposing a legacy of violence and resurrecting the killer they thought was buried for good.

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