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Renewalby  Darryl N. Layne
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A desperate, jobless ex-athlete is offered a fortune to let a dying billionaire assume his body under a new law, forcing him to choose between his family's future and his own life as sinister forces close in.

Genre: Drama
30 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Look! It's Joe Pesci!by  Larry E Coleman
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A Joe Pesci fan gets taught a powerful lesson when she tries to impress him by doing his lines from the movie "Goodfellas."

Genre: Comedy
6 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Wars, Walls and Other Virusesby  Lucía Viñamata
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Whether we cross the line or not determines our destiny.

Genre: Drama
1 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Sheltered Collapseby  Stephanie Neroes
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Haunted by loss and consumed by anxiety, a reclusive woman clings to her routines in a post-pandemic world that has left her behind, until the measures meant to keep her safe lead to tragedy.

Genre: Other
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Peak Waterby  John Boal
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A tortured environmentalist who has been writing about Eco-solutions for over 20 years dresses as Don Quixote to get an interview on a Nevada Public Radio station in Las Vegas and converts a cynical Gen Z host into a believer on his solution to end the Megadrought.

Genre: Comedy
21 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Santa Soldier: Operation Christmas Rescueby  David Lee Hooker
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When terrorists threaten a beloved holiday parade, an elite team of North Pole commandos led by Captain Dan Hero springs into action to save Christmas and deliver festive justice, military-style.

Genre: Family
27 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Rubic's Kubeby  Bernard Mersier
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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
Waiting for Schrödingerby  Kevin Hanna
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The most famous 'cat in a box' has a paranoid existential crisis while waiting for its owner to return.

Genre: Comedy
15 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Firewoodby  Gary A. Edwards
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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
The Watchersby  Dewayne C Bricker
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When a rescue chopper can't reach her, Ranger Elena records her final night in a forest where strange lights stalk the trees. As unseen figures circle, whispering her own words back at her, she discovers the forest itself is copying life to survive the cold. With dawn hours away, Elena must choose between burning the cabin or becoming one of them.

Genre: Horror
12 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Occam's Beardby  David Ezell
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A former child star spirals as he becomes convinced that the people he loves most have been replaced by impostors.

Genre: Suspense/Thriller
15 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
K!ll!n T!m£by  F!N
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A Scottish schizophrenic armed with a ticking time bomb is forced to rob his own bank in a race against the clock!

Genre: Suspense/Thriller
11 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Dance Your Dreamsby  Christine Lara
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A passionate young dancer prepares for the audition of her life at the Opra Garnier, but a chance encounter with a man seeking redemption at the Caf de la Paix may change both their destinies.

Genre: Comedy
16 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Abortionby  Doug J Robbins
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Kathy heads into the clinic for an abortion and meets a woman named Mary and her adorable two-year-old son, Dylan, and rethinks whether or not she actually wants an abortion.

Genre: Artistic
1 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
No Ones to Ownby  Iris Mangual
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Trapped in a gilded cage of wealth and control, a young wife suffering in silence finds an unlikely ally in his chauffeur and becomes her greatest weapon as she transforms from victim to avengerusing her abuser's greed to destroy him.

Genre: Drama
27 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Rage Betty Page Rageby  Lawrence Riggins
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True-Story. Years after retiring as the world's most famous pin-up queen, zealot Bettie Page loses her battle with schizophrenia, turns sociopath, and forces non-believers to convert at knife-point. The Dark Angel hallucination of her younger self entices Bettie to exploit her dominatrix skills to hold her roommate and granddaughter hostage while preparing their ritualistic murder. Her victims survive only because two-dozen knife wounds failed to strike arteries. Bettie Page is sentenced to ten years.

Genre: Suspense/Thriller
29 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
His Last Mistakeby  Melissa Diane Hudson
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Slurring through the dark on a desolate stretch of highway, a heavily intoxicated young man pulls his car onto the shoulder to relieve himself, unknowingly desecrating a roadside memorialonly to awaken a malevolent, vengeful spirit that slips into his idling car to violently torment him to death, stealing both his flesh and soul.

Genre: Horror
5 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Shadow Figureby  Cassandra Wells
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Slamdance Screenwriting Contest Shorts Semifinalist. When a physical medium arrives to investigate a reputed haunted house for a local contractor, a demonic presence makes itself known in ways the client never anticipated. 

Genre: Horror
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Sanctuary Rowby  Lamar D. Vine
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In the gritty underbelly of 1983 Las Vegas, a rebellious teen battles addiction, underground rock scenes, and haunting family secrets in a desperate quest for identity, forcing him to break free from destructive cycles and forge a path of raw self-redemption.

Genre: Drama
45 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
The Coinby  Paolo Galli
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A five-year-old boy, torn between desire and guilt after secretly spending a coin on a lollipop, finds himself face to face with a beggar and makes a choice that redefines the value of things.

Genre: Drama
3 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Thulirby  KS Punithakumar
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Following a single flower's journey from a morning market to a temple altar, a cremation ground, and a flowing river, the interconnectedness of life, devotion, and human mortality unfolds.

Genre: Drama
40 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
A Raunchy Children's Story (Don't Curl My Toes)by  Larry E Coleman
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Before his first scooter date, a father tells his 13-year-old son how he met his mother at a bar and goes into way too much detail.

Genre: Comedy
8 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Something Borrowedby  Frazer Lee
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Valentine's Day takes a romantic-comedic turn when a homeless man meets the love of his life amidst the discarded flowers, cards, and chocolates in a city park.

Genre: Romantic Comedy
3 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Implantby  Dewayne C Bricker
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A programmer's digital world turns sentient and steals his consciousnessforcing him to battle his own creation before the simulation takes his place.

Genre: Suspense/Thriller
29 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Between Detroit and Toledoby  Sonny James Traylor
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In a greasy spoon somewhere between Detroit and Toledo, a heartbroken woman slips into a parallel world where she finds herself on the run with a half-million dollars' worth of stolen drugs and a loaded .38 special.

Genre: Drama
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Game of Thrones: In East L.A.by  Adam Rocke
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On a crazy So Cal road trip, Jon Snow and Daenerys Targaryen take a wrong turn and wind up in East L.A. where they run afoul of a notorious Mexican street gang. Violence is coming!

Genre: Comedy
6 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Screwby  Thomas Newman
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In a quiet park, a demon posing as a project manager lures a small-town pastor into what seems like a friendly chat, but as words twist into visions and truths unravel, the line between temptation and entrapment blurs until it's unclear whose soul is truly at risk.

Genre: Horror
40 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
If I Leave it Greenby  Rodney A Myers
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Facing the cold reality of a corporate-driven future, an aging land owner must decide between a lucrative urban legacy and preserving the natural sanctuary that holds his most cherished memories.

Genre: Drama
21 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The Accuser's Pantsby  Danny King
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Accused of another's faults, a man stays silent, knowing that false blame is loud, temporary, and that real character, and the guilty, always reveal themselves.

Genre: Drama
5 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 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
Good Griefby  Duane Kellogg
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As pressure mounts to deliver a breakthrough script, a screenwriter working remotely with his wife (who's also his writing partner) begins to unravel, caught between ambition, loyalty, and a deepening divide caused by technology (ai) that threatens both his career and the partnership he's built his life around.

Genre: Drama
25 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Thanks for the Rideby  David E Ballard
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An attractive young woman gets a ride from her boss after the office Christmas party and things don't go exactly as planned for either of them.

Genre: Suspense/Thriller
6 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Last Nightby  Durgesh Devda
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One argument. One reckless decision. One irreversible night. When a young couple's confrontation takes a terrifying turn, hidden truths emerge, blurring the line between guilt, responsibility, and fate, and forcing them to confront consequences they cannot escape.

Genre: Crime/Murder/Mystery
30 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Space Orphansby  Vahid Imani
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A rogue pilot crash lands on a new world and becomes the first human to encounter alien intelligence igniting a battle between military survival tactics, ethical restraint, and his unresolved past with the ship's chief medical officer.

Genre: Sci-Fi
39 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Ollie & the Kid Commotion in the Oceanby  Rick Thrun
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In a remote Mexican village, dead fish wash ashore as the sea grows savage. A bold girl and a mysterious shapeshifter must confront a sinister outsider whose electrifying experiments are awakening a deadly force beneath the waves.

Genre: Fantasy
45 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Anonymous Sourceby  Tim Bechen
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A relentless female journalist battles powerful adversaries in a male-dominated industry as she risks everything to get the story and ensure justice.

Genre: Suspense/Thriller
15 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Tuesday Manby  Terrie D Stevens
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Amid the dirt of a tent city, a homeless man guards a secret box containing an expensive suit, using it every Tuesday to seamlessly blend into a warmer, kinder world that otherwise refuses to see him.

Genre: Drama
5 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The Catchby  Melvin Taylor
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Man goes fishing and finds himself fighting for his life.

Genre: Crime/Murder/Mystery
16 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The Things I Should Have Saidby  Apostolos Kouroumalis
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Cecil is a odd ball kid from a small town and a Pizza man, he is thrust into a world where he has to play out a Cyrano De Bergerac and emerge triumphant among bullies and bad bosses and dire need for romance.

Genre: Comedy
25 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Double Takeby  Marjory E. Leposky
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A stalker is following unaware couple.

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