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The Strange Case of the Thing on Henry's Faceby Glenn Forbes

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A chronically unlucky small-town loner, convinced the sausage-shaped birthmark on his face is a divine sign destined to bring him greatness, finally decides to have it removed. But he discovers that the birthmark, and the woman who loves him because of it, may be the best thing that ever happened to him.

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

High Concept Harryby Ronald V. Micci

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Hollywood talent agent Harry Fleck's development exec girlfriend is in the habit of sending purple passionate love letters to him stuck in with the contracts she sends, letters that should they fall into the hands of Harry's tough-as-nails wife, would spell disaster. He is able to intercept one such letter to keep his wife from seeing it.

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

Cell Jumperby Patrick McNamara

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A scrappy rock'n'roller about to report for bail, discovers he can't afford his clothing store purchases and tries to steal them, until his change room cubicle is flooded with blood and he must leave without being noticed.

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

Outta Timeby John Whetstone

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On his last night in L.A., a dejected screenwriter takes an inspirational road trip to "Back to the Future" filming locations with three newfound friends who just arrived in town.

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

Crossroads Waiting Roomby Michael J Volpe

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In a mysterious waiting room outside of time, two strangers confront alternate versions of themselves and must make life-defining choices on where they work, who they marry and whether they have children.

Genre: Sci-Fi
20 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles

Transferenceby Frazer Lee

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Dom and Sam are two science lab workers, let go by their boss Adrian. To beat the boredom of lockdown, they decide to continue Adrian's experimental teleportation research online. But they are being watched.

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

Mirabelby Gregory Gibson

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Her psyche tainted as a child, a young woman plays out her singular form of vengeance with the help of a unique weapon.

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

Visions in the Haunted Ledgerby Vanessa M. Chattman

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A burned-out accountant discovers a haunted ledger that tracks deaths before they happen, and each entry is tied to a cursed candle.

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

Weird Realtyby Elise Marenson

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When a female realtor calls on a guy to sell his house, he doesn't recognize her and has no clue that her biting remarks come from him standing her up in high school.

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

Antwan: The Christmas Strangerby NG

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Feature Length Version Available. On the eve of Christmas, the life of a lonely young boy takes a miraculous turn when he crosses paths with a compassionate woman, unknowingly setting off a battle for his survival, his freedom, and his last chance at hope.

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

A Man Possessedby Donald Copenhaver

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After being passed over for promotion, a bitter office worker's online rage transforms into something physical, consuming him and everyone around him.

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

The New Schoolteacherby George Baumann

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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

Walking Libertyby Jordan Baines

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After shepherding in millions of people over the decades, the Statue of Liberty decides to step off her pedestal to take a walking tour of America.

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

Memory Survivalby Steven Burton

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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

The Early Bird Catches the Planeby Elliot Stanton

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An excruciatingly long and dull wait for a flight is suddenly made far more interesting when a long-suffering wife notices an old flame - an old flame she discovers is holidaying at the same hotel she and her husband are staying in.

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

Strategic Ambiguity 101by John Boal

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Forced to teach a new mandatory business class called "Strategic Ambiguity 101", Professor Mandella tells his students that future business leaders must abandon traditional communications of clarity; learn how to send mixed messages and subvert the truth to be successful. Yet as his savvy Gen Z students share their brutally honest feedback about this deceptive and all too pervasive tactic, they teach him a life lesson with Professor Mandella rediscovering his true self.

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

Thirteen Coilsby John Porter

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A young outlaw prepares for his execution.

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

A Classic Western Love Storyby John Porter

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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

Clownby DJ Robbins

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A weird clown hands Steve a balloon at a campus Halloween carnival, and he and his friends find themselves stalked by the creepy clown.

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

A Dream Come Trueby Frank Charles Scott

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A thrilling suspenseful story filled with deception and betrayal as Michael gets entangled in a web of deceit while gaslighting his wife and daughter to run off with her money to skip the light fantastic with his Mistress.

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

The Groomerby Bob Messinger

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Can one person bring down a professional child trafficker simply by getting into his head? This brutally honest, day-in-the-life story of a "groomer" challenges us to see the depths of his depravity and feel the pain of those he leaves behind.

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

Chocolate, Moose, and Titsby Larry E. Coleman

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A man who wants to come clean with a secret he's been hiding from his girlfriend, gets advice from three versions of himself from alternative universes.

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

Mirrors of Betrayalby Melissa Diane Hudson

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A determined mother uncovers disturbing secrets about her daughter's new husband, igniting a dangerous game of deception and betrayal that threatens to destroy their family and reveals that evil never truly dies.

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

Laura Leeby Ron Micci

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On her summer teaching break, a divorced woman in an antiques store becomes romantically involved with a divorced man who owns a summer home on a nearby lake. Though she kids him about her name's resemblance to Lorelei, over time it becomes evident that she is troubled by her son's suicide, and the intensity of this sadness lures them both on the rocks.

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

Let's Keep Workingby John Porter

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A young man wants to develop a TV reality show, and a young woman suggests that he can do so by helping her with the household chores.

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

CareMoreby Michael Avishai

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A drugstore employee exploits a customer loyalty program to stalk a woman, exposing how corporate systems designed to "care" can enable predatory behavior to hide in plain sight.

Genre: Suspense/Thriller
19 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles

MEGAby Tina Field Howe

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A working man confesses to his best friend that his frustrating years of depending on the lottery to bring him fortune are over.

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

Sunnyby Matthew Thompson

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A devoted mother leads a precarious double life within the illicit massage industry, battling a predatory debt to ensure the survival of the family she hasn't seen in years.

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

Revengeby Melissa Diane Hudson

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Consumed by jealousy and insecurity, a suspicious wife obsessively stalks her husband and the younger woman she believes he is having an affair with, culminating in a bold confrontation and a horrifying Christmas Eve revenge plot that ultimately backfires with irreversible consequences.

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

Flowers for Lilyby Candy Fox

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Three grieving beings - a man, a woman, and a dog - find a glimmer of hope for a path forward, in the unlikeliest of places - a cemetery.

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

Hard Choicesby Sarah Kennedy

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Autonomous technology developers grapple with a scenario that becomes terrifyingly personal.

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

War Gamesby Wayne E. Johnson

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A Vietnam-era GI, toiling away in his personnel office under the scorching Texas sun trying to please his nervous, ineffective lieutenant while keeping a fire-snorting master sergeant at bay, learns the true meaning of "The Lord helps those who help themselves."

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

A Naughty Weekendby Terry Hague

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A Naughty Weekend seen through the eyes of a MALE and a FEMALE suitcase. (No actors are seen)

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

Doc's Barby Kenneth M. Kielty

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Doc's Bar is a script in the Bar Whores Trilogy Two young men who were childhood friends make plans to meet up in a midtown NYC bar. One friend is Jewish, in his third-year residency, and broke. His friend is an antisemitic Wall Street broker who is rich. The young doctor sets his buddy up with a Russian doctor who is studying for her medical license. Both need money and the stockbroker the solution!

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

The Shadows Among Usby Christine Lara

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A gathering among friends turns into a nightmare when strange events begin to unfold in an isolated house deep in the forest. Trapped and confronted with their own secrets, they realize that one of them is not who they claim to be.

Genre: Drama
45 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles

The City: A Tragedy in Three Actsby Larry Shannon

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The story of one boy's journey from innocence to experience.

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

The 7th Soldierby Evgeny Kim

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After escaping a secret soldier program, a man wired with a deadly implant and his loyal dog must fight their way through gangs and assassins in order to finally disappearand live free of pain.

Genre: Sci-Fi
12 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles

The Passionby Susan Pattishall

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Jean Smitty, an American teacher in socialist China, whose perspective is shaped by her prior reading of a Korean War era memoir by a priest expelled for teaching Christianity, invites her student Zhi Chang to share his essaya poignant, layered account of losing his beloved Meilin Hao to the Red Chinese Youth Party, and the brutal aftermath.

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

Have A Little Faithby Lloyd Muchenje

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Having struggled to conceive for years,a praying woman finally gets pregnant only to lose her unborn child and uterus during a premature delivery. Years later, she miraculously conceives through an ectopic pregnancy and goes to give birth to a healthy baby without medical complications.

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

Sick Bloodby Stan Usherenko

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When two brothers revisit the imprisoned father who tortured them as kids, they're pulled into a deadly new game one designed to prove that his sickness runs in their blood. SICK BLOOD is a visceral, emotionally charged horror-thriller about generational trauma, the inheritance of evil, and the terrifying question what if the monster you fear most is part of you?

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