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In Loving Memoryby Anthony Cawood
After her unfaithful husband's death, a vengeful widow uses advanced funerary technology to trap his consciousnessforcing him to confront his sins for eternity.
Genre: Sci-Fi
4 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Sci-Fi
4 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Punchmateby Steven Blows
A down on his luck man who lets people punch him for money navigates the murky waters of romance after a strange request comes from a client who was once his High School crush.
Genre: Comedy
19 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Comedy
19 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Stairwaysby Dewayne C Bricker
When luminous stairways rise worldwide, a grieving scientist descends into one to rescue the lost and discovers the only way to save humanity is to embrace imperfection.
Genre: Sci-Fi
41 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Sci-Fi
41 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
All Inby Jim Kowalski
After losing their club, a clique of Miami male strippers tries to save their income and relationships by robbing a bank.
Genre: Romantic Comedy
15 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Romantic Comedy
15 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Raven Pointby Jason K. Allen
Hoping to soothe his troubled soul, Lucas embarks on a backpacking trip to a remote wilderness area. But his plans to be alone are thwarted when he encounters a free-spirited girl who's on an unusual mission. (1 location, 2 actors. Produced writer; see IMDB for writer's credits.)
Genre: Drama
15 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
15 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Masterworkby Donald Copenhaver
A tormented artist prepares for his gallery debut by creating the ultimate pieceone that demands a part of himself.
Genre: Horror
17 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Horror
17 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Now and Thenby Edward Chapman
Split screen of one day in the life of two people who never meet and yet are forever entwined in death and grief.
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
10 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
10 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
The Night Bellby Donne Copenhaver
A doctor enters a strange pub on his last day at a psychiatric hospital, only to find himself trapped in a dreamlike world that reflects his guilt, memories, and fractured relationships. What begins as one last drink becomes a haunting descent into the inescapable weight of trauma and the fear of moving forward.
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
24 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
24 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Deliver Us Some Evilby Jerrod D. Brito
Three teens are stalked by a creepy, reclusive neighbor the night before Halloween.
Genre: Horror
20 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Horror
20 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Rubyby Jason K. Allen
When a lonely old man visits his beloved wife's grave for the first time, he encounters a charming little girl who lifts him out of his doldrums and fills him with hope. (Produced writer; see IMDB for credits.)
Genre: Drama
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Bright Lights, Dark Shadowsby Barry Staff
Wanting to suss a stranger in town, a thirteen-year-out truant girl needs to realise he's planning a hit on a political party conference there.
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Andrea's Worldby Christopher Andre
When a troubled teenage girl moves with her family to a mysterious treatment facility in Boulder, Colorado, disturbing insect-like changes begin surfacing inside her. At the same time, a watching doctor quietly pushes her mind toward something far more dangerous.
Genre: Horror
10 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Horror
10 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Down to the Wireby Dexter Williams
A defiant cop gets involved in a race against time to stop two escaped convicts who have taken hostages on a bus rigged to explode.
Genre: Action/Adventure
21 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Action/Adventure
21 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
The Beachby William Walkerley
In the near future, euthanasia is legal, and the elderly who continue to clog up the healthcare system are offered a cash incentive to end their lives; one senior takes the cash, has a sudden change of heart, but finds out that that is not an option.
Genre: Drama
14 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
14 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Powers and Principalitiesby James K. Cole
Two angels are sent on assignment to earth to enlist a high school teacher, who has just lost his wife and is angry at God, to help fight the powers of darkness in his school.
Genre: Sci-Fi
22 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Sci-Fi
22 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Green Horn Planetby Dimitris Sokolakis
A 22 year old young and beautiful lady is balancing between a bad incident happening in her real world and a parallel incident happening in the unreal world of her favorite movie called 'Green Horn Planet'.
Genre: Drama
6 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
6 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Zaryaby Jason K. Allen
Two fishermen visit a secluded lake where they hope to catch the big one. Instead, they encounter a mysterious lake creature known as Zarya. (1 location, 3 actors. Top 20 Horror Short on Coverfly's The Red List. Finalist, Atlanta Film Festival & Nashville Film Festival screenwriting competitions.)
Genre: Horror
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Horror
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
A Gift from Grandmaby Shane R. Nolan
A young woman receives a gift from her late grandmother that bears damning consequences for opening.
Genre: Horror
6 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Horror
6 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Night of the Swingin' Deadby Jason K. Allen
A zombie desires to dance like his hero, Fred Astaire. But first he must find a willing teacher. (Horror/Comedy. 1 location, 2 main actors. Winner of Best Short Screenplay at Nashville Film Festival Screenwriting Competition.)
Genre: Horror
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Horror
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
She Curses Like a Sailorby Micheline Birger
A thought-provoking view of women and cursing is entertained at this art opening in New York. Two twenty-something artistes and a fifty-something writer explore various facets of whether it is 'ladylike' to curse - or not - in public - a philosophical comedy - of sorts. Are we too brash as a society? Too crass? Maybe - maybe not. You decide! Is America off the hook ? (Copyright Wash. DC) A play/ teleplay.
Genre: Comedy
12 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Comedy
12 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Rescue In Earth's Orbitby Michael J Volpe
A lone astronaut survives an overdue rescue mission and an impossible spacewalkthen returns to Earth with a truth that cannot be spoken.
Genre: Sci-Fi
30 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Sci-Fi
30 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Not For Everyoneby Philip C. Sedgwick
Up against a production deadline, two casting directors seeking the next "it" actress, encounter a waitress who perplexes their sensibilities when she rejects their casting offer of fame and fortune. While wooing the waitress, a life-threating emergency at a nearby table is thwarted by an immigrant worker in the establishment.
Genre: Drama
11 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
11 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Watergate First Time Ever Revealedby R. E. Payne
Inteliligence officer Gus Payne, 30, hired 1970 with guarantee of quick rise to vice president of subsidiary owned by Uniroyal, Inc.learns immediately he must do whatever is necessary to take false expenses for cash to secretly donate to President Nixon for forthcoming reelection in 1972. This must be done being told promises from highest level of campaign are promising that saves the company.
Genre: Biographical
45 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Biographical
45 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
A Short Waitby Art D'Alessandro
Harry, 41, nearly runs another driver off the interstate, as he angles his classic BMW onto a downtown ramp toward the bus station. Dad's coming in and Harry hopes he's not late. Can't bear late or waiting. But when the old man shows up finally, Harry learns a big old life lesson about time.
Genre: Drama
13 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
13 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
On the Edgeby John M Grace
A man's attempt to end his life goes sideways when he discovers the rooftop he chose is already occupied by a woman with the same idea.
Genre: Drama
8 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
8 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Family Beach Dayby Derek L. Polen
A beach-loathing dad is pushed out of his comfort zone when he agrees to take his family to the beach.
Genre: Comedy
6 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Comedy
6 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Shoesby Carlos Alex Ceni
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
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
34 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
A War Storyby Ron Brawer
When a dying Holocaust survivor describes her harrowing escape from Nazi Germany, she reveals a dark family secret to her two adult sons--and encounters angry disbelief.
Genre: Biographical
15 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Biographical
15 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Small Talkby Linda Kampley
A young woman goes on a first date expecting romance but finds danger.
Genre: Drama
18 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
18 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
All the News That's Fitby Ian Patrick Williams
In the near future, a rising young newscaster hired by a corporate-controlled TV station finds to her horror that anyone can be replaced...literally
Genre: Sci-Fi
18 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Sci-Fi
18 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Sundays with Ethelby Jason K. Allen
An elderly man and woman cross paths while visiting the graves of their departed spouses. Sparks don't exactly fly, but sometimes a simple connection is enough. (1 location, 2 actors. Award-winning screenwriter and journalist; see IMDB for writer's credits.)
Genre: Drama
8 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
8 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Destinyby Pelham Mead III
A robot ship named Venturi Probe 5000 is sent into space in search of a planet to plant its 100 samples of sperm and eggs to establish a future generation. A meteor storm throws the space ship off course into a worm hole and is sent back to Earth to arrive hundreds of years earlier. Its prime directive less it to change history.
Genre: Sci-Fi
45 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Sci-Fi
45 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Truth or Deathby Edward Chapman
A murdered student returns to the scene of her death to play a final game of truth or dare with the party in her old college room and unleashes her killer to strike again.
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
15 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
15 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Bus Stopby Sarah Kennedy
A distracted mother experiences every parent's worst nightmare when a heated cell phone conversation incites a chilling abduction. Single location, micro-budget. Award-winning, produced screenwriter.
Genre: Drama
4 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
4 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The Group Chatby Dwayne Craig Bricker
After an unremovable number joins their group chat, five friends receive photos from inside their homesand a countdown demanding they confess what happened at the lake.
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
18 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
18 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
The Restaurant: A Visual Comedyby Jackie
When his pizza takes too long to arrive, a young man makes his way into the restaurant kitchen to make it himself, only to have things backfire.
Genre: Comedy
5 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Comedy
5 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Life On The Lineby Guy Bardach
A driver and his passengers share fleeting, ordinary moments on a city bus. A tragic attack will force us to ask why we only care about the victims we know.
Genre: Drama
9 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
9 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
BUS 37by Jordan Baines
When their school bus is hijacked, three students must put their trust in a big brother and his dirt bike.
Genre: Action/Adventure
14 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Action/Adventure
14 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Back On The Couchby Elliot Stanton
Tables are turned, and seating arrangements are swapped when a patient sneakily becomes the psychiatrist.
Genre: Comedy
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Comedy
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Shotgunby Jessica Lynn Bruce
Hoping for a peaceful retirement, a former Marine takes to the Alaskan highways as a trucker, but when ruthless gun men target his rig, he must use every ounce of his training to survive a high-octane chase across a frozen mountain.
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
14 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
14 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
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