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Doc's Barby Kenneth M. Kielty
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
Genre: Romantic Comedy
24 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
New Amendmentby Bernard Antoine Mersier
One man's passionate monologue on law and religion unfolds, revealing the thin line between conviction and chaoswill his petition bring change, or simply the solitude he's chosen?
Genre: Drama
4 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
4 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Sprialby Simon Parker
When a doctor sees his own daughter targeted by his billionaire boss, he's forced to question his life choices.
Genre: Drama
12 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
12 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Trilogy of Terrorby Bill Wyza
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
Genre: Horror
7 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Viewing the Past with a Modern Perspectiveby Zokora Zokirov
A man was walking around New York, thinking about business, seeing various businesses like McDonald's, Starbucks, Coca-Cola, and others, and thinking, "I wish I could go back in time with these ideas, I was rich." He walks around, falls into a hole, and then wakes up in America, where even people don't know about coffee.
Genre: Comedy
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Comedy
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 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
Imagine That!by Tina Czarnota
Grace under pressure can be a royal disaster.
Genre: Fantasy
17 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Fantasy
17 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
The Pendantby Tina Gandhi
Ten-year-old Catherine invokes her lineage of witchery and her penchant for chemistry to defy the death of her Nana, but her plans are thwarted, and she is suddenly transported to the ethers of afterlife.
Genre: Drama
9 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
9 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The Golden Scepterby Bobby Banuelos
With the help of his cynical talking cat, a young man must embark on an adventure to retrieve a valuable family heirloom before the evil force that possesses it destroys the world.
Genre: Animation
21 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Animation
21 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
A Labor of Loveby John Porter
A young woman teases her fianc until she discovers he's willing to do almost anything to make her happy.
Genre: Romance
6 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Romance
6 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Can We Partner This Deal?by John Porter
With buzzwords on cellphones, a young businessman and a young businesswoman try to plan their future.
Genre: Comedy
3 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Comedy
3 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
SLICEby Wendy Appelbaum
When a lonely and introverted young woman purchases a 3D printer, she is amazed at its ability to communicate how she is feeling through the prints until she realizes that she is not the one in control. ( Comps: Black Mirror meets Christine)
Genre: Horror
21 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Horror
21 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The Worst of Timesby Daniel J. Broderick
But I never really said, "Let them eat cake." Everything that's happening is not my fault. Too late. The revolution is here. You and your kind are doomed. Marie Antoinette or Melania Trump? You decide.
Genre: Comedy
7 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Comedy
7 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Cupid'sby DJ Robbins
Cupid pressures his customers to try his Ambrosia, guaranteed to make the consumer fall in love, but the customers resist the dessert.
Genre: Artistic
6 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Artistic
6 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The Boko Haram Hospice IIby Robert Michael Benn
Nigerian Mullah orders son Muhammed to the US to fetch siblings Joseph and Margie and blow up US sites. The siblings run a Lancaster hospice where many patients die. The siblings refuse to return to Nigeria and send Muhammed back & throw out his guns and explosives.
Genre: Drama
12 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
12 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
The Antidoteby Jon Hughes
A forlorn wife poisons her unfaithful husband only to discover he could inherit a fortune.
Genre: Comedy
7 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Comedy
7 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Pity the Poor Cowboyby John Porter
A Western musical in which two cowboys mourn the passing of one of their own.
Genre: Musical
5 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Musical
5 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Bargain Storeby Brandi Self
A disgruntled small-town bargain store worker meets a soldier who encourages her to stand up to her perverted boss.
Genre: Fantasy
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Fantasy
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Playtime Episode 2 Tea Timeby Doug J Robbins
Zoe is close to her magic Teddy Bear, and their relationship has parallels; their fights, in particular, mimic Mom and Dad's.
Genre: Artistic
4 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Artistic
4 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Echoes of Fateby Christine LARA
An ordinary man receives an enigmatic call from an unknown number, inviting him to solve a series of mysteries to save a stranger's life. But each clue dangerously draws him closer to his own dark past.
Genre: Drama
45 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
45 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
A Late Waitby Elliot Stanton
If listening is so important, then it's hardly surprising that turning a deaf ear to good advice creates an even greater problem.
Genre: Comedy
8 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Comedy
8 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Silent Nightby Melissa Diane Hudson
A distraught wife believes her successful husband is having an illicit affair with a much younger woman and comes up with a deadly scheme on Christmas Eve for revenge.
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
6 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
6 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Same Nameby Steven Burton
Their same name brings a straight black actor and a gay white actor/writer together to collaborate on a film project that creates more greatness for both.
Genre: Drama
12 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
12 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Head Traumaby Elise Marenson
Two guys get in big trouble when they find the human head of a Russian mobster buried in the sand.
Genre: Comedy
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Comedy
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Take My Handby Jay Hodgkins
A serial killer seeks a cure for loneliness when he develops a special relationship with the severed hand of one of his victims, only to discover it points him in the direction of true love.
Genre: Horror
12 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Horror
12 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
All This and Heaven, Tooby John Porter
A quiet young man and woman buy an old house, then wonder how they can cope with a loud religious congregation next door.
Genre: Comedy
7 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Comedy
7 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 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
Genre: Drama
33 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
No Regretsby Patricia Bruce
This edgy screenplay puts a unique spin on a marriage gone bad. Sadly, not all marriages have a happy ending.
After years of being a hen-pecked housewife by her unappreciative husband, this boring, mousey housewife suddenly turns aggressive with deadly results...
Genre: Drama
9 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
9 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Stop Driving Yourself Crazyby Elliot Stanton
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
Genre: Comedy
12 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Vietnamby Kevin Frasure
Haunted by the horrors of his past, a Vietnam veteran's grip on reality unravels as he's stalked by the vengeful spirit of a fallen enemy, forcing him to confront the trauma that has followed him homebefore it consumes him entirely.
Genre: Horror
3 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Horror
3 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Cyrus Myers: Psychic Vampireby Doug J Robbins
After killing his father, Cyrus Myers haunts the girl who reject him through her dreams while institutionalized.
Genre: Horror
28 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Horror
28 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Gina's Veilby Kevin Silva
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
Genre: Drama
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Pain & Sympathyby Dale Easterling
A dysfunctional married couple seeks therapy, where the psychiatrist hypnotizes them into feeling each other's pleasure and pain - literally.
Genre: Romantic Comedy
45 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Romantic Comedy
45 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Bernard's Ashesby Mike Bevins
A young man faces the dilemma of where to scatter his father's ashes. (Semifinalist in Atlanta Screenplay Awards)
Genre: Drama
16 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
16 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Sentinelby John Alexander Fraser
A Sentinel from another dimension watches over humans in a diner and at a skate park as it averts danger and seeks to understand the human race.
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
5 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
5 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The Bodyguard. 2. Going Homeby Anthony Toni
After over 30 years working as a Bodyguard you're now approaching 65. You now realize you can't move as fast as you once did. Nor can you see and hear as well. One more BIG job before you call it quits? Fiction but based on a real life job assignment.
Genre: Action/Adventure
10 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Action/Adventure
10 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Sharkkinby Tommy Garcia
A young woman fantasizes about the shark that attacked her when she meets a man with an unusual identity crisis, and the two find only they can heal one another's trauma.
Genre: Drama
15 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
15 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
Assistanceby Simon Parker
Trapped in grief and filth after his wife's death, Myles faces the threat of being committed by his daughteruntil a stray dog arrives, helping him reclaim his home, his life, and the love he thought he'd lost.
Genre: Drama
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
By the Seaby Tina Field Howe
Clever Brandi, English heir to a fortune, frames her husband in the murder of her mother, the family matriarch.
Genre: Crime/Murder/Mystery
7 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Crime/Murder/Mystery
7 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
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