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Leaving Berlin (A True Story)by Ron Brawer
On her deathbed, a Holocaust survivor recounts her family's harrowing escape from Nazi Germany, and reveals a dark family secret -- encountering shocked disbelief.
Genre: Family
15 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Family
15 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
W.I.N.N.E.R Spells Loserby Elliot Stanton
The prize for winning is the realisation of what losing is all about. Two elderly care home residents play Scrabble, but the value of their words doesn't just score points on the board.
Genre: Drama
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Yoo-foesby John Porter
A young journalist tries to discover whether UFOs and space aliens really do exist.
Genre: Sci-Fi
5 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Sci-Fi
5 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
The Prisoners' Songby John Porter
A blues musical about how we sometimes love someone who loves someone else--and what we can do about it
Genre: Musical
4 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Musical
4 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 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
Isle of Plasticaby Drina Connors Kay
A CEO of a plastics company is kidnapped and dumped on a platform in the middle of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch where he must remain until he promises to clean up the mess.
Genre: Other
13 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Other
13 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 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
Genre: Sci-Fi
26 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
The Passionby Susan Pattishall
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
Genre: Other
45 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Crossing Armageddonby Peyton Burkhart
An angelic warrior attempts to rally a small ragtag troop of soldiers to battle a demon horde to settle an ancient score. Help arrives in a most unusual way, in form of a most unusual savior.
Genre: Fantasy
19 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Fantasy
19 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
The Cuddly Toyby CARLOS ALEX CENI
The life of a handicapped guy takes a dramatic turn when he looks out the window and spots a cuddly toy next to a wheelie bin.
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
5 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
5 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Average Joe: Car Salesmanby J. Huska
A car salesman's mid-life makeover motivates his dealership, and the entire American auto industry, to reinvent itself. But, are they driving F or in R?
Genre: Other
1 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Other
1 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Creepy Clown For Hireby DJ Robbins
Pamela is upset that her son is skipping his tutoring sessions, so she hires a creepy clown to scare her son into seeing his tutor.
Genre: Comedy
3 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Comedy
3 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Love Sex Shoesby Ron Brawer
When an aging Casanova hooks up with a young Louboutins-loving lawyer, past follies surface -- with Fellini-esque consequences.
Genre: Drama
11 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
11 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
New Flamesby Chelita Hagan
A meek young woman sets out to start a new after being thrown out.
Genre: Drama
11 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
11 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Jacinta Lodgeby Nik Forster
A bitter nurse. A bad mussel. And a band of elderly conspirators who just want peace and pudding. But when their poison plot backfires, it's every pensioner for themselves in this seafood-flavored farce
Genre: Comedy
7 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Comedy
7 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Whispers from an Atheistby Bernard Antoine Mersier
A philosophical loner takes viewers through his home while delivering provocative monologues about religion, relationships, and hypocrisy, ending in a shocking act of self-destruction that transforms water into wine with his own blood.
Genre: Horror
12 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Horror
12 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Stayby Sean Nash
Unable to cope with the prospect of his two sons watching him succumb to cancer as his wife did, a young surfer paddles out alone at night to suicide. As he sinks beneath the waves his connection with his late beloved becomes more focused, allowing him to re-evaluate not only the gifts inherent in her passing, but the importance of his boys sharing similar gifts from himself.
Genre: Fantasy
9 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Fantasy
9 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
The Lamentby Sarah Kennedy
A guitarist becomes an anomaly in a bleak and inhospitable future world where music is conjured and customized in the mind. Single location from an award-winning screenwriter.
Genre: Sci-Fi
6 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Sci-Fi
6 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 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
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
Genre: Horror
11 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Mindy & Martin's Meleeby Harker Jones
A bridesmaid and a best man derail a wedding when their simmering resentments and passions boil over, igniting a powder keg of accusations, declarations and revelations.
Genre: Comedy
20 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Comedy
20 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Double Takeby Marjory E. Leposky
A stalker is following unaware couple.
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
EXFILby Dewayne C Bricker
When a covert U.S. Special Forces team's midnight extraction in Afghanistan spirals into a desperate fight for survival, five soldiers must battle through ambush, betrayal, and their own breaking points to bring each other home alive.
Genre: Action/Adventure
40 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Action/Adventure
40 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Coletteby Melvin M. Moore
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
Genre: Drama
14 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Why Cows Are Contentedby John Porter
A middle-aged cow explains why she and her sisters are contented, even though they end up as hamburger and baseball gloves.
Genre: Animation
4 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Animation
4 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The Meno that Pausedby LaKesa Cox
A woman in her 40s has a pregnancy scare only to find out through a meeting with Mother Nature that she's about to start menopause.
Genre: Comedy
11 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Comedy
11 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 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
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
12 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
The Price of Eggsby Susan Kelejian
In a lavish Houston home, a couple's carefully constructed world is shaken as they grapple with the aftermath of their son's murder, forcing them to confront their own complicity and the conservative values that may have contributed to his tragic end in a divided America.
Genre: Drama
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
10 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
Genre: Drama
33 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
The Atticby Jack Polo
An alien Creature, hiding in a young family's attic, makes their lives a living hell until the son strikes back.
Genre: Horror
28 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Horror
28 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
The Owlby Brandon Rhiness
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
Genre: Horror
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Sick Bloodby Stan Usherenko
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
Genre: Horror
9 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Something Borrowedby Frazer Lee
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
Genre: Romantic Comedy
3 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Mirabelby Gregory Gibson
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
Genre: Horror
13 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
What It's All Aboutby John Worsley
When a young woman struggling with her grandfather's death finds herself mysteriously trapped in the apartment next door with two strangers, she must overcome her anger to work with them and get out.
Genre: Sci-Fi
14 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Sci-Fi
14 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Deadhorse Lickby Charles Hall
A young boy sets out to rid his hometown of a wild animal that has been killing the townspeople's pets, only to wind up becoming its next target.
Genre: Horror
14 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Horror
14 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Rewardby Wayne E. Johnson
A homeless man decides to put his life in order by learning accounting and getting a job, but when ordered to perform illegal operations by his employer, he becomes a whistle blower and learns that honesty and integrity sometimes come with a heavy price.
Genre: Drama
6 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
6 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Cherry Street Hauntingby DJ Robbins
June and her sister, Delilah, recount the story of the haunting they encountered on Cherry Street.
Genre: Horror
37 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Horror
37 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Survivors Will Be Prosecutedby Barry Staff
Wanting a solemn vigil at his dying mother's bedside, a man needs to deal with a pesky insect threatening to make the situation laughable.
Genre: Comedy
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Comedy
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Boomerangby John Alexander Fraser
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: Horror
11 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Horror
11 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
