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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
Gravesideby Dwayne Bricker
On Halloween, five teens sneak into their town's oldest cemetery to film a vandalism stunt for a popular YouTube channel. Smashing an ornate family headstone breaks a hidden seal, warping the graveyard into a looping maze where vengeful spirits hunt them in ways that echo their crimes. Trapped, the last two survivors must repair the desecrated graveor join their friends inside the stone.
Genre: Horror
16 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Horror
16 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
United We Fallby Elliot Stanton
The end of the world is finally triggered by a missed penalty kick. Two English football fans of rival clubs have just watched one of their sides get relegated in the final game of the season. For the vanquished, it seems that there is nothing left to live for - a fact that his friend positively revels in.
Genre: Comedy
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Comedy
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Pawnsby Adam Rocke
The CIA uses a game of chess to recruit a child prodigy.
Genre: Drama
9 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
9 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Familyby Jean-Luc Julien
A young undocumented immigrant fights to save the life of his unborn child when his teenage girlfriend's parents force her to get an abortion.
Genre: Drama
13 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
13 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Necessary Evilby Adam Rocke
A child must commit an horrific crime to prevent a much greater atrocity from occurring.
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
4 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
4 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Strings Attachedby Dennis Manning
When a washed-up musician returns to his sacred studio to write one last song, the guitars he abandoned come alive, forcing him to face the haunting truth about the silence he choseand the music that never died.
Genre: Drama
8 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
8 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Echoesby Helen Watson
When public condemnation of a well-known author results in online outrage, cancellations ripple through association.
Genre: Comedy
26 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Comedy
26 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Christmas Carnageby Doug J Robbins
The Christmas Killer, Henry Clay, stalks Allyson on Christmas Eve, leaving carnage in his wake.
Genre: Horror
4 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Horror
4 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 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
Two Orangesby Sari Akhavan
A nice cosy family dinner at home, while the neighborhood outside is being bombed.
Genre: Drama
30 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
30 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Laundry Room Conspiratorsby Jim Stewart
A comical crime drama that takes place in an apartment as three tenants conspire to free a battered wife by having her abusive husband fall victim to an accidental death at the hands of his twin, cop brother.
Genre: Crime/Murder/Mystery
22 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Crime/Murder/Mystery
22 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 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
Jack's Mom Autism Warrior Princessby Lawrence Riggins
The humorous true story of a supermodel who leaves celebrity life to raise her autistic son. Trading designer gowns for parenthood-on-steroids, this Autimom uses love, determination, and comedy to treat her boy's disorder while defending him from attacks by close-minded individuals. True beauty triumphs as her remarkable son overcomes his disability to thrive as a young man. Short, TV Series, Family Comedy, Female Lead. 27 Awards.
Genre: Family
27 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Family
27 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 Pledge to Murderby Elliot Stanton
The fog shrouding a horrific murder is about to get thicker. The evil spectre of Jack the Ripper returns to Victorian London after the gruesome murder of a prominent politician's murder.
Genre: Crime/Murder/Mystery
28 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Crime/Murder/Mystery
28 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Clownby DJ Robbins
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
Genre: Horror
3 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The Watchersby Dewayne C Bricker
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
Genre: Horror
12 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Chickentownby Kevin Pacey
Tragic accident or premeditated murder, a teenager falls to his death and a corrupt police officer protects the accused.
Genre: Drama
9 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
9 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Political Science 101by Donald Lewis
Struggling through stages of political grief, a working man finds that all is not lost -- there's always more to lose.
Genre: Drama
4 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
4 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Sammiby Adam Rocke
A "dirty laundry specialist" can be a great asset at a lawsuit settlement conference.
Genre: Comedy
8 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Comedy
8 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
His Last Mistakeby Melissa Diane Hudson
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
Genre: Horror
5 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Memory Survivalby Steven Burton
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
Genre: Gay/Lesbian
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
I Have Seen the Future (It is Murder)by Ron Brawer
In the dinosaur era, an alien space ship refrains from destroying Earth to give the planet an opportunity to evolve. A day later -- thousands of years in Earth time -- they return to find "the ills that flesh is heir to": wars, mass murder, rape, plagues, ecological disasters... a good time to pull the plug.
Genre: Sci-Fi
7 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Sci-Fi
7 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Not a Creature Was Stirringby Michael Hogan
Karma and a hungry toilet catch up to the overly-testosteroned boyfriend of a single mom when he forces her young son to sleep alone in a creepy motel room.
Genre: Horror
16 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Horror
16 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Applause and Ashesby Bob Messinger
As his last play crumbles around him, an aging writer spirals through Manhattan streets pursued by the ghost of his legendary partner and the realization that his greatest enemy may have always been himself.
Genre: Artistic
15 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Artistic
15 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Mother's Gavelby Jesus Gonzalez
A grieving mother, consumed by revenge after her son's rape, teams up with her sister to enact a brutal plan that unravels in devastating ways.
Genre: Drama
20 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
20 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Maria x Mariaby Ruby Hernandez
When a submissive housewife discovers her body has regenerative properties, she uses it to build the family she always wanted.
Genre: Horror
12 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Horror
12 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Three Men and a Peruvianby Richard Wells
When a Cork man decides he'd rather be Peruvian than remembered as 'the dead dog fella,' his drinking buddies force him to explain the bizarre childhood story he's been trying to outrun ever since.
Genre: Comedy
19 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Comedy
19 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Betterby Dwayne Bricker
Ella can't move on after her partner Miles dies; she barely sleeps, won't open his boxes, and treats their bed like a shrine. One night, a comforting presence named Luca starts talking to her, easing the pain and helping her finally rest. When her best friend Maya insists she face Miles's things, Ella realizes the force making her feel "better" may be keeping her stuckand must decide what healing really means.
Genre: Horror
17 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Horror
17 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Bad Nightby Jose Villanueva
Under pressure from their volatile boss, two enforcers burglarize an aging gambler's secluded house and prepare to pounce when he arrives but never suspect the house hides a nightmarish horror ready to devour them first.
Genre: Horror
8 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Horror
8 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Mariliseby Ronald V. Micci
Close-knit lesbian sisters in the Hamptons find themselves in dire financial straits, seek the help of an older, well-heeled lesbian who becomes romantically involved with one of them, engendering jealousy and friction, and whose overzealousness leads to her death in a tragic accident.
Genre: Gay/Lesbian
27 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Gay/Lesbian
27 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
First Dateby Alan & Linda Barkley
A widow and a widower meet for the first time in a public park. Their date hits choppy waters until they discover a connection. Exterior location. Two characters. (Finalist in the 2025 Woods Hole Screenplay competition). *Best short screenplay nominee, 2026 Austin Revolution*
Genre: Romance
15 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Romance
15 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Bob and Jackby Doug J Robbins
Bob and Jack need money, and Bob obtains it through humorous means.
Genre: Comedy
1 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Comedy
1 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Life Is a Rollercoaster...Sometimesby Elliot Stanton
With its ups and downs, they say life is a roller-coaster, except when you're trapped and unable to get off one. When an engaged couple becomes unwitting prisoners at the apex of a broken-down roller-coaster ride, the metaphor is never more (or less) apt.
Genre: Comedy
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Comedy
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Clayton Moore 2by Doug J Robbins
This takes off where the original ends. Jeff is dead, and Clayton is now after Nick.
Genre: Horror
2 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Horror
2 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
Something in the Waterby Brandon Rhiness
When a group of hungover friends wakes up to a city-wide emergency alert warning of contaminated water, they must survive a descent into animalistic madness as the thirst for water turns into a hunger for flesh.
Genre: Horror
20 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Horror
20 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
The Greatest Story Never Toldby Matthew J Cresta
After the crucifixion of Jesus, the apostles question their future and even the truth. Due to their lack of faith the disciples hatch a crazy plan to steal Jesus body and stage his resurrection. When things go wrong and the plan fails the team is forced to face their new reality.
Genre: Comedy
45 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Comedy
45 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Ol' Mean Joeby John W Welch
A legend surrounding mean children being taken on Halloween claims the one that got away years earlier.
Genre: Drama
11 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
11 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
