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Prioritiesby  John Porter
A young radio talk show host must choose between solving the problems of the world and attending his son's grammar school play.

Genre: Comedy
5 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
A young graffiti artist decides to tag a war memorial and finds his lack of respect has surprising consequences.

Genre: Drama
3 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Out Of The Rainby  Adrian Milnes
A man takes pity on a woman and her baby sheltering from the rain, but lives to regret it.

Genre: Suspense/Thriller
4 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Dorothy... after Ozby  robert ingraham
After Dorothy returns from colorful Oz, she moves to the San Fernando Valley, where everyone seems comparatively gray. That is, until she meets someone as colorful as the characters from Oz... Peter Pan. She falls in love with him... but there's a problem. He's wanted by the police for stealing kids.

Genre: Comedy
21 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Table for 3by  Michael Joseph
A brother and sister, entrenched in crime with their abusive uncle, make a routine stop at a diner. But when tempers flare, their ordinary night takes an unexpected turn

Genre: Suspense/Thriller
16 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
A Moment In Timeby  PAUL BYRNE
A bounty on their heads, a middle eastern woman in D.C. must trust a psychotic D.E.A. agent to save her family from an arms dealer's vendetta despite his claims of loving her in a past life... and he can prove it.

Genre: Action/Adventure
41 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
A small diverse group waits in an urban bus depot line to experience role reversals when the bus arrives.

Genre: Sci-Fi
8 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Satan's Shrinkby  Daniel J. Broderick
Satan needs a consult; it's just not as much fun anymore.

Genre: Comedy
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
Making Wavesby  Drew Larimore
An questioning isolated young man in rural Maine pursues a summertime tryst with a local merman.

Genre: Drama
17 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Pizza Killerby  Ange Fassinou
A pizza delivery that leads to a massacre.

Genre: Suspense/Thriller
6 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
When an unemployed deaf man takes a job as a pool boy, he finds himself caught in a game of manipulation and seduction.

Genre: Drama
19 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Out of Adversityby  Elliot Stanton
The bombs cease, but the battle continues. Only two First World War British soldiers remain from their company, and during a lull in hostilities, deep, personal conflicts between them come to a head.

Genre: Drama
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Crime Sceneby  Matthew J Cresta
At a brutal crime scene an inexperienced patrol sergeant, working along side a seasoned homicide detective, receives a master class in murder investigation while also discovering a shocking connection with the killer!

Genre: Crime/Murder/Mystery
15 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Mourning the loss of their friend, a group goes live expressing their emotions towards the people who killed him, having no idea something more sinister is at hand.

Genre: Crime/Murder/Mystery
4 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Running Moneyby  Dewayne C Bricker
When a broke single mother discovers stolen bank cash hidden inside her apartment wall, she and her little girl go on the runpursued by the violent ex-con who buried it there and will stop at nothing to reclaim what he thinks is still his.

Genre: Drama
34 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Black Queen: Birth Of A Queen Warriorby  Ange Fassinou
In a land of witches and beasts, a young woman, kidnapped for an Amazon Army, battles to get back to her tribe and lead her warrior sisters to the truth.

Genre: Fantasy
45 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Doctor Where?by  Elliot Stanton
Ralph's doctor is running late for an appointment, leaving him regretting a rash decision.

Genre: Comedy
10 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Davids and Goliathsby  Spartak Proda
Imagine for one second that tomorrow you wake up 50% heavier. Earth has changed its gravity, and you and I are facing the fate of the dinosaurs. Governments are aware and have created a survival plan for the species with the "Davids and Goliaths" project. An assassin uncovers everything. Secret biogenetic experiments. The Goliaths and the Davids, are at war. The introduction of heavy metals into Earth's core is bringing forth a new order.

Genre: Suspense/Thriller
11 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
The Black Boxby  William Walkerley
Tien shows up a Darius' apartment with a small mysterious black box that will change their lives before the night is over.

Genre: Suspense/Thriller
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
The Taste of Beliefby  Danny King
When a psychology professor challenges his students with a parable about restaurants, a fiery clash between science and conspiracy forces them to confront a deeper truth: you can't judge an idea until you've tasted it yourself.

Genre: Drama
14 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Selling Oranges on a Median with Charles Bukowskiby  Ryan Armstrong
A meeting of two men in an unlikely place as they try to overcome the challenge of understanding and communicating with the other.

Genre: Comedy
16 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
A story of two people meeting on their way to Switzerland before both going to a euthanasia facility.

Genre: Drama
10 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Automaticby  Gladman
Trapped inside a futuristic reset pod with seconds left on the countdown, a haunted man must choose whether to erase his memories for peaceor keep the truth that's been trying to break him free.

Genre: Sci-Fi
1 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
An obsolete radio escapes into a world of drugs to find solace from a fast moving society he cannot keep up with.

Genre: Animation
5 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Seeing Redby  Warren Lane
In this dark comedy a wannabe serial killer who faints at the sight of blood gets advice from his three equally pathetic buds during their weekly zoom session.

Genre: Comedy
8 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
The First & Only Kissby  Michael Avishai
After a long-anticipated date fizzles, a shy college student finds unexpected connection on a crowded dance floor, proving that sometimes chemistry matters more than compatibility.

Genre: Romantic Comedy
8 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Our Lives Are Goodby  John Porter
A medieval romance in which the father of three sons and the father of a daughter arrange for the sons to compete for the daughter's hand in marriage.

Genre: Romance
20 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
A long Road Aheadby  Bernhard Riedhammer
A trailblazing transgender woman, stranded in the middle of nowhere, must hitch a ride with an opinionated retiree in order to stop her ex from leaving the country with their son.

Genre: Drama
22 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Gone With The Gulf Streamby  Jack Sherry
A military chemical dump in Florida's Panhandle is more than just an environmental disaster. When a deadly bacterial outbreak kills marine life and divers in the Gulf of Mexico, a young woman must escape government cover-ups and corporate corruption after losing her boyfriend and father figure to the contaminated waters.

Genre: Drama
14 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
A Beautiful Suicideby  Bernard Antoine Mersier
Obsession is a cute word in Mimi's eyes, until Ja'mere applies what the word really means.

Genre: Horror
8 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The Windowby  Mark Ndlovu
A reclusive man and an enigmatic artist living across the street engage in a silent but profound connection through drawings in their windows, sparking an unspoken bond that compels him to step beyond his comfort zone and into her world.

Genre: Romance
3 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The Black Box of Antiquityby  Richard Campbell
Richard visits an old man to evict him for back taxes. The old man invites Richard to place a historic relic inside his Black Box of Antiquity. Richard travels back in time to the exact moment that relic is being used by its historic owner. One trip back in time, the Pope arranges for Hitler and his wife to escape from Germany to Argentina.

Genre: Sci-Fi
35 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
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
When I'm Lying In My Bedby  Jared Kelly
Six year old Aaron is very fearful of what lurks underneath his bed - and he has good reason to be scared. Told in ryhyming voice over by Aaron, this creepy one-pager will have your skin crawling and your toes curling. "Sometimes when I'm in my bed, I hear the noise I really dread..."

Genre: Horror
1 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Trifling Heiferby  Melissa Diane Hudson
When a dangerous woman sets her sights on her best friend's NFL star husband, she'll stop at nothing to steal him, even if it means destroying his career and marriage in the process.

Genre: Suspense/Thriller
45 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
The Woodcutterby  Raymond Reboulet
A young man believes and an old man remembers the reasons behind the ways of old which the village has forgotten. A child in danger awakens the town and renews its purpose.

Genre: Family
29 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
A quirky and neurotic art student, confined to her apartment, must overcome her condition to be with the love of her life.

Genre: Drama
22 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Hell: A Rescue Missionby  Patrice Sarath
When Trudi's best friend Jenna is on her deathbed, she tells Trudi she's afraid of dying and going to hell. After her death, Trudi gets some disturbing signals that Jenna is right. With the help of a mysterious nurse, Trudi follows her to hell, and discovers that love has its limits.

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