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Making Wavesby  Drew Larimore
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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
But Wait ... There's More!by  John Boal
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On this segment of "But Wait ... There's More!" at a local TV station, the mid-40s Host, Tiffany Long, and her two Reporters, as usual, critique weird, wacky and often wasteful single-use plastic products that viewers may or may not need. But in the closing segment, Tiffany and her Reporters break the 4th wall; show how these plastic products are killing our oceans and sea life and defiantly quit their popular program on air.

Genre: Comedy
18 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Shark Underneathby  Ange Fassinou
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Limited location. Horror/thriller. A group of outlaws, who recently robbed and killed a lawyer and his wife, become the preys of a smart and dangerous shark living underneath the house they chose as hideout.

Genre: Horror
45 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Vulturesby  Keshia Thomas
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A brilliant but unraveling scientist secretly tests a radical cure for Alzheimer's on her own family but as eerie, vulture-like entities begin to appear, feeding on memories like prey, she realizes the real threat might not be the disease... but what she's unleashed trying to cure it.

Genre: Sci-Fi
20 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Drowby  Adam Thomas Lumb
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A pregnant couple in labour, trapped in an ambulance sinking into a remote island bog in the Orkney Islands during a storm, must fight alongside their paramedic to protect their unborn child from a creature disturbed from a Neolithic ruin and drawn to her giving birth.

Genre: Horror
16 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Stonehenge & King Arthur and Caesarby  Robert Michael Benn
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The Druids created Stonehenge in 2400 BC. Then King Arthur discovered his sorcerer Merlin was a Druid. Finally, Caesar vanquished them and knocked down their monument in 60 BC.

Genre: Drama
4 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
DB Cooper (revised)by  Robert Michael Benn
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DB cooper jumps from a 727 with $5 million and then robs a Brinks warehouse. He and beautiful Andrea visit Seattle, Alaska, Hollywood Boulevard, and Avalon. They buy a villa on the French Riveria. Remember, DB Cooper was never caught. This is the real story!

Genre: Drama
16 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Clusterby  Kevin Dembinsky
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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
The Ringby  Daniel Yanev
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A man has seemingly lost everything, including his will to live.

Genre: Drama
2 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Fear Of Fallingby  Jeffrey Stackhouse
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A driven EMT takes a rescue call during a deadly storm. The tortured angel he finds in the old man's shed won't be his most life-changing discovery. -- multiple Finalists

Genre: Horror
29 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Firewoodby  Gary A. Edwards
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FIREWOOD - is a comedic short play small cast about an entertainer who gets fired twice from an ageist, racist, homophobic theme park run by a tyrannical, paranoid boss with a Napoleonic complex who makes money exploiting young girls and boys aspiring to be actors.

Genre: Comedy
15 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
The Pair of Brown Oxfords in the Middle Grey Boothby  Charles Webb
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I hadn't really noticed it until I zipped up my pants.

Genre: Comedy
3 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Full Exposureby  Steven Burton
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A female artist asks a male photographer to pose nude for her project, which triggers other uptight challenges before he decides to pose.

Genre: Comedy
14 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Pity the Poor Cowboyby  John Porter
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A Western musical in which two cowboys mourn the passing of one of their own

Genre: Western
5 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
When Animals Killby  Patricia Bruce
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When a long-suffering housewife is the victim of verbal abuse, the family dog, LUCKY, comes up with a surprising and deadly solution.

Genre: Crime/Murder/Mystery
9 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
A Subject Strictly Off-Limitsby  Elliot Stanton
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An argument about the TV show Strictly Come Dancing threatens a couple's marriage until they agree never to discuss the show again. However, the ceasefire only lasts until the discussion of what takeaway to order begins.

Genre: Comedy
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Hospitalityby  John Porter
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A bad guest makes a good host feel great about himself.

Genre: Comedy
5 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Hitler Rescued meby  Robert Michael Benn
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In 1943, the Waffen SS descends in Gran Sasso & rescues Mussolini. At the Wolf's Lair, Hiter & Goebbels give medals to Otto Skorzeny. We end with insert videos & quotes: >Dresden firebombed, >Goebbels film of Mussolini's rescue,>Hitler pops cyanide,>Mussolini hanging from meat hooks,>NY Times "War is over!",>Boothe's 1865 quote--'Sic Semper Tyrannis'.

Genre: Drama
5 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
The Free Boxby  Charles Webb
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The most valuable thing at an estate sale could be free.

Genre: Drama
2 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Trilogy of Terrorby  Bill Wyza
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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
She is an Alienby  Niagara Ross
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A clumsy office worker falls in love with a charming new colleague, but his world is turned upside down when he learns she is an alien from another planet with a secret mission.

Genre: Fantasy
9 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Anonymous Heroby  Jose Luis Azcarreta
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"Anonymous hero" is a 4-page short script with no dialogue in which a nobody is the laughing stock of his office mates despite saving humanity from an alien attack.

Genre: Sci-Fi
4 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Sophieby  Jason K. Allen
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A lonely boy finds solace by visiting the woods where his little sister died. (1 location, 2 characters. Award-winning screenwriter; see IMDB for writer's credits.)

Genre: Horror
1 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Influencerby  Tom Miller
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A hopeful influencer moves to Hollywood to find success, but winds up in a battle royale.

Genre: Comedy
27 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Ragnar's Vikingsby  Robert Michael Benn
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Ragnar conquers Britain. Kiev and Sweden. Lagertha is his beautiful wife. His son lands at Vinland and discovers America.

Genre: Drama
7 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Mr. Bowling Ballby  Simon Parker
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When a young boy takes his father's advice to be bold with his comedy a bit too seriously, he ends up accidentally traumatizing his boss with a literal interpretation, turning a simple office skit into an unforgettable disaster

Genre: Comedy
6 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Simonby  Shelly Paino
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When a teacher reads Edgar Allen Poe to her sixth graders on Halloween, she must find out why one student's interest in the poem borders on obsession.

Genre: Suspense/Thriller
10 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Black Queen: Birth Of A Queen Warriorby  Ange Fassinou
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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
New Amendmentby  Bernard Antoine Mersier
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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
Real Heroesby  Tina Field Howe
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Convinced they're the good guys, brother and sister drug dealers dispose of the competition to 'save' their neighborhood.

Genre: Crime/Murder/Mystery
5 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Grandma's Secret Ingredientby  Elliot Stanton
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A long-held secret family gravy recipe is passed down to another generation when an older woman believes the time is right for her granddaughter to learn the 'killer' secret ingredient.

Genre: Drama
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The Perfect Christmas Treeby  Alan Barkley
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When a father and mother visit a Christmas tree lot looking for the right tree for their new home, they discovery that their four-year-old daughter has her own idea of what constitutes the perfect tree.

Genre: Family
7 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Paradise Partyby  Steven Burton
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With art, photography, fun, love, family, strangers, and fantasy, a man shares adventures before he dies which propels his spirit forward.

Genre: Fantasy
13 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The Trials and Tribulations of Awkward Peopleby  Judah Ray
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Two socially awkward misfits find themselves caught in a series of hilarious and embarrassing mishaps at a dinner party, ultimately bringing them closer together in an unexpected way.

Genre: Comedy
8 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Hard Hatsby  Tina Field Howe
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A hunky, bold construction worker makes a bet with the guys that he can pull off a romantic interlude with his gorgeous but strictly hands-off boss-lady.

Genre: Romance
5 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Stay Warmby  Steven Burton
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A man with his young son, offer comfort to a homeless man which also provides a break from their grief for the recent death of Mary, a beloved wife and mother.

Genre: Drama
11 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Dutchess Greenby  Joseph Brown
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The quiet invasion began with the old "man" painting barns with alien spawn. The farm girls who figured it out were too late.

Genre: Horror
11 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Straight Talk with Sadie & Santaby  Jason K. Allen
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On Christmas Eve, a little girl wakes to find Santa rummaging through her fridge. After scolding him about his diet, she proceeds to grill him about reindeer, elves, bad gifts and other curiosities, and soon develops a new understanding about Christmas. Santa, meanwhile, gets a dose of reality himself - and perhaps a new friend.

Genre: Comedy
8 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Our 13th Birthdayby  Bernard Antoine Mersier
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On her thirteenth birthday, Machi unleashes her deliciously dark revenge on everyone who has wronged her.

Genre: Horror
9 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Small Talkby  Linda Kampley
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A young woman goes on a first date expecting romance but finds danger.

Genre: Drama
18 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
 
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