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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
The Mooseby Edward Lawrence Betz Jr.
Inside a playwright's frantic mind, a struggling writer named Ralph battles a high-strung, wedding-dress-clad Muse for control over his latest script. While Ralph fixates on a bizarre family heirlooma trophy cast of Jimi Hendrix's anatomythe Muse despairs over his lack of sophistication. As their dialogue descends into a hilarious, meta-fictional tug-of-war, the play explores the messy, often "veal-like" vehicle of inspiration and the absurdity of the creative process.
Genre: Comedy
11 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Comedy
11 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Beauty Pageant Redemptionby Barbara Blomquist
Personal redemption is the ultimate prize in a beauty pageant held in a women's prison.
Genre: Drama
12 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
12 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Spoken Forby Jim Kowalski
Can a man with a crippling social anxiety win the woman he loves over his alter ego crutch and her cheating boyfriend?
Genre: Romance
11 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Romance
11 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Antwan: The Christmas Strangerby NG
Feature Length Version Available. On the eve of Christmas, the life of a lonely young boy takes a miraculous turn when he crosses paths with a compassionate woman, unknowingly setting off a battle for his survival, his freedom, and his last chance at hope.
Genre: Drama
45 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
45 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Late Doorsby Barry Staff
Three 'remainers' congregate in a deserted pub and there contemplate whether the news that a meteorite will shortly destroy Earth is a hoax, but also to undertake their final acts in case it's true.
Genre: Comedy
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Comedy
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Wit's Endby Barry Staff
Wanting a comeback fronting a telethon, a comedian needs to thwart a revolutionary taking him hostage there, intent on exposing comedy as just another form of exploitation.
Genre: Comedy
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Comedy
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
No Loose Endsby Adam Rocke
Saying goodbye is never easy, especially when there's a price on your head.
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
4 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
4 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The Last Debateby Gladman
During a final interrogation over a broken simulation, a defiant subject turns the tables on his examiner forcing him to question whether he, too, is trapped inside the very system he believes he controls.
Genre: Sci-Fi
2 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Sci-Fi
2 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The Flat Pebble's Philosophyby Marc-Olivier louveau
In 1830, in a Vietnamese village, Master TRY, a rich, bitter and lonely old man, decides to retire, but the unexpected arrival of his orphaned niece, SONG, upsets his routine. As he struggles to maintain his habits, the young girl transforms his home and his life with her sweetness and her cooking. Confronted with his own past mistakes, Master TRY rediscovers the true value of family and love.
Genre: Drama
15 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
15 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Dead Airby Dwayne Craig Bricker
A high-school radio crew hijacks an "unused" emergency frequencythen a calm voice begins broadcasting their deaths for tomorrow.
Genre: Sci-Fi
9 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Sci-Fi
9 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Doppelgangerby John M Grace
A chance subway encounter with the twin of a woman from his past turns a brief commute into an emotional reckoning.
Genre: Romance
5 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Romance
5 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Screens of the Damnedby Anton Ballard
The Screens Of The Damned follows Angelica, a mortuary attendant and aspiring screenwriter working the night shift. Her solitude is interrupted by the arrival of a mysterious John Doea deceased film producerwho critiques her work and begins a strange, possibly supernatural collaboration with her. As the script progresses, John Doe's involvement appears to influence real-world outcomes, culminating in Angelica's screenplay being greenlit, though his presence remains ambiguous.
Genre: Comedy
13 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Comedy
13 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 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
Behind the Glassby Dewayne
A guilt-ridden 911 dispatcher receives a whispering call from a kidnapped woman who may be trapped inside the same municipal building where he worksbut when the caller's abductor reveals a deadly experiment targeting emergency operators, the dispatcher must break the very protocol that once cost a life.
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
14 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
14 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Judge, Jury & Executionerby Elliot Stanton
When a butcher's wife puts him on a virtually meat-free diet, it provokes a disgruntled female customer to redress the balance. But does she have an ulterior motive? Mrs Jury revels in telling her local butcher, Mr Judge, of her marital issues, and to her surprise, he reciprocates with tales of his own. A dinner invitation results in a disturbing discovery by the butcher.
Genre: Comedy
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Comedy
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Virgin Brideby Perk Perkins
After a drunken, groom-to-be receives a graphic photo of his fiance with another man, he mails the scandalous pic with all the wedding invites, but discovers the picture was a prank from his best man, leading to a blood-soaked chain reaction.
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
11 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
11 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Bloody Mouseby Sergey Dobrine
During the family vacation in the mountains an IT specialist got into financial trouble and started delivering pizza to be able to return home. Bigfoot was on the list.
Genre: Action/Adventure
14 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Action/Adventure
14 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Proof of Serviceby Lantie Foster
Two neighbors in corporate housing share a home service robot. When one woman misses a payment, the building's "care" protocols activate, and the apartment begins asserting ownership over everything, including her.
Genre: Sci-Fi
29 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Sci-Fi
29 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
What If God Was One Of Us?by Adam Rocke
God assumes the guise of a homeless man to check in on humanity.
Genre: Drama
11 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
11 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Thanks, Lucindaby John Porter
A family romance in which two thirteen-year-olds try to work up the courage to invite each other to a high school dance.
Genre: Family
6 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Family
6 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Missingby Darryl N. Layne
Two scientists on the verge of a breakthrough in creating a space fuel must confront their hidden origins and humanity's fate when mysterious extraterrestrial visitors arrive, offering a choice between saving Earth or joining a cosmic mission that will change everything.
Genre: Sci-Fi
36 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Sci-Fi
36 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Selfby Truong Nguyen
The story of a young man living an uninspired life, getting drunk all alone and talking to himself about his life choices.
Genre: Artistic
13 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Artistic
13 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Silver Starby Leonard Varasano
Haunted by the death of a young child during his watch, a police officer contemplates vengeance against the suspect he holds responsible.
Genre: Drama
40 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
40 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Quandaryby Brandi Self
A thirty-year-old slacker wakes up in an unfamiliar house and assumes it's another drunken one-night stand until he discovers that the others trapped in the house don't know how they got there either.
Genre: Horror
15 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Horror
15 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Blind Dateby Doug J Robbins
A ventriloquist goes on a blind speed date and fails miserably with the first date, but eventually meets his match in a lady puppeteer.
Genre: Romantic Comedy
1 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Romantic Comedy
1 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Occam's Beardby David Ezell
A former child star spirals as he becomes convinced that the people he loves most have been replaced by impostors.
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
15 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
15 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Personal Demonsby Brandon Rhiness
After being fired for his reckless lifestyle, a narcissistic corporate climber visits a psychic to "exorcize" his personal demons (drinking and womanizing) only to have them manifest as physical entities that refuse to let him stop partying.
Genre: Comedy
15 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Comedy
15 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 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
The Flingby Jill Martin
Late December 1915 onboard the troop ship SS Pretorian, a young lad meets a battle-weary soldier returning from the Western Front who teaches him about heritage.
Genre: Drama
12 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
12 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Harvest Sonby Charles Hall
Desperate to lift his family out of hardship, a migrant worker tracks down a Central American talisman believed to grant the bearer three life-changing wishes.
Genre: Horror
9 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Horror
9 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
The City: A Tragedy in Three Actsby Larry Shannon
The story of one boy's journey from innocence to experience.
Genre: Drama
43 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
43 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Nuptualsby Barry Staff
Wanting to consummate her marriage to a much older man, a virginal bride pushing 40 needs to cope when things go disastrously wrong.
Genre: Comedy
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Comedy
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Faithby Neftali Rivera
After a dream about a burnt down home near the Air BnB he is staying at compels him to investigate, an Atheist strives to find out what caused the fire and learns that his beliefs may be misguided.
Genre: Horror
16 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Horror
16 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
MEGAby Tina Field Howe
A working man confesses to his best friend that his frustrating years of depending on the lottery to bring him fortune are over.
Genre: Drama
5 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
5 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Madame Presidentby Mich
Susie Q. pounds on 'Heaven's Door' demanding to talk to 'The Man' about her becoming the First Woman President of the U.S. Secretly, she wants his blessing.
Genre: Comedy
23 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Comedy
23 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
The Cycleby Stephanie Neroes
Haunted by the violence of his upbringing, a boy's fateful act forces a reckoning with the ghosts of his family's pastand the chilling truth that some wounds are born, not made.
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
5 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
5 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Cadillac Jackby Robert Godwin
One omelet, two bodies, and a stray eyeball Cadillac Jack didn't come for blood, but in this diner, breakfast is just the opening act.
Genre: Crime/Murder/Mystery
17 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Crime/Murder/Mystery
17 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
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