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Who's On Secondby George Klembith
Everyone remembers the famous sketch "Who's On First" but no one remembers Who Was On Second? Now we finally find out... or do we?
Genre: Comedy
5 pages
Genre: Comedy
5 pages
It Came Upon A Midnight Clearby Ted King
When a troubled woman running away during the holiday season finds herself the only patron at an out of the way diner, she soon discovers the owner is not who he claims to be. But neither is she!
Genre: Fantasy
11 pages
Genre: Fantasy
11 pages
Conscienceby David Spiro
A retired Detective entertains guests after dinner sitting around a campfire talking about his strangest case. Base on a true story.
Genre:
21 pages
Genre:
21 pages
PuppyTogsby Gloria Rozier
Her obnoxious, boozing brother is marrying the same woman for the second time. Attending her friend’s baby shower necessitates her early departure from the wedding reception. However, before she can slip away, he becomes disruptive. As a result she is coerced into sticking around to help control him. Think "Roseanne."
Genre: Comedy
25 pages
Genre: Comedy
25 pages
The Kindness of Strangersby Tom Dwyer
A feisty woman in her late sixties lies in bed reading a book. She's in a hospital for a week due to her weak heart. The door to her room opens and in walks a scrubby teenager with a Mohawk dyed red. He has been sent there by the police for loitering, and will do service at the hospital. At that moment two lonely people learn to help each other.
Genre: Comedy
5 pages
Genre: Comedy
5 pages
Casualty of Warby Janet Goodman-Clarke
On a routine drug bust, Officer Janice Mitchell kills her first suspect. A simple case of self-defense...but then she gets to know him. An exploration into the political justification for the War on Drugs - with a supernatural twist.
Genre: Horror
23 pages
Genre: Horror
23 pages
Killer Viewsby Alan Barkley
When a realtor and a prospective buyer view a California coastal home, their past connections lead to complications and conflict . one location. 2 female characters.
Genre: Comedy
11 pages
Genre: Comedy
11 pages
Intelligent Designby Janet Goodman-Clarke
Two scientists review the results of their latest project...and discuss the sacrifices needed to make it a success.
Genre: Sci-Fi
7 pages
Genre: Sci-Fi
7 pages
Rock! Scissors! Zombie!by Skip Schwink
Two zombies roshambo for the brains of a helpless female human, but unbeknownst to the walking dead they are the ones being hunted.
Genre: Horror
4 pages
Genre: Horror
4 pages
The Old Camera 2by Michael Cregan
When a long time photo journalist's son argues with his wife over what to do with his deceased father's old, beat up camera, something stirs within the camera, causing it to recall events it has seen, good and bad.
Genre: Drama
17 pages
Genre: Drama
17 pages
In Her Shoesby Frank Parini
A worker at a crash test facility takes matters into his own hands when the drunk driver responsible for the death of his fiancà walks free from court.
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
6 pages
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
6 pages
Sacrificeby Aatish Thakerar
A prisoner awaiting his sentence is given the chance to take his life back - but at a price.
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
7 pages
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
7 pages
Dirtyby Lizz-Ayn Shaarawi
A neat-freak killer roams the streets looking for his next victim, unaware that predators come in many guises.
Genre: Horror
6 pages
Genre: Horror
6 pages
Visitorsby Fassinou Ange
One location script.
A family is visited by two psychopaths.
(Thriller/suspense/psychological)
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
30 pages
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
30 pages
A Guinea Pig Christmasby Leia Lawrence
A herd of guinea pigs celebrate Pigmas with popcorning, wheeking, and lots of pea flakes until the lettuce disappears. They must venture from their cage and face their fears, like the great wooden floor, to find the culprit!
Genre: Comedy
5 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Comedy
5 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
The Catchby Tenel writers
Fish can be used in many ways. Ask the drug dealer how. Honorable Mention 3X3: 2007
Genre:
3 pages
Genre:
3 pages
Insideby Scott Carter
A woman with a history of mental illness believes there is a monster growing inside her.
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
9 pages
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
9 pages
The Shoeby Stephanie Ginger
'The Shoe' is a dialogue-free drama set in the post-war Austrian Alps, about a lonely orphan boy who risks everything for a shoe.
Genre: Drama
15 pages
Genre: Drama
15 pages
Beyond the Lightsby Gina Prince-Bythewood
The pressures of fame have superstar singer Noni on the edge, until she meets Kaz, a young cop who works to help her find the courage to develop her own voice and break free to become the artist she was meant to be.
Genre: Romance
8 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Romance
8 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Monsters Under My Bedby Tom Deiker
œMonsters Under My Bed -- Comedy. Two kids take on the monsters under their bed. 1-scene (bedroom), 9 pages. Cast of 2 + voice overs, sex and age optional, no CGI/FX. ©WG1636320
Stageplay version performed by Producers Club, New York; and Huff Theatre, Ankeny, Iowa
Genre: Family
9 pages
Genre: Family
9 pages
A Mother's Loveby Chris Hoskavich
In the late 1940's in New England, local detectives are baffled when the mutilated body of a wealthy young playboy turns up in an isolated graveyard. The answer to the mystery lies with an expensive car and a sultry and mysterious redhead.
Genre: Crime/Murder/Mystery
11 pages
Genre: Crime/Murder/Mystery
11 pages
Trinkets of Loveby Michael Bavota
Fictional heart-warming story for the entire family that involves two cousins, greed, a wise-loving old grandfather, who teaches his granddaughters an innocent lesson in love and life through seemingly items of junk that turn out to be trinkets of love.
Genre: Family
14 pages
Genre: Family
14 pages
Play it Again, Againby Gordon Phipps
As Time Goes By. Sam doesn't know it. But everybody else does.
Genre: Comedy
7 pages
Genre: Comedy
7 pages
The Fame and the Furyby Felix Guadalupe
A cynical, video game clerk, must babysit a crazy Hollywood couple, in order to unlock a briefcase, that contains one million dollars.
Genre: Comedy
25 pages
Genre: Comedy
25 pages
Sinkholeby Sherrie Kelley
When a sinkhole opens up inside a married couple’s Florida home, a horrifying secret is uncovered as they fight to hang on until they are rescued. What they find out gives the black, hellish hole a whole new, sinister meaning.
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
18 pages
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
18 pages
Headsby Jeanette Hylton
A naive young girl becomes friends with a disturbed drug dealer who pulls her into the dangerous drug life. Trapped in a downward spiral of drug addiction and violence the two girls battle against each other and addiction as they fight to survive.
Genre: Drama
23 pages
Genre: Drama
23 pages
Condemnedby Ben Fiore
As an innocent man is walked to the electric chair for a brutal murder he did not commit, the guilty man, now free, begins to experience his every emotion and fear.
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
17 pages
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
17 pages
Space Buckaroosby Ann McDowell
While fleeing a revolution on a distant planet, three black aliens hear a transmission asking for all œspace aliens to come to Burbank and audition for a TV show. When Queen Nerak is told an audition is a type of competition she decides this can be a way to prove she is still powerful. When she , the spaceship’s captain and her android win the competition without anyone dying she decides Earth can be hers.
Genre: Animation
7 pages
Genre: Animation
7 pages
GhxSqWDqZby Idris
Scifi-Thriller. It's The Abyss meets Cloverfield. In a post-apocalyptic world, a leader of a dtinrifg navy militia encounters a rampant disease on his ship and must go to the depths of the sea to a fallen city to recover a cure but finds it leaked into the water and evolved lab creatures into monsters that threaten their survival.
Genre: NULL
GIef pages
Genre: NULL
GIef pages
The Boothby K. Drake Streetman
A visit to a video porn booth becomes a guy's worst nightmare, as cringe-worthy dramatic comedy unfolds.
Genre: Drama
13 pages
Genre: Drama
13 pages
Grave Compromiseby Timothy Ugbaja
In the world of Anti-Christ, when the hope Christians tarries, a naughty child learns faith by hard experiences. Would she be the only who attains the long waited salvation?
Genre: Family
17 pages
Genre: Family
17 pages
Tollbooth Talkby Barry M. Putt, Jr
A northern faces the challenge of his life when he stops at a desolate tollbooth in rural Tennessee.
Genre: Crime/Murder/Mystery
11 pages
Genre: Crime/Murder/Mystery
11 pages
The Zombie Who Liked Fred Astaireby Jason K. Allen
A zombie desires to dance like his hero, Fred Astaire. (Produced writer; previous short won Best Screenplay at 2014 San Diego Film Awards. See my IMDB profile for credits.)
Genre: Comedy
9 pages
Genre: Comedy
9 pages
Two Guinea Pigs Plus One Moreby Chris Cookson
Two guinea pigs open their home to a new roommate who is quiet and refuses to join in on their antics to take over the refrigerator.
Genre: Comedy
4 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Comedy
4 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Wildlife Preservationby Ramona Baillie
Debbie's friend tells her about an app that'll help her punish her cheating boyfriend.
Genre: Comedy
5 pages
Genre: Comedy
5 pages
Leopard Lineageby Chidi Ezeibieli
A troubled teenager learns a family secret that changes her world when she discovers she comes from a line of Leopards who have the ability to shape-shift.
Genre: Fantasy
16 pages
Genre: Fantasy
16 pages
Dead Societyby James Pickering
A fractured family respond to the news of an outbreak of zombies in the town in very different ways.
http://www.pickeringjames.com/
Genre: Horror
10 pages
Genre: Horror
10 pages
Upstairs at Ted'sby Paul Prendergast
When Millie is awoken at 3am by blaring 1970s music coming from the apartment above, she angrily storms up the stairs. The only problem of course is there's a reason the apartment upstairs has been closed off and vacant for the last 30 years and its charming former occupant seems to have returned.
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
20 pages
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
20 pages
The Taco Cartby Zack Van Eyck
THE TACO CART -- A food inspector's life is turned upside down when he develops a taste for dog meat tacos. Male lead, 20s or 30s. Three male supporting roles; young, middle-aged and older. Several minor roles. Three locations: downtown street exterior; interior trailer; interior prison cafeteria. Writer has produced feature credits.
Genre: Comedy
10 pages
Genre: Comedy
10 pages
Dating 101by Tom Deiker
"Dating 101" -- Romantic Fantasy. Two guardian angels steer their adolescent charges through a first date. 1-scene play, 11 pages. Cast of 4: 2 women, 2 men. No CGI/SFX. General Audience. ©PAu3494658
Stageplay version performed by 6 theatres in 6 states.
Genre: Romantic Comedy
11 pages
Genre: Romantic Comedy
11 pages
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