Raúl, a lonely gay man, experiences an inexplicable crush on Ella, a charming woman at a New York City bar.
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Steve Rizzo
Raul: Geoff Mays
Man/Angelino/Tim: Allan Michael Brunet
Ayman: Sean Ballantyne
Ella: Kyana Teresa
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SHORT Screenplay Reading: Morrigan’s Tree, by Nicki Bosch
When a grieving father receives a directive from his dead
daughter, he must choose between granting her request or
conceding to the wishes of his suffering wife.
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Steve Rizzo
Ed: Geoff Mays
Woman/Mavis: Kyana Teresa Teresa
Childs Voice/Morrigan: Hannah Ehman Ehman
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SHORT Screenplay Reading: Cry Havoc, by J.B. Storey
A police Sergeant interviews a Father, whose daughter was brutally killed in the cross-fire between rival gangs. But now, some of those gang members are being killed, and the Sergeant suspects the mysterious Father is involved.
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CAST LIST:
Narrator: Julie Sheppard
JP: Steve Rizzo
PATTIE: Hannah Ehman
MARY: Kyana Teresa
GREG/SKINNY: Sean Ballantyne
BALD MAN/CHUBBY: Geoff Mays
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1st Scene Festival Script Reading: The Darwin Protocol, by Shane McCabe
When a covert genetics project goes horribly wrong and two pathological serial killers are let loose on the streets of Dublin and Munich, a tough CIA Agent seems to be the only one capable of stopping their carnage. The only problem is he cannot do this without implicating himself in a massive coverup that goes to the very heart of government.
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Julie Sheppard
Nadja: Val Cole
Scar Thug/The Jogger: Steve Rizzo
Little Thug): Allan Michael Brunet
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1st Scene Script Reading: Finding Eden, by Brad Dude
“Captured along with 30 female asylum-seekers by modern-day pirates on a remote utopian island, Captain Anna Kruger struggles to escape while her rescue ship’s crew attempts to unite warring African, Arab and Asian villages to mount a rescue.”
CAST LIST:
Narration: Elizabeth Rose Morriss
Chike: Bill Poulin
Desta: Geoff Mays
Kruger: Hannah Ehman
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1st Scene Reading: MAN CAVE, by Mark Higgins
Mike and Eddie are searching for antiques and they find one in Gordon, with his lifetime of collecting automobiles and old devices. It’s worth a fortune and they intend to scam him out of it, but Gordon has some plans of his own as he poisons them and adds them to his collection.
CAST LIST:
Narration: Elizabeth Rose Morriss
Hank: Bill Poulin
Eddy: Geoff Mays
Mike: Sean Ballantyne
Reporter: Andu Camp
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DIVERSITY Festival 1st Scene Reading: North Beyond East, by Alex Farhandi
Logline: A high-achieving student neglects her application to a prestigious academy in order to stay with and look after her HIV-positive sister.
CAST LIST:
Narration: Elizabeth Rose Morriss
Olivia: Kyana Teresa
Darlene: Hannah Ehman
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1st Scene Script Reading: The Grand Jury, by Suzanne Lutas
A small random group gets a chance at an interview for a sought-after position and endures a long wait in a room where the test truly begins.
CAST LIST:
Narration: Elizabeth Rose Morriss
Drew: Bill Poulin
Steve: Geoff Mays
Mary: Hannah Ehman
Kyoko: Kyana Teresa
Ageless Man – Sean Ballantyne
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SHORT Screenplay Reading: Two Women, by Ken White
Maria and her daughter Stephanie have a heart to heart conversation.
CAST LIST:
Narration: Sean Ballantyne
Stephanie: Elizabeth Rose Morriss
Maria: Kyana Teresa
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1st Scene Reading: Losing The Plot, by Nicola Morris, Rupert Bogarde
An absurd comedy set in a run-down New Forest estate agents where the living are swindled and the dead given houses to haunt.
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Steve Rizzo
Richard: Andy Camp
Jay: Shawn Devlin
Dregs: Geoff Mays
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