Great conversation with the award winning screenwriter about her short screenplay WHY IS TONIGHT. Followed by audio version full screenplay reading.

The script tells the story of a family whose experience of being Jewish is radically different. The first Passover is taking place in the Warsaw Ghetto and then about 30 years later, in the 1970’s.

Passover 1943, Sybil, in her thirties, tries to enjoy a meal wit her family but is interrupted as the war outside rages on and Nazi intrude.

CAST LIST:

Narrator: Sean Ballantyne
Henryk/Mel: Shawn Devlin
Bekah/Ruthie: Hannah Ehman
Sybil: Julie Sheppard
Sam/Ben/Sidney/Nazi: Bill Poulin
Abby/Frannie/Daniellie: Elizabeth Rose Morriss
Ellie/Lillian: Kyana Teresa

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CARE FOR CRICKETS is a winning LGBTQ+ Festival feature screenplay.

Synopsis: Through a string of family events, an emotionally estranged woman comes face to face with her step-father’s abuse. The confrontation threatens to unravel her facade and reveal the dark secrets she keeps in the guise of protecting the family she’s avoided for fifteen years.

Great chat with writer Jessica Hilscher on the process of creating this screenplay. Followed by a best scene reading afterwards.

WATCH the reading HERE

CAST LIST:

Narrator: Val Cole
Spencer: Hannah Ehman
Mel: Kyana Teresa
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“15” was the winning THRILLER/SUSPENSE Festival screenplay for March 2021. Great chat with writer Tim McClelland on the process of turning his idea into a script.

Audio version best scene reading after the interview.

WATCH the Screenplay Reading of “15”

As a child, Adrian experienced a horrific trauma resulting in 15 years of self-imposed solitude in his home, and now, his brother is sanctioning a radical new therapy that will push Adrian to his limits, forcing him to question his own sanity.

CAST LIST:

Narrator: Val Cole
Adrian: Kyana Teresa
Barton: Geoff Mays

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THE MOUNTAINS ARE CALLING is a terrific family/drama screenplay about a recovering addict attempting to connect with his 18 year old daughter in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains.

Great chat with the writer Eva Bennett on the process writing this award winning screenplay, followed by the audio version best scene reading.

Watch the first scene reading of the screenplay HERE

CAST LIST:

Narrator: Val Cole

Dale: Sean Ballantyne

Nurse/Edith: Kyana Teresa

Masion: Geoff Mays

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“A world without power and electricity.” That is the teaser sentence for the award winning Sci-Fi/Fantasy Festival screenplay GRID, written by Joshua Tywater.

Conversation with the writer, followed by the audio version best scene reading of GRID.

Watch the Screenplay Reading HERE

CAST LIST:
Narrator: Steve Rizzo
Niles: Geoff Mays

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AN EVENING WITH ILLNESS is about a person slightly in denial of his addition, who is then forced to face it in a very unconventional way.

LISTEN to the full screenplay reading after the terrific interview with writer Donald Just.

CAST LIST:

Narrator: Steve Rizzo

Jack: Sean Ballantyne

Bartender/Waiter: Allan Michael Brunet

Lilith: Julie Sheppard

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PERMISSION is a winning short screenplay about a married couple still suffering from an unimaginable tragedy, and are challenged with an unexpected opportunity.

Great conversation with screenwriter Joe Capucini on the process of writing screenplays and writing in general.

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Still suffering from an unimaginable tragedy, a married couple is challenged with an unexpected opportunity.

CAST LIST:

Narrator: Steve Rizzo

Ethan: Sean Ballantyne

Ashley: Julie Sheppard

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HOPE was the Animation S HOPE hort Screenplay Winner. Great conversation with the writer Tienny The, based in China on the process of writing this terrific script.

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Deep inside a womb, a foetus begins to move around and feel own mother’s heartbeat, differentiating every voice and sound. Foetus is unaware of its own birth in the delivery room of a hospital.

CAST LIST:
Narrator: Allison Kampf

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The art of writing a screenplay: Hunker down and get the words on the page. Go back and edit.

Great chat with winning screenwriter Sierra Hall on the process of writing her TV PILOT script SWEET VALLEY SPY, loosely based on the “Sweet Valley High” novel series. Now the characters have grown up!

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Liza has a budding career at a pharmaceutical company. Her twin sister, Jess, talks to a bottle of tequila and dates a guy who tells dead-baby jokes. When Liza mysteriously disappears, Jess gets a crash course in the family business – espionage.

CAST LIST:
Narrator: Allison
The Narrator: Geoff Mays –
The Spy: Andy Kamp
Rick Astley: Rick Astley
Jess: Hannah Ehman
Liza: Julie Sheppard
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THROWAWAYS was the winner of BEST SHORT FILM at the ENVIRONMENTAL Feedback Film Festival.

Great chat with Andy Carpenter on the process of writing this script.

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After a seemingly insignificant plastic toy is manufactured by a young child in Latin America, it begins a journey across the world by tractor trailer, a fast-food restaurant trash can, SUV, a garbage truck, and an ocean-freighter. Each mode of transportation offers glimpses into the lives of its transporters, whether mundane, privileged, or desperate. Finally making its way into the grateful hands of a young orphan trying to survive in the trash-wastelands of Malaysia, these throwaways prove that significance is relative.

CAST LIST:
Narrator: Steve Rizzo
Iris/Shelly: Julie Sheppard
Juan/Manager/Foreman: Geoff Mays
Man/Father/Rayyan: Sean Ballantyne
Oliver/Nathaniel: Allan Michael Brunet
Wife/Woman: Hannah Ehman

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“Solstice” is written along the lines of films like “April Fool’s Day” and “Wicker Man.” The story is about Angela who tries to overcome her fear of death while friends from her past are being murdered around her.

Conversation with the screenwriter Stephen John Beyer. He talks about his writing process, and the art of getting it done on the page.

Watch the best scene of SOLTICE HERE

CAST LIST:
Narrator: Val Cole
Angela: Julie Sheppard
Peter/Julius: Steven Rizzo
Fred/Thomas: Allan Michael Brunet
Amy: Kyana Teresa
Clayton: Andy Kamp
Ken: Bill Poulin

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The art of writing a spec screenplay from an existing television show. Great chat with screenplay writer Alberto “Mojo” Pena on the process writing an episode for the TV show Peaky Blinders.

Alberto talks about the process of writing a spec script. The greatness of Peaky Blinders. And how he got the nickname “Mojo”.

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Tommy Shelby is missing, Shelby Limited is financially broke and Michael has teamed with the Billy Boys to take over and absorb the Peaky Blinders gang.

CAST LIST:
Narrator: Steve Rizzo
Jimmy: Geoff Mays
Michael: Sean Ballantyne

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The art of writing a spec screenplay. Jay Servedio is just starting out in his career and he just won our TV SPEC Screenplay contest for his script based on the LETTERKENNY television show.

WATCH the winning 1st scene reading.

The hicks help Dary write a poem to woo a “cultured lass”; The hockey players run a bake sale for new jerseys.

CAST LIST:
Narrator: Julie Sheppard
Wayne: Allan Michael Brunet
Daryl: Steve Rizzo
Squirrley: Bill Poulin
Katy: Kyana Teresa

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COME ALIVE is a winning LGBTQ+ Festival script about a middle-aged gay couple’s attempt to rekindle their relationship that turns into an absurd, hormone-fueled quest to defeat alien invaders and save a new LGBTQ society.

Great chat with screenwriter L. Andrew Cooper on the process of writing this script.

Watch the winning best scene reading: https://vimeo.com/503731254

CAST LIST:
Narrator: Elizabeth Rose Morriss
Alvy: Bill Poulin
Tim: Allan Michael Brunet
Ron: Steve Rizzo
Michelle: Julie Sheppard
Duke: Geoff Mays

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SUMMONING DEMONS is a winning HORROR Festival SHORT Screenplay. Terrific interview with screenwriter Larry Dwyer on the process of writing this script. Plus, Larry also chats about the festival he created that shows classic Horror films: www.ConnecticutCultClassics.com

Watch the Winning Screenplay Reading: https://vimeo.com/503753018

A couple, expecting a child, toy with the demonic.

CAST LIST:
Narrator: Val Cole
Deborah: Hannah Ehman
John: Allan Michael Brunet

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Friendship. Relationships. LGBTQ+, Mothers, Ashes., Death, Forgiveness, Mediums, Connections - There a lot of essence in the COPPERLAND screenplay written by the guests to the podcast today.

Candid chat with writers Eila & Holly Algood on the process of writing the screenplay. LISTEN to the best scene reading after the interview.

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Four intelligent, complex women are drawn together. A lesbian couple, their friend and a young woman are looking to find peace relating to their deceased mothers. The fight for equal rights shows up both from the past and present. There is an exciting discovery to bring solar energy to mainstream culture. A huge secret is revealed causing tension and turmoil yet offering new potential for depth in the relationships between the women.

CAST LIST:

Narrator: Steve Rizzo
Grace: Julie Sheppard
Raven/Dorothy: Hannah Ehman
Cate: Kyana Teresa
Maggie: Allison Kampf

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A based on a true story screenplay about a female serial killer at the beginning of the 20th century. Candid conversation with the writer of HELLE’S BELLE, Kari Karsten, about the process writing this screenplay from the research to finding the structure.

Summary of Script: In the early 20th century a young woman discovers a way to prosper from her husband’s death, leading her down a lifelong path of murderous treachery that threatens to be discovered by a local police detective investigating a sinister series of mysterious events.

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A young woman with a genetically evolved, cognitive ability is transported to a secret island, for her protection. But upon learning the real forces in charge of the island, she steps up and leads a revolution to take action against inaction.

Based on the novel of the same name by Lauren Lola.

Watch the Best Scene Reading: https://vimeo.com/493906055

CAST LIST:
Narrator: Geoff Mays
Sonya: Hannah Ehman
Gian: Allan Michael Brunet

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CRACKSMEN is a terrific high concept feature screenplay written by comic book writer/screenwriter Daniel Corey:

“Cracksmen are a new class of criminal that specialize in slipping into an alternate dimension to commit crimes. Jake is one of the best, but to escape the mob, he has to strike a deal that will get him in trouble with syndicates on both sides of reality.”

Watch the Best Scene Screenplay Reading: https://vimeo.com/491979244

CAST LIST:
Narrator: Elizabeth Rose Morriss
Jake: Steve Rizzo
Leo: Sean Ballantyne
Isis: Allison Kampf

Writer Biography – Daniel Corey

Daniel Corey is a writer and content producer who has created for comics, live theatre and virtual reality.

Daniel’s projects include the graphic novels BLOODWORTH and PROPHET, which he wrote and distributed through his company, DangerKatt, as well as MORIARTY and RED CITY, which he published through Image Comics (home of THE WALKING DEAD). MORIARTY has been adapted into a VR comic book titled MORIARTY: ENDGAME VR, which earned him the #2 spot on Onalytica’s Top 100 VR Influencers list.

He has also worked in broadcast news for NPR and ABC, serves on the Creative Writing Program Advisory Committee at Full Sail University, and speaks at pop culture conventions around the country.

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Winning short screenplay writer Antony Catino wrote a polarizing story called NEIGHBOR VERSUS NEIGHBOR, about the insidious nature of government oppression and how blind we are to the methods government and political parties use to retain power.

Watch the Screenplay Reading: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m0z9ULTvuZY

Wracked with guilt, a former East German Stasi officer who enforced tyranny and destroyed lives – including his own family – uses current events as a chance for redemption to fight government oppression.

CAST LIST:
Anneliese: Julie Sheppard
Frank: Geoff Mays
Martin: Shawn Devlin
Brianna: Hannah Ehman
Esf Agent/Desmond: Bill Poulin

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