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COMEDY Best Scene Reading: Playing with Chopsticks, by James Abney

After the meeting between him and his Chinese girlfriend’s strict parents goes terribly wrong, one average white man is forced to win her parents respect, while trying to defeat her handsome suitor and former flame, all during her sister’s traditional Chinese wedding. CAST LIST: NARRATION – DIANA FRANZ Evy (29) – 7 – SARAH DESOUZA-COELHO… Continue reading COMEDY Best Scene Reading: Playing with Chopsticks, by James Abney

Winning COMEDY Festival TV PILOT Reading: GOOD AND EVIL, by Michael Corleone

Ancient beings Good, Evil, and other abstract concepts must band together to survive the perils of the modern world. CAST LIST: Narrator: Carina Cojeen Good: Aaron Williams Evil: Natalie Morgan Tommy: Andrew Ball Beauty: Barb Scheffer Joy: Cassandra Guthrie Timmy: Kaleb Alexander Tony: Gabriel Darku — Producer/Director: Matthew Toffolo http://www.matthewtoffolo.com Festival Moderators: Matthew Toffolo, Rachel Elder… Continue reading Winning COMEDY Festival TV PILOT Reading: GOOD AND EVIL, by Michael Corleone

Winning COMEDY Feature Screenplay Reading: Dick 2.0, by Henry Sarwer-Foner & Noel Baker

Facing a divorce that threatens to halve his fortune, billionaire DICK SCHANTZ replaces himself with a clone precisely engineered to save his marriage and net worth. But when he sees how much more his wife loves Dick 2.0, a jealous Dick must battle his better self to win back his better half. CAST LIST: Narrator:… Continue reading Winning COMEDY Feature Screenplay Reading: Dick 2.0, by Henry Sarwer-Foner & Noel Baker

Winning TV SPEC Screenplay of BOJACK HORSEMAN, by Kayla Kristofco

Overview: One of the best things about this script is that you were willing to take chances and they certainly paid off. Bojack, Princess Carolyn, Diane, and Todd are at the core of this episode. Each begins with very different expectations and perspectives than they end with and the overall plotline is something that fans… Continue reading Winning TV SPEC Screenplay of BOJACK HORSEMAN, by Kayla Kristofco

COMEDY Best Scene Reading: LATE FEES, by Darren Coyle

A forty-something tries to change the past to change his present. CAST LIST: Narration – JOLLY AMOAKO Kassie – 8 – KATELYN VARADI Bert – 9 – THOMAS FOURNIER Jody – 1 – DELPHINE ROUSSEL Eric – 1 – LOGAN FORSYTH — Producer/Director: Matthew Toffolo http://www.matthewtoffolo.com Festival Moderators: Matthew Toffolo, Rachel Elder Casting Director: Sean… Continue reading COMEDY Best Scene Reading: LATE FEES, by Darren Coyle

COMEDY Best Scene Reading: THE C TEAM, by Terence Murphy

When an ex-CIA is brought back in, he assembles a team of his misfit friends to take down a Russian terrorist. CAST LIST: Narration – THOMAS FOURNIER Jay (30s) – 5 – JOLLY AMOAKO Chris (30s) – 10 – LOGAN FORSYTH — Producer/Director: Matthew Toffolo http://www.matthewtoffolo.com Festival Moderators: Matthew Toffolo, Rachel Elder Casting Director: Sean… Continue reading COMEDY Best Scene Reading: THE C TEAM, by Terence Murphy

COMEDY Best Scene Reading: THE PINK UNICORN, by Elise Forier Edie

Trisha Lee, a Christian widow living in a small Texas town, has her life upended when her daughter announces she is “genderqueer” and starting a gay and straight alliance at the local high school. CAST LIST: Narration – KATELYN VARADI Trisha – 7 – DELPHINE ROUSSEL Joe (teens) – 10 – THOMAS FOURNIER — Producer/Director:… Continue reading COMEDY Best Scene Reading: THE PINK UNICORN, by Elise Forier Edie

COMEDY SCRIPT MOVIE: Elizabeth Bennet Is Dead, by Edith Woi & Jean-Marie Mazaleyrat

– Synopsis – “Elizabeth Bennet is Dead” is written along the lines of films such as “Bridget Jones’s Diary” with its modern take of Mark Darcy, from Jane Austen’s “Pride and Prejudice”. Also, it is similar to “The Wedding Planner” with its comedy and charm. The story is about Paulette “Polly” Hapsburg, an African American… Continue reading COMEDY SCRIPT MOVIE: Elizabeth Bennet Is Dead, by Edith Woi & Jean-Marie Mazaleyrat

Winning COMEDY Feature Screenplay Reading: Johnny’s Pico, by Sean Monahan, Scott Hennelly

A pair of hapless private detectives, middle-aged brothers Craig and Timmy, are sick of Los Angeles and finally moving home… until they stumble into the middle of a murder investigation and the crosshairs of the Irish Mafia. Their only way out is to actually become the detectives they had always pretended to be. CAST LIST:… Continue reading Winning COMEDY Feature Screenplay Reading: Johnny’s Pico, by Sean Monahan, Scott Hennelly

TV SPEC Screenplay Reading of It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, by Christus Ahmanson

The Gang Adopts A Syrian Refugee CAST LIST: Charlie: Sean Ballantyne Frank: Ron Boyd Tariq: Yaw Attuah NARRATION Dennis: Matthew Payne Mac: Hadi Kubba Dee: Tracy Rowland Janice: Diana Franz — Producer/Director: Matthew Toffolo http://www.matthewtoffolo.com Festival Moderators: Matthew Toffolo, Rachel Elder Casting Director: Sean Ballantyne Editors: Kimberly Villarruel, Ryan Haines, John Johnson Festival Directors: Rachel… Continue reading TV SPEC Screenplay Reading of It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, by Christus Ahmanson