A depressed author goes on a writer’s retreat to secretly craft his suicide note, only to fight for his life in a wilderness boot camp run by a madman. Partnered with his beautiful rival, he must struggle for survival while trying to overcome his writer’s block and find his voice before a murderous mentor hunts… Continue reading COMEDY Festival 1st Scene Script Reading: WRITE OR DIE, by Christine O’Keefe
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Winning COMEDY Short Screenplay: LAST WOMB ON EARTH, by Nancy Safavi
It’s the end of the world, and one woman’s womb remains the only way for the human race to survive. CAST LIST: Narrator: Hannah Ehman Host: Shawn Devlin Ann: Kyana Teresa John/Claude: Steve Rizzo Hugh/Doctor: Geoff Mays
COMEDY Festival 1st Scene Script Reading: PARALLEL UNIVERSE, by Patrick McGrath
A lonely young man from Upstate New York, finds love, friendship, and courage, as a female impersonator in a Greenwich Village follies show, while doubling as a snitch for the NYPD. CAST LIST: Narrator: Kyana Teresa Jeremy: Geoff Mays Alex: Bill Poulin
Winning COMEDY Short Screenplay: WATER COOLER NATION, by Nancy Safavi
Ousted from her tenth floor office and learning that the water fountains are contaminated, Ann desperately tries to join an office water cooler club. CAST LIST: Narrator: Hannah Ehman Ann: Julie Sheppard Dan/Ban: Shawn Devlin Van/Tran: Steve Rizzo Czar/Pan: Bill Poulin Voice: Alliso Kampf
COMEDY Short Script Reading: Death Offers Life – last moments of Vincent Van Gogh
The story is the fictional account of the last five minutes of the acclaimed painter Vincent Van Gogh who was a failure in his lifetime. Death who has come to take him makes an offer which Van Gogh rejects and accepts the hands of death gracefully. CAST LIST: Van Gogh – Steve Rizzo Death –… Continue reading COMEDY Short Script Reading: Death Offers Life – last moments of Vincent Van Gogh
COMEDY Festival 1st Scene Script Reading: I’M SO DONE, by Chuck Alley, Rachael Berman
Follows the real-life experience of a struggling Silicon Valley Pastry Chef and Stand Up Comedian, Rachael Berman, as she uses her natural sharp wit and comedic banter to motivate her kitchen staff, raise her children in a high-tech society, maintain her marriage and juggle a host of lovable off beat characters, extended family and friends.… Continue reading COMEDY Festival 1st Scene Script Reading: I’M SO DONE, by Chuck Alley, Rachael Berman
Winning COMEDY Festival SHORT Script: Trundle And The Lost Borsch, by Zachary Smolar
A goblin who excretes a delicious borscht and lives in the basement of a deli dreams of working the counter, and when he falls in love with a regular, he stops at nothing to meet her. CAST LIST: Trundle: Steve Rizzo Mr. Murray: Sean Ballantyne The Regular/Customer 1 and 3: Val Cole Mikhail/Customer 2 and… Continue reading Winning COMEDY Festival SHORT Script: Trundle And The Lost Borsch, by Zachary Smolar
COMEDY Festival Best Scene Script Reading: The Love Hex, by Mike Meier
New York in 1929, shortly before the Great Depression. Rose is unhappily married to a mobster lawyer. She suffers from early-onset arthritis. Her doctor recommends a hot spring treatment. Her friend Alice, recently widowed and a mother of three, suffers chronic fatigue. Eventually, both travel to the hot springs in Mexico and hook up with… Continue reading COMEDY Festival Best Scene Script Reading: The Love Hex, by Mike Meier
COMEDY Festival 1st Scene Script Reading: I Don’t Know, by Arthur Tiersky
An initially conventional romantic comedy is disrupted by the presence of the screenwriter himself, who seems to be a better match than his leading man for his leading lady. CAST LIST: Narration: Allison Kampf Rob: Geoff Mays Dana: Julie Sheppard
COMEDY 1pg. Screenplay Reading: Sex Robot, by MK Morris
A man receives a sex robot, she is well programmed. CAST LIST: Narration: Allison Kampf Cam: Geoff Mays SexBot: Julie Sheppard