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Watch the Screenplay Reading: 65 years from now, humanity is at the edge of extinction.Countless countries have crumbled under the weight of a rapidly collapsing global economy. Many of the largest cities of our time have been wiped out by great wildfires or swallowed by rising seas. An unending heat stroke chokes all living things… Continue reading Interview with Screenwriter Dan Fabrizio (ENDURE

Watch the Screenplay Reading: SHADOWS begins with Reverend Josie Strickland (late 40s, African-American) entering her office at St. Thomas Church and finding her mother, Violet Audrey, (60), standing over a dead body and holding the bloody murder weapon. Through a series of flashbacks, it’s revealed that Diana (21) , the granddaughter of Violet, has been… Continue reading Interview with Screenwriter Michael Angel Johnson (SHADOWS)

Watch the Screenplay Reading: The story follows Jamie Rommen, a man suffering in silence with grief, loneliness, and depression. The loss of his family weighs on him heavily a year later; still reliving the events of their death, alone in the new world of COVID quarantine. He’s out of work. Bills are piling up. His… Continue reading Interview with Screenwriter Jeff Sommer-Zervos (IN SILENCE)

Watch the Screenplay Reading: After an obsessive teenager sneaks into the trailer of their lifelong idol, a recently canceled actor, the two embark on a cross country journey of forced dreams and the impossibility of escaping the past. CAST LIST: Narrator: Allan Michael BrunetBlue – SImone BrazziniJack: Geoff MaysSky: Val Cole Get to know the… Continue reading Interview with Screenwriter Simone Brazzini (MY NAME IS BLUE)

Watch the Screenplay Reading: In 1945, two RAF Officers prepare for an ill-fated operation. CAST LIST: Narrator: Val ColeWilliams: Steve RizzoTeddy Geoff Mays 1. What is your screenplay about? ’The Prelude’ is about two fictional RAF Officers preparing for an allied operation in 1945. The allies suffered heavy losses in the operation, with survivors referring… Continue reading Interview with Screenwriter Jay Anne Dixon (PRELUDE)

Watch the Screenplay Reading: Caught up in the conflict between two nations, a young, nomad bride defies a powerful, lecherous general in order to protect her marriage and restore peace. CAST LIST: Narrator: Sean BallantyneHeber: Geoff MaysSisera: Allan Michael Brunet Get to know the writer: 1. What is your screenplay about?A Woman’s Hand follows Jael… Continue reading Interview with Screenwriter Birgit Syran Myaard (A WOMAN’S HAND)

Watch the Screenplay Reading: Author CJ Billings is under pressure from his publisher to finish a novel. He has an idea that a few days away in the setting of the finale will give him the inspiration he so desperately needs. CAST LIST: Narrator: Shawn DevlinCJ: Allan Michael BrunetJane: Val Cole Get to know the… Continue reading Interview with Screenwriter Elliot Stanton (DEADLINE TO DEATH)

Watch the Screenplay Reading: Desperate to break into the New York fashion scene of the 1970s, a struggling designer funds her clothing line by teaming up with an ex-model to counterfeit luxury clothes. CAST LIST: Narrator: Sean BallantyneDreenie: Elizabeth Rose MorrissAlice: Kyana TeresaToni: Hannah Ehman Get to know the writer: 1. What is your screenplay… Continue reading Interview with Screenwriter Pilar Gibson (OFF THE RACK)

Watch the Screenplay Reading: In 1930s El Paso, Texas, when a timid Swedish maid and a strong-willed Mexican American maid develop an unexpected friendship, tension arises between them as the Swedish maid finds a mentor in her household but the Mexican-American maid is fired by her bosses for her assertiveness and fighting off sexual advances.… Continue reading Interview with Screenwriter Lindsay Waite (AMIGAS)

Watch the Poetry Reading: Get to know the writer: 1) What is the theme of your poem? Love 2) What motivated you to write this poem? In the search of my second half. 3) If you could have dinner with one person (dead or alive), who would that be? For sure the great Mohammed Ali… Continue reading Interview with Poet Badradeen Mohammed (I LOOK FOR YOU)