CAST LIST: Narrator: Steve Rizzo Amanda: Julie Sheppard Woman: Kyana Teresa David: Geoff Mays
Month: November 2020
BEST Scene Screenplay Reading: SIMMER, by Derrick Haggerty, Owen Schwartzbard
SIMMER is a powerful, untold story that explores culinary arts from an African-American perspective. Informed largely by co-writer Derrick Haggerty’s experience as the only student of color in his class at the Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park, NY, this film explores the complex themes of subverting expectations in order to beat the odds… Continue reading BEST Scene Screenplay Reading: SIMMER, by Derrick Haggerty, Owen Schwartzbard
BEST Scene Screenplay Reading: LAND OF LIGHT, by Nicholas Batchelder
Puritan woman Hannah Duston is captured in a raid, and when faced with certain death is forced to resort to violent revenge. CAST LIST: Narrator: Steve Rizzo Thomas: Shawn Devlin Hannah: Kyana Teresa
BEST SCENE Screenplay Reading: Dead Man With A Plan, by Joel Stern
In this stand alone sequel to “The Waiting Room”, 25-year-old Bronx native Vince Maserati gets a reprieve from God and is sent from Limbo back to Earth to continue his life 42 years after he was killed in a disco fight. CAST LIST: Narrator: Hannah Ehman Adam: Shawn Devlin Vince: Steve Rizzo
Winning SHORT Screenplay: A VACATION, by McCaleb Burnett
A weekend away. What could be better? CAST LIST: Narration: Steve Rizzo VO: Julie Sheppard HE: Shawn Devlin SHE: Kyana Teresa
SCRIPT TRAILER: Where Are The Aliens?…Closer than you think!, by Mike Meier
Where are the Aliens?…Closer than you think! By Mike Meier This is a science-fiction comedy about a retired college professor and the lesbian couple next door who join forces to fight an alien invasion. What first looked like an asteroid turned out to be a large alien spaceship. It disables all electronic devices on Earth.… Continue reading SCRIPT TRAILER: Where Are The Aliens?…Closer than you think!, by Mike Meier
1st Scene Script Reading: PIPING YARNS OF HIGH ADVENTURE, by Carl Huebner
Narrated by Allan Michael Brunet
1st Scene Script Reading: The Revver, by Michael Hanson, Kelly Moothart
A loner artist takes matters into her own hands when a motorhead neighbor’s revving interferes with her artwork. CAST LIST: Iris: Elizabeth Rose Morriss Dispatcher/Cheryl: Julie Sheppard
1st Scene Script Reading: Just Jane, by Carl Huebner
An ambitious woman, trying to leave her past in the fetish underground behind, must escape the mobsters she’s ripped off to do so. But her fiery personality drives her to stir things up rather than lie low in the small town where she’s on the lamb. CAST LIST: Jane: Val Cole Gary: Sean Ballantyne Bill/Aaron:… Continue reading 1st Scene Script Reading: Just Jane, by Carl Huebner
BEST SCENE Screenplay Reading: Bob and Ray, by Michael De Sapio
Two men in 1940s post-war America strive to achieve their goal of having their own radio show and bringing their brand of comedy to their viewers. CAST LIST: Mrs Williams/Gail: Val Cole Bob: Steve Rizzo Teacher/Fitzsimmons: Sean Ballantyne Fred/Voice of Roosevelt: Allan Michael Brunet