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Fatal Distraction by L. Chambers
A woman is forced to make a choice whether to forgive her husband after the death of their child while in his care.
Short
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4pp
2 readers love this script
The Worst of Times by Daniel Broderick
But I never really said, "Let them eat cake." Everything that's happening is not my fault. Too late. The people have spoken. The revolution is here.
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6pp
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8pp
Rockstar
2 readers love this script 
SHUT EYE by Michael J Kospiah
A disturbance in an upstairs apartment keeps neighbors living below from getting a good night's sleep. But that's the least of their worries when the disturbance works its way downstairs, one apartment at a time.
Short
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4pp
2 readers love this script
Misread by Matthew Taylor
A communication breakdown leads to a series of unfortunate events for a struggling couple and their marriage counsellor.
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6pp
1 reader loves this script
Two States Over by Steve Miles
The death of a fugitive bank robber brings a retired patrolman and the man’s surviving kin together as each searches for answers to a decades old mystery and lay their guilt to rest.
Short
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11pp
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5pp
Rockstar
9 readers love this script 
Cark-It (produced) by Robert Spence
Jack, a brash terminally ill pensioner and his support worker Ray are on a mission - to plan Jack's funeral despite the fact he is still alive.
Short
Produced
10pp
1 reader loves this script
Barry Was Alone by Calum Syers
A man is cursed by a mental illness that causes him to narrate every moment of his life in third person.
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5pp
5 readers love this script
Cul-de-Sac by Brandi Self
A couple of city dwellers move to the suburbs and are bombarded by their hyperactive neighbors who aggressively try to get them to try a strange, new health product.
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Produced
13pp
Rockstar
10 readers love this script 
The Shadows by Matthew Taylor
A scared woman takes to the City's shadowy alleyways to escape her pursuer, but something lingers in the dark.
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2pp
1 reader loves this script
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4pp
I Can't Get No Satisfaction by Gary Howell
A radio DJ tries his best to give away a cash prize over the air, but the listeners aren't having any part of it.
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4pp
1 reader loves this script
Soon by Drew Hubbard
After an old gay man dies, he's reunited in heaven with his dog he lost decades ago.
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2pp
3 readers love this script
Brittle Trombone by Mary Goldman
A young girl strikes a bargain to take trombone lessons from an elderly man during the time of Covid-19.
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8pp
Rockstar
1 reader loves this script 
Ringing up the past by Drew Hubbard
Offered a phone call to anyone living or dead, an old dying gay man must apologise to the dead best friend he wronged as a teenager, or take the regret to the grave.
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9pp
1 reader loves this script
Oh No, You Pull It by Daniel Broderick
Two siblings, whose mother is on life support, debate who should pull the plug. And yes, this is a comedy.
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10pp
5 readers love this script
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1pp
Rockstar
14 readers love this script 
Bride to Be by Brandi Self
A nervous bride-to-be receives devastating news from her fiancé after getting some last-minute adjustments made to her wedding gown.
Short
Produced
3pp
Rockstar
12 readers love this script Short
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5pp
4 readers love this script
1975'd by Evan Starkman
A small-time cyber thief pays an unusual price for his crime: He's banned from using all electronic devices made after 1975.
Short
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9pp
Short
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1pp
18 readers love this script