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Songs From Szechuan GardenIn the fall of ’98, at a modest Chinese-American restaurant, twelve Zodiac-inspired scenes play out over one dinner shift—awkward dates, simmering secrets, and misfired attempts at connection—all gently stirred by a kind waiter with a knack for being in the right place at the right time. |
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BROKENA witty, Two-Act dramatic play about mental illness in an African American family revolving around a woman suffering compulsive guilt, drug addiction, alcohol abuse and multifaceted visual and auditory hallucinations regarding the accidental death of her 17-year-old son. |
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RipplesFour unrelated characters, two women, and two men, find themselves in an abandoned home outside the city during the end of the coronavirus, and they must find a new way to survive together as the world tries to sort itself out. |
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The smallest lieCaught in a web of affection and toxic secrets, Blake discovers his perfect romance is deceitful fiction when his partner’s hidden life and reckless deceptions transform their intimate sanctuary into a devastating tragedy. |
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The N king and queenFrom the ethereal plane, ancestral royalty King Jelani and Queen Amara watch in anguish as their descendants misuse the sacred titles of "king" and "queen," living out the very oppression their ancestors died fighting against. |
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Family abuseCarl is a man torn between the love for his family and the demons of addiction. When his past resurfaces, threatening to destroy everything he holds dear, Carl must confront his inner battles—before it’s too late. But in a world where trust is fragile and temptation is relentless, can he break free from the cycle of self-destruction, or will his choices shatter his family forever? |
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F.A.C.E. (Fragile. Angel. Crushed. Emotionally.)On the grimy streets of Detroit, Ebony, a resilient homeless woman becomes an unexpected guardian angel to Shaleta, a broken soul, proving that reclaimed self-respect and compassion can outshine the brightest stars in heaven. |
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EthnicityIn a single night of racial hatred, ethnicities spiral toward deadly violence, revealing how ignorance destroys innocent lives and tears communities apart. |
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A Mosaic of women: Bruised, Damaged, Healed, Strong.Caught in a cycle of domestic turmoil and sexual exploitation, five women from different walks of life must confront the brutality of their relationships to survive the aftermath of their choices. |
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A father's loveTiffany and Bernard are two teenagers who are both suffering a form of abuse in their households, and when they meet, they have to put something in motion to save them from their households before it destroys them. |
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Foxhole D (Denude)Across centuries of battle—from Afghanistan to 1812—two soldiers repeatedly exchange fates in the same doomed foxhole, as a ghost reveals their intertwined souls and the unending cycle of war and rebirth. Winner – Best Short Script (11–30 pages), Cinematography and Photography Awards London – Winter 2025 Listed on the International Screenwriters Association (ISA) Network |
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Denude - a one act playTrapped in a Vietnam jungle foxhole, two soldiers—one seasoned, one terrified—confront mortality and guilt as the ghost of their shared past returns, revealing a cycle of war, reincarnation, and eternal reckoning. Five international awards. |
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I Think Dad Was HereA modern, dysfunctional family waits for the reading of the will after the head of the family passes, or did he? |
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Fight For OilA beautiful young anti-war activist and a Death Valley auto mechanic learn about love and loyalty during a future Gulf War. Script Excerpt |
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Post Your Script Here!Wounds of Love and Conspiracy
After an accident cripples the woman he loves, a guilt-ridden, obsessive man takes on America's scars as his own, risking everything to change the course of history and earn the love she freely gives.
Henry, Henry
A deadly act of violence he committed twenty years ago fractured Henry into two personalities — one driven by guilt and confession, the other by denial and survival; the audience is aware of the division, while other characters see only one eccentric person struggling to keep the future from repeating the past.
Rebecca Saves the Human Web
Afraid of her growing anger, a teenage girl in a violent future inhabits the spirit of her dead grandmother and fights to keep a vast web of hate and violence from triggering civilization's collapse.
Virgin, Warrior, Priest, Hero
Over three decades, Lucy passes through innocence, violent delusion, tenderness, and ultimately grace - fractured versions of a soul struggling to survive a world that continually misreads her.
Six Hundred Years of Love
Across six centuries, a man loses the same woman twice — first to God in Renaissance Italy, then to a post-human future — forcing him to choose between eternal love and the survival of humanity.
Healed
A bitter non-believer holds Jesus responsible for losing her daughter.
Laura's List
After years spent being the perfect wife, mother, and grandmother, a 55-year-old widow decides to reclaim herself by writing a list of forbidden desires.
Bubbling Under the Surface
After an elderly Holocaust survivor is nearly murdered in her nursing home bed, her family and the Muslim carer who saved her are pulled into a widening chain of antisemitic attacks, domestic violence, and police investigation that threatens both communities before the hatred spreads further.
The Cajun
When a notorious pirate, made immortal by the curse of a Voodoo Queen, is invited to a mysterious poker game in modern day New Orleans, he discovers a clue to find the treasure that can set him free.
THE ANIMAL LOVER
Elevated Sci-Fi/Horror/Black Comedy (Based on the PD novel “The Camel” by Lord Berners) After a series of uncharted meteor showers, voracious wild animals begin to hatch and kill their prey throughout the British Isles, the timid wife of a starchy country vicar finds the company of a malevolent albino camel more appealing than her husband's! Comps: THE BIRDS meets THE INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS)
