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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!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.
AT THE MERCY OF FAITH
A former preacher, haunted by the tragic rape/murder of his twin sister, spirals into darkness as supernatural forces, both angelic and demonic, wage war for his soul.
e-DEAD
After a near-death experience, a woman discovers her dating app matches are ghosting her because they really are ghosts leaving her clues in order to solve their murders.
Whirlabout
A New York actor returns to his decaying hometown to care for his father, only to uncover dark family secrets, confront a lifetime of abuse, and face a harrowing moral reckoning that could either destroy—or finally heal—his fractured family.
Eternal Blessings
A dying woman enters a time portal to confront her criminal past, only to realize that what she seeks is in the present--but getting back is proving harder than she thought.
Psychotic USA
A dramedy. A razor-sharp satiric view of the laughable state of modern psychiatric treatment as seen through the lens of four patients in an asylum.
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.
Henry, Henry
Convinced that he murdered a priest he caught abusing a child, Henry fractured into two warring personalities, until the insights of his illness help him bring down a dangerous child-trafficking network.
A LITTLE FAVOR
A former fighter pilot is asked, by the colonel who blackballed him, to do a little favor: use his quick reflexes to fly to the Sun, reach in and pluck out 2 off-course, discarded doomsday bombs before next Wednesday evening when they’ll explode, nudging the Sun, causing major global warming.
La Hacienda
An inter-racial Latino/White couple arrive in Mexico, during the Day of the Dead, to renovate a hacienda just purchased by her rich, white parents, they soon discover its haunted by the former residents who lived during the Mexican Revolution; they must figure out how to transform their crippling grief over losing a baby girl, so they aren't doomed to repeat the spirits' murderous past.
