THE SCRIPTS
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FEATURD SCRIPT: 2nd SHORT SCRIPT COMPETITION WINNER
"Opportunity Mutiny" by Vincent Viñas
Logline: Three slackers complain about life's misfortunes when Opportunity knocks... literally.
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FEATURED SCRIPT: 1st SHORT SCRIPT COMPETITION WINNER
"The Vegetable" by Stephen Bittrich
Logline: A woman conspires with her lover to kill her vegetable husband for the insurance money, but the vegetable "has a mind of his own".
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AGONY SHORT SCRIPT COMPETITION 3 - TOP 10 FINALISTS!
The following scripts were selected by Agony Productions as the Top 10 Short Scripts for the Third Short Script Competition. A public reading of all entries will be held May 11, 2002 at 7 p.m. at the Musical Theater Workshop, 440 Lafayette Street, New York, NY. The audience will vote for their favorite short script, and the winning author will win a $150!
A love story between two 16 year old gymnasts at the Summer Olympics, an American girl and an Asian boy. It is told partly in flashback as the girl returns to the Olympics, 16 years later, to coach their child that he knows nothing about at the same time the real father is coaching his son's main rival.
A man lures a woman to his lonely motel room not realizing that she and her companion are out for his blood.
An embarrassing first date leads to revelations of character and true intentions... or some shit like that.
A young homeless couple seek shelter in an abandoned house and are confronted by not only a family of vampires, but issues of immortality.
A cabbie is blinded by anger when a painful past incident haunts him in the form of an unexpected passenger.
A woman discovers unexpected salvation in her bleakest moment.
One man's visit to the doctor turns into an examination of his soul.
Two twenty-something friends look desperately for a sense of purpose or a moment's rest, each of which burdens one of them in excess.
Welcome to DNA ALCHEMY, where your little bundle of joy can be scientifically engineered to exact specifications. Just working out a few kinks.
A young girl held captive in an ogre's castle cannot find the courage to escape until a friend in need becomes more important than her own fears.
AGONY SHORT SCRIPT COMPETITION 2 TOP 10
Who do you blame when your mom gets shot? Jesus, of course!
A criminal finds himself imprisoned in the home of a rebel cop.
Middle-aged Zane wants a new family, so he sensibly goes to an orphanage
to get one.
Two American soldiers in WWII question the worth of 100 yards of
German woodland.
Two men find they have more in common than the years of abuse that
split them apart.
Suburban parents are haunted by the boogeyman shortly after convincing
their two children the supernatural creature does not exist.
AGONY SHORT SCRIPT COMPETITION 1 TOP 10
An ironic tale of a couch ridden slacker whose sole motivation to
kill a pesky mosquito leads to fatal results.
Faded dreams and lustful mistakes lead to a bitter end for the residents
of Joe's Place.
A suicide hotline operator becomes suicidal.
A cliched story about a boy, his elevator, his mother the crack whore,
and life.
On the day she is dumped by her boyfriend, Mari has two reactions…the
way she should have and the way she did.
Two strangers find themselves in a common situation, but their opposing
views cause a conflict that will change a part of their lives forever.
Think twice about cheating on your girlfriend. Never, ever cheat
on your mistress. And for God's sake, make sure they're not armed
if they catch you.
An aging writer gives his editor a book for publication, and tells
the story of why he didn't hand it in fifty years earlier.
Ironically, Paige finds out how someone can find the most unexpectedly
refreshing acquaintance in the dullest of places.
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