Watch the 3 winning 1st Scene Screenplay for July 2016.

1st SCENE Screenplay – SENIOR PRANK
July 2016 Reading
Written by Shiv Sudhakar

http://www.wildsoundfestival.com/senior_prank.html

SYNOPSIS:

Genre: Comedy

A group of cunning high school seniors must outwit their principal in order to pull off the ultimate senior class prank.

CAST LIST:

NARRATOR – Val Cole
AL – Dan Cristofori
CARL – David Occhipinti
FRAN – Viktoria Napolenova
ALFRED – Michael Gaty
GUS – Mark Boutros

1st SCENE Screenplay – NINE SCARS
July 2016 Reading
Written by Kelly Crawford

http://www.wildsoundfestival.com/nine_scars.html

SYNOPSIS:

Genre: Fantasy, Romance, Thriller

A teen romance thriller that takes place in a world in which everyone has nine lives. In this world of nine lives, an aspiring football player must risk all of his lives to rescue his girlfriend from the ruthless leader of a gambling syndicate who’s trying to fix the college football championship game.

CAST LIST:

NARRATOR –

Watch the winning Fan Fiction screenplay reading for July 2016.

FAN FICTION Screenplay – STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE
July 2016 Reading
Written by Jennifer Renner

http://www.wildsoundfestival.com/star_trek_deep_space_nine.html

SYNOPSIS:

Genre: Sci-Fi, Adventure, Action, Fantasy

Synopsis: Episode 32.5 of the TV series Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. The station welcomes visitors from a planet in the Gamma Quadrant that allows only women to hold positions of authority.

CAST LIST:

NARRATOR – Brandon Knox
BENNI – Susan Wilson
SORYA/KIRA – Meghan Allen
DAX/LELA – Courtney Keir
ODO – Julian Ford
BASHIR/QUARK – David Guthrie
SISKO/RISHTA – Sean Ballantyne

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Director/Producer: Matthew Toffolo http://www.matthewtoffolo.com

Casting Director: Sean Ballantyne

Editor: John Johnson

Watch the winning TV PILOT screenplay winner for July 2016.

TV PILOT Screenplay – THE SPECTRAL CITY
July 2016 Reading
Written by Arthur Vincie

http://www.wildsoundfestival.com/the_spectral_city.html

SYNOPSIS:

Genre: Sci-Fi, War, Supernatural

Three refugees, thrown together by chance, flee a modern-day civil war set in an unspecified country. Evading the army, rebels, bandits, gods, and demons, they head to the one place no one dares go – the Haunted City at the heart of the country. There they seek out the White Witch, who rules the City and who’s either their ticket out or their worst nightmare.

CAST LIST:

NARRATOR – Susan Wilson
JULIET – Courtney Keir
ISHMAEL – Brandon Knox
THEO/MATTHEW – Julian Ford
STEVEN/ADJAI – Sean Ballantyne
JIM – David Guthrie
NURIYAH – Meghan Allen

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Director/Producer: Matthew Toffolo http://www.matthewtoffolo.com

Casting Director: Sean Ballantyne

Editor: John Johnson

Watch the winning Best Scene screenplay readings for July 2016.

Best Scene from DUE SOUTH Screenplay
by Evan Schullery

http://www.wildsoundfestival.com/best_scene_due_south.html

SYNOPSIS:

Genre: Animation, Family, Comedy

A plump baby goose who can’t fly is left behind in Canada while his family migrates south.

CAST LIST:

NARRATOR – Val Cole
AL – Dan Cristofori
GUS – Mark Boutros
CARL – David Occhipinti
ALFRED – Michael Gaty
FRAN – Viktoria Napolenova

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Best Scene from ELAN VITAL Screenplay
by Maroun Rached

http://www.wildsoundfestival.com/best_scene_elan_vital.html

SYNOPSIS:

Genre: Fantasy, Crime, Thriller, Sci-Fi

Synopsis: The world in the 2050’s is split into democratic regimes and Elohite theocracies, states run by the clergy of a new extremist faith. Elohite specially trained agents infiltrate the US and commit terrorist attacks using paranormal powers. A team of local paranormals is recruited to stop them.

CAST LIST:

NARRATOR – Val Cole
NATHAN – Dan Cristofori
AIDEN – Mark Boutros
FRANK – David Occhipinti

Performed by Val Cole

 WHAT PASSES BETWEEN WOMEN by Patty Fischer

Get to know writer Patty Fischer:

1. What is your novel about?

This novel “What Passes Between Women” is a women’s fiction/crime drama of a circle of women very different from each other that create a close bond in the midst of a sensational murder case happened in the quaint city of Noblesville, Indiana.

2. Why should this novel be read by people?

The novel possesses a double distinction: criminal mind of a true psychopath embodied in the character of a most unlikely type of man, an intellectual paunchy middle-age Biology teacher. Where the murder takes place in this Midwestern quiet city, not a crime-riddled metropolis, much like the popular film “Fargo”.

3. How would you describe this novel in two words?

Edgy but Homespun.

4. What movie have you seen the most in your life?

Witness for the…

Watch the 13 winning short story readings for July 2016.

JULY 2016 POETRY READINGS Watch 10 poems performed by professional actors

SHORT STORY – HEAVY SEXTING July 2016 Reading Written by Amy Arrow

SHORT STORY – NIGHT SWIMMING July 2016 Reading Written by Joanell Serra

SHORT STORY – STARMAN – LIFE ON TRAPPIST ONE July 2016 Reading Written by Dermott Hayes

SHORT STORY – TEARS OF JOY July 2016 Reading Written by I.E. Hughes

SHORT STORY – DNA July 2016 Reading Written by Yvonne Randle

SHORT STORY – DESPITE DEMENTIA July 2016 Reading Written by Janet Bennett Cox

SHORT STORY – GALICIA’S GRANITE July 2016 Reading Written by Janice Tindle

SHORT STORY – LEILA, AGE 17 July 2016 Reading Written by Sherry Chow

SHORT STORY – LEFT ON LUNDY July 2016 Reading Written by James R. Cavell

SHORT STORY – LEFT ON LUNDY July 2016 Reading Written by James R…

Watch the 9 short screenplay winners from July 2016

MOCKUMENTARY Screenplay – BOWLING FOR CONCUBINES July 2016 Reading Written by Vanessa Marlowe

SHORT Screenplay – THE BLUE DRESS July 2016 Reading Written by Dave Riese

SHORT Screenplay – TREED July 2016 Reading Written by Sally Spitzli

SHORT Screenplay – FIRE! July 2016 Reading Written by Steve Biggs

SHORT Screenplay – THE FACTS OF LIFE July 2016 Reading Written by Chris Beadnell

SHORT Screenplay – STRANGER July 2016 Reading Written by Jason Smith

SHORT Screenplay – THE TRENCH July 2016 Reading Written by Chris Beadnell

SHORT Screenplay – PRO-PETE July 2016 Reading Written by Julie Merrick

SHORT Screenplay – MATERNAL FEAR July 2016 Reading Written by Stephen Milek

BEST SCENE Screenplay – ELAN VITAL July 2016 Reading Written by Maroun Rached

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Director/Producer: Matthew Toffolo http://www.matthewtoffolo.com

Casting Director: Sean Ballantyne

Editor: John Johnson

Watch the 2 winning feature screenplay readings performed by professional actors from July 2016.

Feature Script: FIEND
by Jeff York

http://www.wildsoundfestival.com/fiend.html

SYNOPSIS:

Genre: Horror, Thriller, Crime, Mystery, History

When famed Jekyll & Hyde author Robert Louis Stevenson turns out himself to be a dangerous split personality, the only one who can save him and London from his fiendish alter ego is a maverick American psychiatrist with daring, unconventional methods.

CAST LIST:

NARRATOR – Sean Kaufmann
PRINCE – Michael Kazarian
STEVENSON/WOLFE – Robert Notman
BURKE – Devin Upham
CLAY/CARTLER – Neil Bennett
ANNE – Elizabeth Rose Morriss
FANNY – Mandy May Cheetham

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Feature Script: THE CHARLOTTETOWN JACKHAMMER
by Marc Lalonde

http://www.wildsoundfestival.com/the_charlottetown_jackhammer.html

SYNOPSIS:

Genre: Farce, Screwball Comedy, Fantasy

A former nun, a pornographer, a brain surgeon and a quadriplegic must band together in a common cause with a wannabe serial killer who really, really, really, REALLY likes his brother to foil…