Scriptation Showcase Script Competition Announces 2023 Teleplay Quarter Finalists

The Scriptation Showcase is pleased to announce its 2023 quarter finalists for the Teleplay category! Congratulations to these talented writers and thanks to everyone who submitted this year.

Comedy Teleplay

• A More Perfect Union by Jonathan Weisbrod
• Always A Bridesmaid by Cynthia Mersten
• Ascension by Darren Moran
• Athena Security Inc by Rebecca Charlotte Scott
• Bubble by Leslie Danon
• Coming Soon by Bill Kelman
• Cuffing Season by Michael Buonocore
• Cultish by Michael Mortimer
• Dingbats by Kevin Brunner
• Forked by Aslan Hollier
• Friends Like These by Jackson Hukari
• Fruit of My Loins by Gage Swanston and William Kisor
• Gym Day by Duane Smith and Stefane Barbeau
• Hoof & Horn by Kevin Brunner
• How Far by Chris Inekhomon
• Human Boyhood by Duane Smith and Stefane Barbeau
• Indian Medium by Tapan Sharma
• Iris by Carrie Fishbane
• Iron Phallus by Stephanie Kolar
• MegaPower by Duane Smith and Stefane Barbeau
• Minny and the Muse by Jaime Tintor
• Nothing’s Sacred by Leslie Thomas
• Otherworld, NJ by Matthew McLachlan
• Study Abroad by Nick Grimes
• The Clarkson County Orchestra by Sheer Aviram
• The Wrestling Show by Julie Harrison-Harney
• Tony Pepperoni’s by Nathan Knapp
• Undercooked by Brendan Attey
• Vilasi by Bethany Cetti
• Welcome to Splitsville by Matt Sadowski
• Welcome To Thystle by Mike Carreon
• Wellness Inc. by Kylie Hitchcock

Drama Teleplay

• A Bellevue Love Story by Michael Wolfe
• Antillia: Conquest Gold by Jason Todd
• App Vigilante by Corey Ogilvie
• Apple from the Tree by Candace “Ace” Brown
• At the Displeasure of the President by Brian Cohen
• Babelsberg by Jon Davis
• Back Fires by Alex Blumberg
• Baptized by Fire by Jack Gorman and Shannon Walsh
• Birthright by Andres Valentin Lopez
• Black Velvet by Natalie Christine Rodriguez
• Bog Water by Jonathan Weisbrod
• Boomtown by Brady Anderson
• Boots by Raymond Urrutia
• Bruce King of Scots by Mark Valentine
• Call of the Void by Ben Monaco
• Cargo – Alpha Centauri by Line Rainville
• Carry On by Fletcher Keyes
• Charlie Blood by Phoebe Danaher
• Children of New York by Michelle Santy
• Cleopatra in Rome by Jon Davis
• Consequences by Heath Amodio
• Deep River by Peter Forbes
• Devil’s Portal by Robert Bruce
• Drummer by Ellen Johnson
• Eat Me by Leslie Thomas
• Eden Street by Jeff Kaufman
• Equilibrium by Gregory Scott Houghton and Jessica Wilson
• Exvangelicals by Cora Rowe
• Flying Bird’s Diary: “Fidelia” by Melissa Tantaquidgeon Zobel
• Gemini by Alex Vickery-Howe
• Gigantica by Duane Smith and Stefane Barbeau
• Have You Seen Laura? by Jon Davis
• High Stakes by Mayah Hayes
• Honjo by Angelo Rocha and John Lubarsky
• Into the Ether by Steve Brown and Robert Rogers
• Jack: “Bloody Work” by Emma Siegel
• Kandlestick Men by Frank Monteleone
• Lobby Card: Some Fabulous Rhapsody by Tom Morgan
• Loupes by Ferit Atalay
• Murder Maze Michelle by Michael Lucid
• Nautla by Daniel Padbury
• Necropolis by Caledonia Hanson
• New Olympus by Matthew Nicholson
• Offsprings by Jennifer C. Steets
• On Island by Rie Anders
• Out for Blood by Isobel Houseman
• Paleolithic by Frank Jenkins
• Pilot: Jolt Survival Series by Roberta M. Roy
• Please Rewind. by Dan Noah and Bramwell Noah
• Rhythm Girls by Judy Chaikin
• Road to Hell by Gavin McClenaghan
• Sapphire & Sequoia – Femme Fatales! by Tom Burke
• Servitude by Ori Kowarsky
• Son of a Mother by K.Page Stuart Valdes
• Sorcerers of Suburbia by Geoffrey Prather
• Soulitude by Emma Battigaglia
• Southern Elite Law by Clifton McMillan Jr.
• Starring… John Dillinger by Bill Walker and Brian Anthony
• Streets of Dreams by Lisa Duffy
• Terrific Company by Darren Moran
• The Coach by Searlait Coffey
• The Diener by Melissa Neiman
• The House of Tang by Lisa Iannini
• The Lavender Jungle by Jon Davis

• The Living Years

  by Brian Whiteman

• The Match by Justin Ballheim
• The Park by Duane Smith and Stefane Barbeau
• The Patron by Josephine Bearden
• The Portal by Farook Qais
• The Prince of The Black Hand by Danny Range
• The Real McCoy by Ori Kowarsky
• The Sheriff of Sturgill by Monis Rose
• The Titanomachy: From Darkness by Mikael Holcombe-Scali
• The Townhouse by David Neal and Oscar Sanchez
• Trigger Objects by Nik Perring
• True Delta by Snowden Wright
• Valley of Secrets by Matt Curtsinger
• Vindicta by Dane Larsen
• Virginia Ham by Susan Lankford
• Wake the System by Micah Sloat
• Watchlist by Alex Vickery-Howe
• What We Become by Amy Jo Johnson
• Wiccan Child by J. Treacy Cole
• Wild Lands by Alex Blumberg
• Wire Hangers by Jon Davis
• Wolf’s Head by Samuel Anderson
• Yellow Hearts Sugar Land by Tammy Lynne Stoner

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