TEASER ACT 1, SCENE 1 INT: RISE: AME CHURCH – DAY There is a funeral at RISE, and the service is packed. Peace lilies adorn the church, and a coffin sits before an altar. SISTER NETTA is standing in front of the congregation with a choir behind her. SISTER is singing a beautiful hymn passionately….
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ACT 5, SCENE 1 INT: OFFICE – LATE NIGHT OMAR walks through the door of the MAYOR’S OFFICE. Plush seats and carpeted floor. The MAYOR is in a large leather-back swiveling chair with his back towards the door. OMAR: Pulling an all-nighter? MAYOR swings around. He has a half-finished bottle of whiskey in…
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Subject matter and language no suitable for all readers. ACT 4, SCENE 1 EXT: CANIFF PARK – LATE NIGHT In the background, the HEIGHTS glisten. Caniff Park is a large woodland trail for runners and bikers like Boston Commons or Central Park. AC METRO BUS hisses and roars OS. SHAUNICE and LEIGH, both dressed to…
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ACT 3, SCENE 1 EXT: DOWNTOWN UNDERGROUND SUBWAY STOP – LATENIGHT OMAR (O.S.) (slowly coming into shot) Yeah, I’m heading back home right now. Why? Oh! You want to see me? OMAR jogs down to steps to the subway with his messenger bag swinging at his hips, pays his toll and walks out…
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ACT 2, SCENE 1, EXT: NETTA HOME – DAY TIME – PRESENT DAY The TWO-FAMILY HOME is not bright-blue. The paint is dull and the siding of the home appears warped. Even the OWL ROOF ORNAMENT is tilted off kilter. Coming from off the street and up the steps of NETTAS’ HOME is SHAUNICE WOOD,…
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Astro City Pilot/ ‘Welcome to the AC’ Written by M. J. Cross TEASER Act 1, SCENE 1 INT: HOME Blood shot brown EYES dart wildly from left and right. The EYES keep moving behind a long wooden MASK with an elongated chin and puckered mouth. It appears tribal, but has an alien quality to…
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