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Asylum
Independent Pilot Competition
Pilot, 7 min
Created by: Dan Williams
Plays In: Drama 1
Interests: Drama, Musical

"Asylum" follows a team of doctors as they diagnose and treat patients suffering from a variety of complex mental illnesses at a hospital for the criminally insane. The more that’s learned about each of the doctors and the asylum itself, the more a mystery unravels that uncovers forces at work within these walls more twisted than anyone could imagine. Read More

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Drama 1

Pilot Block, 60 min
Interests: Drama

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Drama 2

Pilot Block, 60 min
Interests: Drama

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Gelber and Manning in Pictures
Independent Pilot Competition
Pilot, 11 min
Created by: Jesse Gelber , James Lester and Kate Manning
Plays In: Drama 2
Interests: Drama

Gelber and Manning are everyone’s favorite romantic vaudeville duo both on and off the stage. Handpicked by a Hollywood producer to star in his next movie, the twosome stands to make it big, but a “peculiar condition” threatens the very foundation of their love. In the midst of scintillating burlesque girls, sleazy producers, and menacing gangsters, Gelber and Manning are thrust into a sinister underworld that brings to light a dark secret from the past. Read More

Gentrification
Independent Pilot Competition
Pilot, 22 min
Created by: Nipper Knapp
Plays In: Comedy 7
Interests: Comedy, Drama

There goes the neighborhood! When the Knapps moved into their house in the Latino Neighborhood of Highland Park, the last thing the neighbors needed was another young white family, because the one they already had was enough. "Gentrification" offers up a plate of honest, unflinching perspectives as two young families navigate their way through the ever-shifting landscape in which they are the minority—blending in like a kazoo in a Mariachi band. Read More

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H the Great
Independent Pilot Competition
Pilot, 17 min
Created by: Jay Rogers
Plays In: Drama 2
Interests: Comedy, Drama

H the Great spends his days selling CDs of his music on the streets and his nights dreaming of bigger and better things. He soon receives a call from record producer Cash Carlyle, who offers H the chance to go on tour. H’s girlfriend, Lacy Lace, is furious H is leaving, and the supporting acts that he takes with him are nothing but trouble. However, beggars can’t be choosers, and H agrees to head out on Cash’s tour. Read More

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Pioneer One
Independent Pilot Competition
Pilot, 22 min
Created by: Josh Bernhard
Plays In: Drama 1
Interests: Drama, Sci-fi

An object from space spreads radiation over North America. Fearing terrorism, U.S. Homeland Security agents are dispatched to investigate and contain the damage. What they discover is a forgotten relic of the old Soviet space program whose return to Earth will have implications for the entire world. Answers lead to more questions as these intrepid agents look to find the truth of the events that are quickly changing the national landscape. Read More

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Rising Above
Independent Pilot Competition
Pilot, 22 min
Created by: Allison Del Franco and Kirsten Moore
Plays In: Drama 2
Interests: Drama, Student Produced

Heroin is more than a drug--it’s a lifestyle, and Jesse Marino has become a full-fledged junkie because of it. He’s mandated to Rising Above, a residential rehabilitation house, with an ultimatum: get clean, or go to jail. As he struggles to overcome addiction, he’s faced with a collection of residents and a counselor, all trying to escape demons of their own. Can Jesse get back up without confronting how far he’s fallen? Read More

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the_source
Independent Pilot Competition
Pilot, 15 min
Created by: Marc D'Agostino
Plays In: Drama 1
Interests: Drama, Sci-fi

Two years after a global catastrophe and economic collapse, a group of survivors struggle to develop a community. They live amid a harsh world emptied of material resources and rife with new and old conflicts. As they struggle with the elements, and with one another, they realize that one of them may be the final hope for humanity’s survival. Read More