Table Read

ACT 1 / PART 1: In Northern Michigan, DUTCH NYBERG was set to quit the rust-belt town of Twelfth, forever. She’d returned home to care for her dying father, but now that he’s passed, she’s eager for the road. However, on the eve of her departure – she happens upon a bloody, murder scene. The perpetrators – her three idiot brothers: JP, RAIF and MORT. What’s worse for the boys is who they’ve killed...

ACT 3: They do! Doug finds out Ethan and his girlfriend, Priya, are engaged and expecting a baby. Devastated Doug undoes all the good he's done by acting out at school and runs away. Doug begs Carl for help. Carl finds an underground ice cream man who can fix Doug's mess. At the meeting point, Doug saves a toddler from getting hit by a train, but misses the rendezvous and his last hope. Ethan and...

ACT 2 / PART 2: Doug confides in Carl that he's cool with being a kid again. It's his second chance to finally get his life on track. Ethan has become like the father Doug never had. Now Carl has to break the bad news to Doug: that's not how the do-over works. When Carl told him he'd stay a child if he didn't change his bad ways, he meant 8 years old FOREVER. No growing up all over again. Doug fre...

ACT 2 / PART 1: Despite a rough first few days, Doug's life as an 8 year-old is going better for him than his life as an unemployed loser at 30. He's actually making friends, standing up to bullies, has a part in the class play, and is kicking ass in school. Julia, Doug's teacher, thinks he's gifted! Carl has good news: one more day and the do-over is officially over. Doug has proven himself a goo...

ACT 1 / PART 2: Doug's life is a mess until a popsicle from a strange ice cream man turns him into an eight-year-old. To reverse the curse, he has to become a decent human being in just 10 days. But with time running out, can he save himself and become an adult again? The clock is ticking and the stakes are high! ____ LITTLE MAN :  A hysterical irreverent comedy! " SHALLOW HAL " meets " 13 GOING O...

ACT 1 / PART 1: Doug's life is a mess until a popsicle from a strange ice cream man turns him into an eight-year-old. To reverse the curse, he has to become a decent human being in just 10 days. But with time running out, can he save himself and become an adult again? The clock is ticking and the stakes are high! ____ LITTLE MAN :  A hysterical irreverent comedy! " SHALLOW HAL " meets " 13 GOING O...

ACT 3: After an alien ship lands on earth and erects a gigantic forcefield, trapping a local renaissance faire inside, high school senior Zoe must face her fear of responsibility and save the world, armed only with medieval weaponry. ____ REN FAIRE VS. ALIENS:   When high school slacker Zoe Winter signs up to play the princess in her local Renaissance Faire, the last thing she expects is an alien...

ACT 2: After an alien ship lands on earth and erects a gigantic forcefield, trapping a local renaissance faire inside, high school senior Zoe must face her fear of responsibility and save the world, armed only with medieval weaponry. ____ REN FAIRE VS. ALIENS:   When high school slacker Zoe Winter signs up to play the princess in her local Renaissance Faire, the last thing she expects is an alien...

ACT 1: After an alien ship lands on earth and erects a gigantic forcefield, trapping a local renaissance faire inside, high school senior Zoe must face her fear of responsibility and save the world, armed only with medieval weaponry. ____ REN FAIRE VS. ALIENS: When high school slacker Zoe Winter signs up to play the princess in her local Renaissance Faire, the last thing she expects is an alien in...

When high school slacker Zoe Winter signs up to play the princess in her local Renaissance Faire, the last thing she expects is an alien invasion. Soon, however, Zoe finds herself and the Faire trapped inside a massive forcefield, along with her best friend, her crush, a jester who can't break character, and an endless supply of rancid turkey legs. And after the Faire's king is vaporized by an ali...

When an industrialist is murdered in an impoverished Michigan backwater, a misfit veteran must choose between saving her three idiot brothers from life in jail or escaping her toxic family forever. Written by: Pearse Lehane ____ Visit: https://www.tablereadpodcast.com/ Contact: manifestmediaproductions@gmail.com   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Big thanks to Mood.com our part...

Imagine a world where karma is a magic blue popsicle. LITTLE MAN is a comedy about a foul-mouthed loser who gets an unwanted "do-over" as an 8-year-old. But to turn back into a grown-up, this little d-bag has 10 days to become a decent human being or he'll stay a kid forever. It's hard to be good when you've been bad for so long. Time's running out. Tick tock! Absolutely hysterical, "Shallow Hal"...