
Join us for a reading of the Telefilm Canada-funded feature film project, THE BRYCE LEE STORY (A young Chinese boy named Bryce Lee lies about being related to Bruce Lee in an effort to be accepted by classmates at school) by Arnold Lim, Connor Gaston, Kyle D’Odorico, and Mo Bradley; story by Dale Shuen; produced by Lynne Lee. Scripting Aloud is a live, in-person gathering! Local creators in attendance.
Cross-cultural scripts and writers — for our cross-cultural community, and a borderless audience. If this is your reality (or you want it to be), this event is for you!
*Congratulations to the winners of the 2024 Scripting Aloud! Best Screenplay Award at Vancouver Short Film Festival, Michael Makaroff and Hugh Allen, for “The Dog – A Rapidly Condensed Guide to Treading Water.”
SIGN UP TO BE PRE-CAST TO READ / ATTEND***
VENUE: Cineworks Howe St Studio, 1131 Howe St (use back alley entrance), Vancouver, BC V6Z 2L7 (Google Maps)
READER PRE-CALL: 6:00 pm
EVENT START: 6:30 pm
INTRO / READING: 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm (includes 10 minute break)
Q&A: 8:30 pm – 9:00 pm
— Performers for Lead Roles will be pre-cast if possible from the sign-up list. Additional roles cast on the day. All roles open to non-binary.
— There is an annual $2 Membership*** fee to attend.
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***Scripting Aloud is a registered BC non-profit, producing script development and live staged reading/table read events for 19+ attendees (same idea as film festival society membership fees).
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SCRIPT ON THE TABLE:
FEATURE: (A young Chinese boy named Bryce Lee lies about being related to Bruce Lee in an effort to be accepted by classmates at school, 97p) THE BRYCE LEE STORY by Arnold Lim, Connor Gaston, and Kyle D’Odorico, produced by Lynne Lee.
Full breakdown+logline+synopsis on the day, prelim below (all roles open to non-binary):
LEAD: 3 Roles (2 Male, 1 Female)
1 Male, East Asian – 11 – 14 yrs (will cast older, OE considered)
1 Male, East Asian – 35 – 50 yrs (OE considered)
1 Female, East Asian – 8 – 12 yrs (will cast older, OE considered)
SUPPORTING/PRINCIPLE/ACTOR: 14 Roles (9 Any Gender)
1 Male, East Asian – 8 yrs (will cast older)
1 Female, East Asian – 4 – 6 yrs (will cast older)
1 Male, East Asian – 40 yrs
2 Males, Caucasian/OE – 15 – 17 yrs (will cast older)
1 Female, East Asian – 15 yrs (will cast older)
2 Females, Caucasian/OE – 13 – 15 yrs (will cast older, will consider any gender)
2 Females, East Asian – 40s
1 Male, Caucasian/OE – 50s (will consider any gender)
1 Female, Caucasian/OE – 30s – 50s (will consider any gender)
1 Male, Caucasian/OE – 30s – 50s (will consider any gender)
9 Open Gender, OE – 20s – 50s
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And if you’ve been “here” before: You know what this is, you know what to do! After a decade hiatus (something-something Life Happened), Scripting Aloud — Vancouver’s “reading diversity” public staged script development platform — returns. Our regular season runs fall through spring annually.