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Scripting Aloud! Mon Apr 28: THE BRYCE LEE STORY by Arnold Lim, Connor Gaston, Kyle D’Odorico & Mo Bradley, Story by Dale Shuen

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.

About Arnold Lim / About Connor Gaston / About Kyle D’Odorico / About Mo Bradley / About Dale Shuen / About Lynne Lee

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) 

AGENDA

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.

Script submissions are always open (rolling deadlines)

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Scripting Aloud! Tue June 28: AGM + LUPE Q AND THE GALACTIC EARWORMS by Javier Badillo & Nat Marshik

The truth is…in here. Join us for our Annual General Meeting (delayed from 2021) followed by an out-of-this-world reading of LUPE Q AND THE GALACTIC EARWORMS (underdog-buddy comedy-space opera) by Javier Badillo* & Nat Marshik. Scripting Aloud is back to live in-person gatherings!** Local creators in attendance.

About Javier Badillo / About Nat Marshik

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 2022 Scripting Aloud! Best Screenplay Award for “Baba” at Vancouver Short Film Festival, Javier Badillo and Jay Kamal!

**All current provincial, venue, and producing partner health and safety guidelines followed and respected.

SIGN UP TO READ / ATTEND***

***Room capacity is 30 (restriction set by the venue) – walk-ins and late sign-ups will be on a wait list to ensure we don’t exceed capacity.

AGM AGENDA

READER PRE-CALL: 5:30 pm
AGM: 6:00 pm – 6:15 pm
INTRO / READING: 6:15 pm – 8:15 pm (includes 10 minute break)
Q&A: 8:15 pm

— Performers for Lead/Supporting Lead/Large Principle Roles will be pre-cast from the reader sign-up list. Some additional roles cast on the day. All roles open to non-binary.
— There is an annual $2 Membership*** fee to attend.

VENUE: Suite 400 (Conference Room), 1788 W Broadway, Vancouver, BC V6J 1Y1 (Google Maps) 

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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 (Underdog-Buddy Comedy-Space Opera, 101p) — LUPE Q AND THE GALACTIC EARWORMS: by JAVIER BADILLO & NAT MARSHIK

Full breakdown+logline+synopsis on the day, prelim below (all roles open to non-binary):

LEAD: 1 Role (1 Female)
1 Female, Latinx – 16 (can cast older)

SUPPORTING LEAD: 2 Roles (1 Female, 1 Male)
1 Female, Caucasian/OE – 15 (can cast older)
1 Male, Latinx – 15 (can cast older)

SUPPORTING/LARGE PRINCIPLE: 3 Roles (2 Female, 1 Male)
1 Female, Latinx – early 60s
1 Female, Caucasian/OE – 40s
1 Male, Caucasian/OE – 50s

PRINCIPLE: 3 Roles (2 Any Gender, 1 Male)
1 Any Gender, OE – 50s
1 Any Gender, OE – Any Age
1 Male, Caucasian/OE – 18 (can cast older)

ACTOR: 14 Roles (9 Any Gender, 1 Female, 4 Male)
9 Any Gender, OE – Any Age
1 Female, Caucasian/OE – 30s-40s
1 Male, Latinx – 30s-40s
2 Male, OE – Any Age
1 Male, Caucasian/OE – Child/Tween (can cast older)

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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.

Script submissions are always open (rolling deadlines)

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Scripting Aloud! Online Edition Friday March 19 reads On the Wings of Sorrow

Scripting Aloud’s next online reading event on Friday, March 19, 2021 at 5:00 pm PST

Read:
(10p) of On the Wings of Sorrow (short screenplay) by Ana de Lara
More about the creators: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1891405/

Characters breakdown:
– NORA, (Female, late 80’s, Filipina)
– EMILY, (Female, late 20’s mixed race)
– JOSHUA (Male, 30’s, Japanese)
– JOY, (Female, 50’s Filipina)
– BILL (Male, 60’s, Caucasian)

Event includes a post-reading Q&A/talk back with the playwright.

READER PRE-CALL: 5:00 pm
READING: 5:20 pm – 6:00 pm (includes post-reading Q&A)

— Performers will be pre-cast from the registration/sign-up list.
— $2 Membership* fee is waived for this reading.

*Scripting Aloud is a registered BC non-profit, producing script development and staged reading events for 19+ attendees (same idea as film festival society membership fees)

Event Format:
▪ Interactive workshop on Zoom

REGISTER FOR THE READING

Have a script you want to hear read aloud? Want to work your performance skills through reading scripts cold? Interested in experiencing a creative vibe that’s welcoming and cross-cultural? Scripting Aloud is for you. We’re a not-for-profit public cold-read script development platform and live staged reading event that helps develop original short- and long- form scripts for multiple channels and platforms — focusing on cross-cultural content, writers, and performers. Produced by Pan Asian Staged Reading Society.

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Scripting Aloud! Online Edition: Saturday, May 30

Necessity is…the Mother. As BC restarts, join us for our first #covidlife online edition and last reading until the fall! Whether you want to read, or watch/listen and give feedback afterward – we’d love you to be with us. Short and sweet — Scripting Aloud’s next event on Saturday, May 30 reads THE FOURTH ANGEL (short, comedy) by Henry J. Mah, along with a guided vocal warm-up for all participants from our community partner for this event, ACTg Vancouver. Additional thanks to explorASIAN for helping put the word out! Local creator in attendance.

SIGN UP to get the private Zoom meeting link

***UPDATE*** Interested to read? Sign up at the link above! PERFORMERS WILL BE PRE-CAST FROM THE SIGN-UP LIST and contacted the FRIDAY before the reading, for a 30 minute pre-call on the day from 2:00 pm. Event starts with intro and vocal warm-up, from 2:30 pm.

VOCAL WARM-UP DEETS: Approx. 10 min, includes vocal scales and some light breathing work (gain more insight into how to breathe properly for performance/public speaking, and where the breath is going in your bodies).

$2 Membership* fee is waived for this reading.

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!

*Scripting Aloud is a registered BC non-profit, producing script development and live staged reading events for 19+ attendees (same idea as film festival society membership fees)

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READER PRE-CALL: 2:00 pm

EVENT START/INTRO: 2:30 pm – 2:45 pm
VOCAL WARM-UP: 2:45 pm – 3:00 pm
READING/Q&A: 3:00 pm – 3:30 pm

WHAT’S ON:

SHORT (Comedy, 14p) — THE FOURTH ANGEL: by HENRY J. MAH

BREAKDOWN: Full breakdown (+logline+synopsis) on the day, prelim below –

LEAD: 1 Role (1 Female)

1 Female, Asian Canadian – early 30s

SUPPORTING: 2 Roles (2 Female)

1 Female, MENA – early 30s
1 Female, Caucasian – early 30s

PRINCIPLE: 3 Roles, Open Age/Ethnicity (2 Open Gender, 1 Male)

ACTOR: 4 Roles, Open Age/Ethnicity (2 Open Gender, 1 Female, 1 Male)

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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.

Script submissions are always open (rolling deadlines).

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Scripting Aloud: Improv Edition! Saturday, May 25

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Go way off-book! There are things scripted, and things improvised, and in-between are the doors…of scripted improv. Scripting Aloud’s next event Saturday, May 25 explores the space between tightly scripted material, and unstructured improv – with outlined scenarios from THE PRODIGAL FATHER (feature, dramedy) by Ronin Wong. Plenty of room to play? You’re right!

Local creator in attendance. Performer casting (all OE) from 2:30 pm on the day (arrive early/on time!). Scripted improv session from 3:00 pm.  $2 Membership* at the door, cash only.

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!

*Scripting Aloud is a registered BC non-profit, producing script development and live staged reading events for 19+ attendees (same idea as film festival society membership fees)

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DOORS/CASTING: 2:30 pm
SCRIPTED IMPROV/Q&A: 3:00 pm – 4:30 pm
NETWORKING: 4:30 pm – 5:30 pm

VENUE: One floor up at Suite 435 (4th Flr) from our usual 3rd Flr space at BC Artscape, 268 Keefer Street, Vancouver (between Main and Gore, where Hon’s Chinatown used to be). Elevator access to 3rd floor from street entrance/lobby on Keefer. Street parking and parkades adjacent. (Note: The Impark Parkade in the building closes at 7 pm and after that your vehicle will be locked in for the night.)

ACTORS: Performer casting starts from 2:30 pm, performers please arrive for then if you’d like to be considered. You’re welcome to bring a headshot/resume (reclaim at end of event).

OUTLINED SCENES IN PLAY, FROM:

FEATURE (Dramedy) — THE PRODIGAL FATHER: by RONIN WONG

BREAKDOWN: Full breakdown (+logline+synopsis) on the day, prelim below –

LEAD: 2 Roles (1 Female, 1 Male)

1 Male, Chinese American (casting Open Ethnicity) – 40s
1 Female, Chinese Canadian (casting Open Ethnicity) – early 20s

SUPPORTING: 2 Roles (1 Female, 1 Male)

1 Female, Chinese Canadian (casting Open Ethnicity) – 40s
1 Male, Hispanic (casting Open Ethnicity) – early 30s

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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.

Script submissions are always open (rolling deadlines).