Be very merry! Come on down to The New Oxford in Yaletown to celebrate the holidays, and our awesome creative community, with us!
Mix and mingle it up – you never know who you’ll meet or collaborate with next, true story.
Comp Appies (read: free food!)
Cash Bar (HAPPY HOUR drink pricing from 5:30 – 6:00 pm only, come early!)
Door Prizes (Secret Santa-worthy!)
Suggested Donation of $5 at the door (donation includes membership to our current script reading event season, if you’re not already a member – learn more)
Scripting Aloud: May 2018 reading, Mitch & Murray Studio, Vancouver (image: @iamdanielchai)
Scripting Aloud opens our 2018-2019 reading season with a staged reading Monday, November 19 of MISS HONG KONG, an original Canadian feature-length screenplay written by Scott Button, from a story by Scott Button and Agnes Tong.
Both local creators in attendance. Reader casting on the day from 5:30 pm (arrive early/on time!). Script reading from 6:30 pm. $2 Membership* at the door, cash only (good through the 2018-2019 season).
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)
VENUE: BC Artscape, Suite 308 (3rd Flr), 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: Reader casting starts from 5:30 pm, performers please arrive for then and bring headshot/resume (reclaim at end of event) if you’d like to be considered.
SCRIPT ON THE TABLE:
FEATURE — MISS HONG KONG (full, 97 p): written by SCOTT BUTTON, story by SCOTT BUTTON & AGNES TONG
LOGLINE/SYNOPSIS/BREAKDOWN: Full breakdown on the day, prelim below –
LEAD: 1 Role (Female) Chinese[HK] Cdn, late 20s – 30s
SUPPORTING LEAD: 2 Roles (1 Female, 1 Male) 1 Female Chinese[HK] Cdn 30s / 1 Male Open Ethnicity late 20s – 30s
SUPPORTING: 3 Roles (3 Female) 1 Female Caucasian late 20s – 30s / 1 Female Any Asian early-mid 20s / 1 Female Open Ethnicity 20s – 30s
LARGE PRINCIPAL: 2 Roles (2 Male) 1 Male Open Ethnicity 30s – early40s / 1 Male Chinese Cdn 40s – 50s
PRINCIPAL: 9 Roles (5 Female/4 Male, East Asian [some Chinese Mandarin dialogue]/Caucasian/Open Ethnicity, age range 20s – 60s)
ACTOR: 9+ Roles (At least 5 Female/at least 4 Male, Japanese/Open Ethnicity, age range 20s – 60s)
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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.
Scripting Aloud soft-launches with a special staged reading event Saturday May 12, for explorASIAN 2018.
Diverse scripts by diverse writers — for our diverse community, and a borderless audience. If this is your reality (or you want it to be), this event is for you!
STAGED READING OF 5 ORIGINAL CANADIAN SCRIPTS. Writers and producers in attendance. Reader casting on the day. FREE event.
ACTORS/WRITERS: Casting for readers at 3:30 pm, performers please arrive for then and bring headshot/resume (returned at end of event) if you’d like to be considered.
EVERYBODY ELSE: Doors at 3:30 pm, event start at 4:00 pm
SCRIPTS ON THE TABLE:
SHORTS:
—- HOME IS WHERE WE ARE (full, 11 p): LOUISA PHUNG
—- BOLLYWOOD COP (excerpt, 20 p): CHARLES SINGH, GRACE CHIN
BREAKDOWNS – POSTED SOON!
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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 original “reading diversity” public staged script reading and workshopping platform — returns. Our regular season begins with monthly public reading events fall 2018 and runs through spring 2019.
Be very merry! Come on down to The New Oxford in Yaletown to celebrate the holidays, and our awesome creative community, with us!
Scripting Aloud soft-launches with a special staged reading event Saturday May 12, for explorASIAN 2018.