Reading | 3 Movie Scripts Brought to Life

(Screen)Play Press is a New York-based company dedicated to publishing screenplays that have yet to be made into films. They believe screenplays have literary worth and do not just have to exist as blueprints for another medium, and we invite you to help us bring them to life.
Incredible readers celebrate works of cinematic comedy, psychological drama, and the surreal. The evening’s scripts include:

Numbers by Shari Berman: In a society where people have numbers instead of names, a young woman must gain the courage to go against the safety of her computerized world in order to rescue her long-lost brother and avoid losing her own humanity. Numbers is a humorous science fiction screenplay with an intricately crafted world, quirky characters and a thought provoking view of the future of civilization.

Claudine Nineteen by Paul Rachman: Claudine is an au pair in 1980s New York City, who has been stuck in her mostly no-wage job for way too long. She dreams of traveling the world and approaches everything she does on her own unique terms. Seeing no other options to realize her dream, she crafts a high-end shoplifting scheme. Suddenly, Claudine is put in charge of Henry, a shy, awkward teenage boy who suffers from extreme anxiety and fainting spells, and recruits him into her secret criminal life. The events over their weekend together give Henry the confidence he's lacking, due to his absent and controlling mother, and Claudine the empathy she needs.

The Fruit of Our Womb by Marina Shron: Christina is a love-starved teen raised by her junkie father to trade sex for love and protection. One night, she smothers him in his sleep with a pillow and embarks on a search for a new home. A twist of fate guides her to Lynn and Joe, an affluent Manhattan couple yearning to complete their family. Lynn, unable to conceive, forges an immediate bond with Christina and persuades her dutiful husband to bring the girl into their world. Christina revels in a newly found maternal love. But before long parental affection and sexual desire converge. As dreams and reality intertwine, the dynamic between the trio blossoms, but when Lynn devises a new, shrewd plan to fulfill her dream of a “perfect family,” the illusions shatter — forcing all three to reckon with the fleeting nature of unconditional love.