January 2014 Winners

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Watch the January 2014 1st Scene Script Winners:

WHEN NIGHT TURNS TO DAY, by Amy Guggenheim

SYNOPSIS:

At war with themselves, each other, and the cruelty of the world, Toshi and May turn to Kendo to humanize and discipline their wilder impulses. Desire, emotional need, and the contradictory longings for freedom and security drive May an American woman writer, and Toshi a Japanese sword fighting teacher, into a relationship that is a labyrinth of trust, suspicion, and ultimately love ~ where courage takes surprising forms.

CAST LIST:

NARRATOR – Judy Thrush
MAY – Victoria Kucher
TOSHI – David Poon
JIN – Andy Bridge
SATO/SUZUKI – Gene Abella
AIKO – Anjelica Alejandro
YUKI – Aidan Black Allen

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THE OTHER SIDE, by Barb Markusa

SYNOPSIS:

What could possibly go wrong when four of New York City’s finest rip off a Cuban drug dealer?…