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These scripts utilise a conventional screenplay format. Legal stuff aside: go for it! Make bold choices! Pull ’em apart and give ’em a go! Practice Screen Scripts for Actors Additionally, no learning institutions may use these materials in classes, for showreel/demo reel filming or any context wherein participants pay for their use (except for the good folk here at StageMilk).

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(If you’re feeling brave, you can tag me via so I can see what you do with it!) None of these scenes are to be recorded, filmed, staged, re-written, developed or adapted for professional purposes. All I ask is that you credit my work-especially if you post it on social media.

I hereby give my permission for you to use the scenes on this page for personal practice, as well as showreels and auditions. Hello! My name is Alexander Lee-Rekers I’m a professional playwright and screenwriter. Did you use a great scene by a playwright for that audition you nailed? Consider buying some of their work online! Do you have a favourite book of monologues or scenes you swear by for auditions? Get it as a gift for an actor friend! Our best advice is to pay it forward when you can. In the future, have a think about where your scripts come from, and find ways to support and respect the artists who write them. However, as the scenes are generally not being used for direct financial gain, there is a bit of legal wiggle room when it comes to using this material. It requires a lot of time, a lot of training and very few writers are willing to give their hard work away for free! Practice scenes for use in an educational context, showcase, for a showreel or an audition are still technically covered by copyright laws-you should really be paying for them, or at least seeking the permission to use them. Copyright-Free Scriptsįinding truly copyright-free material can be difficult, and the reason for this is fairly simple: writing is tough. We’ve broken down our collection into practice scripts for screen, practice scripts for theatre, and A/B scenes more useful in an educational context. These scripts have been developed here at StageMilk and are designed to give you material you can use when practicing scenes with your fellow actors, or as material for a showreel or demo reel.

Priscilla and Doug are on the run for their life, trying to make it to France before it’s too late.This page contains a selection of practice scripts for actors. “YOU REALLY THINK WE GONNA MAKE IT TO FRANCE?” from Single Happy Moment (drama) Johan arrives at his parent’s home to visit them and come out for the first time but learns that his father is ill, stopping him in his tracks. “I TOLD YOU TO LEAVE” from Even the Color Blue (drama/family drama) Max is a down on his luck indie filmmaker who is at the local dive bar with his friend trying to figure out a way forward in his life. “HAVE YOU WRITTEN ANYTHING ELSE?” from Fishin’ for Misery (dark humor) Ronon and Paggie ready themselves to attend another event they’ve been invited to but Ronon doesn’t want to go. “I GAVE YOU WHAT I PROMISED” from Night of the Party (dark Humor) “WE’VE TRIED EVERYTHING HAVEN’T WE?” from A Shade or Two Darker (drama/period drama)Ī great divide has taken place between Lion and his parents over the color of his skin, money and his chosen career path. “I’LL MEET YOU HALFWAY” from Henry’s Done Enough (comedy)ĭono doesn’t want to see Vance’s creepy gargoyle statues all over their apartment. Lucia and Arnold are on their first date and everything is going amazing but then things get strange when Arnold admits to Lucia that he’s from another time period in history. “WHAT DO YOU DO FOR A LIVING?” from Over the Moon (romantic comedy) “YOU HAVEN’T CHANGED ONE BIT” from Scratching the Surface (drama)Īfter years of not seeing one another Ouzo visits his ex-girlfriend Ellen’s art gallery and throughout the night the two embark on catching up and making new realizations together. Locating his father after not seeing him for over fifteen years, Rob confronts him with questions he demands to understand in the face of having lost his mother recently. “HOW DID YOU FIND ME?” from Checking In (drama) Ginger aims to runaway from home during the middle of the night but her mother Diane catches her before she makes her exit.

“AT LEAST I WON’T DIE ALONE” from Don’t Leave Me Without Muffin (drama) 10 Practice Scripts for Actors may be used for auditions, workshops, demo reel videos or scene work in drama class.