One Set Coming Back
Dev went out for firewood almost an hour ago and the snow is getting worse. Caleb volunteers to go look for him. Tess wants to know why his boots are already wet.
Thriller Scenes and Monologues
Suspense played quietly. A dispatcher, a passenger, a night clerk, a tower. The stakes are high and the voices stay level, which is the whole exercise.
8 scripts. All free to read, print, or download as PDF.
Between Floors
Daniel is late for a client dinner when the elevator stops between floors. The delivery person stuck with him is oddly calm. Then they call him by a name he never gave them.
Pick the Gas Station
A rideshare passenger notices the car left the route the app shows three turns ago. They keep the conversation friendly with the driver while texting someone with the hand he can't see. Getting loud is not an option.
Lead Focused
Featured
Six Seconds In The Tower
Margo is training a new tower controller on a rainy evening shift. A slow aircraft on the runway and a jet on final turn a routine crossing into a conflict. When the trainee freezes, the supervisor moves to take over, and Margo has seconds to decide who talks.
Lead Focused
Featured
Stay On The Line
Sam is a 911 dispatcher on the night shift. A woman whispers that someone is inside her house, and every free unit is at a highway pileup. Sam must keep her alive by voice alone while a supervisor insists on the script.
Hook and Chain
Desmond drives a tow truck on the night shift. He is winching up an illegally parked sedan when its owners arrive in a hurry and start offering cash. Something about the car is wrong and he has to decide how far by the book he is willing to go.
Night Shift
Len has worked the register at a gas station convenience store for twenty years. At quarter to three a calm woman walks in with a young man who will not meet anyone's eye. Len has to decide what he is looking at, and what he is prepared to say about it.
Monologues
Featured
Night Desk
It is three in the morning and a caller wants to be let into the building to see his sister. Sam, the night concierge, has a procedure and intends to follow it. The trouble is that the caller knows things he should not be able to know.