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Michael Parsons
Austin, United States
Michael is an award-winning playwright who is making the transition over to screens big and small. The only two-time winner of the Rosa Parks Award in Kennedy Center history (for SUMNER FALLS and HOMELAND), Michael has also won the Kennedy Center’s John Cauble Award for the nation’s top collegiate one-act play, for THE LIGHTHOUSE. Now he is taking his stories to the cinematic mediums. Currently working without representation, Michael creates feature films, short films, treatments and teleplays. He lives with his wife and two children in Austin, Texas.
Scripts By Michael
Harbor Lights
A man and a woman meet in a coffee shop to hold vigil over the affair their spouses are having - just across the street. But which is the greater affair?
Short Drama, Romance For sale 8pp
2 readers love this script
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An Eclipse at Midnight
Paris, 1936: A wholesome American movie star meets a handsome English prince. Can their chaperones keep them from creating a devastating scandal?
Short Comedy For sale 8pp
1 reader loves this script
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The Virgin King
A high school wrestler, obsessed with winning a state title, must race against time to save his best friend—and potential lover—from self-destruction, only to realize he’s already too late.
Short Drama For sale 15pp
White Feather
Fleeing an abusive engagement, a runaway bride hides in a decaying manor on the moors—only to confront the ghosts of her past and herself.
Short Thriller For sale 8pp
The Contract
When a Russian mobster orders his murder, a private investigator launches a desperate gambit to bring back a missing girl, and save his own life from the assassin chasing him.
Short Action, Adventure For sale 14pp
Sumner Falls
In the sleepy Cape Cod town of Sumner, Massachusetts, one police deputy struggles to find the key to a girl's disappearance - and then the weird shit happens.
TV Pilot Crime, Drama, Family, Thriller For sale 60pp
1 reader loves this script
Daughter
When Regina reels from Zelena’s shocking pregnancy revelation, Emma and Lily confront the scars of their past. In the Enchanted Forest, Prince Charming encounters a girl who may help him save his unborn child.
Episode Fantasy Example of work only 59pp