Watch the December 2016 Winning First Scene Screenplay Table Reading.

Watch GIVE ME A REASON:

CAST LIST:

NARRATOR – Matthew Di Leo
ANDY- Kerrie Lamb
JEANMARIE – Val Cole
DR. TREMMEL – Leo Choy
REAGAN – Minh Le
PATIENT – Angelica Alejandro

Get to know writer Theresa Drew:

1. What is your screenplay about?

Give Me a Reason is a dark comedy about two of the funniest subjects: suicide and cancer. Hilarious, I know.

Goodhearted but facetious, Andy, has decided to kill herself, but first she gives the universe a deadline to grant her some kind of cosmic reprieve. The universe answers and tells her she has cancer. She takes the hint. But instead of killing herself, she decides to stick around a little longer and cross a few things off her bucket list, like becoming a pro wrestler and finding a Unicorn. She does this while allowing the…