HIGH TNTENSTTY
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Developed/Created e Vfritten
Anqel and Mysti Cozart
.Tanuary 2049
By
SCENE 1
.ONCE UPON A TIME"
INT. CONCERT STAGE-NTGHT
Performer on stage. Girl in shadows on side of stage. Girl
answers cel-l phone. Girl leaves stage and walks back stage.
Girl wafks to dressing room door with "JAYSON STANLEY" name
on door. Girl opens door. (gasps and slams door shut)Fade
out.
Fade In. Performer finishing and walking off stage and looks
around. The Performer stops i-n half as girl tries to walk
by. (grabs girl's arm and turns girl toward him)
JAYSON STANLEY (PERFORMER)
Ava darlin' , where's the fire? (grinning)
AVA EVANS MARSHALL (qirl)
Seriously Jayson? (jerks arm away) I believe
that fire you are talking about is burning
out of control in your dressing room.You
might want to grab a bucket of ice on your
way in. (tries to walk away and is stopped)
What are you ta
damn minute! A
would be nice.
JAYSON
Wait! ! (stuttering) What?
dead? How? What happened?
you mean?
JAYSON
lkin' about? Will you wait a
recap of the last 45 minutes
AVA
A recap? (sarcastically) Fine. While you were
singing your heart out I received a phone
call from my sister, CAT. She informed me
that our falher was in a boating accident.
(pause) He is presumed DEAD! I was on my way
to wait for you in your dressing room so f
could tell you, but it was already occupied.
Tanner Marshall is
What the hell do
AVA
I/m not sure. CAT was too distraught to give
me all the details. She just needs me in
Nashville. So, I have to go. I have to be
there when they bury my father. (pauses and
wipes her cheeks from crying. Looks down at
AVA (Cont'd)
Her left hand removes the
to Jayson) . I guess only
your songs. So I won't be
an)rmore. (Turns and runs
stage door).
2.
ring and hands it
true love happens in
needing this
out of the back
JAYSON
(Standing dumbfounded and looks down at the
ring. Turns to go j-nside dressing room…
