Loglines & Screenplays by Acting Coach John Pallotta

GENRES: Not selected

MY ROOMMATE and got away with it. Written by John Pallotta, A comedy about retired South Side Chicago hit man, ANGELO VETRANO who wakens one day with a dream of becoming an actor in NYC. Seeking the following: ANGELO VETRANO, Hit man turned actor, late 30’s to 40’s good fellow type,. VLADIMIR BECKETT, The roommate from hell, a recently released mental patient. He is you worst nightmare. A clinically diagnosed mental case. YOU WANT HIM DEAD!!!. THE DON, Older, adopted as a young child into an Italian mob family. He is a small and fragile man that speaks softly. He is after all THE DON the most respected man in organized crime. He answers to no one. DESTEPHANO, Bisexual hitman, ROXY POZZO, Angelo’s love interest, a beautiful and stunning woman. Strikingly beautiful. She promises him sex on the night of his first big break. She is in it for the money (can be played by a man or a woman). BRYCE FLAVOUR, Hollywood “VERY” bad actor type. Good looking, hansom. But never the less, a really, really bad actor. But millions adorn him. CHICKIE, Niece of the DON, reacts on the Don’s every wish. Beautiful, but she suffers from a darker side. ENSEMBLE WOMAN, (Thelma and Wilma or more) Beautiful woman that work for the Don. BOND GIRLS / BOND MEN (Bryce’s women and men, both in life and in death).

GENRES: Drama

Jane Ho Written by John Pallotta What image appears in your mind when you hear the word "prostitute"? Take a minute to visualize it. What does that word mean to you? Specifically what kind of person does your mind conjure up as a typical prostitute? The everyday life of prostitution is distant from most of us. And here, our imagination is a poor assistant. Negotiate a price with a stranger. Agree. Pull down one pant leg. Come and take me. Finished. Next, please. It becomes too ugly to really take it in. The imagination screeches to a halt. Jane Ho tells a different story. Streetwalkers, ladies of the night, hookers - call them what you will, the job description stays the same. But what exactly is it that these women do? And what are they really like behind the mystery of their occupation? The simple truth, of course, is that they lead domestic lives that aren't so far removed from yours or mine: it's really only what they do for a crust that sets them apart. To find out more spend an evening with four Hookers, to see what daily life is really like for a prostitute and the things they tell their pillows, that nobody should. Jane Ho is a sexy, disturbing and ultimately moving exploration of the inner workings of the life of a high priced call girl. It recently had a workshop reading at the Dramatist Guild in NYC from where it was selected by HExTC to be produced as this exciting NYC premiere at The Lion Theatre on Theatre Row. Jane Ho is based on a true story about one woman’s struggle to become the highest priced call girl. In the process of creating Jane Ho, I interviewed almost 200 call girls to write the story. Eventually I narrowed it down to a few that would tell the story of Jane Ho. Sasha, Brittney, Gina and Natalia. They became the invisible hand that wrote the story of Jane Ho. That sweet small voice to explain the themes to our audience. They gave me the [initial] characters and the form of the story. In the process I listened to their biographies, ideas, opinions, things they said casually; and the music behind their voices. I conceived of a scene and visualized it, entered into it imaginatively and used their voices as a score. Words would arise out of that music or voice. Later a story emerged when one character butted up against another. In the course of six months or so, I would go out on calls with these men and woman, learning about their world from the inside. Gathering their emotions before they got the call, when they got the call and when their business was finished. The story about a call girl turned out to be a totally different one than I had expected. While the story was being written about a prostitute, I found out that I could have been writing about any one of us.

GENRES: Not selected

MIRACLE ON MULBERRY STREET Ebenezer Scroogianno is a miserable middle aged mobster who believes that Christmas is just an excuse for people to miss work and for idle people to expect handouts. He doesn't believe in all of the good cheer and charity that the season promotes, and he makes sure everyone knows it. One night, Scroogianno is visited by the ghost of his former business associate, Jacob Marlianni -- a man who was as greedy and cold as Scroogianno is. Marlianni warns Scroogianno that if he continues to live so selfishly, he will spend eternity wearing the chains and cement shoes that his greed has built. Three ghosts visit Scrooge successively: the Ghost of Christmas Past (Roxy Brown), the Ghost of Christmas Present (Young actor), and the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come (Biker Chick). They show Scroogianno his error in valuing organized crime and money over people. Scroogianno is frightened by the bleak picture of his life and promises to change his ways. Scroogianno awakes on Christmas morning a new man. He becomes jolly and charitable, and truly turns into the man he promised the ghosts he would become. He carries the spirit of Christmas with him all the year round.

GENRES: Comedy

Love is a verb - What price wold you pay for a trip to paradise

GENRES: Drama

ELVEE TULSA (open description), a singer from New Orleans, dreams of being a star on Broadway (Singing not required, but may be later) is conned by a man, DAKOTA RAYE who promises her stardom beyond her wildest dreams in New York City and the lights of Broadway. Instead of bringing her to the lights of Broadway, he takes her to the streets of Palisades New Jersey. He strips her or everything she was and leads her into a life of drugs, stripping and prostitution.