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84.4

#22 highest-rated
Everett Bailey
Male Adult (30-45)

Everett is a large man, standing at about 6'5", with long, scraggly brown hair and always has a five o'clock shadow. He spent a decade in the Army and has done a few tours in the middle east. He is highly skilled, keeps his strong physique well maintained, has a snarky sense of humor, makes jokes out of things that are serious, and has a habit of sabotaging his civilian jobs because he secretly misses the Army despite his intense PTSD.

Everett has a beautiful wife and two kids, a nice modern home, a great job, and a lot to lose.

3 pages • With Reader • Written By Douglas Smith
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84.1

#25 highest-rated
Ruby Riener
Female Senior Adult (70+)

You know the saying, "never judge a book by it's cover"? Well it's for people like Ruby Riener that it was coined. She is sugar and spice, and everything nice... or so she'd have you believe. Under her cavity-inducing sweetness lies a cunning wolf. She wears "little old lady" like crocheted camouflage to get away with murder... literally. She's unscrupulous, smart as a whip, and she'll use that whip without hesitation, should you dare to cross her. It's Granny's way, or the highway.

2 pages • Written By Kari Fabian
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84.0

#27 highest-rated
Maddie Popular
Female Young Adult (20-29)

Maddie, 20's, photographer, amateur super-sleuth, eager to help her brother solve a crime.

2 pages • With Reader • Written By Molly Morey
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74.9

#50 highest-rated
Jared Jacobs
Male Young Adult (20-29)

Jared (15-24) A Heartthrob, a loner--a trainwreck.

3 pages • With Reader • Written By Kirstin Leigh
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72.7

#56 highest-rated
Rachel
Female Young Adult (20-29)

Pastor's wife. She married into a mega-church family where her father-in-law is the head pastor and her husband is his son who is being groomed to take over. She is a stay at home mom with one infant baby. She struggles with post-partem depression and the loneliness that comes from being a stay at home mom.

3 pages • With Reader • Written By Alan Tregoning
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68.1

#68 highest-rated
Clara
Female Child (5-10)

Clara is a young girl who is the voice of reason to her slightly younger brother, Henry who has an active imagination. She tries to be a calming influence on him.

3 pages • With Reader • Written By Michael Byrd
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Mike
Male Young Adult (20-29)

Mike (20) is the older and favored son of Frank, but due to his "quick to act" nature, he's been labeled an idiot by his father all his life. It’s a dynamic he uses to control his two sons by making Mike feel like an idiot and Ralf like a coward.

1 page • With Reader • Written By Emily Giuffré
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Score Pending
Keith
Male Teenager (14-19)

Keith is a fierce and complicated 18 year-old kid from a broken family. And he may have just stolen his older brother's car.

Evelyn is a no-nonsense but cynical young woman who lives on her own. And she may have a pure heart beneath her sharp exterior.

This scene may be read for either Keith or Evelyn.

3 pages • With Reader • Written By D.B. Hansen
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