casting National/Regional
Online Commercials & Promos Mom & Son Safety Product Commercial
Nigerian student in love with Beneatha. Asagai is very proud of his African heritage and when he proposes marriage to Beneatha he hopes she will return to Nigeria with him. George Murchison: male, 25-35, a wealthy Black man who courts Beneatha; the Youngers approve of George, but Beneatha dislikes his willingness to submit to white culture and forget his African heritage. He challenges the thoughts and feelings of others through his arrogance and love of spirited debate. Mr. Karl Lindner: 35-50, White / European Descent, Mr. Lindner arrives at the Youngers’ apartment from the Clybourne Park Improvement Association; he offers the Youngers a deal to reconsider moving into his (all-white) neighborhood. Bobo: male, 30-40, one of Walter’s business partners in his plan to open a liquor store.
• Animated short film - possible festivals
and TV use.
National/ Regional
• Casting an actress to play a mom in a
safety product commercial.
• Company: Gro Creative Group. Staff:
Scott Kelley, dir.
• Shoots in the Hollywood/West
Hollywood, L.A. area.
• Seeking—The Mom: female, 35-45,
White / European Descent, speaking role. Tells the customer about the dirt and bacteria that tracks through the home on a daily bases. She is then shown displaying the product while talking about how she can rest easy knowing that her family is safe. • Seeking submissions from CA. • Apply on Backstage.com. • Pay provided.
Phone Case & Accessories Promo Video
• Casting an online commercial/promo
for a phone case and accessories.
• Company: BTS TV Media. Staff: M.
Duclos, coord.
• Shoots June 26 in San Diego, CA. • Seeking—Antonia: female, 20-35, hip
and artistic. She likes to hang out in coffee shops and the Blick Art Materials store. Went to school for fine arts and minored in environmental design. She expresses her sustainable side through a 3D art series of “everyday-use objects” sculpted from all recycled materials. Her outfits are tastefully hip. Color choices are expressive and earthy. She would wear overalls or some sort of colored corduroy with New Balances or eco-friendly canvas shoes. • Seeking submissions from CA. • Send submissions to admin@btstvme-
dia.com.
• Include your availability and sample(s)
of work in your submission.
• Potential to continue as this character
in a series as decided by the client.
Film & Documentary Voiceover ‘The Orphan And The Amautalik’
• Casting voice actors for “The Orphan
And The Amautalik,” an animated short film based on Inuit oral history. • Company: Taqqut Productions. Staff:
Melody McMullan, office manager.
• Recording at home using own equip-
ment, submitting with approx. one week turnaround.
• Seeking—Orphan: 8-14, age 8 to 11;
male; timid but friendly. Boy: 8-14, age 8 to 11; male; mean. • Seeking submissions from CA. • Send submissions to casting@taqqut.
com.
BACKSTAGE 06.17.21
Plays ‘A Raisin in the Sun’
• Seeking video submissions from local
Equity actors for roles in “A Raisin in the Sun.” This production is the final production of WTT’s 25th Season and is dedicated in memory of Phyllis Cicero. Lorraine Hansberry’s TONY Awardwinning drama tells the story of the Youngers, a black family living in Chicago in the 1950s, whose yearning for a piece of the American Dream includes moving to a modest home in a majority white community.
• Seeking submissions from TX. • For consideration, post your audition
video to YouTube/Vimeo/Dropbox and then visit https://airtable.com/shrHX9nNOufRaX7vg to submit your information, headshot, resume & link to your audition for the Creative Team to review. For the video: Access sides for the role(s) you are interested in at www. dropbox.com/sh/vk9a0tfvd8brpbk/ AABK _7Cinh7poRBqc9XzfU7Ra?dl=0. For roles with multiple sides provided, select 1-2 for your audition. If you don’t have someone to read with you, perform only your character’s lines with pauses between. Submissions deadline is June 18.
• Company: WaterTower Theatre. Staff:
Shane Peterman, prod. artistic dir.; Elizabeth Kensek, assoc. prod.; Natalie King, dir.; Liz Mikel, assist. dir.; Lorraine Hansberry, writer. • Rehearses Aug. 9-31; runs Sept. 1-12
(Weds.-Sun.) in Addison, TX. Note: This production will be presented with very limited audience on The Terry Martin Main Stage. Must be willing to follow strict safety standards and agree to COVID testing which will be paid for by WTT. All cast, crew & production team must show proof of COVID-19 vaccination (including the 14 day period following) before attending rehearsals.
• In-person callbacks will be held June
26-27 per Equity safety guidance.
• Equity’s contracts prohibit discrimina-
tion. Equity is committed to diversity and encourages all its employers to engage in a policy of equal employment opportunity designed to promote a positive model of inclusion. As such, Equity encourages performers of all ethnicities, gender identities, and ages, as well as performers with disabilities, to submit.
• Seeking—Walter Lee Younger: male,
30-40, Black / African Descent, discontented with his status in life as a Black man in America, he is a dreamer, whose big plans and schemes are fueled by his aspirations and ambitions to become something in the world and make a better life for his family. Beneatha Younger (‘Bennie’): female, 19-25, Lena’s daughter and Walter’s sister; Beneatha is an intellectual; twenty years old, she attends college and is better educated than the rest of the Younger family. She dreams of being a doctor and struggles to determine her identity. Lena Younger (‘Mama’): female, 55-65, Walter and Beneatha’s mother; the matriarch of the family, Mama is religious, moral, and maternal; she wants to use her husband’s insurance money as a down payment on a house with a backyard to fulfill her lifelong dream for her family. Ruth Younger: female, 29-37, Walter’s wife and Travis’s mother; Ruth takes care of the Youngers’ small apartment; her 11-year marriage to Walter has problems, but she hopes to rekindle their love. She is about thirty, but her weariness makes her seem older. She is an emotionally strong woman and her almost pessimistic pragmatism helps her to survive. Travis Younger: male, 9-12, Walter and Ruth’s son. Travis earns some money by carrying grocery bags and likes to play outside with other neighborhood children. Joseph Asagai: male, 20-28, a
• Equity SPT Contract; salary TBD pend-
ing approval.
Greater Boston Stage Company 2021-22 Season
• Seeking video submissions from Equity
actors for roles in 2021-22 Season. Season includes “The 39 Steps” (Patrick Barlow, adaptation; John Buchan, novel as source material; Ilyse Robbins, dir. Rehearsals begin Aug. 31; runs Sept. 24-Oct. 10); “All is Calm: The Christmas Truce of 1914” (Peter Rothstein, writer; Erick Lichte & Timothy C. Takach, musical arrangements. Rehearsals begin Nov. 2; runs Nov. 26-Dec. 23); “Incident at Our Lady of Perpetual Help” (Katie Forgette, writer. Rehearsals begin Feb. 15, 2022; runs Mar. 3-20); “Miss Holmes Returns” (Christopher Walsh, writer; Weylin Symes, dir. Rehearsals begin Apr. 5, 2022; runs Apr. 21-May 8); and a Show TBA (Rehearsals begint May 31, 2022; runs June 9-26, 2022). • Company: Greater Boston Stage
Company. Staff: Weylin Symes, prod. artistic dir.; Ilyse Robbins, assoc. artistic dir. • Rehearses and performs in Stoneham,
MA.
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• Seeking—Equity Actors: 18+. • Seeking submissions from MA. • Send submissions to auditions@great-
erbostonstage.org.
• For consideration, submit your video
with an attached digital headshot and resume to auditions@greaterbostonstage.org. Submissions deadline is June 18. • Preparation Instructions: All audition-
ers are asked to state their name and what they will perform and if they are interested in a particular show or role at start of video. Non-musical auditioners: actors may choose to perform one or more monologues of their choice, read one or more scenes from the season’s plays, or a combination of scene(s) and monologues(s) within the confines of the time allotted (5 minute maximum). Actors auditioning for “All is Calm”: Audition with a cappella song (preferably classic Christmas Carol). In addition, actors may choose to perform one or more monologues of their choice, read one or more scenes from the season’s plays, or a combination of song(s), scene(s) and monologues(s) within the confines of the time allotted (5 minute maximum). • GBSC encourages participation by per-
formers of all races and ethnicities.
• Equity’s contracts prohibit discrimina-
tion. Equity is committed to diversity and encourages all its employers to engage in a policy of equal employment opportunity designed to promote a positive model of inclusion. As such, Equity encourages performers of all ethnicities, gender identities, and ages, as well as performers with disabilities, to submit. • Pays $546/wk. Equity NEAT Contract.
‘Hurricane Diane’
• Casting Equity actors for roles in
“Hurricane Diane.”
• Company: Huntington Theatre
Company. Staff: Madeleine George, playwright; Jenny Koons, dir.; Alaine Alldaffer and Lisa Donadio, casting dirs. • Rehearsals begin July 27, 2021; tech
begins Aug. 21; runs Aug. 17-Sept. 26 in Boston, MA.
• Seeking—Diane: 30-49, all ethnicities.
Carol Fleischer: 18+, White / European Descent. Pam Annunziata: 40-49, White / European Descent. Renee Shapiro-Epps: 40-49, Asian, Black / African Descent, Ethnically Ambiguous / Multiracial, Indigenous Peoples, Latino / Hispanic, Middle Eastern, South Asian / Indian, Southeast Asian / Pacific Islander. Beth Wann: 30-39, White / European Descent.
• Seeking submissions from MA. • For consideration, submit headshot and
resume to alldaffercasting@gmail.com. Submissions deadline is June 21. • Director’s Note: Our process will
include daily group warm-ups and generative world/character building exercises. All performers will share leadership of exercises and contribute to an ensemble based practice rooted in play, with emphasis on physicality and generative movement. It may or may not include: dancing to Rihanna, creating silent sketches of how characters clean their kitchens, choreographing comedic bits with household backstage.com
