casting National/Regional • Company: USC School of Cinematic
‘Phantom of the Opera’
• Shoots Sept. or 12, Sept. 18-19, Sept.
dent film with a horror twist on the classic tale. Set in Los Angeles in the late 1940s, at a modern opera company.
Arts. Staff: Kendall Huff, prod.; Lindsay Wolf, prod.; Ellery Marshall, dir. 25-26, and Oct. 2-3 in the Los Angeles, CA area.
• Seeking—Clementine: female, 18-23,
all ethnicities, (17) magnetic, Miss Center Stage, a talented actress and she knows it; she’s the most supportive and affectionate friend to Ava... when she remembers she should be; going into her senior year, she’s ready to just grow up and join the big leagues in Hollywood, causing her to forget this year could be her last with her best friend; it’s spun in her head that to be successful in Hollywood, she has to be willing to leave her small world; lately, though, she’s struggling to ignore the guilt she feels about leaving her best friend in the dust. Ava: female, 18-23, all ethnicities, (17) free spirit, garage rocker, impressive air guitarist; she doesn’t like to take herself too seriously and is always lightening the mood with a joke; while she’s Clementine’s #1 fan and is not one to brag about her own musical talents, Ava secretly wishes Clementine recognized that she isn’t the only one with a bright future; the more Clementine pulls away from her, the more alone and anxious Ava feels, knowing she has no real plan for the future. • Seeking submissions from CA. • Apply on Backstage.com. • USC SAG-Agreement: allowed to work
for USC students under SAG contract. No payment will be received.
‘Out Like a Light’
• Casting “Out Like a Light,” an AFI visual
essay. This film is a noir/sci-fi/horror about a young woman entranced by a mysterious light while alone in her room at night. • Company: American Film Institute
Conservatory. Staff: Morgen Whiteman, dir.; William Serri, prod.; Olivia Kimmel, cinematographer.
• Shoots Sept. 12 in North Hollywood, CA. • Seeking—Lily: female, 20-27, all eth-
nicities, the young woman entranced by the light. No dialogue. • Seeking submissions from CA. • Send submissions to mwhiteman@afi.
edu.
• No pay. Meals and compensation for
mileage provided. SAG-AFTRA Student Film Agreement.
‘Paper Airplanes’
• Casting “Paper Airplanes,” an AFI visual
essay.
• Company: AFI. • Rehearses Aug. 29; shoots Sept. 9. • Seeking—Child: all genders, 5-12, all
ethnicities, send headshots and any video materials if possible. Looking to find a child who is young and full of wonder but able to communicate loss and maturity. If possible, also looking to work with the parent. • Seeking submissions from CA. • Apply on Backstage.com • Looking to cast a parent-child combo if
possible. Auditions will be held between Aug. 23-29 over Zoom. • Meals, copy, and credit provided.
BACKSTAGE 08.26.21
• Casting “Phantom of the Opera,” a stu-
• Company: University of Southern
California. Staff: Vivian Ip, student.
• Online and in-person rehearsals; shoots
in October, possibly into November, in L.A.
Online Commercials & Promos
Theme Parks & Attractions
Carl’s Jr. and Hardee’s International Campaign
• Seeking submissions for scare actors
• Casting international promotional/
for Universal Studios Hollywood’s Halloween Horror Nights 2021.
• Company: CKE Restaurants Holdings,
Halloween Horror Nights performance dates: Sept. 7, Sept. 9-12, Sept. 15-19, Sept. 22-26, Sept. 29-Oct. 3, Oct. 6-10, Oct. 13-17, Oct. 20-24, and Oct. 26-31.
commercial campaign for Carl’s Jr. and Hardee’s international locations. Seeking eight-10 male/female talent, all ethnicities, 18-34 years old. Production to take place in Orange County CA.
• Seeking—Dancer: all genders, 18-50,
all ethnicities, any ethnicity, all genders. Seeking dancers for scenes in the “play within the film” of an adaptation of “Phantom of the Opera.” Scenes will range from townspeople dancing to writhing demons to more classical ballet. Style will be rooted in ballet but use some contemporary and mid-20th-century modern vocab (Martha Graham meets Agnes de Mille). Send self tapes of either performance or class video, a basic across the floor grand allegro combination or 16-32 bars of lyrical ballet turns, port d’bras, leaps.
Inc. & Hey Guy Media. Staff: Cameron Penn, prod.; Sarah Gehri, CKE international marketing dir.; Megan Love, CKE international marketing manager. • Shoots Oct. 18-19, 2021 in Orange
County, CA.
• Seeking—Millennial / Gen Z: all gen-
ders, 18-34, all ethnicities.
• Seeking submissions from CA. • Apply on Backstage.com. • Production will ask you to consume food
• Seeking submissions from CA. • Apply on Backstage.com. • In your cover letter, note your availabil-
and/or drink on-camera and products may not be gluten-free, vegetarian, vegan or dairy-free. Consider any food allergies or concerns prior to submitting. Contacting production or CKE directly will automatically eliminate you from consideration. Backstage or agency submissions only. Final selections and offers to be made by mid-September 2021.
ity for the entire month of October and first week of November. Include selftape with submission. Perform the specified actions for the role. • Copy, credit, and meal provided. SAG
student waiver.
‘The Silent Water’
• Production states: “$550/daily rate
(+10% for agency clients). 10-hour day, excluding travel to/from set and meal breaks. Production will provide on-set meals, craft service, parking and some wardrobe. All talent to receive digital copies of all content. Note: rate includes 3-year global buyout (from first use) of all media, include promotional, outdoor, trade, internal, corporate, social and digital (paid and unpaid). Rate is non-negotiable.”
• Casting “The Silent Water,” a student
film produced by Loyola Marymount University. Project length: 8-10 min. Logline: Coming to a therapy session, a woman believes in her delusion that her dead husband talked to her through a fish. Tone: Fantasy, Romance. • Company: Loyola Marymount
University. Staff: Y. Gong, dir.-casting. • Rehearses TBD; shoots Sept. 18-19 in
Los Angeles, CA.
Digital Project, Los Angeles Talent Currently Wearing Braces
• Seeking—Alison: female, 20-30, all
ethnicities, a baker. She doesn’t have large ambitions, and all she wants is to enjoy life with her friends and family. Jeff is not only her husband but also her best friend forever. She depends on his companionship a lot, especially after her mom passes away. Diana: female, 30-40, all ethnicities, Diana is a psychiatrist. She looks quiet and understanding. Her job is to evaluate if patients are suffering from mental disease, but she also tries to understand them and help them go through all the pain. Gretchen: female, 20-30, all ethnicities, Gretchen is Alison’s friend. Compare to Alison, she is the more rational one. She takes care of Alison when she immerses in the grief and tries to help her go through the trauma. Jeff: male, 20-30, all ethnicities, Alison’s husband. They have known each other since college and have experienced so many things together. He understands her insecurity and always supports Alison with his accompany and love.
• Seeking Los Angeles talent currently
wearing braces for digital project. This is an in studio project for a teeth straightening company. Talent will be showing unhappily eating certain kinds of foods like soups, meatballs, beans, pasta Action idea: could have talent playing around with the plate of food in a dissatisfied way. • Company: TubeScience. Staff: Sarah
Furlong, coord.
• Shoots Sept. 15 in downtown LA. • Seeking—Talent With Braces for Teeth
Straightening Project: all genders, 18-35, to do the following: Shots of someone unhappily eating certain kinds of foods like soups, meatballs, beans, pasta. Action idea: could have talent playing around with the plate of food in a dissatisfied way. • Seeking submissions from CA. • Send submissions to casting@tube-
science.com.
• $250 all media buyout.
• Seeking submissions from CA. • Send submissions to ygong@lion.lmu.
VISIT BACKSTAGE.COM/CASTING for full character breakdowns, script sides, and more casting notices
edu.
• Day rate and meals. (Lead $50/day,
Support $30/day)
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Halloween Horror Nights 2021, Scareactor Application
• Company: Universal Studios Hollywood. • Rehearsals slated for end of August;
• Seeking—Scareactor: all genders, 18+,
all ethnicities, performers who meet the following requirements: 6’1”+.Also seeking 5’6”-5’10” who can portray the following characters: The Bride of Frankenstein from the 1935 Universal film; Poppy Hill from the 2018 Netflix series “The Haunting of Hill House;” and Olivia Crain from the 2018 Netflix series “The Haunting of Hill House.”
• Seeking submissions from CA. • For consideration, visit bit.ly/2021HHN. • All performers hired for the positions
will be covered under the terms and conditions of a collective bargaining agreement with the American Guild of Variety Artists (AGVA).
National/ Regional Plays ‘A Christmas Carol’
• Casting Equity actors for roles in “A
Christmas Carol.”
• Company: Repertory Theatre of St
Louis. Staff: Hana Sharif, artistic dir.dir.; Charles Dickens, writer; Michael Wilson, adapted by; Harriet Bass and Gama Valle (Bass/Valle Casting, casting dirs. • Rehearsals begin Nov. 2, 2021; runs
Dec. 3-23 in St. Louis, MO. Note: All performers must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 as defined by the CDC (i.e., more than 14 calendar days following receipt of a final dose of an FDA or World Health Organization authorized or approved vaccine) by Nov. 2. Any actor requiring a medical or religious exemption must provide written documentation for the exemption during the hiring process. • Seeking—Scrooge: male, 50-69, all
ethnicities, he/him, a person of color. The miserly, grumpy owner of Scrooge and Marley’s, an accounting office. He is both quirky and dangerous. Should have a sense of humor. Note: The role might require flying. This is negotiable. Bob Cratchit: male, 30-49, all ethnicities, he/him, a person of color. Hardworking, ind-hearted clerk to Scrooge. Cratchit struggles to keep his family afloat financially, but always maintains an optimistic disposition. He is a good person who values love and backstage.com
