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Equity encourages performers of all ethnicities, gender identities, and ages, as well as performers with disabilities, to submit.
• Pays $523/wk. Equity SPT 6 Contract.
Utah Shakespeare Festival 2022 Season
• Seeking video submissions from Equity
actors for Utah Shakespeare Festival’s 2022 Season. Season includes “All’s Well That Ends Well” (Melinda Pfundstein, dir. Runs May 10-Sept. 8, 2022); “King Lear” (Vincent Cardinal, dir. Runs May 9-Sept. 10, 2022); “Sweeney Todd” (Brad Carroll, dir.; Jeremy Mann, music dir. Runs May 9-Sept. 9, 2022); “The Sound of Music” (Keenon Hooks, dir.-choreo.; Alan Patrick Kenny, music dir. Runs May 10-Oct. 8, 2022); “Trouble in Mind” (Melissa Maxwell, dir. Runs May 9-Sept. 9, 2022); “Clue” (Hunter Foster, dir. May 9-Oct. 8, 2022); “The Tempest” (Cameron Knight, dir. Runs June 7-Oct. 8, 2022) and “Thurgood” (Delicia Turner Sonnenberg, dir. Contract dates Aug. 25-Oct. 8, 2021).
• Company: Utah Shakespeare Festival.
Staff: Brian Vaughn, artistic dir.; Derek Livingston and Tanya J. Searle, artistic associates.
• Rehearses and performs in Cedar City,
UT.
• Seeking—Equity Actors: 18+, all
ethnicities.
• Seeking submissions from UT. • For consideration, use this link https://
airtable.com/shr3jvUtl4iKvGinO to complete the application form and to upload your video link (YouTube or Vimeo are preferred), your headshot, and your resume. Ensure that your union or non-union status is clearly designated within the context of your resumé. Do not send a cover letter or any supplemental materials, such as additional photos or reels. Submissions deadline is Nov. 15, 2021. See additional materials for self-tape instructions.
• Note: Individuals will be contacted
directly via email regarding callbacks, which will also be held via video submission. There are understudy roles available.
• For questions, email casting@bard.org.
For more info, visit www.bard.org.
• 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 $1,008/wk. (LORT B through Sept.
10 or Oct. 8) or $739/wk. (LORT D; June 7-Oct. 8). Equity Special Agreement LORT B & D Contracts.
• Seeking video submissions from Equity
actors for roles in “What to Send up When it All Goes Down.” Congo Square seeks to collaborate with multihyphenated artists. Experience in movement, musical ability (singing or playing instruments) is a plus but not necessary. The goal of this production is to mourn, heal & celebrate the many lives stolen from us by the injustice of racialized violence. It’s going down. Come send it up with us..
• Company: Congo Square Theatre Co.
Staff: Ericka Ratcliff & Daniel Bryant, co.dirs.
• Rehearses Feb. 28-Mar. 20 (daytime);
tech/previews run Mar. 22-30; runs Mar. 31-May 8 in Chicago, IL.
• Seeking—Equity Actors: 18+, two
understudies will be cast. The ensemble plays multiple roles. Casting tracks 1-7.
• Seeking submissions from IL. • For consideration, prepare one scene &
monologue of your choice to submit from the sides at https://docs.google. com/document/d/1yhJ-mBPcV93QCS- GundrcJhbcbM1l9dL4Jdo9bHQHYQ/ edit?usp=sharing . If a reader is not accessible to you, you may choose to only do a monologue. Submit your audition at via https:// congosquaretheatre.wufoo.com/forms/ what-to-send-up-audition-submission/ Submissions deadline is Nov. 3.
• Equity’s contracts prohibit
discrimination. 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 $330/wk. Equity CAT (Tier II)
Contract.
Feature Films
‘Penitentia,’ Shelly
• Casting the role of Shelly in
“Penitentia.” Synopsis: Alejandro ‘Ale’ Villacano is a young associate lawyer who has landed a job at the prestigious law firm, Keefe Briar. He is an unlikely pick for the firm. Even though he was top of his class, he is a former convict and an acquitted felon. Intent on forgetting his past and forging a new identity, Ale dedicates himself to being the top associate at the firm. Thus, he is reluctant to help an old friend. Only at the prodding of his mentor does Ale take the pro bono case. For him, it’s filing a few grievances against a local prison and then back to his new life. But for his client, it’s a matter of life and death. No matter how much Ale tries to resist, the pull to do the right thing, to fight the good fight is too strong. Ensnared now in a case of corruption, power and abuse, Ale must decide what kind of lawyer he is really meant to be.
• Company: Mercury Films. Staff: Chris
Lawing, writer-dir.; Natasha CoppolaShalom, casting dir.
• Shoots in January in St. Louis, MO and
Wichita, KS.
• Seeking—Shelly: female, 40-49, White
/ European Descent, private investigator/process server former police officer; short and stocky with big glasses and a mullet.
• Seeking submissions nationwide. • Apply on Backstage.com • Pays $206/day. SAG-AFTRA ULB Film
Agreement.
• Casting four leads in “Spirit
Halloween.” Storyline: When a pop-up Halloween Store opens in a deserted strip mall, three middle school friends, Jake, Carson and Bo decide to spend Halloween night locked inside. But when an evil spirit targets the kids, along with Carson’s older sister Kate -- the object of Jake’s longtime crush -- they are stalked by horrible animatronic creatures come to life, turning their night of fun into a wacky night of survival that leverages their combined ingenuity and tests their friendship to the max. Unless they can defeat the spirit trapped inside before midnight, it will possess one of them for all eternity...
• Company: Hideout Pictures. Staff:
Shannon Houchins, Michael Hagerty, prods.; David Poag, dir.; Billie Bates, writer; Barbara Stordahl, Angela A. Terry, casting dirs.; Jason Crow, casting assoc.
• Rehearsals tentatively begin Nov. 7 (one
week prior to shoot) for Jake, Carson, and Bo; tentatively shoots Nov. 14 (approx. 20 shoot days) in Rome, GA (near Atlanta). COVID-19 Note: Production will comply with applicable health and safety laws and regulations relating to the COVID-19 pandemic. Actors will be required to comply with Production’s then-applicable COVID-19 protocols, including any advance testing and negative test result requirements. Employment will be contingent upon receiving a negative pre-employment test result. Current protocols require testing approximately three days prior to the start of services. In addition, Production is requiring all actors who work in Zone A to be fully vaccinated as a condition of employment, subject to applicable laws and guild requirements, including reasonable accommodations as required by law. All protocols, including timing and frequency of any required testing, are subject to change.
• Seeking—Jake: male, 12, all ethnicities,
absolutely all ethnicities; intelligent, emotional, and overthinks everything. Lives for Halloween, monster movies, ghost stories, etc. Jake’s primary hang up is accepting the recent death of his father. He is a Halloween junky and a lot of those traditions are tied directly to memories with his dad, which is why he doesn’t want to give them up. Jake seems to be stuck in the past, unable to accept his new stepfather and stepsister, even though they are trying their best to bond with him as a family. Jake’s upset when his two best friends Carson and Bo tell him that they are too old to join him in trick-or-treating this year. However, the guys agree to spend Halloween night with him in a spooky Halloween pop-up store. But when the trio are stuck in the store, along with Kate—Carson’s older sister and Jake’s secret crush, they soon learn that spirits do exist, as they are stalked by an uneasy trapped spirit who needs to possess one of them by midnight in order to be free. When Kate falls prey to the spirit, Jake must conquer his greatest fear in order to rescue her from a grim fate -- but time is running out and the odds are not in his favor... LEAD. Note: This role will be needed for one week of rehearsals (Tent. Nov. 7) prior to start of shoot. Kate: female, 15-29, all ethnicities, 18+ TPY and 15-17 year olds who can work as legal adults (note this in the submission).clients can work as legal adults). Absolutely all enthnicities; lively, confident, attractive and athletic, but also pragmatic and tough, she’s the older sister of Carson, Jake’s best friend. Jake has had a crush on her for quite some time, but she is older and way out of his league. When Kate is told to bring Carson’s phone to him, she tracks her brother and his friends to the spooky old Halloween pop-up store, where horror awaits. Trapped inside with Jake and the others, she proves courageous and resourceful. Her gymnast abilities definitely come in handy (general athleticism is a plus). However, when the angry spirit possesses her body, she turns into an all-powerful sorceress on a rampage. It is only Jake who can save her -- if only he can conquer his greatest fear before the clock runs out…LEAD. Carson: male, 13, all ethnicities, absolutely all ethnicities; he scrappy one, slightly edgier and ready to grow up and be a “man.” He has a chip on his shoulder and a need to be seen as tough. Comes from a more blue-collar family, and his Dad’s not in the picture. Carson and Kate are at odds because they are brother and sister, but the fact that they have both been through some family hardship together strengthens their bond later in the story. Carson, Jake, and Bo have grown up together as close friends, but he’s the first one to understand that people change, as they get older. Much to Jake’s dismay, Carson thinks he’s too old to go trickor-treating this year. However, he does agree to join Jake and their other friend Bo in spending Halloween night in a creepy Halloween pop-up store. Once trapped inside, the three boys realize that they are being stalked by some very spooky entities -- and that unless they can figure out how to defeat their tormentors by midnight, one of them will be possessed forever by the uneasy spirit who needs a “sacrifice” in order to be free…LEAD (1) Note: This role will be needed for one week of rehearsals (Tent. Nov. 7) prior to start of shoot. Bo: male, 12, all ethnicities, absolutely all ethnicities; the innocent. A lovable nerd and science freak with a photographic memory, he prefers to keep the peace amongst his friends. Tells corny jokes. Through the course of this film he is forced to take charge and get off the sidelines to survive. He is braver than he realizes and has great protective instincts. A sweet guy, he doesn’t want to hurt Jake’s feelings, but he’s really not into trick-or-treating anymore. He’s also not into spending the night in the creepy pop-up store, but under pressure from the guys, he reluctantly agrees. Bo soon regrets that decision, as the three friends are trapped in the store and stalked by terrifying animatronic creatures come to life. However,
