California casting
shaven or willing to shave. Pays $210/12. Warning: This episode has implied violence. Note: Must be fully vaccinated. Jacob: male, 18-22, White / European Descent, a bit of a mystery. He’s a dutiful son, admiring baby brother. He’s got a deep southern respect for tradition, but he’s resolute in his brother’s innocence and feels slighted by the world for the injustice his family has endured. LEAD.Physical Description: Shorter stocky build, buzzed brown hair (or willing to buzz hair), must be clean shaven or willing to shave. Pays $210/day. Warning: This episode has implied violence. Note: Must be fully vaccinated. Jim: male, 20-30, White / European Descent, tall, a bit nerdy – and very smart. He’s a computer programmer and workaholic. He’s always looked up to his big sister Cameron and has fond memories of her caring for him and his brothers. His sister’s death left him numb for decades. LEAD.Physical Description: short/medium dirty blonde hair, tall lanky build, must be clean shaven or willing to shave. Pays $210/day. Warning: This episode has implied violence. Note: Must be fully vaccinated. • Seeking submissions from NY and NJ. • Send submissions to tinarmmcasting@
gmail.com.
• Pay provided.
Multimedia ‘BuzzFeed Unsolved’ - Lorena Bobbitt | Revenge, Host • Seeking a Latinx woman to host a story
about the trial of John and Lorena Bobbitt, examining the motive behind Lorena’s actions. Interest in true crime a plus, but not necessary. • Company: BuzzFeed Inc. Staff: Oscar
Reveles, casting dir.
• Shooting in NYC Manhattan studio. • Seeking—Host: female, 21+, Latino /
Hispanic.
• Seeking submissions from NY. • Apply on Backstage.com. • Fill out this form to be considered:
https://airtable.com/ shr4nvHUAn02LalaT. • Pay is $250/day
Crockpot Video
• Casting actors for a brand new
Crockpot product, lifestyle photography & video shoot. • Company: Newell Brands. Staff:
Michelle Kornelli, prod.
• Works between Nov. 8-11, exact shoot
days TBC, in NYC.
• Seeking—Male Model for Crockpot
Photo & Video Shoot: male, 22-30, Asian, Black / African Descent, Ethnically Ambiguous / Multiracial, Indigenous Peoples, Latino / Hispanic, Middle Eastern, South Asian / Indian, Southeast Asian / Pacific Islander, modeling use of crockpot product with food for web use. • Seeking submissions from NY. • Send submissions to michelle.kornelli@
newellco.com.
• Pays $700/day non union, no agent.
backstage.com
Print & Digital Modeling
knows what he wants; he’s a fixer; he tends to always want to help, even at the the cost of his own happiness.
Pajama Lifestyle Shoot
monologue that showcases your vocal, physical, and emotional range. If you wish to be considered for a specific role, sides are provided on our 2022 Casting Breakdown document at: https://goldenthread.org/get-involved/ casting . Submit your headshot, resume and video link to the online audition form at: https://goldenthread.org/getinvolved/casting and be sure to select ‘Drowning in Cairo’ under ‘Productions you are auditioning for.’ Submissions deadline Nov. 8.
• Seeking submissions from CA. • For consideration, submit a two-minute
• Casting a family (mom, dad, 2 teens, 3
younger kids) for a pajama brand lifestyle shoot. Looking for diversity, lots of movement, and smiles! Production states: “Do not email or send direct messages via social channels. Only applications submitted via Backstage will be considered. Talent will not be considered if they send unsolicited direct messages.” • Company: OAK&ROMA. Staff: R. O. ,
coord.
• Shoots one weekend in November in
• In-person callbacks for “Drowning in
Brooklyn, NY.
Cairo” will be scheduled on an individual basis between Nov. 12 and 20, 2021 at Potrero Stage, 1695 18th St., San Francisco, CA.
• Seeking—Mom: female, 20-55, all eth-
nicities. Dad: male, 20-60, all ethnicities. Teen: all genders, 13-18, all ethnicities. Kid: all genders, 5-10, all ethnicities.
• Local (Bay Area) actors encouraged to
submit. Actors of all ages, races, genders, and ability levels encouraged to submit. We are a company focused on the Middle East, so we do have numerous roles of Middle Eastern heritage in productions and staged readings. Actors with physical movement experience, such as clowning; dance; ensemble, devised work; and musicians are encouraged to audition.
• Auditions will be held Oct. 29 in
Brooklyn, NY 11237.
• Apply on Backstage.com. • For consideration, include height and
three current photos of yourself (one headshot, one smiling, and one full body),. • Pays $800 day-rate.
• Note: All cast must be bilingual, English
Southern California
and Arabic (Egyptian dialect).
• For more info, visit www.goldenthread.
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.
Plays ‘Drowning in Cairo’
• Seeking video submissions from Equity
actors for roles in the world premiere of Adam Ashraf Elsayigh’s “Drowning in Cairo.”
• Pays $349/wk. Equity (BAT Intro) Bay
Area Theatre Contract.
Golden Thread Productions 2022 Season
• Company: Golden Thread Productions.
Staff: Sahar Assaf, artistic dir.
• Rehearsals begin Mar. 1, 2022; tech/
• Seeking video submissions from Equity
dress rehearsal/preview runs Apr. 8-10; runs Apr. 8-May 1, 2022 in San Francisco, CA.
actors for Golden Thread Productions 2022 Season. Season includes “Drowning in Cairo” (Rehearsals begin Mar. 1, 2022; tech/dress/previews run Apr. 8-10; runs Apr. 8-May 1, 2022); “The Language of Wild Berries” (Rehearsals begin Sept. 5, 2022; tech/dress/previews run Oct. 14-16; runs Oct. 14-Nov. 6, 2022); and The Fairy Tale Players “Fairytale Player’s “Nasrudin’s Magnificent Journey to Samarqand” (This is a touring company so dates are added and adjusted by bookings throughout the year. Company will work with the actors’ availability for rehearsal scheduling once cast.).
• Seeking—Moody: male, 20-39,
Egyptian, male-identifying, temperamental/moody; Main Character Syndrome; Has a lot of untapped potential; extroverted; excitable; joyous; he attaches to people; wants to always be loved; irreverent; honest with himself and others; not afraid to speak his mind. Khaled: male, 20-39, Egyptian, male-identifying, conservative, has a deep capacity for love and it scares him; Incredibly self-aware of his own worst thoughts; Jealous; Always guilty and reacts to his guilt by lashing out; self-hating; grew up with privilege and power, and knows it; Will do anything to not lose that power, at the cost of his happiness. Taha: male, 20-39, Egyptian, male-identifying, ambitious yet nurturing; always feels the need to prove himself; has an inferiority complex yet can still be very confident in his ability; highly adaptable/knows how to “fit in” when he wants to; smart; determined;
• Company: Golden Thread Productions.
Staff: Sahar Assaf, exec. artistic dir.; Torange Yeghiazarian, adaptation translator-dir.
• Season rehearses and performs in San
Francisco, CA.
• Seeking—Equity Actors: 18+, actors
with physical movement experience,such as clowning; dance; ensemble, devisedwork; and musicians are encouraged toaudition.
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• Seeking submissions from CA. • For consideration, submit a two-minute
monologue that showcases your vocal, physical, and emotional range. If you wish to be considered for a specific role, sides and the submission form are provided at: https://goldenthread.org/ get-involved/casting. Upload your headshot, resume and video link to the online audition form and be sure to select “General Auditions (Full Season)” under ‘Productions you are auditioning for’. Submissions deadline is Nov. 8. • In-person callbacks for our two main-
stage shows and Fairytale Players will be scheduled on an individual basis between Nov. 12-20 at Potrero Stage, 1695 18th St., San Francisco, CA.
• Local (Bay Area) actors encouraged to
submit. Actors of all ages, races, genders, and ability levels encouraged to submit. We are a company focused on the Middle East, so we do have numerous roles of Middle Eastern heritage in productions and staged readings.
• For more info, visit www.goldenthread.
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 $349/wk. (BAT Intro); pays $16.32/
hr. for rehearsals and $130 per performance (Fairytale Players). Equity Bay Area Theatre Contract.
‘Rhinoceros In Love’
• Casting “Rhinoceros In Love.” The
scene is about Ming Ming being treated wrongly by the man that she loves and giving all her love to Ma Lu for comfort.
• Company: ArtCenter College of Design.
Staff: Production states: “Beatrice Wan is a writer-director studying under Oscar-winning director Matia Karrell. The play is a 1999 Chinese play directed by Meng JingHui. The story tells a zookeeper called Mau Lu who falls in love with his female neighbor Ming Ming, but Ming Ming is deeply in love with the other man. After studying this play for months, Beatrice is ready to prepare a theatrical and cinematic take on the play, which includes 1-day of rehearsal, 1-day performance in-class in front of Matia Karrell, and a 1-day shoot at a location.” • Actors must do in-person rehearsal
before in-class performance in front of Matia Karrell; actors must come into class Nov. 17 to perform; actors must act in a one-scene film outside of class. • Seeking—Ma Lu: male, 18-34, Asian,
Black / African Descent, Ethnically Ambiguous / Multiracial, Southeast Asian / Pacific Islander, White / European Descent, a zookeeper of a Rhinoceros. He is a character that will never follow the trend or what others do. He’s reckless and persistent when it comes to love. He’s willing to give everything to Ming Ming, no matter how hard it takes, no matter what he ends up with, he will still chase for this love with no turning back. Ming Ming:
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