Thursday, December 14, 2006

Casting News Hot Off The Wire!

CHILDREN'S TOURING SHOW

Thurs Dec 21. 2-6PM. Ripley-GrierStudios. 520 8th Ave, 16th Fl Studio 16M, NYC. La Jolla Playhouse, La Jolla CA is casting Honey Bo and the Gold Mine, a children’s show that tours San Diego elementary schools. OPEN audition. Weekly salary: $462 Housing and transportation provided. Director: Rebecca Lynn Brown. Rehearsals: January 2 – 18, 2007. Performances: Jan 19 - Mar 11, 2007. All actors must be available for daytime rehearsals and performances. Auditions by APPOINTMENT. For an appointment, please e-mail the Theatre by 9 AM on Wed, Dec 20 at auditions@ljp.org. In your e-mail include your name, phone number, e-mail address, and, if possible, attach your headshot and resume. Or fax this information to (858) 228 -3043, ATTN: Casting. You will receive a confirmation e-mail or phone call verifying your audition slot. Actors will have sides e- mailed or faxed to them when they make an appointment. All actors should prepare a two-minute urban/contemporary/hip- hop/rap song. You may either sing a cappella or bring a CD to sing along with. The Theatre will provide a CD player. Please bring TWO sets of your stapled headshot / resume. Equity Members: Please bring a photocopy of your current Equity Membership card. Seeking: Honey Bo: African-American, Latino, or bi-racial/tri-racial female. Seeking actress 18+ who must be able to play a young teenager. Mr. Lopez and As Cast: Latino male, 30-40s. Actor must be able to play multiple roles. •••grease The Armory Dinner Theatre (Janesville, Wisconsin) www.janesvillearmory.com is casting "Grease" (contract dates: 1/08/07 – 4/01/07). Seeking– Doody (male 18-early 20’s) Rock Tenor, Strong Falsetto, Strong Dancer. The youngest member of the Burger Palace Boys who worships the older members. Competitive Salary, Travel, Housing, and Workers Comp provided, Heath Club Membership. If you would like to be considered please mail your resume and photo to: Jim Tropp, the Armory, Inc. P.O. Box 8038, Janesville, Wisconsin, 53547 -8038. Or email jimt@janesvillearmory.com.

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OPEN AUDITIONS FOR MUSICAL "RESPECT", NEW YORK

Thurs, Dec. 14. 10AM-6PM. Nola Studios, 250 West 54th Street, 6th Floor. Open Call Auditions, Non-Equity Female Singer/Actors. Mungioli Theatricals is casting for “Respect: a Musical Journey of Women.” Contact: Arnold Mungioli. Gem Theatre, Detroit, MI. (PAID WORK) Book: Dr. Dorothy Marcic; Music and Lyrics by: Various. Directed & Choreographed by: Hinton Battle. Casting: MUNGIOLI THEATRICALS, INC. Begins Reh: 1/10/07 in Detroit. Begins Performances: 2/10/07 in Detroit. For this audition, Please Prepare: One Song (approximately 32 bars in length) in the style of the character you would be interested in -- your personality piece or big money number that shows yourself off well. SEEKING: DOROTHY: (Female; Early 40’s - Middle-Aged) Narrator; Great personality; Great storyteller; Charismatic; Interesting person; looks intelligent. Must look believably of Norwegian descent; Attractive -- May be trim or medium build; Vocally would be great if she could carry a tune, But more importantly, must have a funny great personality! FAITH/EMILY: (Female; Plays 20’s to early 30’s) Younger; bouncy energy; attractive; must be able to play ditzy. Must play multiple characters from Betty Boop to Coco Channel; Comedic; She is innocent and naïve. She needs to find her own strength, which shows up as becoming less naïve. She finally realizes she has been taken advantage of and learns she needs to be her own person. Vocally, must be able to sing JAZZ and POP. ROSA/ PAULETTE: (African-American Female, Plays young up to mid -40’s) At the start, she is too abrasive—the hard-hearted Hannah -- and her journey is to find her vulnerability; She learns that real courage is not displayed by aggression or overdone power; Ultimately, she learns to temper her strength, to push back in more productive ways; attractive. Vocally, must be able to sing JAZZ, SOUL, & R&B. EDEN/JEANETTE: (Female;.Younger – Plays early 20’s to early 30s) Must play multiple characters from Lily Langtry to Estee Lauder; Comedic; attractive; Lacking self-confidence, her only source of strength is her sexuality and her body, which she also detests; Ultimately, she learns to accept herself and find inner strength; Vocally, able to sing BROADWAY and POP.

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FILM AUDITION FOR TEENAGE ACTORS, NEW YORK

Bunkerfilm is seeking actors that appear to be age 14-19, all ethnic groups, for a short project filming in early January 2007 in the Manhattan area. All filming would take place nights and weekends, and should not take more than a day or two of your time. Pay to be determined. Meals provided. This project is a documentary style trailer to promote a non-fiction memoir. The story is about a teenage runaway, so some scenes may include adult situations, but will have no nudity. Casting call will be 12/ 16 in Chelsea. For more information, or to make an appointment, email bunkerfilm@gmail.com. Please attach resume and photo if you would like to audition.

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LOW BUDGET FEATURE FILM, NEW YORK

Producer: Justice Group. Filming over six months in New York City, starts ASAP. Payment is on a lo/no/deferred basis. Non- Union. Director: Dashiell Finley/Riley Gay. Email headshots/ resume to justicegroup@gmail.com. Seth Baker is a popular kid at Benjamin Franklin Preparatory School. However, come the summer time, he finds all his friends have left the city for faraway places. Pushed to the limit by boredom, Seth contacts an old camp friend Graham Bishop, with whom he’d had a falling out. Graham welcomes Seth with open arms, and invites him to hang out with his friends that weekend. This group of eccentrics makes Seth uncomfortable at first, but he decides to stick around to try to get the attention of Graham’s friend Maxine Small. What follows is Seth growing to fit in with these oddballs, and discovering that maybe they’re not as weird as he thought. Web: http://justicegroup.wiki.com. Seeking: Max: 15-17, the beautiful girl who encapsulates Seth’s attention during his first visit to Graham’s house. With cutting wit and sarcasm, she quickly puts Seth in his place. This drives Seth crazy, as he is used to getting the girl. Max is the deep thinker of the group, she’s usually armed with some overlooked insight about the personality or group dynamic of people being discussed. She knows people, and loves to push their buttons. Sam: 15-17, the film’s antagonist. He’s secretly in love with Max, but won’t let anybody know it. A delinquent to the extreme, the kid pisses alcohol and breathes weed. He has difficulty taking responsibility for his own faults and laziness. His love for Max is challenged when she and Seth start going out, and he hatches a plot to get Seth to embarrass himself and insult Max, at which point he swoops in and picks up the pieces. Due to his nowhere-man tendencies however, things fall apart as quickly as they came together. Todd: 15-17, a satirical character, poking fun at emo kids, as well as the rise in self- mutilation as a form of release. Todd is plagued with never feeling good enough, he even feels like a second class cutter when compared to his girlfriend Sarah. His problems are mostly, if not entirely, imagined. Constantly clad in a dark blue hoody and girl pants, he loves Simple Plan and livejournal poetry. Sarah: 15-17, like Todd, is a satire on the emo culture. She is not quite as introverted as Todd, and in fact often seems to be in a good mood. However a quick glance at the scars on her arms reveals that she has gone through some deep emotional trauma. Still, she is a pleasant person to be around. Hailing from New Jersey, she is a proud member of the church of hot topic. She falls for Todd, seeing in him a rich creative soul and she just loves guys in girl pants. Aaron: 15 -17, spends most of his time on the internet memorizing facts that he has absolutely no use for. He loves comic books to a fault, and will often interject some superheroes into everyday conversation. Outgoing, nice and accepting the way only a nerd can be. He took “if you don’t have anything nice to say, don’t say anything at all” to heart, and so with this group, is often more quiet than the other characters.

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MALE AFRICAN AMERICAN ACTORS/SINGERS FOR MUSICAL PUPPET COMPANY, NEW YORK

The Shadow Box Theatre, a multi-ethnic children's musical puppet company, seeks African-American men who are Actor/ Singer/Dancers for African Drum production. Ability to move and sing well is essential. Puppetry experience helpful but not necessary (will train). Weekday rehearsals and performances. Paid positions/non-union. Rehearsals start Jan. 8. Performances from Feb. 1 – March 2. Performances in downtown Brooklyn, Queens, Bronx, Manhattan. Please call (212) 724-0677 for audition appointment. You can visit our website at shadowboxtheatre.org for more information about the company.

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CASTING FOR "GREASE", WISCONSIN

The Armory Dinner Theatre (Janesville, Wisconsin) www.janesvillearmory.com is casting "Grease" (contract dates: 1/08/07 – 4/01/07). Seeking– Doody (male 18-early 20’s) Rock Tenor, Strong Falsetto, Strong Dancer. The youngest member of the Burger Palace Boys who worships the older members. Competitive Salary, Travel, Housing, and Workers Comp provided, Heath Club Membership. If you would like to be considered please mail your resume and photo to: Jim Tropp, the Armory, Inc. P.O. Box 8038, Janesville, Wisconsin, 53547 -8038. Or email jimt@janesvillearmory.com.

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MIDDLE-EASTERN ACTORS FOR WORKSHOP, NEW YORK

David Gaard is accepting photos and resumes for an upcoming project dealing with the struggles, challenges, joys and aspirations of Islamic women as seen through the eyes of a woman journalist beginning at the time of the first Gulf War. The play will be workshopped in January 2007. Currently seeking actors (male and female) of all ages who have Middle Eastern heritage. Please send photos and resumes to David Gaard, 77 East 12th Street - 17-H, New York, NY 10003 or submit via email to: ninepartsofdesire@yahoo.com.

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