Here
is your chance to take part in an award winning screenplay (Winner of
the Hollyshorts 2015 award: Louisiana Jury Prize for Best Screenplay,
Winner of the Sidewrite award for Best Overall Screenplay and many
more). We are casting for the short film The Importance of Sex Education. The casting call will be held in Shreveport at the Shreve Memorial Library in the Eaves Room. On the date of December 21, 2015 from 5PM to 8PM.
Note: If you have already auditioned for the film, there is no need to
attend the open casting call. You will cold read with the associate
producer and the read will be viewed via Skype by the other producers. Bring a headshot and resume if you have one.
Save the date!
Here is the description for each character: (Please only attend the open call if you fit one of these roles)
RANDY ROOSEVELT
SUPPORTING: MALE: to play age 30-40
CAUCASIAN
Typical 1970s American dad. Awkward at times.
Please indicate travel/lodging requirements if not a local hire. Comedic timing and some physical comedy experience preferred. Union/Non-Union. Direct hire or Agency. Please indicate travel/lodging requirements if not a local hire to Northern Louisiana.
3 day shooting schedule
BOBBY FARITY
SUPPORTING: MALE: TO PLAY AGE 12 -13
African American
Outgoing jokester into current pop culture, hip to the current fashion, and speech patterns and lingo (in 1976). Already girl crazy but still young enough that he flirts with girls by picking on them. He jokes around with Adeline, eats her lunch with she isn’t looking and gossips about the other kids. Open to any ethnicity. Union/Non-Union. Direct hire or Agency. Indicate travel/lodging requirements if not a local hire to Northern Louisiana.
1 day shooting schedule.
PASTOR MATTHEWS Supporting: MALE: 35-85
Any race
A kind, gentle man of the cloth who Adeline consults. Protestant minister. A little behind the times. He is a kind, jolly man unless he is provoked, the he can be very outspoken. Good comic timing and expressions. Please, no over the top caricatures of fire and brimstone Southern ministers. Pastor Matthews is a gentle, albeit, old fashioned man who has love in his heart but fears the sins of the modern (1970s) world.
1 day shooting schedule.
SUPPORTING: MALE: to play age 30-40
CAUCASIAN
Typical 1970s American dad. Awkward at times.
Please indicate travel/lodging requirements if not a local hire. Comedic timing and some physical comedy experience preferred. Union/Non-Union. Direct hire or Agency. Please indicate travel/lodging requirements if not a local hire to Northern Louisiana.
3 day shooting schedule
BOBBY FARITY
SUPPORTING: MALE: TO PLAY AGE 12 -13
African American
Outgoing jokester into current pop culture, hip to the current fashion, and speech patterns and lingo (in 1976). Already girl crazy but still young enough that he flirts with girls by picking on them. He jokes around with Adeline, eats her lunch with she isn’t looking and gossips about the other kids. Open to any ethnicity. Union/Non-Union. Direct hire or Agency. Indicate travel/lodging requirements if not a local hire to Northern Louisiana.
1 day shooting schedule.
PASTOR MATTHEWS Supporting: MALE: 35-85
Any race
A kind, gentle man of the cloth who Adeline consults. Protestant minister. A little behind the times. He is a kind, jolly man unless he is provoked, the he can be very outspoken. Good comic timing and expressions. Please, no over the top caricatures of fire and brimstone Southern ministers. Pastor Matthews is a gentle, albeit, old fashioned man who has love in his heart but fears the sins of the modern (1970s) world.
1 day shooting schedule.
THAD PERKINS
FEATURED/SPEAKING: MALE: TO PLAY AGE 12-13 ANY RACE Needed 1 day Bobby’s best friend, his anchor and sidekick. Unlike Bobby, he’s the kind of kid thinking more about summer swimming holes and riding bikes than pop culture. Might have a little crush on Rhonda.
RHONDA
FEATURED/SPEAKING:
FEMALE: TO PLAY AGE 12-13 ANY RACE Needed 1 day
Plain Jane kind of girl. Adeline’s best friend. They type who loves science club, but secretly longs to be one of the pretty, popular girls with a boyfriend. Flirty with the boys.
MICK FARITY
FEATURED SPEAKING: MALE 30-50 AFRICAN AMERICAN Needed 1 day Bobby’s Dad. Strong silent type who erupts when he feels his family is threatened.
WENDY
NON-SPEAKING FEATURED: FEMALE 13-16 ANY RACE Needed 1 day A girl at Adeline’s school who Adeline and her friends observe. Average looking student. Not one of the popular kids, but not a dork. She kisses Lionel (just a peck on the cheek, nothing salacious).
LIONEL
NON-SPEAKING FEATURED:
MALE 13-16 ANY RACE Needed 1 day
A boy at Adeline’s school who likes Wendy. Average looking kid. He kisses Wendy. (just a peck on the cheek, nothing age-inappropriate)
MARCY BLEVINS
NON-SPEAKING FEATURED:
FEMALE 14-17 ANY RACE Needed 1 day
A girl at Adeline’s school who is older than Adeline and her friends. A popular girl, pretty, more developed than the younger girls. She makes out with her boyfriend, Rick, and shares a soda with him.
RICK WELLS
NON-SPEAKING FEATURED: MALE 14-17 ANY RACE Needed 1 day
Marcy’s boyfriend. An older boy at Adeline’s school. A popular kid, handsome, athletic. Comfortable around girls. He makes out with Marcy and shares a soda with her.
SHANE THOMAS
NON-SPEAKING FEATURED: MALE 12-16 CAUCASIAN
Needed 1 day
A boy at Adeline’s school who dresses like “he thinks he’s David Bowie...” Not very athletic. The more he looks like the 12 year old version of David Bowie the better. Adeline and her friends discuss his outfit from across the lunch room while is struts his stuff and talks to his friends.
EXTRAS -- to play Students Ages 11-18
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