Audition Notice: Actors Needed for Haunted House

AUDITION NOTICE: Actors Needed for Haunted House

We are Zombie Ridge.  A new entertainment company coming to Calgary.  

We are looking for talented actors and actresses to be apart of our zombie themed haunted house this October here in Calgary.  It starts the second week in October.  Every Thursday thru Saturday. Possibly the last full week before Halloween (TBD), and then also the last Monday the 30th and Tuesday the 31st.

We open the doors at 7 and would need you there early to get your makeup done by the talented artists who have been taught by Calamity Jade. Check out her work at www.calamityjade.com. We run from 7 to 12.  

We would require you to act like a real zombie but with a few more abilities.  We do chase and grab and take group member away.  We are truly an interactive haunted house.  

If you are interested please feel free to email me at cwsentertainment@gmail.com.  
We would love to meet with you and discuss more and answer any questions you may have. 

Josh Creason | Proprietor 

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Audition Notice – Nose Creek Players

“Calendar Girls”

Directed by: Robin McKittrick

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Auditions: July 31, - 6:00 p.m.-10:00 p.m.

Callbacks: August 1 -6:00 p.m.-10:00 p.m.

Requirements: Please prepare a 1 minute monologue 

Location: Wingate by Wyndham | 513 Gateway Rd NE, Airdrie, AB T4B 0J6

Book Audition time here: www.SignUpGenius.com/go/30E0C4DA9AA2FA7F49-calendar 

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Rehearsal Dates: Monday, Wednesday & One Saturday a month.

Tech Week: October 20-October 25

Production Dates: October 26 & 27

Rehearsals Begin: Wednesday, August 9, 2017

Actors must be available for all rehearsal dates, tech week and performance dates.

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Play Synopsis:

When Annie's husband John dies of leukaemia, she and best friend Chris resolve to raise money for a new settee in the local hospital waiting room. They manage to persuade four fellow WI members to pose nude with them for an "alternative" calendar, with a little help from hospital porter and amateur photographer Lawrence. The news of the women's charitable venture spreads like wildfire, and hordes of press soon descend on the small village of Knapeley in the Yorkshire Dales. The calendar is a success, but Chris and Annie's friendship is put to the test under the strain of their new-found fame.

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Character Breakdown:

CHRIS -  (F 50s.) You want Chris at your party. She will talk to people she doesn't know, and things to say to all silences and generate laughter. Part of this is because Chris is at home in crowds, holding court, being the centre of attention.

ANNIE – (F 50s). Annie will join in mischief but is at heart more conformist and less confrontational than Chris. After Chris has put a waiter's back up in the restaurant, Annie will go in and pour calm.

CORA – (F -40's). Cora's past is the most eclectic, her horizons broadened by having gone to college. This caused a tectonic shift with her more parochial parents. She came back to them pregnant and tail-between-legs, but Cora has too much native resilience to be downtrodden. She is the joker in the pack, but never plays the fool. Her wit is deadpan. It raises laughter in others, but rarely in herself.

JESSIE – (F late 60s/70s). Get on the right side of Jessie as a teacher and she'll be the teacher you remember for life. Get on the wrong side and you will regret every waking hour. A lover of life, Jessie doesn't bother with cosmetics — her elixir of life is bravery. Jessie goes on rollercoasters. Her husband has been with her a long time and is rarely surprised by her actions. Jessie bothers about grammar and will correct stallholders regarding their abuse of the apostrophe "s".

RUTH –(F -40s) Ruth's journey is from the false self-confidence of the emotionally abused to the genuine self confidence of the woman happy in her own skin. Ruth is eager to please but not a rag doll, and despite being Marie's right-hand woman she is desperate to be the cartilage in the spine of the WI and keep everyone happy. She has spine herself — if she was too wet, no-one would want her around. But they do, and they feel protective of her because they sense there is something better in Ruth than her life is letting out.

MARIE –( F 50s). Marie has gradually built the current 'Marie' around herself over the years as a defence mechanism. She went to her Oz, Cheshire, and found Oz didn't want her. She came back scorched. The WI is a trophy to her, which justifies her entire existence. There is a lingering part of Marie that would love to be on that calendar.

JOHN – (M- 50s). John is a human sunflower. Not a saint. Not a hero. Just the kind of man you'd want in your car when crossing America. When he dies it feels like someone somewhere turned a light off.

ROD – (M -50s) Chris's husband. You have to be a certain kind of guy to stick with Chris and Rod loves it. He can give back what he gets, and has a deadpan humour which has always made Chris laugh. He drinks a lot but never so much as to have a problem. He would work every hour to make his shop a success. And John was his mate, even though the relationship was originally channelled through their wives.

LAWRENCE –(M  late 20s). Hesitant without being nerdy, Lawrence is a shy young man with enough wit to make a joke and enough spirit to turn up at the WI hall in the first place. When he arranges the shots he is close to female nudity but sees only the photo.

LADY CRAVENSHIRE –(F  60s). Lady Cravenshire really doesn't mean to be so patronizing. But the WI girls seem from another world. The world of her estate workers. Dress: when she makes an entrance, she must make an entrance.

ELAINE – (F 20s). Elaine really doesn't mean to be so patronizing. But Jessie seems from another world. The world of her gran. Dress: her clinical whites slice through like a knife. You feel you could cut yourself on that dress.

LIAM – (F late 20s). Liam would like to be directing other things than photoshoots for washing powders. He's not so unprofessional as to let it show, but we can sense a slight weariness at having to deal with these women. There's a resigned patience to his actions and each smile he makes we feel is professional. For Liam, this photoshoot is a job. And not the job he wanted.

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AUDITIONS FOR SIMPLY THEATRE'S PRODUCTION OF OUR TOWN

The Pulitzer Prize winning play by Thornton Wilder.
Directed by Dale Hirlehey 

Performances in the Joyce Doolittle in the Pumphouse Theatres Sept 22 - 30, 2017
Wednesday July 19th (7:00 to 9:00pm)
Thursday July 20th (7:00 to 10:00pm)
3512 – 5th Avenue NW
(lower level of the Parkdale Community Centre)

A bona fide American classic, OUR TOWN tells the story of Emily and George, two unremarkable teenagers growing up in a small New Hampshire town at the turn of the last century. You're invited to eavesdrop on this tightly wound community as events unfold – both the apparently trivial and the deeply profound – across the course of a decade. 

Rich with detail and shot through with a distinctive mix of light and shade, Thornton Wilder's Pulitzer Prize-winning small-town epic of human existence remains as theatrically fresh and as topical as ever: OUR TOWN, but also, unmistakably, yours.

Sun 17-Sept 10:00 - 10:00 Pumphouse
Mon 18-Sept 6:00 - 10:00 Pumphouse
Tues 19-Sept 6:00 - 10:00 Pumphouse
Wed 20-Sept 6:00 - 10:00 Pumphouse
Thurs 21-Sept 6:00 PREVIEW Pumphouse
Fri 22-Sept 6:30 OPENING Pumphouse
Sat 23-Sept 6:30 Show Pumphouse
Sun 24-Sept 1:00 Show Pumphouse
Mon 25-Sept DARK
Tues 26-Sept 6:30 Show Pumphouse
Wed 27-Sept 6:30 Show Pumphouse
Thurs 28-Sept 6:30 Show Pumphouse
Fri 29-Sept 6:30 Show Pumphouse
Sat 30-Sept 1:00 Show Pumphouse
Sat 30-Sept 6:30 CLOSING Pumphouse

Open auditions for the listed roles will take place:

Roles being cast:

George Gibbs - Leading role - Dr. and Mrs. Gibbs's son. A decent, upstanding young man, George is a high school baseball star who plans to attend the State College after high school. Athletic, naive and sincere. Plays from 16 to 28 years old over the course of the play. Looking for someone 16-20 years old.

Joe/Si Crowell - a newspaper boy and in Act 2 (3 years later) his younger brother. energetic, clever male - 11 years old

Wally Webb - younger brother of Emily Webb also appears in the third act. Keen, boy scout - 11 years old 

Rebecca Gibbs - younger sister of George Gibbs, intelligent, dreamer fixated on money - 11 years old.

For the roles of Joe, Wally and Rebecca please email and arrange a time to audition in 10 minute segments between 7 and 8 on Wednesday or Thursday

For the role of George please email and arrange a time to audition between 8-9 on Wednesday or 9-10 on Thursday.

Please come prepared to cold read from the script and show off your best you.

At the Morpheus Rehearsal Centre. To book an audition, email Dale Hirlehey at dalehirlehey@gmail.com

Our Town

Love and marriage, birth and death. Seen from a distance they're just the rhythm of everyday life: but when you're caught up in the middle and they're happening to you, they're the whole world.

Rehearsals begin August 6, and will take place Sunday, Monday and Wednesday evenings 7-10

Tech week and Performance run

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Commercial Breakdown (NON-UNION)

Product:                      Sport Select

Union:                          Non union

Casting                        Cassin Stanton Casting| Melissa Cassin Stanton, CDC

Audition:                      Thursday July 20, 2017  (3pm -6pm football | 6pm-9pm hockey)       

Roles:                           SOC

Director:                       Ante Kovac    

Producer:                     Brendon Rathbone                 

Audition location:         Renfrew Athletic Park  (Field)| Henry Viney Arena (ice)

Call backs                   None

Wardrobe:                   Football or Hockey uniforms (with skates/foot ball shoes)

Shoot Date(s):             July 25^th 2017

Note:                           Night shoot. All must be prepared to shoot 4pm-10pm or 10pm-4am       shift (Approx.)

Shoot location:            TBD

SOC Rate:                    $400.00/shoot day/flat + $600.00/ 1 year usage/flat

Minor SOC/BG Rate:   $250.00/flat

Wardrobe/equip:          $50.00/flat per talent as they need to supply their own wardrobe &         equipment.

Note on submitting:     Please note head circumference/measurements. Height & Weight

Note:                             All men who audition will be asked if they are available for Minor            SOC/background- if not booked as SOC

Usage:                         1 year.

Markets:                       Western Canada

Conflicts:                      None

Method for suggestions: Online Please                                   

Deadline for submissions: Monday, July 17 7pm (sooner is better!)

Contact info:               Melissa.Cassin@gmail.com

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There will be no script they will be directed in audition.

Hockey players will be asked to skate at an arena (location TBD) and football players will be asked to perform a maneuver or short scrimmage on field. Please open this up to friends and team members of men submitted!

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CASTING SPECS:

Demographic: Male 25 to 35 years of age. Athletes.

Hockey Players:      Age 25 – 35. ALL ETHNICITIES. BIG GUYS. Athletes.  MUST have the physical capabilities and appearance of a professional hockey player and MUST BE ABLE TO PLAY HOCKEY. Hockey players must be able to shoot a puck, Goalie must be comfortable in net

Mix of ethnicities, looking for a true representation: Goalie, Forward, Center and/or wingers

Football Players:     Age 25 – 35. ALL ETHNICITIES. BIG GUYS. Athletes.  MUST have the physical capabilities and appearance of a professional football player and MUST BE ABLE TO PLAY FOOTBALL.  Football players who are coming as a WR or RB need to be able to catch/throw the ball (WR), and handle the ball (RB). We need a true representation of the NFL football team players for specific positions: Offensive/Defensive Lineman, running back, Wide receiver

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Workshop Notice: ACTRA Members

ACTRA
SELF TAPE WORKSHOP




Sometimes it can be difficult to attend an audition in person - learn how to create a great self-tape audition to land that role!

This workshop is open to ACTRA members only
– membership has privileges.
The best part, this workshop is FREE!
You can still sign up for this workshop!

Saturday, July 22, 2017
1:00 pm – 3:30 pm

CSIF - 100, 1725 - 10 Avenue SW

RSVP to ABevents@actra.ca 
 

The workshop will be live streamed for members who aren’t able to attend in person. 

Please let us know when you RSVP if you are interested in watching online.

 

About the facilitator:

 

Julian Black Antelope brings 12 years of experience working both nationally and internationally on award winning shows such as (Blackstone, Penny Dreadful, Hell on Wheels, Dominion Creek). His most recent accolades include nominations for 2017 Canadian Screen Award for Best Guest Star in a Dramatic Series, and two-time nominee for 2016 /2015 AMPIA Best Alberta Actor.
JBA’s experience reaches into the writing & producing arena on feature films (Knuckleball 2017, Fake Blood 2017, Empyrean 2015) and is currently in development with broadcast for his own television series written and created by himself. Nominations include 2017 AMPIA best Screen Writer Drama under 30 Minutes, 2016 Governor Generals Award for Canadian History.

Examples of Roles Booked via Self -Tape:

• Arctic Air-CBC-(Guest Star)
• Penny Dreadful-SHOWTIME (Guest Star)
• Dominion Creek-RTE/TG4 (Lead)
• Hold the Dark-NETFLIX (Lead)
• Condor-USA (Guest Star)
• Caught-CBC (Recurring Support)

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