Urgent Casting Call: TV Pilot, Non union

 Casting Call  

For the proof of concept episode of 

The Kale & Coconut 

Production: The Kale & Coconut  Union/Non-Union: Non-Union, unpaid Type: TV pilot episode (Student Capstone) Project Length: approx. 25 minutes  

Production Location: Calgary, Alberta Producer(s): Marissa Samson, Cheryl Kroeker Associate Producer: Damien Mustaphi Director: Marissa Samson 

Casting Coordinator: Marissa Samson 

Filming Location: Calgary, Alberta - Acreage near 69th station 

Compensation: Copy of the project will be provided upon completion of the project  

Logline: Wilhelm, the Indigenous owner of a health food shop supported by his four strange staff,  navigate eccentric clientele - despite a bothersome landlord - solving their problems in the most  unconventional ways. 

ROLES: 

Ricky: Male, 25 - 45, husband of Elissa and father of a 2 month old baby 

- needed for Sunday, November 10 - 10:30am to 10pm (approx.)  

    and Monday, November 11 - 10:30am to 10pm (approx.) 

Gray: Male, 20 - 30s, boyfriend of Elissa possible kissing involved, but we can shoot without. Scene is a  public store setting.  

- needed for Monday, November 11 - 10:30am to 10pm (approx.) 

MIDGU’s: (Men/Women in Dark Grey Uniforms) are Two non-speaking, but expressive roles: two  men, or two women, or man and woman… as retired spy types, using ghostbuster-style equipment. Could  be great roles for new students who want experience on set. 

Kindly submit your headshot and resume to: mcsamson@icloud.com 

Thank you for your interest!

New Roles Added: Grand Prairie Feature Film

 Union:

Non union

Area of media:

Feature Film

Network:

grandprairiecasting@gmail.com

Paid?:

Yes

Rates:

Non-union $200/day role dependent.

Deadline:

Nov 4, 2024

Shooting starts:

Jan 15, 2025 

Shooting finishes:

Feb 28, 2025 

Shooting locations:

Calgary, AB

Cities for response:

Calgary, Edmonton

Comments

Actors should not be discouraged if not available for the entire shooting period. Work days per actor will be around 5-7 days. Schedule is flexible.

The budget only allows for local Calgary and Edmonton talent. Unfortunately, production cannot cover any travel costs.

Storyline

'Grand Prairie' is a captivating visual odyssey shot on IMAX 70mm, set in Alberta, Canada. A hybrid docu-narrative, the film explores how our identity is connected to and shaped by the landscape around us. The film hypnotically moves through a diverse cast of all ages and backgrounds, each small story emblematic of a distinct tie to the land the character has. These moments poetically weave together with stunning shots of the different landscapes that personify each, to create an immersive non-linear experience.

Roles

Role type	Role	Gender & Age range
Supporting	ANGELA	Female 16 - 21 Years old
Description ANGELA is in high school. She's dreamy, like from the virgin suicides. She expresses herself through dance.
Role type	Role	Gender & Age range
Recurring Principal	EVAN	Male 14 - 18 Years old
Description 14-16. Angsty teen phase. Greasy hair. Wears a hoody and headphones. His parents don't understand him. He's lonely. He's quite popular with his friend group but can't find a way to access them, trapped in the suburbs and too young to drive a car to them. A small bubble of hatred for his family is slowly growing. He smokes weed and walks around aimlessly looking for answers.
Role type	Role	Gender & Age range
Recurring Actor	MERLE	Male 44 - 50 Years old
Description 50s. Semi-retired. He wears a Hawaiin shirt, lei-flowers, and drinks Mai Tais completelty un-ironically. It is impossible to tan his pale Albertan skin. It only burns. He has not shaved his mustache since he first grew it at age 19. He left Grand Prairie and moved to 'the big city' of Edmonton, to start a small business with his high school sweetheart Mary Anne.
Role type	Role	Gender & Age range
Recurring Actor	MARY ANN	Female 44 - 50 Years old
Description 50s. She has the 'mom cut'. Speaks in platitudes. She is afraid of truly being herself, living under her husband's thumb. She seeks comfort and drinks to numb her own curiosities. She has a 'life is a cabernet' painting on her kitchen mantle and genuinely loves it. She loves her son but doesn't know how to get through to him. She's a good person.
Role type	Role	Gender & Age range
Actor	LEANNE	Female 26 - 30 Years old
Description Leanne is open to interpretation and the ideal candidate will also audition with 2 of her own young children. Open to candidates without children as well. Leanne is a lightly humorous character--bringing physical comedy in how she and her children walk to the mall, how they dress alike.
Role type	Role	Gender & Age range
Actor	KELSEY	Female 16 - 18 Years old
Description Kelsey lives a short bus ride from the West Edmonton Mall and got a summer job there that turned into a full time position. She recently graduated High School and finds herself at a strange cross-roads...at a job she has no future or interest in, in a place she looks compeltely out of place. It could be interesting if Kelsey's visual makeup was in striking juxtaposition to the park. Is she a goth? Is she Gen Z (hunter schaefer euphoria makeup?). Open to striking faces and all identities. She’s quiet and introspective but carries herself with a subtle confidence. Beneath her bold exterior, there’s a sense of vulnerability, especially when she’s caught in isolating moments, like being stranded in a snowstorm after leaving the mall or when she eats alone in the food court.
Role type	Role	Gender & Age range
Actor	TERESA	Female 19 - 22 Years old
Description Teresa is a 19-21-year-old, petite, and classically pretty blonde. She’s flirty, often wearing revealing clothing like short leaopard print or leather skirts, even in winter, giving off a carefree, party-girl vibe. Teresa is just barely on the club scene, embracing the nightlife with shots and bottle service, but there's more going on beneath the surface. Emotionally, Teresa is going through a breakup or some personal turmoil. One night, after drinking heavily, she gets behind the wheel of her oversized vehicle, crying and singing along to Shania Twain’s “You're Still the One.” Despite the cold, she’s dressed for the club, her short skirt and clunky heels contrasting with the winter weather. She drunkenly drives home, parking crookedly in her driveway, still singing, lost in the emotional mess she’s trying to outrun. Teresa feels young, impulsive, and raw, clinging to her flirty exterior while struggling with heartbreak.
Role type	Role	Gender & Age range
Actor	MABLE	Female 80 - 99 Years old
Description We meet Mabel on the eve of her 100th birthday, at a retirement home on the outskirts of town. We see her shoebox of a room, filled with pictures, bird carvings; small memories of a big life and the only things she’s chosen to keep on this final stage of her life. Through Mabel we can film a beautiful portrait that is a direct reflection on growing old and looking back. As we watch her and the other residents go about their day and ultimately celebrate her birthday at a ‘concert’ with an Elvis Impersonator, we get a privileged view into old age, something almost taboo that is rarely filmed. Is Mabel lonely? How does she feel about the long life she’s lived? As she falls asleep we rest on a beautiful close-up of her face and delve into her memories and dreams of her life back in the town of Grand Prairie.
Role type	Role	Gender & Age range
Actor	MARIA	Female 18 - 24 Years old
Description Maria is a Hutterite living in a small colony in Alberta. Her life is orderly, peaceful, and very adult. Although she lives a life of tradition and discipline, she does have frequent contact with the modern world through social media and is allowed a smartphone and computer. Maria represents a fascinating way to explore the lines between new and old, faith and chaos.
Role type	Role	Gender & Age range
Non Speaking	EMMETT	Male 4 - 6 Years old
Description Leanne's child. Open to any casting -- the ideal candidate will audition with their mother but also open to children auditioning without their parents also auditioning for Leanne. The children are lightly humorous, bringing physical comedy in how they walk with their mother and how they dress.
Role type	Role	Gender & Age range
Non Speaking	CHARLOTTE	Female 6 - 8 Years old
Description Leanne's child. Open to any casting -- the ideal candidate will audition with their mother but also open to children auditioning without their parents also auditioning for Leanne. The children are lightly humorous, bringing physical comedy in how they walk with their mother and how they dress.

Hungarian Actors Needed

Hello, I am artistic director of Totus Tuus Productions, a verbatim theatre company telling the stories of Calgary. We are currently working on a project about the war in Ukraine, coming out in March, and are looking for actors, readers, and dancers. Would you mind letting your adult students know that this opportunity exists? Anyone interested can email me at this address: swartfamily@shaw.ca

We are a new company with a slightly different vision about theatre: we include live music, athletics, and good story in a venue where patrons can eat, drink, and sit close to the action.


Thanks,
Laura Swart

New Play Competition

 

The 8th Annual Scripts on Fire

Stories For The New World

The world keeps spinning and stories keep brewing. 

Stories coming from fresh pain and deep joy. 

Stories that bind us together through the familiar and stories that create empathy through the unfamiliar.

We want to know what stories are almost ready to make their appearance in the world.

And we want to support their next steps.

SUBMISSION DEADLINE FOR SCRIPTS ON FIRE - OCT. 31ST.

FIRST PRIZE - $500, WORKSHOP, AND STAGED READING

WWW.SCRIPTSONFIRE.CA

VAL LIESKE
Artistic Director
www.fireexit.ca

Casting Call: Grand Prairie Feature

Please send the following to grandprairiecasting@gmail.com

- SELF TAPE (you can record it on your phone) telling us a bit about yourself and why you would like to be a part of this project. Then, pick a monologue or a scene from a movie and present it.

- HEADSHOTS or photos of yourself.

- CV/RESUME (if you have).

- INSTAGRAM handle (optional). 

Union:

Non union

Area of media:

Feature Film

Network:

grandprairiecasting@gmail.com

Paid?:

Yes

Rates:

Non-union $200/day role dependent.

Deadline:

Oct 14, 2024

Shooting starts:

Jan 15, 2025 

Shooting finishes:

Feb 28, 2025 

Shooting locations:

Calgary, AB

Cities for response:

Calgary, Edmonton

Comments

The budget only allows for local Calgary and Edmonton talent. Unfortunately, production cannot cover any travel costs.

Actors should not be discouraged if not available for the entire shooting period. Work days per actor will be around 5-7 days. Schedule is flexible.

Storyline

'Grand Prairie' is a captivating visual odyssey shot on IMAX 70mm, set in Alberta, Canada. A hybrid docu-narrative, the film explores how our identity is connected to and shaped by the landscape around us. The film hypnotically moves through a diverse cast of all ages and backgrounds, each small story emblematic of a distinct tie to the land the character has. These moments poetically weave together with stunning shots of the different landscapes that personify each, to create an immersive non-linear experience.

Roles

Role type	Role	Gender & Age range
Supporting	ANGELA	Female 16 - 21 Years old
Description ANGELA is in high school. She's dreamy, like from the virgin suicides. She expresses herself through dance.
Role type	Role	Gender & Age range
Recurring Principal	EVAN	Male 14 - 18 Years old
Description 14-16. Angsty teen phase. Greasy hair. Wears a hoody and headphones. His parents don't understand him. He's lonely. He's quite popular with his friend group but can't find a way to access them, trapped in the suburbs and too young to drive a car to them. A small bubble of hatred for his family is slowly growing. He smokes weed and walks around aimlessly looking for answers.
Role type	Role	Gender & Age range
Recurring Actor	MERLE	Male 44 - 50 Years old
Description 50s. Semi-retired. He wears a Hawaiin shirt, lei-flowers, and drinks Mai Tais completelty un-ironically. It is impossible to tan his pale Albertan skin. It only burns. He has not shaved his mustache since he first grew it at age 19. He left Grand Prairie and moved to 'the big city' of Edmonton, to start a small business with his high school sweetheart Mary Anne.
Role type	Role	Gender & Age range
Recurring Actor	MARY ANN	Female 44 - 50 Years old
Description 50s. She has the 'mom cut'. Speaks in platitudes. She is afraid of truly being herself, living under her husband's thumb. She seeks comfort and drinks to numb her own curiosities. She has a 'life is a cabernet' painting on her kitchen mantle and genuinely loves it. She loves her son but doesn't know how to get through to him. She's a good person.
Role type	Role	Gender & Age range
Actor	LEANNE	Female 26 - 30 Years old
Description Leanne is open to interpretation and the ideal candidate will also audition with 2 of her own young children. Open to candidates without children as well. Leanne is a lightly humorous character--bringing physical comedy in how she and her children walk to the mall, how they dress alike.
Role type	Role	Gender & Age range
Actor	KELSEY	Female 16 - 18 Years old
Description Kelsey lives a short bus ride from the West Edmonton Mall and got a summer job there that turned into a full time position. She recently graduated High School and finds herself at a strange cross-roads...at a job she has no future or interest in, in a place she looks compeltely out of place. It could be interesting if Kelsey's visual makeup was in striking juxtaposition to the park. Is she a goth? Is she Gen Z (hunter schaefer euphoria makeup?). Open to striking faces and all identities. She’s quiet and introspective but carries herself with a subtle confidence. Beneath her bold exterior, there’s a sense of vulnerability, especially when she’s caught in isolating moments, like being stranded in a snowstorm after leaving the mall or when she eats alone in the food court.
Role type	Role	Gender & Age range
Actor	TERESA	Female 19 - 22 Years old
Description Teresa is a 19-21-year-old, petite, and classically pretty blonde. She’s flirty, often wearing revealing clothing like short leaopard print or leather skirts, even in winter, giving off a carefree, party-girl vibe. Teresa is just barely on the club scene, embracing the nightlife with shots and bottle service, but there's more going on beneath the surface. Emotionally, Teresa is going through a breakup or some personal turmoil. One night, after drinking heavily, she gets behind the wheel of her oversized vehicle, crying and singing along to Shania Twain’s “You're Still the One.” Despite the cold, she’s dressed for the club, her short skirt and clunky heels contrasting with the winter weather. She drunkenly drives home, parking crookedly in her driveway, still singing, lost in the emotional mess she’s trying to outrun. Teresa feels young, impulsive, and raw, clinging to her flirty exterior while struggling with heartbreak.
Role type	Role	Gender & Age range
Non Speaking	EMMETT	Male 4 - 6 Years old
Description Leanne's child. Open to any casting -- the ideal candidate will audition with their mother but also open to children auditioning without their parents also auditioning for Leanne. The children are lightly humorous, bringing physical comedy in how they walk with their mother and how they dress.
Role type	Role	Gender & Age range
Non Speaking	CHARLOTTE	Female 6 - 8 Years old
Description Leanne's child. Open to any casting -- the ideal candidate will audition with their mother but also open to children auditioning without their parents also auditioning for Leanne. The children are lightly humorous, bringing physical comedy in how they walk with their mother and how they dress.

Casting Call: SAIT Film Productions (Open to Union & Non-Union by Agreement)

SAIT Film and Video Production Program, Student Production 

Production: Act of Grace 

Union/Non-Union: Non-Union but open to Union submissions with ACTRA Approval

Production Type: Student 

Project Length: 30 seconds 

Posted on: October 2nd 

Production Location: Calgary, Alberta (specific locations TBA) 

Director: Liam Strashok 

Producer: Chit Wang Yan 

Casting Coordinator: Barbara Davidson Vieira Email: barbara.davidsonvieira@edu.sait.ca 

Audition Location: Digital submission 

Filming Location: Calgary, Alberta (specific locations TBA) 

Compensation: Copy of the project will be provided upon completion of the project 

Key Dates: 10th of October - shooting day 

Audition: Digital submission 

Date/Time: TBA 

(Please note, confirmed auditions will be given a specific time). 

Filming Begins: 10th of October 

Filming Ends: 10th of October 

Synopsis: A home security camera commercial wherein a trio of pirates attempt to steal a recently delivered parcel. However they decide to steal from a house protected by King James security, and the security system, a pair of package bodyguards, thwarts them. 

Roles/Character Bios: Three pirates and two bouncers. 

Kindly submit headshot and resume to: barbara.davidsonvieira@edu.sait.ca

Thank you!

Call for Playwrights: Urban Stories

 Just Acts Play Fest: Call for short plays

The Just Acts Play Fest will be held in February in the Lower Theatre at Knox United Church.

Our theme for 2025 is Examining Control. What does control mean to you?

- The plays must be 10 minutes or less in length.

Have a small cast, 2-4 characters.

Simple set-no set changes

Deadline to submit is October 15/2024. The UST Creative team will then choose 3-5 plays to be

part of the festival based on what will offer the most variety.

The Festival will be in February 2025, dates TBD.

Contact Info: urbanstoriesyyc@gmail.com

Website: urbanstoriestheatre.org

Audition Notice: Teen Boy

PRINCIPAL CASTING:

We're on a special casting search for a feature film, “REIMAGINED,” produced by the phenomenal Bob Graf.

FELIX, 13 (lead role), grieving the loss of his mother, struggles to cope w/the changes around him. Through his determination to keep his mom's legacy alive, he finds his voice & confidence. Felix transforms from a stuck kid into an incredible leader who embraces change & reconnects with his family & community. He realizes he can move forward without letting go of the past, merging his mother’s teachings w/newfound strength & his wildly imaginative creativity.

Synopsis: A beloved annual Christmas pageant is on the brink of falling apart when one boy, who hears the music others don’t, may be the only chance it has to survive. 13 y/o Felix struggles to preserve his late mother's legacy by saving the beloved Christmas pageant she once directed. Faced w/a new director's sweeping changes & a missing star performer, Felix rallies his friends & discovers his own creativity to bring the show to life in this imaginatively inspired twist on a traditional Christmas pageant. Through resilience & the power of community, Felix learns to honor his mother's memory while stepping into his own future.

NOTE: FELIX doesn’t need to say a word – for us to see the world in his eyes. His quiet moments & nuances are key. He is NOT an actory "Broadway" kid (if it feels like he's "acting" or over-the-top, it's not right for this role). Ability to carry a tune a plus! If so, please mention.

To Submit: Email childcasting@gmail.com (NOT a reply to this). Subj Line: ATTN Adam - Felix submission (childs name, city/state).

In email, please include:

- Name, plus age & DOB of candidate. U or NU. City/state of residence.

- If parent/guardian submitting child - name, phone/email of parent/guardian.

- If agent/mgr submitting client - agent/mgr name, phone/email, company name.

- Candid, current photos; full body & close up (focus on eyes a plus).

- A few sentences about candidate; fun facts, anything you want us to know (incl if they can sing).

We're working in tandem w/CD Susanne Scheel; we're on the same team - pls do NOT contact her office at this time or double submit.

Director: Mateo Messina
Producer: Bob Graf

Casting Director: Susanne Scheel (pls do not contact Susanne's office at this time)

Search Casting Director: Debbie DeLisi, Adam DeLisi

SAG theatrical contract; location/dates TBD

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BG CASTING (these filmmakers CAST their BG, never just a number!):

To submit for BG in NYC for the new A24 film by Josh Safdie, starring Timothée Chalamet (& other luminaries we aren't able to disclose yet), email extrascastingnyc@gmail.com. Put "Send Submission Instructions/A24" in the subject line. You'll get an email back w/details on how to submit. The film takes place in 1950 - 1952 (look up photos from that era). If your look does NOT feel of that time period, it's not a good fit for this one; keep in mind when submitting (honest!) photos. ALL MUST have the early '50's vibe! Do NOT submit contemporary looks pls! NOTE: There are special scenes featuring Japanese people & authentic Table Tennis players. Plus many more!

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Thank you!

Yours, Team DeLisi Creative; Glo, Gabrielle, Megan, Laurel, Debbie DeLisi & Adam DeLisi | on behalf of: "REIMAGINED"

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