Casting Call: Short Film - PAID, Union

Production Title: How To Skin A Cat

Production Company: Rat Ball Films Inc.

Type of Production: Short Film

Synopsis: How To Skin A Cat is a 25-minute drama about two actresses at different stages of

their career. As their friendship develops, their professional ambitions conflict and they are

forced to reckon with the often difficult reality of pursuing their dreams.

Name of Agreement/Payment Rate: AIP Agreement, $150/day Principal; $120/day Actor;

$60/day BG

Shoot Dates: Dec 17, 18, 19, Jan 11, 12

Shoot Location: Calgary and Area

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Casting Director: Ted Stenson

Audition Dates: Auditions by self-tape; callbacks over Zoom; Sides will be sent with audition

invitation. If interested, please send a recent photo, head shot, and resume and please specify

which role(s) you are submitting for.

Submission Deadline: December 2, 2024

Submission Email Address: tedstenson@gmail.com

Will Casting Director Accept Electronic Auditions? Yes

List of Roles and Character Descriptions:

Craig: (25 - 35) male, easygoing, playful but also reliable (*Principal Role)

Priscilla: (25 - 35) female, an artist, very dry sense of humor, unpretentious (*Principal Role)

Trish: (40 - 65) female, talent agent (*Principal Role - Off-Screen)

Instructor: (30 - 60) teaches a “how to audition” workshop, funny and disarming, very

extroverted (Actor)

Photographer: (20s) very online fashion victim (Actor)

Carson (20s) - audition workshop attendee, first time attending an acting workshop, very

self-conscious (Actor)

Extra Breakdown:

4 BG - 20s, female

6 BG - assorted bar/brewery patrons, mixed age, gender

Casting Call: Theatre

Audition - Symons Valley Players

December 15, 2024 - 6:30 – 9:00 pm
UPDATED: November 18
 
 
Play: Under the Big Top by Martin Follose
Performance dates:  May 8-11, 2024
 
Who:  Symons Valley Players (Founded in 1995, with 26 Annual performances)
Location:  Symons Valley United Church
Address:  38 Kincora Rise NW, Calgary (Auditions, Rehearsals & Performances)
Director:   Brenda Watt
 
Under the Big Top Synopsis:
The bank is going to foreclose on the Marlow Little Big Top Circus unless the loan can be repaid in three days. It's a calamity in the making with 2 burglars stealing the money for the loan, while a scheming Bank Secretary tries to re-steal the money from them to shut the circus down.  How will the circus survive especially when the Lion Tamer is afraid of lions, the Magician is claustrophobic, and the 2 trapeze artists are afraid of heights.  Throw in 2 romances, 5 clowns, an intelligent Pooper Scooper, along with the Snake Charmer, Fortune Teller, Tight Rope Walker, Bearded Lady and 2 private Investigators, and you have mayhem in the making!! Step into the Ring for this memorable fun with a variety of crazy circus characters to be found Under the Big Top!
 
Audition Requirements:   We are seeking the following:
·    Betsy Buckman (female) (58 lines) age range between 30 & 40.  Betsy is a run-away from her home and her boyfriend, to join the circus.  She gets excited about the littlest things.  Betsy interacts with the audience throughout the play.
·    Add: David Copperflood (male) Circus magician/escape artist who is claustrophobic (17 lines)
·    Bertha the Bearded Lady (female) – (6 lines) Long beard, plan dress
·    Slither the Snake Charmer Female – (3 lines) wears snake around her neck
·    Bring your sense of comedy and physicality with you.  Specific pages of the script will be used at the rehearsal (copies can be emailed in advance after December 10. Email not available until then.)
·    Other: those who would like to explore other areas of the Symons Valley Players (including Crew, Cast Support, Understudy/Actors in Training)
·    All must be committed to rehearsal and performance schedule
 
To Audition – Please Contact:  Brenda Watt mailto:brenda.m.watt@gmail.com
 
Rehearsal Schedule:
Phase 1: Sundays: January 12th to March 30, 6:00-9:00 pm (February 16 - No Rehearsal)
 
Phase 2:  April 6 – May 7     
April 6-9:  Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday at 6:00-9:0 pm
April 13-16:  Sunday at 2-5 pm, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday at 6:00-9:00 pm
April 20-26: Easter Sunday – No rehearsal, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday at 6:00-9:00 pm
April 27-30: Sunday at 2-5 pm. Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday at 6:00-9:00 pm
May 4- Sunday at 2-5 pm, Monday at 6:00-9:00 pm, Tuesday May 6 (No Rehearsal) Tuesday May 7: Wednesday Dress Rehearsal/Performance for Seniors (Call at 5:30 pm)
 
Show Time: May 8-11
Thursday, Friday, Saturday (Call at 6 pm) & Sunday (Call at 1 pm)
Sunday, May 11 – 4-6 pm: All cast and crew participate in set take down
6 pm: Cast Party with Pizza
 
Brenda
Brenda Watt, Director
(403)217-1129

Casting Call: Theatre

Audition Call: Vagina Monologues  (not paid)

Author:  Eve Ensler

2025 Calgary Fringe Theatre Festival

 

Through her interviews with more than 200 women, Eve Ensler chose some of the greatest stories about vaginas to include in The Vagina Monologues. The stories range from happy, to sad, to angry, to confused, but they are all spoken in an effort to empower women and celebrate the vagina. Ensler explores many topics: sex, relationships, sexual violence, sex work, menstruation, and more, and we get to meet women from all corners of the world who have very different lives, all dealing with how to have a relationship with their vagina.

 

Audition Dates:  Monday, December 9^th, 2024 (6:00pm / 7:00pm / 8:00pm / 9:00pm)

Looking for:  5 females - Ages 25 years to 75 years old.

 

Audition Requirements:  cold read of one of the monologues from the show.  We can't provide public scripts in advance due to copyright laws.  You can find numerous sites with the monologues online (ex. https://web.mit.edu/dvp/Public/TVMScript2008.pdf)

 

Most rehearsals will be solo rehearsals with a very flexible schedule - there will be 4 mandatory group rehearsals in July.

Tech & Performance Dates:  July 30, 31 August 1, 2, 3, 7, 8, 9  Call time will be 5:00 PM on some nights

Venue: Burns West Theatre (Inglewood)

Performance times will be at one of the following: 6:00pm / 7:30pm / 9:00pm

Fundraiser for the What If Foundation

Director: Blair Gallant

 

For an audition time, please email WhatIfFoundation@gmail.com with your theatre resume.  Indicate you are auditioning for The Vagina Monologues and what audition dates and times you are available for.

Casting Call: Theatre

 Audition Call: The Rocky Horror Show  (Equity & Non-Equity)

Author: Richard O'Brien

2025 Calgary Fringe Theatre Festival

 

In this cult classic, sweethearts Brad and Janet, stuck with a flat tire during a storm, discover the eerie mansion of Dr. Frank-N-Furter. As their innocence is lost, Brad and Janet meet a houseful of wild characters, including a rocking biker and a creepy butler.  Through elaborate dances and rock songs, Frank-N-Furter unveils his latest creation: a muscle man named "Rocky."  Now imagine doing a 9 person cast show... with 3 performers!!!

 

Audition Requirements: 

·      Please prepare a contemporary musical theatre song from or in the style of the show, no longer than a minute. We would like to see strong grounded choices with a clear sense of storytelling.  Please be aware that we might cut you off, and you might be asked to take direction on your song.   Please bring your backing tracks on a device that can connect via Bluetooth. 

· Please bring a copy of your headshot and resume.

·      Auditions for Rocky Horror be with 5 other auditioners - an hour long session that may include choreography.

·      Please prepare a short monologue (no longer than 2 minutes long).

·      You may be asked for a cold read from the show.

·      Selected auditioners will be requested to attend an in-person callback to read with other performers.

 

Equity Performers are welcome to audition - engaged under The Equity Festival Policy - https://www.caea.com/Theatre/Agreements-Policies.

 

Audition Dates: December 4th & 5^th, 2024 (6:00pm / 7:00pm / 8:00pm / 9:00pm) & December 8^th, 2024 (3:00pm / 4:00pm / 5:00pm)

Looking for:  One male, two females.  Ages 25 years to 45 years old.

Rehearsals:  Flexible schedule that will be built based on the cast and their availability.  Concentrated rehearsals start in the first week of July, 2025

Tech & Performance Dates:  July 30, 31 August 1, 2, 3, 7, 8, 9  Call time will be 5:00pm on some nights.

Venue: Burns West Theatre (Inglewood)

Performance times will be at one of the following: 6:00pm / 7:30pm / 9:00pm

Equity and non-Equity Actors will participate in the net proceeds of the show.

Director: Blair Gallant

 

For an audition time, please email WhatIfFoundation@gmail.com with your theatre resume.  Indicate you are auditioning for the Rocky Horror Picture Show and what audition dates and times you are available for.

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!