Feature Film casting (July2024) HUdson Valley, NY

LWS (Working Title) will be filming in JULY 2024 in the Hudson Valley region.

Heidi K. Eklund (CSA) will be casting several speaking roles and looking for NY local talent.  The project is SAG-AFTRA Ultra Low Budget Project Agreement
Speaking roles will be SAG-AFTRA UPA agreement $241 per day.
NON - Speaking roles will be paid but the rate is not determined yet (somewhere from $100-150 per day).

We are seeking talent for the following roles:


9. DEALER - a very intense drug dealer who puts his needs above all else.
Tattoos (with releases) a plus. 1 Day of filming

10. DETOX CENTER EMPLOYEE (Any Ethnicity, Age Range 35-70)
Days of Filming: 1 Day of filming

11. TRACY 
• Megan’s infant daughter 6-12 months (must be over 6 months old BEFORE July 29 - TWINS ARE ENCOURAGED TO SUBMIT)Days of Filming: 8 Days

12. JAX (non-speaking) MALE 8-10 year old actor to play 7 years... Must be able to convey being afraid of their foster dad without using words
1 Day of filming


ALREADY CAST
1. MEGAN  (White, Female, Age Range: 24-36) LEAD
Days of Filming: 15 Days
Megan grew up poor with her single mother, Lauren, in a low-income rural town. She struggles with addiction and her current goal is to gain back custody of her infant daughter, Tracy. She is faced with an impossible task to find the money to get to a treatment center and get clean in order to gain back custody of her daughter.

2. LAUREN (White, Female, Age Range: 43-55) LEAD
Days of Filming: 13 Days
Megan’s self-centered and dysfunctional mother, Lauren, is a former beauty pageant queen who has always dreamed of moving out of her small town, but she became a mother when she was very young. She has an addiction to pills like most of the people in the town where she lives. Lauren is centered on herself, wears make-up, her nails are always done, wears cheap jewelry, and her clothes are tight and revealing. She is an extrovert, knows how to grab attention.

3. PAUL (White, Male, Age Range: 34-45) LEAD
Days of Filming: 7 Days
Paul sports thick eyeglasses, a receding hairline, has tattoos, and a carefree demeanor. He has had low-paying jobs for most of his life in construction and truck driving. He injured his knee on a job and currently unable to work. He relies on Lauren for money and pills.

4. LYNDA (White, Female, Age Range: 50-65)
Days of Filming: 4 Days
Megan’s next-door neighbor who chain smokes and absolutely despises Megan. Lynda has to provide for her young nephews, nieces, and grandchildren either because their parents have lost custody, are in jail, or are unable to take care of them because of their drug issues.

5. DAVE (White, Male, Age Range: 18-25)
Days of Filming: 10 Days
 Lynda’s nephew who is raising his infant daughter as a single dad. He works at the shopping mall where Lauren also works. Dave is quiet and shy and he hides from his Aunt Lynda that he is using addictive pills.

6. CAROL  (Any Ethnicity Female, Age Range: 50-65)
Days of Filming: 6 Days
Carol, wearing a formals suit and outdated haircut, is the case worker in Megan's custody case. Carol is hard on Megan to stay clean and be up front about her situation. She comes across overbearing and cold. Carol believes that she is there to protect Megan's daughter and enforce the rules.

7. DR. WILLIAMS (White, Male, 50-65)
Days of Filming: 1 Day
Dr. Williams who has has thick eyeglasses and a receding hairline, is local pill mill doctor. His approach towards his work is cold and detached as he is notorious for prescribing addictive pain
pills to the inhabitants of the small town where Megan lives.

8. MARY & RICHARD DAVIDSON (Any Ethnicity, Age Range: 37-47)
Days of Filming: 1 Day
  This devoted Catholic couple wants to adopt Megan’s baby.

We are asking for submissions on our registration form which collects all the necessary information we need to cast talent. We need current photos, so please have something prepared with a full length and head shot (no hats or sunglasses... and a natural/neutral look is best, with an uncluttered background behind the talent). We are also asking for a pdf of your acting resume or a letter sized document pdf describing your acting experience or your desire to begin acting.

We will use the form to invite people to audition via email as we see how talent who submits match the roles.
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