Tween and Teen female needed for Ithaca Short

​Producer and Director: E. Stuelke

Casting Directors: Heidi K. Eklund, CSA
Casting Assistant: Jada Hart
Interns: Emma Boyle, Pau Bredl Marti
CASTING IS COMPLETE
FEES for  Roles
$125/role, minimum.  There are circumstances where this is negotiable. There is possible travel compensation if actors are coming from a distance.  We are very interested in attracting submissions of actors LOCAL TO THE ITHACA, NY 

SHOOT DATES: April 13-17, 2024
ALL TYPES, ALL GENDERS, ALL ABILITIES are encouraged to apply. 

PLEASE DO NOT CONTACT THE PRODUCERS OR CASTING TEAM DIRECTLY. 
If you have any questions or concerns, you may email [email protected] (no phone calls, please).

Only those who submit a self-tape will be considered... we at least need to see a SLATE for JEN. (we always need to see what actors look like today as photos become outdated quickly).

​SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS

YOU CAN SUBMIT by using our google form HERE:

forms.gle/2UPAxpsLZiNM6xQN9

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go to the form first to retrieve the scenes we will use to audition actors 

 POSSIBLE Open Virtual Audition Opportunity
TO BE DETERMINED

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**Below is a preview of the audition instructions and descriptions of the roles:

To get the audition sides without using a subscription platform, you must: click on the link above in pink and follow the instructions on the form and agree to the confidentiality agreement. Only those who agree may have access to the confidential sides.

AUDITION INSTRUCTIONS:
1. Please record in a clean & clear location. Make sure you are well-lit. Have someone off camera reading the corresponding lines (the reader is giving the lines but it isn't about the reader so they should not overpower). 
2. Please stand for your read and frame it so we see you from the waist up (don't make it too far away or too close up). 
3. Record two takes of your read and present them in the same file one after the other (NO EDITING... be sure you do your read without edits) You will be able to upload on this form OR at this dropbox link:
4. Record and upload a separate slate stating your name, height, and home base location. 
5. DEADLINE FOR AUDITIONS: ASAP (DO NOT WAIT, we will cast as we go)
THE TONE The tone is authentic, nuanced, honest, subtle.

ROLES available:

[YOUNG SANDY] 9 to 13 years old, character is portrayed as Tween, ANY ETHNICITY girl, looks 11 (Sandy as child in 1975). Cute, precocious, spunky youngest of two children. Caucasian -  RED OR STRAWBERRY BLONDE HAIR  Interested in the dealings of the adults around her. She tries to “find things out.” - Important Main part of the action during the flashbacks.
 Rate is $125 per day. 2 filming days. NON-SPEAKING


[JEN] 13 to 17 years old, all ethnicities, character is portrayed as 15 years old and female, ANY ETHNICITY. - (Sandy’s sister as child, 1975) - Older sister, trying to be even older. Wears
makeup when she can. CAUCASIAN - LIGHT HAIR, LIGHT EYES Strains against her parents and other conventions. Wants to be left out of any drama. Featured role in Flashbacks. Rate is $125 per day. NON-SPEAKING. 1 filming day. NON-SPEAKING

Storyline: In this evocative drama, new-parents Cecil (35) and Sandy (26) discuss her deceased mother. Sandy receives a box containing her mother’s belongings from
Cecil and learns about her, has flashbacks about the time of her death, and reads letters addressed to Cecil, which prove Cecil and her mother had an affair, her mother was pregnant, she had an abortion, and then killed herself.
​**These are adult themes, yes, but the children do not need to be exposed to the storyline if parents do not wish to expose them to the themes. Their part is in a flashback and they are mostly listening to their parents through a door  but they don't really hear much but mild serious conversation.

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