WHEN THE PHONE RINGS
VCUarts Cinema Non-Union Student Test Scene
Production Company: VCUarts Cinema
Executive Producer: Vivian Owen and Kevin Gallagher
Producer: Amanda Ramirez
Director: Addison Dephillip
Screen Writers: Zack March and Suren Amini
Casting Director: Anne Chapman
Casting Associates: Kayla Finley, Steven Graham, and Carly Hough
Casting Assistant: Rebecca Gendron
Day Rate: $75/ shoot day – Final authorization for engagement of services is dependent upon the university budget approval.
Audition: Via Self-Tape
Shoot Date: April 18th, 2024 (8am – Noon)
Shoot Location: Greater Richmond, VA
Local Hires only.
SUBMIT current headshot and resume (and reel if you have one) to:
vcucasting@gmail.com
Please include the following information in the SUBJECT LINE in this format:
When The Phone Rings/Your Name/Confirm you are local to Richmond, VA
In the body of your email please include:
Name:
Phone:
E-mail:
Height:
Confirm you are Local to Richmond, Virginia and available for an 8:00am start.
Confirm Shooting Date Availability for April 18th, 2024:
WHEN THE PHONE RINGS
STORYLINE:
In an alternate modern reality, in an impoverished area, a poor single mother with PTSD desperately fights her past and jeopardizes her relationship with her physically disabled son while they are on the run.
SEEKING:
[CORA] – Early 40s to early 50s, Any Ethnicity, Female. A loving mother with mental illness struggles to protect her son. Cora is a caring delusional mother who believes that she is being chased by her past employer. She has an extremely strong connection to her son, the miracle baby. She trusts no one but him. She constantly uproots their life to pr otect her son, he is the most important thing in the world to her.
LEAD – Shoots: One [1] day – $75/day – April 18th, 2024 8:00am – Noon.
Final authorization for engagement of services is dependent upon university budget approval.
Thank you in advance for your submission!
Submitting does not guarantee an audition: If selected, you will be contacted with an audition time and location. Every submission is thoughtfully considered. Specific requirements for each role are indicated above. Anne Chapman Casting is a safe space where all voices are equal regardless of age, sex, racial, tribal, religious, linguistic, cultural or national origin, disability, sexual orientation, or gender identity.