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Richmond – Casting call for student thesis film – 11/5-11/9 – Paid

Anne Chapman Casting is seeking 5 Actors for a SAG NYU Grad Film Thesis 35mm short film shooting in Richmond, VA 11/5-11/9 $150-$300

TO BE VAGUELY ASIAN IN THE AMERICAN SOUTH
NYU Grad Film Thesis Short Film
SAG-AFTRA Student Film Agreement

Producers: Charles Theobald & Tinbet Daniel
Director: Kansas Ballesteros
Screenwriter: Kansas Ballesteros
Thesis Advisor: Kasi Lemmons
Casting Director: Anne N. Chapman
Casting Associate: Carly Hough
Casting Assistant: Cody Saunders
Audition Date: 1st round via self-tape
CB: Virtual date TBD
Shoot Dates: November 5th – November 9th, 2025
Shoot Location: Richmond, Virginia
Shot in DIGITAL 4k & 35mm Film
Rate: $150-$300/DAY + 10% if submitted by agent
No nudity is required for the film, but bathing suits, shorts and crop tops are present in a swimming/sunbathing scene.
Intimacy Coordinator will be present when needed.
There will be dancing!

Storyline:
Ash, a biracial sorority girl, starts the new school year at a southern university with hopes of fitting into the Greek life scene. When confronted with racist images displayed at a fraternity house, Ash bites her tongue in front of her crush, Kurt. When Kurt takes her race to a fetish level, Ash is forced to confront her differences. She seeks advice from T, the other minority in her social circle, and decides to let her true feelings be known in epic fashion.

Seeking:
[ASH] 19. Half Asian, Half white Woman. Newly initiated to her sorority, Ash desperately wants to fit in with the crowd and to win the affections of Kurt, an older fraternity guy. Awkward and overly conscious of her body. She pretends to be unbothered by the microaggressions and the unattainable standards of beauty. Often unsure of herself, but a no holds barred bad ass when it comes down to it.
Must be comfortable with kissing and smoking a non-tobacco prop cigarette.
LEAD, Shoots 5 days @ $300/day +10% if submitted by agent.

[T] 20s. Black Man. Confident and suave. A few years into college, and over the parties. Over the people too. He’d tell everyone in his fraternity off if he thought it would help, but he suspects it wouldn’t. Jaded, almost desensitized to his fraternity brothers’ racial bigotry, has anger bubbling below the surface.
Must be comfortable smoking a non-tobacco prop cigarette and playing touch-football.
SUPPORTING, Shoots 4 days @ $250/day +10% if submitted by agent.

[KENDALL] 20s. White Woman. Popular, fun, a Lily Pulitzer model in the making. Kendall is the IT girl of her sorority. She’s dating Donny and already has their wedding planned. A girl’s girl! Kendall wants the best for Ash and all of her sorority sisters. Aware of more than she lets on. A diplomat in the making, but not yet ready to rock the status quo boat.
Must be comfortable smoking a non-tobacco prop cigarette.
SUPPORTING, Shoots 3 days @ $150/day +10% if submitted by agent.

[KURT]. 20s. White Man. Sexy, Athletic, and All-American with a charismatic smile. Peaking in college and he knows it. Headed for a corner office with a mind numbing job, so he is winning at parties, and charming all the girls now.
Must be comfortable with kissing and smoking a non-tobacco prop cigarette and playing touch-football.
SUPPORTING, Shoots 4 days @ $150/day +10% if submitted by agent.

[DUSTIN] 20s. White Man. Country Club bred. A meathead. Loves a good party. His mom raised him right (he says). A self-proclaimed ally. Wants to do right by his friends.
Must be comfortable smoking a non-tobacco prop cigarette and playing touch-football.
SUPPORTING, Shoots 1 day @ $150/day +10% if submitted by agent.

SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS
Please SUBMIT via the link below:
https://airtable.com/appuLDOJsTEJzByFp/shrRIJSvtYEl6GJN4

Thank you in advance for your submission!

Every submission is thoughtfully considered. Specific requirements to the 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.

 

***The Virginia Film Office is not affiliated with this project and it is up to the participants interested in this opportunity to vet the project and get more details directly from the filmmaker.***