Anne Chapman Casting & VCUarts Cinema seeking 10 actors for 3 short student film shooting June/July, 2022
COVID-19 University & Production Protocol (including a negative COVID-19 test 24hours prior to arriving on set) will be followed.
Come Back Tomorrow
VCUarts Cinema Non-Union Short Student Film
Production Company: VCUarts Cinema
Executive Producers: Kevin Gallagher & Ruben Rios
Producer: Lillian Sisti
Director: Nico Yanakiev
Screenwriter: Kyle Duncan
Casting Director: Anne Chapman
Casting Associates: Isabella Thietje
Casting Assistant: Alexa Lushetsky, Rachel Christina
Shoot Dates: June 27th & 28th, 2022
Rate: $125.00/day
Final authorization for engagement of services is dependent upon university budget approval.
Location: Richmond, Virginia
Virtual Audition: Tuesday late afternoon, June 21st, 2022
COME BACK TOMORROW – STORYLINE: College student Kenneth finds himself isolated and alone minutes before closing time in a local coffee shop. He forms an unlikely companionship with the reluctant barista, forced to stay late upon her manager’s request.
SEEKING:
[LORRAINE] 23 to 29 years old, all ethnicities female. Introverted, Lorraine keeps her social circle as small as possible. She’s never been interested in obtaining a traditional education, but what she lacks in degrees she makes up for in a gritty understanding of how the real world works. She is not one to make conversation, especially with strangers. Barista experience a plus but not required.
Shoots Two (2) days @ $125/day – June 27th & 28th, 2022.
[KENNETH] 18 to 23 years old, all ethnicities male. Kenneth is a studious and has found the routine of college to be very natural. He has had to work hard for what he wants, but has never experienced anything as catastrophic as the car crash his mother was just involved in.
Shoots Two (2) days @ $125/day – June 27th & 28th, 2022.
[OBADIAH] 40 to 59 years old, all ethnicities male. A hard-working father of four and owner of the café. Obadiah very much enjoys his job, and believes in having a good working relationship with his employees, doing his best to be interested in their lives without being too invasive. Lorraine reminds him of his oldest daughter.
Shoots 1 day @ $125/day – June 27th or 28th, 2022
(The F***Ked Up Thing that Happened to) Ruth Ermingild
VCUarts Cinema Non-Union Short Student Film
Production Company: VCUarts Cinema
Executive Producers: Kevin Gallagher & Danny Caproaletti
Producer: Jesse Knowles
Director: Nia Frazier
Screenwriter: Alex Bagoly
Casting Director: Anne Chapman
Casting Associates: Isabella Thietje, Kayla Eslin
Casting Assistant: Alexa Lushetsky
Shoot Dates: June 30th, July 1st & July 2nd, 2022
Rate: $150.00/day
Final authorization for engagement of services is dependent upon university budget approval.
Location: Richmond, Virginia
Virtual Audition: Wednesday late afternoon, June 22nd, 2022
RUTH ERMINGILD – STORYLINE: Sadie arrives for a sleepover with her recently more withdrawn best friend Ruth, bearing witness to the mysterious relationship between Ruth, Ruth’s mother, and Ruth’s grandmother.
SEEKING:
[SADIE MACINTYRE] 18 to 22 years old to play 16, female. Sadie is a high school girl looking to reinvent her high school image. She has recently grown distant from her best friend Ruth. She is sensitive, perceptive and empathetic and wants to rekindle her relationship with Ruth.
Shoots Three (3) days @ $150/day – June 30th, July 1st & July 2nd, 2022.
[RUTH ERMINGILD] 18 to 22 years old to play 16, female. Ruth is a high schooler who is forced to mature before she’s ready due to her family’s gruesome tradition of caring for their elderly matriarchs. She has recently grown distant from her best friend Sadie. She harbors a slight resentment toward Sadie’s popularity, but wants badly to reconnect.
Shoots Three (3) days @ $150/day – June 30th, July 1st & July 2nd, 2022 – Must be comfortable with fake blood.
[MRS. ERMINGILD] 40 to 49 years old, female. Mrs. Ermingild is the friendly mother of Ruth, and daughter of Grandma Ermingild. Unashamedly a helicopter mom and devoted daughter. She maintains the order in her ideal household. Her kind and friendly demeanor is only surface level, it’s a coping mechanism to deal with a terrible family tradition.
Shoots Two (2) days @ $150/day – Between June 30th & July 2nd, 2022.
[GRANDMA ERMINGILD] 60 to 79 years old, female. Elderly, bedridden mother and grandmother. She is the recipient of the Ermingild’s traditional end-of-life care from her granddaughter Ruth under her daughter’s supervision; a dark procedure involving the transfer of blood from old to young. Must be comfortable with fake blood and have the ability to scream and wail.
Shoots One (1) day @ $150/day – Between June 30th – July 2nd, 2022 – Must be comfortable wailing, screaming and with fake blood.
You or A Friend
VCUarts Cinema Non-Union Short Student Film
Production Company: VCUarts Cinema
Executive Producers: Kevin Gallagher & Vivan Owen
Producer: Camden Walent
Director: Kristina Flansburg
Screenwriter: Lindsey Paulette
Casting Director: Anne Chapman
Casting Associates: Isabella Thietje & Emily Dunn
Casting Assistant: Alexa Lushetsky
Shoot Dates: July 6th, 7th & 8th, 2022
Rate: $150.00/day & $300/day
Final authorization for engagement of services is dependent upon university budget approval.
Location: Richmond, Virginia
First Round: via self-tape
Virtual Callback: June 26th, 2022
YOU OR A FRIEND – STORYLINE: The evening of two friends takes a turn when a fortune cookie predicting marriage has them fighting over who will be the first of the two to get engaged.
SEEKING:
[MARIE] 23 to 29 years old, all ethnicities female. Marie is passionate and stubborn. Dianna’s roommate. She wishes for love and success and is willing to bulldoze through anything in her way to get what she wants. Her aspirations can come across very dramatic, but she means well and loves deeply.
MUST BE COMFORTABLE WITH RUNNING INDOORS
Shoots: Three (3) days – $300/day – July 6-8, 2022
[DIANNA] 23 to 29 years old, all ethnicities female. Dianna is roommates with her college best friend, Marie. She is able to manage Marie’s dramatic antics. She has a softer demeanor and has always had a deep love towards Marie that may extend past “friendship”. She’s the one to neutralize moments of high emotion and acts as the mom-friend between the two.
MUST BE COMFORTABLE WITH RUNNING INDOORS
Shoots: Three (3) days – $300/day – July 6-8, 2022
[AMBER] 23 to 29 years old, all ethnicities female. Amber is self centered and attention seeking. She presents herself as living a luxurious life . She’s a typical Instagram girly who is interested in the flashy and superficial. All of her relationships are shallow and for show because she cannot entertain the selfless idea of true friendship. She’s in a situational, long term friendship with Marie and Dianna.
Shoots 1/2 day – $150/day – July 6, 7, or 8, 2022
Submitting does not guarantee an audition, you will be contacted if selected to self-tape.
SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS
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