FERGUSON - NYC Appointments **Revised**
Theatre Planners
**This notice was revised on 08/31/2017. Specific reh/run venue/location added**
APPOINTMENTS
NYC auditions to be held on an upcoming date TBD by appointment only.
CONTRACT
Showcase-NY $1000 total project stipend (approval pending)
SEEKING
Submissions from Actors for various roles. See breakdown.
INSTRUCTIONS
For consideration, email (preferred) or mail picture and resume ASAP. Mark submissions FERGUSON [Role___] / NYC Appt Submission
Deadline: Mon, Sep 11, 2017
SUBMIT TO
submissions@michaelcassara.net
Michael Cassara Casting
333 W. 39th Street - Suite #800
New York, NY 10018
PERSONNEL
Director: Jerry Dixon
Playwright: Phelim McAleer
Producers: Racquel Lehrman, Theatre Planners
Casting Director: Michael Cassara, CSA
Directed by Jerry Dixon (Broadway's If/Then, Once On This Island, etc.)
OTHER DATES
The commitment for this project is:
3 Weeks Rehearsal (9/25 to 10/18)
19 Total Performances (10/19 to 11/5)
All rehearsals and performances in NYC
(30th Street Theatre in Manhattan)
OTHER
www.TheatrePlanners.com
Equity’s contracts prohibit discrimination. Equity is committed to diversity and encourages all its employers to engage in a policy of equal employment opportunity designed to promote a positive model of inclusion. As such, Equity encourages performers of all ethnicities, gender identities, and ages, as well as performers with disabilities, to submit.
BREAKDOWN
[BOB MCCULLOCH]
Male, Caucasian, 55. The prosecuting attorney. Salt and pepper hair. Detached emotionally – too gruff for his own good. Seeking strong actor – he will both play Bob and narrate.
[MARK WILLIAMS]
Male, African-American, 18+ to play 19. Passionate and clever, manipulates the truth. Michael Brown’s best friend, who was with him when he was shot.
[SHEILA WHIRLEY]
Female, African-American, 53, attractive. A lawyer at the trial. Professional, and a bit jaded.
[KATHI ALIZADEH]
Female, Caucasian, 41, brunette, attractive. The assistant prosecuting attorney. Upscale, ambitious, has lots to prove. She is on her way up.
[DARREN WILSON]
Male, Caucasian, 30, blondish, average looking with ideally a slightly receding hairline. The police officer accused of shooting Michael Brown. He speaks in a drone-like fashion.
[DORIAN JOHNSON]
Male, African-American, 23, with dreadlocks, slighter – on the smaller side – a kid who was with Michael Brown when he was shot.
[TRACK #1]
Female, African-American, 40s-50s. plays MARY ADAMS – Female, African-American, 47, a housewife. Matronly figure. Very loving, caring – a great Mom type. A witness to the shooting; Also plays MARTHA JENKINS – Female, African-American, 50, Ciara’s mother. Naïve. In shock and disbelief that this incident happened. A witness to the shooting; and JUROR#2
[TRACK #2]
Male, Caucasian, 50s. plays JOHN ALCORN, Darren Wilson’s supervisor; FRANK MURPHY, who did the autopsy on behalf of Michael Brown’s family.
[TRACK #3]
Female, Caucasian, 40s. plays SUSAN WHITE – Female, Caucasian, 47, brunette, average looking. A bit odd and eccentric – and maybe a little crazy. She was a witness to the shooting.
[TRACK #4]
Female, African-American, 18+ to play 21. CIARA JENKINS – Female, African-American, 21, attractive/urban. Grounded and emotionally mature for her age. She is pissed off, and determined to do the right thing. You know she is telling the truth. She was a witness to the shooting.
[TRACK #5]
Male, Caucasian, late 30s to early 40s. Pleasant looking - He plays MICHAEL SMITH a construction worker; and BRAD TAPER, an FBI agent.
[TRACK #6]
Male, Caucasian, late 30s to early 40s. Great (almost military) posture, shortish hair, looks like a detective or cop. Plays PATRICK WILKINSON, Darren Wilson’s training officer; BRIAN WILCOX, a forensic toxicologist; and JUROR#1
[TRACK #7]
Male, Caucasian, 30s to 40s, plays SHANE FOX, a construction worker; and JOHN MCGREGOR, an FBI agent; and JOHN MCCAFFREY, a St. Louis Police DNA expert.
Equity’s contracts prohibit discrimination. Equity is committed to diversity and encourages all its employers to engage in a policy of equal employment opportunity designed to promote a positive model of inclusion. As such, Equity encourages performers of all ethnicities, gender identities, and ages, as well as performers with disabilities, to submit.
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