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$700/Week “Urban Ed” Principal Roles Open Casting Call

PROJECT TYPE: FEATURE FILM
UNION STATUS: NON-UNION
RATE OF PAY / CONTRACT: $700/WEEKLY

 

SHOOT DATE(S): 7/12/20230-7/30/2023

AUDITION DATE(S): 5/3/2023 FROM 4:00PM-8:00PM VIA ZOOM
CALLBACK DATE: 05/10/2023 FROM 4:00PM-8:00PM VIA ZOOM

SHOOT LOCATION: SPRINGFIELD, MA

STORYLINE: URBAN ED IS ABOUT A GROUP OF AT-RISK INNER CITY STUDENTS COMES FACE-TO-FACE WITH AMERICA’S BROKEN EDUCATION SYSTEM AND A WORLD THAT’S FULL OF CONTRADICTING LESSONS WHEN THEIR SMALL CHARTER SCHOOL IS SHUT DOWN IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ACADEMIC YEAR

ADDITIONAL PROJECT INFO: SENSITIVELY, THOSE WHO ARE SUBMITTING WHO MAY BE 18 AND OLDER PLEASE LOOK LIKE A TEENAGER. THESE ARE ALL HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS.

ROLES:

[BEANS] 17 TO 22 YEARS OLD (TO PLAY 17), BLACK, HISPANIC, OR MIXED MAN / BOY. IF LEGAL 18 OR
OLDER, MUST LOOK LIKE A 17 YEAR OLD. BEANS IS SHARP AS A TACK, REALLY FUNNY, AND NEVER HOLDS HIS TONGUE. HE HAS BEEN DEALT A TOUGH HAND AS FAR AS STABLE HOME LIVES GO, AND LIVES OUT OF HIS COUSIN’S CAR. AS A RESULT OF HIS LIFE CIRCUMSTANCES, HE CAN BE SHORT-TEMPERED AT SCHOOL WITH TEACHERS AND WILL NOT BACK DOWN FROM A FIGHT IF PUSHED TOO FAR. HE VALUES HIS FRIENDS, HIS WEED, HIS FREE TIME, AND A GOOD LAUGH

[D’AVANTE] 17 TO 23 YEARS OLD (TO PLAY 18), BLACK, HISPANIC, OR MIXED MAN / BOY. IF 19 OR OLDER,
MUST LOOK LIKE AN 18 YEAR OLD HIGH SCHOOL SENIOR. D’AVANTE IS TORN BETWEEN TWO WORLDS: THE EXPECTATIONS FROM HIS PEERS (OF WHAT A GUY “SHOULD BE”) AND THE STRICT RULES OF HIS MOM NICOLA WHO IS A CONSERVATIVE IMMIGRANT. D’AVANTE’S A SUPREMELY COOL KID JUST TRYING TO NAVIGATE THE HARD-TO-NAVIGATE WORLDS OF SCHOOL, PEERS AND FAMILY EXPECTATIONS

[OLIVIA] 17 TO 23 YEARS OLD (TO PLAY 17), WHITE WOMAN / GIRL. IF LEGAL 18 OR OLDER MUST LOOK
CONVINCINGLY LIKE A 17 YEAR OLD. OLIVIA’S GOT AN EMO/GOTH THING GOING ON. HER BOYFRIEND DIED, HER DAD IS GONE, HER MOM IS ON DISABILITY, AND HER LITTLE SISTER LOUD AND OBNOXIOUS IN THEIR TINY APARTMENT. SHE HAS A BESTIE, ARYANA, WHO IS HER “RIDE OR DIE” AND SHE HAS HER ART, WHICH SHE POURS HERSELF INTO

[HAWA] 16 TO 23 YEARS OLD (TO PLAY 16), AFRICAN, SOUTH ASIAN, BLACK WOMAN / GIRL. IF LEGAL 18 OR OLDER, MUST LOOK LIKE A TEENAGER WHO IS 16. HAWA IS A QUIET YOUNG WOMAN – A RECENT REFUGEE WHO’S NEW TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. SHE HAS STRICT PARENTS AND TAKES SCHOOL SERIOUSLY, BUT STRUGGLES TO SPEAK THE LANGUAGE. IDEALLY SPEAKS SWAHILI OR FROM BURUNDI, BUT OPEN TO ACTORS WHO ARE OF NIGERIAN, KENYAN, TANZANIAN, UGANDAN, PAKISTANI, INDIAN, OR SOMALIAN BACKGROUND. SHE HAS AN ACCENT. FLUENCY IN A FOREIGN LANGUAGE FROM ONE OF THE AFOREMENTIONED COUNTRIES A PLUS

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