Student Short Film "Motherhood" Seeks Cast
ONLY LOCAL TALENT WILL BE ACCEPTED. Casting call for "MOTHERHOOD: a 1-MAN CONCEPTUAL EXPERIMENTATION" a UBC Student Short Film. Looking for actors. More details are below. About the project: Ashleigh and Andy are pregnant! Well, Ashleigh is pregnant and Andy is pretending to be. Andy is an experimental artist who wants to push boundaries by pushing babies. But when Ashleigh goes into labour the night of Andy's 1-Man Show, Andy must face the reality of impending fatherhood he's so far avoided. "MOTHERHOOD: A 1-Man Conceptual Experimentation." is a comedy with a preference for actors with improv experience. This film explores constructs of gender: the alienation and commodification of women as well as men and domesticity. Rate: Volunteer/Unpaid. IMBd credits & food is provided. Accepting union actors. Additional information: Shooting dates: January 20th, 21st, 22nd. Location: Vancouver, BC. Auditions will include an improv section. Improv skills preferred but not required. Submission deadline: November midnight. If you're interested, please apply.
2 roles
Lead. Andy is not really pregnant. He is an experimental artist pushing boundaries by pushing out babies. Shameless and bumbling, Andy performs giving birth like it's a toddler's peepee dance. It's his unique way of navigating his anxieties of impending fatherhood.
Supporting. Ashleigh is actually pregnant. Shy and Gawky, Ashleigh becomes alienated in her pregnancy as Andy gets distracted with the debut of his 1-Man Show. All at once, Ashleigh has to shake sense into Andy while she goes into labour.
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