Equity Performers Needed for "Samara" Film Project
Casting Equity Principal Actors for "Samara" Project, please see the details below. About the project: Katie and Craig are having a baby… with a surrogate… who lives in India. A month before the baby’s due date, Craig reluctantly travels to Ahmedabad, where he meets Suraiya, their young, less-than-thrilled surrogate. As all three “parents” anxiously wait for the baby to be born, flights of fancy attack them from all sides, in the form of an unctuous Frenchman and a smart-mouthed fetus. A whimsical take on modern-day colonialism. Rate: SPT $545 weekly minimum (SPT 5) Additional info: Please prepare two contrasting contemporary monologues. Auditions should be no longer than 5 minutes in length. OTHER DATES Rehearsal Dates - December 30, 2024 - January 25, 2025 Previews - January 23 - 24 Opening - January 25 Closing - February 9
5 roles
The more assertive partner in the relationship, maybe a little tightly wound? Fantasizes about passion, romance, and impulsivity as an escape from the reliable, pragmatic, unglamorous reality of her life as a non-profit arts administrator, married to a reliable, if somewhat unadventurous man.
Her husband - a construction worker, but also plays bass in a band that’s kind of a big deal… amongst their friends. Earnest and well-intentioned, he is content to let Katie take the lead in their relationship and feels somewhat lost and untethered when they are apart.
Indian, their surrogate (Doubles as BABY). Driven and pragmatic; surrogacy is a means to an end to achieve her goal of attending medical school. Doing her best to stay detached from the child currently inhabiting her body… not always successfully.
Appears to be the same age as Suraiya, male, Indian, a fetus. Spirited, curious, new to consciousness but ready to make bold choices based on limited information. Willful, impetuous, and foul-mouthed, he will not abide being ignored. (Doubles as FATHER-TO-BE, INDIAN WOMAN IN LABOR, SURROGATE 1, MAILMAN, MOTHER)
Very French, a figment of Katie’s imagination - and idealized version of the seductive, French leading man whose singular purpose is to induce spontaneous swooning. (Doubles as two DOCTORS, SURROGATE 2)
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