Seeking Cast for "The Network" Mini Series
Actors needed for "The Network" mini-series. ONLY LOCAL TALENT WILL BE CONSIDERED. See the details below. About the project: This is a short form, comedic, narrative show (15 episodes total), designed for social media. It's part of a marketing campaign for one of clients. Looking for actors very comfortable on camera, with improv experience/skill, and strong comedic timing. Two new recruits, Joe and Clementine, join “The Network” (dubbed “the next big thing in fintech” by, pretty much, everyone on the payroll). But Orientation is quickly derailed by a company-wide competition. The challenge? Come up with the best idea for company growth. The prize? Something so huge the employees will stop at nothing to get it. This show is a bit of a kooky world, where Severance meets Brooklyn 99. Rate: Pay rate ranges from $150-$250 a day, depending on role/hours called on set. Additional info: Key dates: Callbacks on July 27th. Filming Dates on August 4th-6th, & August 18th-20th. Medium: Mini-Series; Social Media Narrative Show. Union: Set is non-union, but abides by SAG hours and policies. When applying, please include: (1) Headshot (2) Resume (3) A 60 second tape of you improving as the character you are submitting for (see breakdown below). Prompt: You're in an office setting and have been asked to plan a staff party. You've also been told to incorporate your favorite hobby. This monologue is your pitch to the staff to convince them to attend. Please send this tape in via a google drive, or YouTube link, and make sure permissions are set to "public" so directors can view it. (4) Outline your availability on July 27th, August 4th, 5th, 6th, 18th, 19th, and 20th. Deadline is Tuesday, July 21st at 12 pm (EST). Must be available to attend an in person callback in Brooklyn on Monday, July 27th.
5 roles
(“Pleasure, real pleasure, nothing like the in-person shake is there?”) Former sales exec at a tire company. Loves a handshake. Loves talking about cars, or tires. Always has a business card on him. Still figuring out the definition of what business causal means. Feels a little lost by the “stuff kids are saying these days” but man he really loves people & he loves work. A good hearted guy, with goofy dad humor. Keeps trying to find a nickname for his new work pal, CLEMENTINE.
(“Well, actually, no, it’s not Clem for short.”) Recent college grad with two experiences and forty-seven up-voted skills on LinkedIn. Hit 500+ connections before 5th grade. Constantly saying she’ll “circle back” with that. Loves (modern) corporate jargon & a blazer-plus-t-shirt combo (never a full suit, she’s not a robot). Loves starting sentences with “well.” Most of all she loves Slack. She created her own start-up in school & it went bust in three months; now lives in her parents’ basement.
Actual clown experience would be a plus. (Head of sales, yes, he’s quite literally a clown). Never speaks, holds up signs instead with the messages for his team; no employee mentions that he is a clown and instead act like he’s totally normal (the two new recruits see who he is, CLEMENTINE calls it out immediately, confused, but JOE pretends it’s normal, trying to explain to her “this is just how things are, every place has one”).
(Head of HR) - female identifying. Allie Isaacs (“your initials are AI?”) is actually AI, and she “is here to represent our most valuable asset” (the asset being “you the employee” is implied but never actually…said; could it instead be “the company”? surely not!). She’s constantly trying to get the employees indoctrinated with the right policies and Orientation back on track (a MAIL MAN comes to the window? She doesn’t blink). She starts every answer with an emphatic compliment.
(Visual representation of hero’s greatest need). Rep from client's company, appears randomly, always in a distinctive costume, and delivers the same message. One message per episode, in a series of escalating ways. At first our main characters find him strange (wondering if they are seeing things), then they ignore him (lost in their own brainstorming sessions), and then they finally consider his message (when they are desperate for help). Physical comedy is a plus.
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