{"id":69021,"date":"2016-05-25T03:30:54","date_gmt":"2016-05-25T07:30:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=69021"},"modified":"2016-05-25T00:13:44","modified_gmt":"2016-05-25T04:13:44","slug":"casting-call-for-local-film-auditions-may-28","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=69021","title":{"rendered":"Casting call for local film: auditions May 28"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?attachment_id=69022\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-69022\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-69022\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/actingclasses-300x200.jpg?resize=300%2C200\" alt=\"actingclasses\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/actingclasses.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/actingclasses.jpg?resize=150%2C100&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/actingclasses.jpg?resize=400%2C266&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/actingclasses.jpg?w=849&amp;ssl=1 849w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>We are casting &#8216;We The Animals,&#8217;\u00a0a film by Emmy-nominated director Jeremiah Zagar.\u00a0No acting experience is necessary to audition.\u00a0Auditions will be held at Utica City Hall,\u00a01 Kennedy Plaza, Utica,\u00a0Saturday, May 28, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Following are the characters for which actors are sought:<\/p>\n<p>Dustin &#8211; Caucasian male ages 12-14, quirky slender kid<\/p>\n<p>Old Man &#8211; Ages 60 &#8211; 80, Caucasian male<\/p>\n<p>George &#8211; Late 40s &#8211; early 60s, large bulky Caucasian male, 6\u20192\u2019\u2019 or taller<\/p>\n<p>Pregnant Woman &#8211; Mid 20\u2019s &#8211; mid 30\u2019s, must be 7-8 months pregnant by August<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Town Woman &#8211; 20\u2019s to 30\u2019s, female resident in town<\/p>\n<p>Concerned Citizen- 40\u2019s to 60\u2019s, nice small lady, sees boys playing in street<\/p>\n<p>School Boys &#8211; 3-4 Caucasian boys, ages 12-14, tough kids.<\/p>\n<p>Group of friends welcome!<\/p>\n<p>Haggard Man &#8211; 30\u2019s &#8211; 70\u2019s, male, Dirty hair. Quirky<\/p>\n<p>Kevin &#8211; Ages 25-55 male, owner of a drug store in town<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019d love to open this opportunity up to as\u00a0many members of the community as possible. The film, based on the best-selling novel We The Animals by Justin Torres,\u00a0tells the story of the harsh yet loving dynamic of a mixed-race, working\u00a0class family, seen through the eyes of the youngest son as he discovers his\u00a0We The Animals is a passion project for the Emmy-nominated director, Jeremiah Zagar, a well-known documentary filmmaker who has been developing this film for several years with the support of the Sundance Institute and the Independent Filmmaker Project.<\/p>\n<p>You do not need any acting experience or training to audition for these\u00a0roles.<\/p>\n<p>Contact casting@thepublicrecord.tv if you have any questions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; We are casting &#8216;We The Animals,&#8217;\u00a0a film by Emmy-nominated director Jeremiah Zagar.\u00a0No acting experience is necessary to audition.\u00a0Auditions will be held at Utica City Hall,\u00a01 Kennedy Plaza, Utica,\u00a0Saturday, May 28, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Following are the characters for which actors are sought: Dustin &#8211; Caucasian male ages 12-14, quirky slender kid [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":69022,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[16,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-69021","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arts-and-entertainment","category-top-story"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p43meu-hXf","jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/actingclasses.jpg?fit=849%2C565&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69021","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=69021"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69021\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/69022"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=69021"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=69021"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=69021"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}