Durant Casting - Weekly Audition News & Notices

Published: Mon, 03/11/19

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Fr. Speedy’s 2-Hour Confirmation Seminar – PAID
A spoof, long-form commercial where a sub-par Catholic Confirmation program is advertised where it compares the Sacrament to “Catholic Graduation” and guarantees maximum results with minimum effort. Very similar in style and tone to “Ninja Nannies”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XeoXJjidVPY&t=50s
Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson
An exhilarating and raucous look at one of our nation’s founding rock stars, reinventing the life of our seventh president.
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A college student simply trying to do his homework has his day interrupted not only by his annoying best friend, who has his own goals for the day, but by the staff of the Mathematics center and their ambivalence towards his problem. All he wishes to accomplish is to replace his graphing calculator since it …
Breakdown
Rhea, a recent college graduate, is fighting to get a job to get herself out of her parents house and to start her life officially as an adult. But when she finally gets a job interview she can’t speak anymore. All anyone can hear in the interview is static. Causing chaos and confusion. Everyone wants …
Cactus
Logline: An isolated young woman whose skin cannot be touched must explore the boundaries of her handicap to sustain a relationship with her new boyfriend, who’s like her. Synopsis: Ever call someone a “cactus” because they hate being touched? Paige looks like a normal young woman, but her skin cuts whoever it touches. This causes …
The Great Gatsby
Jay Gatsby, a self-made millionaire, passionately pursues the elusive Daisy Buchanan. Nick Carraway, a young newcomer to Long Island, is drawn into their world of obsession, greed and danger. The breathtaking glamour and decadent excess of the Jazz Age come to the stage in this F. Scott Fitzgerald’s classic.
Jasper in Deadland
Jasper in Deadland tells the story of 16-year-old Jasper, who journeys into the Afterlife to rescue his recently deceased best friend, Agnes. But in this version of the hereafter – known as “Deadland,” a hybrid of mythology, religion, and superstition – the dead forget Life… And so, too, will Jasper, if he can’t get past …
Monk ‘N’ Bud (Theatrical Reading)
On a hot summer evening in 1951 Thelonious Monk and Bud Powell, two jazz musicians, were arrested on a street corner near what would become Lincoln Center. This is a fictionalized accounting of that incident.
Other Desert Cities
Brook Wyeth returns home to Palm Springs after a six-year absence to celebrate Christmas with her parents, her brother, and her aunt. Brooke announces that she is about to publish a memoir dredging up a pivotal and tragic event in the family’s history—a wound they don’t want reopened. In effect, she draws a line in the …
Tacos
If there ever were someone capable of being bad at being gay, it would be Leslie. Awkward, single and with terrible pick up lines in hand, she stares at all the women of the world and smiles. Because she has no freaking clue which ones swing for her team. Being a college freshman, with no …
Angela’s Fortune
Angela, a skeptical young woman, visits a fortune teller with a few of her friends. She soon realizes that the path she’s advised to take is vital for her and her friends future. The outcome rests solely with Angela.