Durant Casting - Weekly Audition News & Notices

Published: Mon, 11/13/17

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On Hold
Newly widowed Albert Nichols (60s) and his grandchildren, Susan (20s) and Scott (20s) are held hostage by an escaped fugitive (30s). The fugitive raises demands to their father, a local news anchor (40s). While in this predicament, drama, peril, and comedy ensue as the Nichols family is forced to face their grief in unexpected ways.
The Graduate
A cult classic reimagined for the stage, The Graduate follows Benjamin, an overachieving young man, who is confronted by an older woman and friend of the family, Mrs. Robinson.  She proposes they sleep together, and they do.  But what will happen when Benjamin falls for Mrs. Robinson’s daughter, Elaine?
Out of the Past
Out of the Past scene remake for a film school Lighting class project.
Buddy – The Buddy Holly Story
Before The Beatles and The Stones, there was Buddy!  Three years was all it took for Buddy Holly to change rock music forever, achieving seven Top 40 songs between 1957 and 1958 in the golden days of rock ‘n’ roll. Now the hit musical Buddy – The Buddy Holly Story charts the musician’s life from his Texas …
Horror Short
A babysitter finds herself face- to-face with an undead monster.
Domestic Violence
This is a short 3-5 minutes film on Domestic Violence.
Talking about the Grieving Process- Banner Heath Video Campaign
This project consists of 3 videos each showing a discussion about a grieving process and ways to help with it. The 3 conversations are emotional talks between a person who just lost someone and a person who offers ideas to help with their grieving process.
HAND TO GOD
Hand to God by Robert Askins a co-production with Phoenix Theatre 2015 Tony nominee for Best Play The filthiest puppet you’ll ever meet. “HAND TO GOD is so ridiculously raunchy, irreverent and funny it’s bound to leave you sore from laughing. Ah, hurts so good.” – New York Daily News
GIDION’S KNOT
Gidion’s Knot by Johnna Adams a co-production with Tempe Center for the Arts There are never any easy answers. Over the course of a harrowing, unexpected parent/teacher conference, a grieving mother and an emotionally overwhelmed primary school teacher have a fraught conversation about the mother’s son, Gidion.  “Gidion’s Knot understands one thing about school violence …