ACTORS NEEDED FOR SPEAKING ROLES IN A PERIOD PROJECT FOR A MUSEUM EXHIBIT
For videos featuring historic character monologues
Shooting in Pittsburgh at a studio in late March.
Non-Union Principals – Caucasian
Speaking – Note that some characters require specific accents.
500-600 word monologue to the camera with a teleprompter
1/2 day shoot (2-4 hrs)
Rate is $500
Must be local to Pittsburgh. No travel expenses will be reimbursed.
ROLES AVAILABLE:
#1 – Caucasian Male
- Age 48
- Born in 1650 in Warwickshire, England
- Early modern English accent.
# 2 – White Male
- Age 22 – 1862
- Born upstate NY
- Military during the civil war
#3 – White Female
- Aged 27 – 1838
- Born in Augusta, Georgia to a prosperous family.
#4 White Male
- Age 48 – 1899
- Born on Hatteras Island, NC
- Grammar school education.
- Outer Banks dialect
#5 – White Male
- US Navy Lt Commander
- 37 years old – 1942
- Minnesota
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