Chicago Casting Calls & Acting Auditions

Casting Commercial for a Large Tech Company

Scenario #1 – Real Group of Friends
We are casting an entire group of NYC-based friends (4 individuals) who will be venturing on a food tour in Queens for a Commercial for a Large Tech Company. 

Protagonist: A person of any gender in the late 20s or early 30s. Someone extroverted with a kind face and an adventurous spirit. Good-natured. They are not so sophisticated that they’re entirely comfortable in all situations, but at least willing to try.

Friends: A raucous group, mainly in the same age bracket (the late 20s, early 30s). Here we’re keen to cast a diverse gang of actual friends IRL. We’re eager to cast folks with various styles, personalities, looks, gender, and ethnic backgrounds. 

Scenario #2 – Young New Yorker

Person of any gender, the early to late 20s, who visits a garden nursery. Approachable, stylish, confident. Plant lovers are a plus!

Fitting: 3/14

Shoot Dates: 3/15-3/17 (1-2 days TBD, 10hrs each)

Shoot Location: NYC

Session Fee (per day): $800 (incl. agency fee, if applicable)

Usage Fee (non-guaranteed, i.e., only if used in final creative): $5,000 (incl. agency fee, if applicable) for the following uses:

Term: 12 months from the first public exhibition. Option to extend for one additional year for an additional $1,500.

Territory: Worldwide

Media: All media (including internet, CTV/OTT, industrial, OOH), excluding broadcast TV. 2 consecutive options of 6 months each for broadcast TV.

Exclusivity: None

Fitting Fee: $100 total for a wardrobe fitting before shoot (only if applicable) 

Covid Test Stipend: $100 total for Covid-19 testing before shoot, only if required by the brand

Union Status: Non-union

Project: All executions of a promotional campaign related to the brand, including all revisions, cut-downs, versions, tags, lifts, and edits (including separate versions for foreign markets tangential to the campaign)

CASTING NEUTROGENA

• FEMALE
• 32-50
• ANY ETHNICITY
• SAG SCALE
• WORKS LA MARCH 17

UNITED CASTING AGENCY

CASTING: MODELS (BLACK AND LATINA) IN LA, FOR MAJOR HIP HOP ARTIST MUSIC VIDEO

FRIDAY 3/10/23

LEAD $500/10
FEATURED $300/10

NOW CASTING

L.A BASED ONLY
CASTING FACES FOR AN ICONIC MAKEUP HOUSE: NEW EYEBROW PRODUCT LAUNCH:

Looking for:
– One Latinx women-identifying/nonbinary beauties ages 20-30 with great, thick, and fun eyebrows
– Two models of diverse backgrounds to be featured as “parts” models-eyebrows only

GREAT EYEBROWS ARE A MUST

– must be based in L.A and the surrounding areas
– Ages 20-30 years old, all types and shapes.
– paid
– SAG/NON-SAG bot welcome

Exponent Study Casting – QUICK, EASY MONEY! These are done by the Exponent scientific team in Atlanta and are used for measurements in safety studies. All you have to do is show up and they will take measurements.

INDIVIDUAL #1: Male, 5’ 8”, 190-205 lbs, approximately 40-50 years old, any ethnicity
RATE: $225 / 3 HRS
LOCATION: ATLANTA, GA 
DATE: WEDNESDAY, MARCH 8TH 

“JACKPOT!” // DIRECTOR PICKED – ROUGH TEENS // 18-30yrs // FILMS 4.19, FITS 4.3 // Sub Request // ALL VAX STATUSES

Casting TaylorMade (Casting™)  has several roles to book on “JACKPOT!” We need background artists to play ROUGH TEENS for an upcoming filming day. 

Roles & details are listed below. Please submit your availability in the form below.

ROUGH TEENS
RATE: $150/12
FITTING BUMP: $50
AGE: 18 – 30
GENDER: ALL
ETHNICITY: ALL

DETAILS : 
Rough-looking teens. Please upload photos in which you LOOK the part.

SCHEDULE :
MANDATORY FITTING DATE:
4/3 (MONDAY) – FITTING

FILMING DATES (You will covid test on a hard day of filming):
4/19 (WED) – FILMING
FILMING/TESTING/FITTING LOCATION: IN/AROUND ATLANTA

IMPORTANT NOTES
1. ALL VACCINATION STATUSES CONSIDERED
2. YOUR FILMING & COVID DETAILS (LOCATION, TIME, WARDROBE) WILL BE EMAILED TO YOU THE EVENING BEFORE YOUR FILMING / COVID DATE(S).
3. ONCE WE HAVE MADE CONTACT TO BOOK YOU, YOU WILL RECEIVE AN EMAIL WITH A LINK TO SCHEDULE YOUR FITTING DATE & TIME – PLEASE SIGN UP AS soon as you get a chance. So that you know – your fitting will take 3 hours.

You do NOT need to be VACCINATED to work on this production.

Looking for NEWBORN – 66-MONTH-OLDBABIES!! 
(SINGLES, TWINS, OR OTHER MULTIPLES)

NO VAX REQUIREMENTS
Dates needed:
COVID TEST [TUESDAY 3/7], FILMING [WEDNESDAY 3/8], COVID TEST #2 [FRIDAY 3/17], FILMING DAY #2 [MONDAY 3/20]
Location: Filming in Atlanta, GA; Testing in Midtown 
Film Rate: HIGHER RATE – $300 per baby for Filming; $50 for COVID Testing

Need babies as close to newborn- 6-month-olds to play an infant baby Will Trent.  If you or someone you know has a baby or babies (twins or other multiples) under Newborn-6 months old or could pass as a newborn, please submit—accepting any gender, as long as the skin tone matches the photo below. 

NOW CASTING – ONLINE SPORTS BETTING 

A comedic sports gaming spot featuring a former professional ice hockey player. 

Shooting Starts: March 20-22, 2023 (TBC) in the GTA area

Rate: SOC: $500 session fee plus a $500 buyout. 2nd-year option – year one buyout + 20%

Usage: TV – Sportsnet from mid-April to the end of June (1 cycle). Plus, various online use for one year.

Conflicts: Other sports gaming sites

Non-Union Roles:
Jamie Foxx Lookalike – Male – 40 To 55
– You must be comfortable tripping into a fountain (10 inches deep). Additional $75 fitting fee.

Portal Guy – Male – 40 To 60
– White. Beard. Reference: Nick Offerman.

LAW AND ORDER SEASON 22 IS SEEKING MINORS TO PORTRAY STUDENTS AGES 10 TO 15

IDEALLY, TESTING IS TUESDAY, MARCH 7TH, BUT TESTING IS AVAILABLE ON WEDNESDAY, MARCH 8TH, IF NEEDED WORKING THURSDAY, MARCH 9TH, IN WEST VILLAGE MANHATTAN AREA

NON-UNION ROLE RATE IS $165/10 + $30 TESTING STIPEND
GUARDIAN THAT WILL BE ON SET WITH THE MINOR MUST ALSO TEST MUST HAVE A VALID WORK PERMIT, TRUST ACCOUNT, AND ids.

NOW CASTING
BACKGROUND TALENT 3/8
MAJOR TV SERIES

WORK DATES: WEDS 3/8/2023

-Shoots can last -/+12 hours / MUST have open availability /Dates subject to change

LOCATION: ATLANTA, GA AREA

-Must have reliable transportation. Locations may be outside of the perimeter.

RATE: $135/12+0T

-Paid in the form of check via payroll company within 4-6 weeks

MANDATORY COVID TESTING:
TESTING UPON ARRIVAL

NOW CASTING THE FOLLOWING BACKGROUND TALENT

CIGAR LOUNGE PATRONS & STAFF
Any ethnicity MALES & FEMALES
Appears Ages: 21-45