Chicago Casting Calls & Acting Auditions

• [TRUCK STOP] SUPPORTING. 20s to 60s years old, all ethnicities, male. Actor who is a wheelchair user. Weathered, gravelly-voiced, and probably a heavy smoker, Truck Stop is one of Samara’s henchman. A former long-haul trucker, Truck Stop is gentle, good-natured, loving, and often reads to Hildie. However, he can be prone to violent outbursts after too many beers. He is one of the primary forces that seduces Hildie into trusting the group. In the end, he is part of the plot to drown Hildie and Glover.NOTE: Some fight choreography required. Bonus if actor can play guitar. Required for approx. 8 days of shooting

CITY HALL

• Men & women of all ethnicities to portray various groups of DMZ
• Ages: 18+

• 1930’s: Mary is seeking: People (18+, any portrayble ethnicity) to portray 1930’s Townsfolk. Within this group, we are looking to cast lawyers, secretaries, constables, etc. Men, you must be clean shaven and willing to get a hair cut, if needed! Due to vintage clothing restrictions, we can only book women size 8 and smaller and men size 36 waist and smaller. No modern haircuts, like fades, locs, modern hair colors or highlights, etc.

• Role: Lead
• Gender: Female
• Age: 16-18
• Ethnicity: White
• Gussie is on the chubby-side with long hair. She should be a teen with confidence and candor (think Saoirse Ronan in “Lady Bird”) and should be ready to improvise her physicality to embody the role and ‘own’ the space (think Maya Erskine in “PEN15”). Gussie does not like being told what to do, hearing ‘no’, and she most definitely does not like being embarrassed. Her irreverence should falter in the face of her father’s illness. A level of restraint and command of intense emotionality will also be necessary for the role.

• Role: Lead
• Gender: Female
• Age: 50-60
• Ethnicity: White
• Gussie’s mother. Linda is a slight and practical woman, guarded. Looks and performance-wise, she is somewhere between Judith Light and Julianne Moore. Her grey roots are showing beneath her professionally died hair. Linda is the primary caretaker for her husband and the head of household. She wants to smooth over everything, making it ‘nice’ and ‘comfortable.’ She is confused and sometimes disturbed by Gussie’s audacious personality.

• Role: Lead
• Gender: Female
• Age: 35-45
• Ethnicity: Filipino
• Gussie’s nanny. Imelda has raised Gussie and her sister Abby since they were babies and loves them like her own children. Gussie in particular has a strong bond to Imelda and is often seeking her attention and comfort as she tried to separate herself from the family unit. Imelda should have a motherly familiarity with Gussie and Abby, but an employee’s formality with James and Linda. She has a strong sense of self and should feel as at home in the house as any of the other family members. Importantly, however, Imelda has her own life away from Goodman family. At the end of the day she can “clock out” from the drama.

• Role: Lead
• Gender: Female
• Age: 18-20
• Ethnicity: White
• Gussie’s sister. Abby should be smaller and quieter than her boisterous younger sister. Abby is home from her first year of university so she can be closer to her father as his health declines. She is in an on-again-off-again relationship with her high school boyfriend, Adam, but the comfort and familiarity he once provided her is fading as his emotional limitations become more obvious. Abby takes after her mother and wants to keep the peace. She is the dutiful daughter, ready to be of service, who keeps her personal feelings close to the chest — until her sister’s bratty behavior gets the best of her.

• Role: Supporting
• Gender: Male
• Age: 18-20
• Ethnicity: Open
• Abby’s sometimes boyfriend. A stoner who doesn’t take anything too seriously. He drives a nice car but he’s still in high school doing a “victory lap.” Adam tries to cultivate a carefree vibe and is intimidated by the idea of confronting something as real as his girlfriend’s sick father.

• Role: Lead
• Gender: Male
• Age: 50-60
• Ethnicity: White
• Gussie’s father. A round and animated character, James should be immediately likable. Beneath the medical speak and the obvious physical effects of his illness, he is a classic
• “Dad” (embarrassing, sincere, charming). Performance-wise he should have the soft-spoken command of Paul Giamatti with the enthusiasm of Robin Williams. The character should be able to accurately portray the sensitive and comical personality of the character as well as embody the physicality of a late-stage cancer patient.

• Role: Supporting
• Gender: Female
• Age: 50-60
• Ethnicity: Open
• The new night nurse. Elizabeth is a seasoned health home-care professional. She should be amicable, almost jovial. She is unwittingly the catalyst for the emotional outburst at the climax of the film.

• LEAD – Pay Rate: $500.00 for up to 12 hours. Paid by timecard

• FEMALE LEAD – Female, all ethnicities, age range mid-20s, MUST be under 5’5″ no taller, natural, pretty/attractive, could have a slightly exotic feel but also open to blondes/brunettes/redheads, acting ability to be able to interact with male lead

• Detectives – Men or Women, ages 28-50, any ethnicity. COVID testing in Austin the morning of 7/08. Rate for shoot: $100/8 hour day. Shoot location: Round Rock, TX

• Shoot Date: Saturday July 10th, 2021

• Party Goer – Men and Women, ages 18-24, any ethnicity. COVID testing in Austin the morning of 7/08. Rate for shoot: $100/8 hour day. Shoot location: Martindale, TX
• Bus Patron – Men and Women, ages 18-70, any ethnicity. COVID testing in Austin the morning of 7/08. Rate for shoot: $100/8 hour day. Shoot location: Martindale, TX