Pennsylvania Casting Calls & Acting Auditions

Mars Men Commercial – Bodybuilder

Job Description

A commercial filming in the Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania area is seeking a male bodybuilder for a paid non-speaking role. The production is looking for talent who can bring an authentic bodybuilding presence to the camera. The commercial will be used for social media video.

Job Responsibilities

• Portray a bodybuilder in a non-speaking commercial role.
• Perform naturally and confidently on camera.
• Follow posing, movement, and performance direction as needed.
• Collaborate professionally with the production team.
• Maintain a strong on-camera presence throughout filming.

Requirements

• Male talent.
• Age 18 or older.
• Open to all ethnicities.
• Must have a bodybuilder physique.
• Comfortable appearing on camera in a non-speaking role.
• Must be available to work in the Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania area.

Compensation

• $500 flat rate.
• 20% agent fee.

Mars Men Commercial – Doctor Supporting Role

Job Description

A commercial filming in the Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania area is seeking a male actor for a supporting doctor role. This paid commercial casting opportunity is open to talent of any ethnicity who can confidently portray a professional doctor on camera. The project will be used for social media video.

Job Responsibilities

• Portray a doctor in a supporting role for a commercial.
• Deliver a natural and believable on-camera performance.
• Follow direction from the production and creative teams.
• Work professionally with cast and crew throughout filming.
• Help bring the commercial’s creative concept to life.

Requirements

• Male talent.
• Age 40 or older.
• Open to all ethnicities.
• Comfortable portraying a doctor on camera.
• Must be available to work in the Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania area.
• Professional and able to follow on-set direction.

Compensation

• $975 flat rate.
• 20% agent fee.

Job Description

A Temple MFA thesis film titled A Tuesday in Fall is casting a performer in their 20s for a Skateboarder role. The project follows interconnected characters and everyday encounters to explore isolation, changing communities, online influences, and the increasingly fragmented ways people experience modern life. The production needs someone who can genuinely skateboard rather than simply portray a skateboarder.

Job Responsibilities

• Portray a skateboarder in the MFA thesis film.
• Perform authentic skateboarding on camera.
• Execute required skating movements safely and naturally.
• Follow creative and production direction during filming.

Requirements

• Performer in their 20s.
• Genuine skateboarding ability is required.
• Must be comfortable skateboarding on camera.
• Philadelphia-area talent preferred.

Compensation

• Modest flat stipend.
• Non-union production.

Job Description

A Temple MFA thesis film titled A Tuesday in Fall is seeking an older performer for a brief supporting role as a Priest. The film connects a collection of everyday encounters to explore themes of loneliness, belief, technology, conspiracy theories, and social disconnection. The Priest appears briefly within the larger narrative and requires an actor who can establish a recognizable and believable character with limited screen time.

Job Responsibilities

• Portray a priest in a brief supporting scene.
• Establish the character naturally within limited screen time.
• Perform according to the tone and context of the screenplay.
• Follow direction from the filmmaker during production.

Requirements

• Actor age 45 or older.
• Suitable presence for portraying a priest.
• Comfortable performing a brief character role.
• Philadelphia-area talent preferred.

Compensation

• Modest flat stipend.
• Non-union production.

Job Description

A Temple MFA thesis film titled A Tuesday in Fall is casting a male actor for a supporting Dog Walker role. The project builds its larger story through everyday encounters with people navigating loneliness, uncertainty, media influences, and changing social relationships. The production is looking for a male performer with a natural “dad-bod” appearance to portray a man walking his dog. This is an everyday character role intended to contribute to the film’s realistic portrait of ordinary people and neighborhood life.

Job Responsibilities

• Portray a neighborhood dog walker in the film.
• Perform naturally within an everyday exterior scene.
• Bring an authentic and relatable presence to the character.
• Follow direction from the production team.

Requirements

• Male actor.
• Age open.
• Natural “dad-bod” appearance sought.
• Comfortable working in a scene involving a dog.
• Philadelphia-area talent preferred.

Compensation

• Modest flat stipend.
• Non-union production.

Job Description

A Temple MFA thesis film titled A Tuesday in Fall is casting an actor for a distinctive supporting role portraying a transient person. The film explores social isolation and modern anxieties through encounters with people whose beliefs and routines reveal different ways of interpreting the world around them. The character is an unhoused man in his 40s to 60s who believes aliens are controlling people’s minds. The production is seeking an actor who can approach the character seriously and authentically, bringing personality to the unusual belief without turning the performance into a caricature.

Job Responsibilities

• Portray an unhoused man with an unusual worldview.
• Perform dialogue involving the character’s belief in alien mind control.
• Bring authenticity and individuality to the character.
• Follow creative direction during filming.

Requirements

• Actor in their 40s–60s.
• Strong character acting ability.
• Able to handle unusual dramatic material with a grounded performance.
• Philadelphia-area talent preferred.

Compensation

• Modest flat stipend.
• Non-union production.

Job Description

A Temple MFA thesis film titled A Tuesday in Fall is seeking an actor for the supporting role of a Businessperson. The film examines isolation and modern life through a collection of characters whose private routines reveal how technology and media influence their relationships with themselves and others. The Businessperson is a successful professional in their 30s to 50s who participates in an AI therapy session while sitting inside a car. The scene requires a performer who can communicate the character’s professional exterior while making a private and unconventional therapy interaction feel intimate and believable.

Job Responsibilities

• Portray a successful professional in a dramatic supporting scene.
• Perform an AI therapy interaction from inside a vehicle.
• Convey the character’s private emotions through a grounded performance.
• Work closely with the director to develop the scene.

Requirements

• Actor in their 30s–50s.
• Strong dramatic and naturalistic acting ability.
• Comfortable performing an emotionally intimate scene.
• Philadelphia-area talent preferred.

Compensation

• Modest flat stipend.
• Non-union production.

Job Description

A Temple MFA thesis film titled A Tuesday in Fall is casting an actor for the supporting role of a Security Guard. The project follows several characters whose everyday conversations reveal their experiences with loneliness, online information, conspiracy theories, and social uncertainty. The Security Guard appears in a scene discussing a humorous religious conspiracy theory with a coworker. The performer should be able to approach the unusual conversation naturally and make the interaction feel like a believable exchange between coworkers.

Job Responsibilities

• Portray a security guard in a supporting scene.
• Perform dialogue involving a humorous religious conspiracy theory.
• Create natural chemistry within a coworker interaction.
• Follow direction from the filmmaker and production team.

Requirements

• Age open.
• Strong conversational acting ability.
• Comfortable performing comedic or unusual dialogue naturally.
• Philadelphia-area talent preferred.

Compensation

• Modest flat stipend.
• Non-union production.

Job Description

A Temple MFA thesis film titled A Tuesday in Fall is seeking an actor to portray a Workout Instructor in a supporting scene. The film uses encounters between ordinary people to explore loneliness, modern media consumption, conspiracy theories, and social disconnection. The Workout Instructor works at a gym and becomes involved in a conversation with a coworker about a conspiracy theory. The role calls for a performer who can make unusual subject matter feel believable within an otherwise ordinary workplace conversation.

Job Responsibilities

• Portray a workout instructor working in a gym environment.
• Perform a conversational scene involving a conspiracy theory.
• Keep the character and dialogue grounded and believable.
• Take direction and collaborate with the production team.

Requirements

• Age open.
• Comfortable portraying a fitness or gym instructor.
• Strong natural and conversational acting ability.
• Philadelphia-area talent preferred.

Compensation

• Modest flat stipend.
• Non-union production.

Job Description

A Temple MFA thesis film titled A Tuesday in Fall is casting an actor for the supporting role of a Bar Regular. The film presents interconnected characters navigating loneliness, social tension, online influences, and the changing world around them. The Bar Regular appears in a conversational scene while smoking a cigarette and discussing neighborhood gentrification. The production is looking for someone who can deliver the interaction naturally and create the feeling of an authentic neighborhood regular rather than an overly polished performance.

Job Responsibilities

• Portray a believable neighborhood bar regular.
• Perform dialogue centered around neighborhood gentrification.
• Bring a relaxed and natural quality to the scene.
• Follow direction from the filmmaker during production.

Requirements

• Age open.
• Comfortable performing conversational dialogue.
• Able to portray an authentic, everyday neighborhood character.
• Philadelphia-area talent preferred.

Compensation

• Modest flat stipend.
• Non-union production.