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Off-Broadway Casting

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Announcing Non-Union Auditions for the Off-Broadway Production of “The Kentucky Tragedy.”

Dennis Kelly Higgins, Producer, is currently scheduling appointments for a new Courtroom Drama, based on the astonishing events surrounding the First Financial Panic of 1819, and the spectacular Murder of Attorney General Solomon Sharp, followed by the explosive Trial of his assailant Jerry Beauchamp, in 1825, marking the first time a man was executed in the State of Kentucky. 

Auditions: Monday, April 7--Sunday, April 13. Rehearsals: Monday, April 14—Tuesday, May 13. Performances: Wed., May 14—Sunday, May 25. 

Performances will take place at: The Sargent Theater: ATA—American Theater of Actors 314 West 54 Street, NYC

Seeking Actors with excellent classical training. A stipend of $200 given for the six week run. 

If you are interested in this project, please contact our assistant Alex with your headshot and resume at alexzenncasting@gmail.com.

CAST BREAKDOWN
Anne Cooke: 25-35 Leading lady. Stately and beautiful. Betrayed by her suitor, she seeks solitude and redemption. 

Ellen Reardon: (Actress of Color.) 25-35 Leading Lady. Closest friend to Anne. Her confidante and critic.

Jerry Beauchamp: 22-32 Leading Man. Stable, devoted to honor. Of the earth.

John Pope: 30-45 Leading man. Defense Attorney. Firm but calm temperament , self-assured.

Charles Bibb: 25-35 Prosecutor. Fierce manner. At the center of an exploding crisis.

Nathaniel: (Actor of Color.) 25-35 Estate Manager. Possessing a steady and generous nature. Above the conflict. 

Petita: (Actress of Color.) 18-25 Wiser than she lets on. Speaks her own truth to the powerless.

Casting VO

Citibank

Seeking 1 Male, 1 Female - strong, energetic voice with an international accent. Preferably British. Not looking for a full on British accent, just a hint of international flare.

Pay

Recording date not set, will record in New York City between April 2 to April 8, 2014.

Below are some examples of the kind of voice we're looking for.

Submit VO reels.

Scripts can be provided to record sample for submission.

Send all inquiries to - redwallcasting@gmail.com

Casting

This is NOT a Red Wall Production

 

SEEKING AFRICAN AMERICAN ACTORS & ACTRESS 30-50 for our REBIRTH Series FEBRUARY: Comedic scene from RAISING ARIZONA by Joel & Ethan Cohen, directed by Damian Bailey

REBIRTH will be a yearly series of scenes reenacted and recreated for artist development to utilize their talents for their reels, with a tiny budget. One day shoot. Pay. Union/Non Union.

Seeking the role of HYDE / H.I- compassionate and weak minded ex con, he's been busted from his wife for robbing a liquor store and is offered a life changing opportunity from his best friends that will change his life for the better or the worst. Role originally played by Nicholas Cage.

ED-small but tough, no nonsense wife and new mom, is fed up with Hyde's short comings and the friends that lead him to a dangerous path. Role originally played by Holly Hunter

GALE SNOATS-Thug, escaped convict who tries to be intellectual at all times. He has a plan to rob a bank along with his brother Evelle and Hyde. Role played by John Goodman

EVELLE SNOATS-Younger Brother of Gale, dopey, uneducated but great in assisting his brother in a life of crime. Role played by William Forestye

Please send REELS to glory2godpd@gmail.com if selected you will be asked to do a skype live audition.

CHECK OUT our first REBIRTH: BLUE COLLAR right here.

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Inspired By A Pink Hat...

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Inspired By A Pink Hat...
  • I believe in the magic of the muse.  
  • I believe the teacher learns from from the students.
  • I believe joy in it's purest form is priceless (Julia Robert's Laugh...how much is it worth?) 
  • I believe that craft plus freedom of expression equals art, which puts us in such a state that when witnessed by an audience, together we breathe heaven's air.

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THE CALLBACK THAT BOOKED A MAJOR ROLE

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THE CALLBACK THAT BOOKED A MAJOR ROLE

I received the email on Friday afternoon for the call back on Monday.  I had been on my way to the health club and scrapped that to go to The Drama Book Shop, as the recommendation for the call back was to prepare a scene that was dramatic, emotional and painstaking.  I didn't have that scene in my back pocket.  I picked up some good material there, though, nothing really landed on me.  I went back to The Drama Book Shop and bought the play of "The Normal Heart".  I read that on Friday evening and then wrote a two page scene of my own.  I was already invested in the story, being Albert's Mother, in "The Normal Heart". It didn't make sense to me to prepare a scene from another play, nor did I have time to prepare a scene before Monday...more 

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New Update to Everything Acting Podcast App!

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Darbi gets on the horn with voice-over SUPERSTAR, Joe Cipriano, to discuss his career and new book, “Living On Air.”  New Yorkers, you can meet Joe, hear him read from his book and get a book signed on Monday, December 9th.  The event starts at 6pmat Pranna (79 Madison Avenue at 28th).  Darbi will be there so introduce yourself if you see her!

Learn more about Joe at joecipriano.com

Don't want to miss it!

Don't want to miss it!

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The Thanksgiving Post. A Long Time Coming.

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This post is about my work, people I work with and for, my life and how thankful I am for all of it. 

It's all mixed up together. my family, my work, and my life reflect each other. Together they equal my art my reason for living, my calling.  

A few months ago my husband told me I had to stop working on a project. Essentially he fired me.

It felt like a punch in the stomach. I didn't know what to do which way to go. Why to wake  up in the morning. You see to me a story untold, unfinished,  unborn is like a stillbirth. It's like that raisin in the sun that Lorraine Hansberry lamented. Does it explode?  No it rots inside and that's far worse. 

When I don't get to finish a project that I start (which has only happened to me once before) it feels like I've been dumped. Fired. Broken up with in the most humiliating of ways.  Publicly disregarded. Rejected.  A dangerous tailspin of deep depression is something that a responsible mother, wife, cannot afford to risk. 

After much talk I saw that perhaps the husband was right and we should leave the project unfinished.  But where did that leave me? 

Looking very lost.   

Looking very lost. 
 

I was lost. LOST. 

So I went on a quest to find out what we should do next.  

And this is why I am thankful for my work and my clients because that is what got me through a very long period of not knowing.

I wanted to take some time off a sabbatical. A trip to nowhere. To stop and think. To meditate. Stretch, fast and renew. But that was a fantasy. And unrealistic one at that. I'm not Alice Walker, I'm Roz Coleman. I don't have a MacArthur Genius Grant.  

I didn't stop. I slowed down. 

What I did was take a class.  And then another. I had already committed to doing a play and teaching a new acting class at NYU and continuing at SUNY Purchase.  Other than that my husband supported my time to learn, listen, and not know.  New clients and acting opportunities kept creeping into my life and I saw them as my teachers as my guides through this time. 

The quote that culminated this time came last week while I was on set coaching a creative genius. Let's call him Prince (As in the artist who made Purple Rain) because I don't want to disclose his name but he is a director, actor, artist, musician on that level.  As I observed him step into his greatness, using his own body as a canvas for his work. He was playing with his food between takes on set. The actress who is acting opposite him, who although is more experienced in acting is admittedly not as free as he is, jokingly said to him "don't play with your food."  He replied in a serious tone "why everything in life is meant to be played with."

Full stop. 

Happy Thanksgiving.

Enjoy. 

Below. 

The work of the students.

More to come...