Casting for a Short Film Saturday in Chicago
Are you an actor as well as a hilarious funnyperson? We got word from our Big Poppa the Apiary that auditions will be held tomorrow afternoon in Oak Park for a short film with a family comedy theme. Details after the jump.
What: A 15-minute USC MFA short film being shot in Chicago from Aug 15-21.
Title: First Bass (director - Phil Hodges, USC MFA '09, Harvard '04)
Tagline: Listen to your children.
Genre: Family Comedy
Synopsis: The afternoon before an audition that can land 12-year-old upright bassist Abbey Jacobs a spot in the elite Belleharp Music Boarding School, Abbey tricks her Mom into thinking she's practicing and sneaks out to Wrigley Field with the boy down the block. Although she gets caught, she learns a truth about her divorced parents that changes her relationship with her mother and her instrument, forever.
DAD, 35-45, MALE LEAD, a handyman and fun-loving boy at heart, the only thing he's ever been on time for is the McDonald's breakfast menu cut off time.
MOM, 35-45, FEMALE LEAD, an artsy poser-intellectual, trying to forget her past.
REDHEAD DAD, 30-50, MALE SUPPORTING ACTOR, suburbia's favorite dad.
PRINCIPAL PAPALSCHMECK, 40-60, MALE SUPPORTING ACTOR, the headmaster of an elite music school for child prodigies, a pompous prick with a four year old son just as pompous as he is.
Audition Details: Saturday, August 11th, 2007.
1038 N. Grove Avenue,
Oak Park, IL 60302.
contact: Phil.Hodges@gmail.com
