<div dir="ltr">Could you please send this out, ASAP! Thank you!!<div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Audition Announcement! <span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal"> *CASTING FOR*<span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><i><u><span style="font-size:22pt;line-height:115%;font-family:stencil">CRADLE<span></span></span></u></i></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><i><u><span style="font-size:22pt;line-height:115%;font-family:stencil"><br></span></u></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:13pt;line-height:115%">A Local Film being shot in
Schenectady NY<span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:13pt;line-height:115%">Previous film experience is <b>not</b> required <span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:13pt;line-height:115%">Headshot/Resume are not mandatory,
however they are encouraged<span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:13pt;line-height:115%">Must be at <b>least </b>14 years of age to audition<span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:13pt;line-height:115%">Looking to cast fifteen
lead-supporting roles, character breakdown below:<span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:13pt;line-height:115%"><br></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><u>***Anyone
auditioning under the age of 18, please be advised if you are cast in the film,
a parental consent form must be signed***<span></span></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"> <span style="font-size:8pt;line-height:115%"><span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><u>Available Roles for Students Ages 14+<span></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><i><span style="font-size:9pt;line-height:115%">(**Please note you do
not have to be the same age as the character to be considered for the role, as
long as you can look that age**)<span></span></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><i><span style="font-size:9pt;line-height:115%"><br></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:9pt;line-height:115%">Chante Briggs (15) - Insecure, shy, not quite beautiful.
When we first meet her she is all these things, a child at best, as the story
evolves we see the strength she truly possesses. (African American, Petite
Pretty)<b><u><span></span></u></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:9pt;line-height:115%"><br></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:9pt;line-height:115%">Shawn Williams (17) - Confident, strong, handsome, a thug.
Father to many of the films babies, Shawn struggles internally between doing
what’s right, or fitting into the role society has pre placed him in. (African
American, good looking, tough, charming.)<span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:9pt;line-height:115%"><br></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:9pt;line-height:115%">Clara Abruzzo (17) - GORGEOUS, the “fast” girl in school,
she’s known as the girl who gets around. Growing up with a teen mom who never
knew how to set an example, she is desperate for her chance to get out. Clara
is bitter, and angry with the cards life has dealt her, she has a nasty way of
dealing with her emotions. (Latina, petite, gorgeous.)<span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:9pt;line-height:115%"><br></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:9pt;line-height:115%">Hector Martin (17)- Head of the baseball team, smart, and
headed for a college scholarship, he is the boy who has it all, the only one of
all the leading players to live in a big house with anything he wants at his
fingers. He follows the dream his father has laid out for him, but longs for
more. (Biracial, Tall, handsome, athletic.)<span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:9pt;line-height:115%"><br></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:9pt;line-height:115%">VIVI Gonzalez (18)- The sexy girl who knows it all, she
is confident and curvaceous, she is already a teen mom, with a ten month old daughter,
Shawn is the father. (Any Ethnicity, curvy, sexy, confident.)<span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:9pt;line-height:115%"><br></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:9pt;line-height:115%">LAYLA Ward (18)- She is sexy and wise beyond her years,
she appears much older than her age is, and is too smart and too head strong
for any of the boys her age. She dates Uncle Mike and has always dated men much
older. Must be able to play both shy and passive, while also able to be
confident. She is a phoenix we see rise from the ashes as the story
progresses. (Any Ethnicity, beautiful.)<span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:9pt;line-height:115%"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:9pt;line-height:115%"><br></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:9pt;line-height:115%">Martin/Dean (17)- Hector’s friends/teammates. Any
ethnicity, Athletic build, they act as Hectors sidekicks. <span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:9pt;line-height:115%"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:9pt;line-height:115%"><br></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><u>Available Roles for Adults Ages 25+</u></b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:9pt;line-height:115%"><span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:9pt;line-height:115%">Uncle Mike (30-40’s)-Shawn’s uncle who he looks up too.
The antagonist of our story, always pushing Shawn in the wrong direction. Grew
up on the streets, he has been a hustler his whole life, the only thing he
knows is selling drugs and making money. He dates Layla from Shawn’s school.
(African American, tall, must have demanding presence.)<span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:9pt;line-height:115%"><br></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:9pt;line-height:115%">Dee Abruzzo (Mid-late 30’s) - Clara’s young mother, she
had Clara at age 15, she is a feisty spitfire, who is more concerned with her
social life than anything her daughter is doing. She acts more as a friend then
a mother, she never really wanted her daughter. She has a nasty selfish nature.
(Latina, BEAUTIFUL, feisty, young looking.)<span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:9pt;line-height:115%"><br></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:9pt;line-height:115%">Lanny Briggs (Early 40’s) - Chante’s overworked mother.
Lanny is a Kitchen cook at the local hospital, she has three kids and is a
single mother after losing her husband to drug violence. She relies far too
much on Chante to help raise her baby siblings. (African American, heavy set,
tough)<span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:9pt;line-height:115%"><br></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:9pt;line-height:115%">Willamena (60-70’s) - Shawn’s Grandmother/Mikes mother,
she lives in a small home in the projects and raises Shawn to the best of her
ability, since both his parents passed when he was young. She has a heart of
gold. Religious, and always does the right thing. (African American, elderly
woman.) <span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:9pt;line-height:115%"><br></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:9pt;line-height:115%">Mr. OR Mrs. Vine-The school health teacher, casting for
any age, gender, & ethnicity. <span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:9pt;line-height:115%">Coach Dunkin (40-50’s) - Hector’s baseball coach and
father figure. (Any ethnicity) <span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:9pt;line-height:115%">Rob Martin (Early 40’s) - Retired Ex Military Man, he
expects nothing but 100% at all times from his son, having had Hector half way
through his college career Steven lives vicariously through Hector. He is more
of an authority figure than a Father. (African American, Tall, handsome,
tough.)<span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:9pt;line-height:115%"><br></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:9pt;line-height:115%">Janet Martin (Early 40’s)-Hectors mother Janet has only
the best intentions and encourages him to follow his heart, very opposite of
her husband, she only wants her son to be happy, she is close with Hector.
(Caucasian, pretty, the “cookie cutter” picture of a perfect Mom.)<span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:9pt;line-height:115%"><br></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><i><span lang="EN" style="font-size:9.5pt;line-height:115%">**PLEASE NOTE: There will be multiple opportunities for
walk on roles or extras in the film, for students and adults if not cast in an
above role. EXTRAS Include but are not limited to: Nurse(s), Doctor(s),
Students, Shawn & Mike’s Boys. Guidance Counselor, College Scout(s) &
more. **<span></span></span></i></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><u><span style="font-size:14pt;line-height:115%">CRADLE Synopsis:<span></span></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%">CRADLE</span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%"> takes place over a school year, following
the journey of six teenagers dealing with the everyday trials and tribulations
of life, as well as teenage pregnancy. Taking you through the nine months of
the up’s and downs of what being pregnant and sixteen really looks like, <i>Cradle </i>is the story of what it means to
be a Mother, what it means to be a Father, but mostly what it means to be a
kid, with no answers, in a world full of questions. <span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%"><br></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span> </span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><u>Audition Information: <span></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><i><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%">When? <span></span></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%">Saturday April 15<sup>th</sup> 2017 <span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%">Auditions will begin promptly at 1PM<span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><u><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%">*Please arrive on
time, the doors will open at 12:30 for registration* <span></span></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%"><span> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><i><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%">Where?<span></span></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%">Key Hall at the Proctors Theater <span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%">432 State St. Schenectady NY 12305<span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%">*On the first floor, when you walk
through the main entrance, follow the signs to the Key Hall, on the left hand
side you’ll see clear glass doors, follow them into the registration room.* <span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%"><span> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%">You will not need to bring any
audition materiel, scenes to read from the film will be provided, based on the
character you are auditioning for. Please look over the character description
and come prepared with a role in mind. <span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%">The audition sides will also be
available for your viewing ahead of time, at: <span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><i><u><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%">ToldByUs.org <span></span></span></u></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%">In the tabs at the top, under the
option for <i>Cradle. </i>They will be
organized by character. They will be available online April 1<sup>st</sup>.<span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%"><br></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><i><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%"><span> </span></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><i><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%">If you have any questions or concerns, you may contact the
Film’s Director Prince Sprauve by email: </span></i></b><a href="mailto:Prince@Toldbyus.Org"><b><i><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%">Prince@Toldbyus.Org</span></i></b></a><b><i><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%"> <span></span></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><i><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%"><br></span></i></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><i><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%">Or by phone at 518-847-1564<span></span></span></i></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><i><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%"><br></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><i><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%">OR</span></i></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><i><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%"><br></span></i></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><i><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%"> Assistant Director Francesco Carlo by email: <span></span></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><i><u><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%"><a href="mailto:Ac91writer@gmail.com">Ac91writer@gmail.com</a><span></span></span></u></i></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><i><u><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%"><br></span></u></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><i><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%">Or by phone at 518-320-6220 <span></span></span></i></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><i><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%"><br></span></i></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><i><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%"><br></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"bell mt",serif">We
thank you in advance, and look forward to meeting you at Auditions! <span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"bell mt",serif">-The <i>CRADLE </i>Production Team <span></span></span></p></div></div>