[Capdist-auditions] Casting Call for Roles in THE COMMON REACTOR Short Film

[Steve Cifarelli]

Hello all,

This is a casting call for one supporting role and several background
extras in the upcoming production of THE COMMON REACTOR, a short film by
local filmmaker Steve Cifarelli. The project is designed to be a one-day
shoot on a Sunday afternoon in the third weekend of June, with a backup
shooting date marked for the Sunday of the following weekend, the fourth
and final of June.

This is a non-paying and Non-Union project, but food & drink will be
provided the day of the shoot. Shooting locations will be a coffee-shop and
a street corner in Schenectady, NY. Anyone who's interested in auditioning
for the supporting role or taking part as a background extra please send an
email to stevecifarelli at gmail.com, and we'll get back to you quickly.


**PRODUCTION DETAILS**

Production title: "The Common Reactor"
Union / Non-Union: Non-Union
Production Type: Independent
Project length: Short Film (15 mins)
Project format: 16:9 HD
Posted on: Tuesday, May 30th, 2017
Production location: Schenectady, NY
Production Company: Open Highway Media, LLC
Company website: http://stevecifarelli.com/
Director(s): Steven Cifarelli
Producer(s): Steven Cifarelli, Connor Finnerty
Casting Director(s): Steven Cifarelli
Audition Location: Arranged
Shooting Location(s): Coffee Shop, Street Corner in Schenectady, NY
Email: stevecifarelli at gmail.com
Compensation: No monetary compensation, but food & drink will be provided
the day of shooting.

Synopsis:
Tall, confident, and recently graduated from a prestigious liberal arts
college, Ethan Strauss believes he's found his intellectual equal in Emma,
a visceral, soft-spoken girl of backwoods origins with affinities for
Kerouac and cigarettes. Ethan believes he's been waiting all his life for a
girl like Emma, but when he meets her for coffee late one afternoon,
something's not quite right. Dressed in the bleak shadows of a sinking sun,
they have their drinks... they share their stories... they go for a walk...
and something heavy hangs in the air.


**KEY DATES**

Auditions: Arranged on Dates from June 1st through June 16th
Call Backs: Variable on Dates from June 1st through June 16th
Shooting Starts: Sunday, June 18th @ 12:00 PM
Shooting Ends: Sunday, June 18th @ 7:00 PM
(June 25th is to be reserved as a backup date for any necessary re-shoots)


**CHARACTER BIOS FOR SUPPORTING ROLES IN THE COMMON REACTOR**

[HOMELESS MAN] [GENDER: MALE] [AGE: 35-60]
A homeless man huddled against a wall on the street outside the window of
the coffee-shop where the two main characters talk. He wanders off when the
two main characters go for a walk, but reappears towards the end and has a
dramatic heart attack in the middle of a crowd.

[BARISTA] [GENDER: FEMALE] [AGE: 18-25]
A barista working at a coffee-shop. Appears in one shot watching the main
character Emma enter the shop, and appears in another texting on her phone
in the background.

[BOYFRIEND (Background Couple)] [GENDER: MALE] [AGE: 18-25]
A couple chats in the background of the main characters' date. This is the
role of the boyfriend who takes a picture with his phone and laughs.

[GIRLFRIEND (Background Couple)] [GENDER: FEMALE] [AGE: 18-25]
A couple chats in the background of the main characters' date. This is the
role of the girlfriend who takes laughs when her boyfriend takes a picture
of a homeless man out the window with his smartphone.

[EXTRAS (multiple)] [GENDER: ANY] [AGE: 18-65+]
Various background extras to populate settings. Also, when a homeless man
suffers a dramatic heart-attack, extras on the street will crowd around him.


If you believe yourself to be the right fit for either the supporting role
of the Homeless Man or one of these extras, please send an email to
stevecifarelli at gmail.com, and we will get back to you quickly.
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