Saturday, February 20, 2021

Casting Notice of Virtual Staged Reading - Four 10 Minute Plays

 

Jack Truman Productions is casting for a virtual staged reading of four 10 minute plays from the Great Pandemic of 2020.


Written and Directed by Jack Truman


The plays:


Cancel Culture, a play about the entertainment industry during the Black Lives Matter movement

Jimmy and Stan, a play about James Cagney and Stanley Kubrick

Taking Over the Asylum, a play about a professor teaching a class during the pandemic

Sunset and Vine, a play about two people trying to make it in Hollywood


Cancel Culture characters:

Charlie, 60's, famous film actor, been in the business for over 40 years

Lou, 60's, Charlie's agent

Drea, 20's, congresswoman, extremely radical liberal

Stage Directions, Narrator/Reading of the play's stage directions


Jimmy and Stan characters:

Jimmy, 60's, an old retired actor, his acting days are behind him, was a superstar during the golden age of film, done with Hollywood, living out in the country away from everything.

Stan, 30's, a young rising filmmaker, fed up with Hollywood and the film studio system, wants to make visionary movies outside of the industry system

Marlon, 40's, famous film actor, a rebel and activist

Stage Directions, Narrator/Reading of the play's stage directions


Taking Over the Asylum characters:

Bob, 50's, a liberal minded film professor

Chelsea, 19-20, radical college student

Sarah, 18-19, black, young college student

Stage Directions, Narrator/Reading of the play's stage directions


Sunset and Vine characters:

Hank, 60's, a struggling old writer in Hollywood

Maggie, 18-25, a young girl from the Ozarks, trailer part white trash type, fresh off the bus in Hollywood, trying to make it in the movies

Stage Directions, Narrator/Reading of the play's stage directions


Filming to begin in May 2021, with an online virtual release late May 2021.


Copy and credit provided. There is no pay.


Email headshot and resume to director Jack Truman at jacktrumancountry@gmail.com 


Thank you for your time. Break a leg!







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