Welcome to the Labancamy Jankins casting calls page for Labancamy Films. All casting decisions for videos and films are handled by Casting Waters. The process for submitting online auditions for parts in Stacken Street--A Stagger Lee Tale, On The Line, and 1369 Morganford can be found below.
Instructions for Online Audition Submissions
Reminder: Deadline for Submission is Sunday, August 19, 2018
If you have any questions or need clarification about the instructions detailed below, contact Jennifer Smith at LabancamyLLC@gmail.com.
Content:
A video audition is composed of two sections. Section One is the artistic interview and Section Two is the artistic performance. Auditions can run no longer than five (5) minutes total.
The performance (Section Two) must not be shorter than one (1) minute in length. Please do not have someone “interview” you. You should be alone on camera. Be creative, within reason. Use this interview time (Section One) to reveal your personality, interests, experiences, and passions. The casting directors want to know “who you are.”
Instructions for Uploading Video:
After your video audition has been created, upload it to an "unlisted” YouTube file (see below). Be sure to give the file an appropriate title and description (see below). Copy/paste the URL as a message/comment on any Labancamy social media platform (Twitter and Facebook are preferred) or paste the URL in the body of an email addressed to LabancamyLLC@gmail.com. When posting to social media platforms be sure to format the posting as described below. Please check your URL to ensure it is functioning properly before submitting your application.
Video Format:
YouTube accepts any of the following video formats:
.MOV, .MPEG4, MP4, .AVI, .WMV, .MPEGPS, .FLV, 3GPP, and WebM.
Upload: Follow these directions to upload your completed video to an unlisted YouTube file.
1. Go to www.youtube.com and sign in. If you do not already have an account, then please create one.
2. Click the “UPLOAD” button at the top.
3. Either click on the “Select files to upload” box and select your video file from the directory or
drag/drop your video file into the box.
4. In the “Basic Info” screen, enter the appropriate title (see requested format below) in the box
where the file name appears.
5. In the box below the title, please enter Labancamy Films Online Auditions as the description.
6. Change the privacy setting from “Public” to “Unlisted.”
7. Click “Done.”
8. When the video is finished, copy the URL and paste it into your online audition submission form.
9. In order to access your video later to copy the URL:
a. Go to YouTube and sign in.
b. Click on your user icon (the blue silhouette box at the top right) and select “Creator
Studio.” Your videos will be listed.
c. Click “edit” by the appropriate video to see the “Video Information” on the right,
including the URL. You can also change the title or description.
Title Format: Please title your audition file(s) as follows. Begin with the FilmName of the film that you are auditioning for: Line or Morganford or Stag, add a period; add the part for which you are auditioning, add a period; add your last name, add a period, and add your first name.
For example:
1. If Sally Smith is auditioning for DD in On The Line, then she would use the title Line.DD.Smith.Sally.
2. If Fran Fisher is auditioning for Lillie in Stacken Street--A Stagger Lee Tale, the she would use the title
Stag.Lillie.Fisher.Fran.
3. If Will Jones is auditioning for Mark Freeman in 1369 Morganford, then he would use the title Morganford.MarkFreeman.Jones.Will.
Description: Please enter Labancamy Films Online Auditions as the description of your video file.
Formatting when posting URL to Labancamy social media platforms:
#FilmName #PartForWhichAudition #LastNameFirstName
For example:
1. If Sally Smith pastes her YouTube URL as a post on Labancamy’s Facebook page for DD in On The Line, then she would use the format #Line #DD #SmithSally.
2. If Fran Fisher pastes her YouTube URL as a post on Labancamy’s Twitter page for Lillie in Stacken Street--A Stagger Lee Tale, then she would use the format #Stag #Lillie #FisherFran.
No such formatting is required if you decide to paste the URL within the body of an email sent to LabancamyLLC@gmail.com.
Section One: The Artistic Interview: (Approximately 2 minutes)
Discuss the following statements conversationally:
. State your name.
. Who is your favorite director? Why?
. What interests you most about film and acting?
. List your experience in film over the past two years.
Section Two: The Artistic Performance: (Approximately 2 minutes)
Perform the scenario provided in the sides. Your performance should clearly demonstrate your acting ability. You should be the only person on camera. Duet acting scenes are not appropriate.
If you have any questions or need clarification about the instructions detailed below, contact Jennifer Smith at LabancamyLLC@gmail.com.
- If you are auditioning for On The Line, 1369 Morganford, or Stacken Street--A Stagger Lee Tale, then you must upload a video audition prepared according to the instructions detailed below. If your audition does not conform to these instructions, then your submission may not be considered for the film or films.
- There should be nothing else on the online video audition recording(s) you submit besides your audition. Auditions must be made indoors to eliminate background noise.
- Please dress appropriately keeping in mind that the casting directors are professionals in their fields. Avoid anything that could distract from your performance.
- Each audition must be no longer than five (5) minutes in length.
- It is your responsibility to preview your audition before you upload it. Be sure your audition has good audio quality and good visual quality.
Content:
A video audition is composed of two sections. Section One is the artistic interview and Section Two is the artistic performance. Auditions can run no longer than five (5) minutes total.
The performance (Section Two) must not be shorter than one (1) minute in length. Please do not have someone “interview” you. You should be alone on camera. Be creative, within reason. Use this interview time (Section One) to reveal your personality, interests, experiences, and passions. The casting directors want to know “who you are.”
Instructions for Uploading Video:
After your video audition has been created, upload it to an "unlisted” YouTube file (see below). Be sure to give the file an appropriate title and description (see below). Copy/paste the URL as a message/comment on any Labancamy social media platform (Twitter and Facebook are preferred) or paste the URL in the body of an email addressed to LabancamyLLC@gmail.com. When posting to social media platforms be sure to format the posting as described below. Please check your URL to ensure it is functioning properly before submitting your application.
Video Format:
YouTube accepts any of the following video formats:
.MOV, .MPEG4, MP4, .AVI, .WMV, .MPEGPS, .FLV, 3GPP, and WebM.
Upload: Follow these directions to upload your completed video to an unlisted YouTube file.
1. Go to www.youtube.com and sign in. If you do not already have an account, then please create one.
2. Click the “UPLOAD” button at the top.
3. Either click on the “Select files to upload” box and select your video file from the directory or
drag/drop your video file into the box.
4. In the “Basic Info” screen, enter the appropriate title (see requested format below) in the box
where the file name appears.
5. In the box below the title, please enter Labancamy Films Online Auditions as the description.
6. Change the privacy setting from “Public” to “Unlisted.”
7. Click “Done.”
8. When the video is finished, copy the URL and paste it into your online audition submission form.
9. In order to access your video later to copy the URL:
a. Go to YouTube and sign in.
b. Click on your user icon (the blue silhouette box at the top right) and select “Creator
Studio.” Your videos will be listed.
c. Click “edit” by the appropriate video to see the “Video Information” on the right,
including the URL. You can also change the title or description.
Title Format: Please title your audition file(s) as follows. Begin with the FilmName of the film that you are auditioning for: Line or Morganford or Stag, add a period; add the part for which you are auditioning, add a period; add your last name, add a period, and add your first name.
For example:
1. If Sally Smith is auditioning for DD in On The Line, then she would use the title Line.DD.Smith.Sally.
2. If Fran Fisher is auditioning for Lillie in Stacken Street--A Stagger Lee Tale, the she would use the title
Stag.Lillie.Fisher.Fran.
3. If Will Jones is auditioning for Mark Freeman in 1369 Morganford, then he would use the title Morganford.MarkFreeman.Jones.Will.
Description: Please enter Labancamy Films Online Auditions as the description of your video file.
Formatting when posting URL to Labancamy social media platforms:
#FilmName #PartForWhichAudition #LastNameFirstName
For example:
1. If Sally Smith pastes her YouTube URL as a post on Labancamy’s Facebook page for DD in On The Line, then she would use the format #Line #DD #SmithSally.
2. If Fran Fisher pastes her YouTube URL as a post on Labancamy’s Twitter page for Lillie in Stacken Street--A Stagger Lee Tale, then she would use the format #Stag #Lillie #FisherFran.
No such formatting is required if you decide to paste the URL within the body of an email sent to LabancamyLLC@gmail.com.
Section One: The Artistic Interview: (Approximately 2 minutes)
Discuss the following statements conversationally:
. State your name.
. Who is your favorite director? Why?
. What interests you most about film and acting?
. List your experience in film over the past two years.
Section Two: The Artistic Performance: (Approximately 2 minutes)
Perform the scenario provided in the sides. Your performance should clearly demonstrate your acting ability. You should be the only person on camera. Duet acting scenes are not appropriate.
Online Audition Submission Form:
Please download the form below, supply requested information, sign, scan as pdf and return to LabancamyLLC@gmail.com.
Please download the form below, supply requested information, sign, scan as pdf and return to LabancamyLLC@gmail.com.
| 2018_online_audition_submission_form_labancamyfilms.pdf |
Production title: Stacken Street--A Stagger Lee Tale
Union / Non-Union: Non-Union
Production Type: Independent
Project length: Feature Film (123 minutes)
Project format: 16:9 HD
Posted on: Wednesday August 2, 2018
Production location: STL
Production Company: Labancamy Films
Director: Tarrell Rodney
Producer: Karrousel White
Casting Director: Casting Waters
Audition Location: Online
Shooting Location: Saint Louis
Email: LabancamyLLC@gmail.com
Compensation: No
KEY DATES
Auditions: rolling
August 2, 2018 12am - August 20, 2018 12am.
Call Backs: August 31, 2018
Shooting Starts: September 15, 2018
Shooting Ends: TBD
Synopsis: Contemporary 21st-century rendering of the African American folkloric badman Stagger Lee (Stagolee). The feud between Stagger Lee and Billy Lyons is legendary and has been retold countless times. Word has it that Stagger Lee shot Billy Lyons over a Stetson hat, a woman, a gambling debt, politics, or simply because Stagger was that mean of a man--depending on what version of the tale you follow. The origins of the metamyth begin with a Christmas Eve bar fight in Saint Louis in 1895. The events of the murder are fairly commonplace and known to most. Two friends, Billy Lyons and “Stagger” Lee Shelton, were drinking at a saloon. Billy became upset and grabbed Stag’s hat. Billy refused to return Stag’s hat; Stagger Lee shot Billy in the gut, picked up his hat, and left the premises. Billy Lyons died from his wound shortly afterwards. According to newspaper reports of the time, five murders were committed in Saint Louis that night alone. Still, only the Stagger Lee shooting of Billy gained world-wide infamy at the intersection of politics, folklore, race, and raw persistence. The story was first covered in the St. Louis Globe-Democrat on December 28th, 1895. In 1896, the political scene was extremely tense and--with Saint Louis being one of the largest cities in the country--it was necessary for politicians to get every vote, including the black vote. This was increasingly relevant because the Republicans were losing their stronghold, and because Shelton was claimed to be among the Democrats; and Lyons, the Republicans. The murder received significant exposure and political scrutiny and resulted in a hung jury trial--after Stagger Lee hired one of the most prominent lawyers in the state. Shelton’s case was retried in 1897, and Stagger Lee was found guilty of murder and sentenced to the notorious penitentiary in Jefferson City, Missouri.
Character BIOS
[LILLIAN “LILLIE” HAMILTON] [GENDER: FEMALE] [AGE: early 20s]
Sex worker, singer and aspiring teacher. Lillie is one of Stag’s bottom women, the younger of the two women. On the outside looking in, it seems as though she is dominated by Stag. Still, women choose men in this game and Lillie is no wallflower. She has agency and her independence is pivotal to the movie’s message.
[CORNELIA “NELLIE” FRANKLIN] [GENDER: FEMALE] [AGE: late 40s; early fifties]
Nellie is Stag’s other bottom woman and the mother hen of Stag’s stable. She brought Stag into the game; he started out as her Johnnie Walker. While she has aged gracefully, she has still aged...and she wants to be Lillie. Nevertheless, she is loyal to Stag to the end.
[Harry Duncan] [GENDER: MALE] [AGE: 30s-40s]
One of Stag’s good friends and fellow Mack. He is the muscle of the group. A tubby, jolly ladies’ man. He is noted for his beautiful bass singing voice and bad temper.
[BILLY LYONS] [GENDER: MALE] [AGE: 40-45]
The antagonist of the story and one-time friend of Stag. Billy Lyons becomes the Bully of Deep Morgan, threatening the positions of Stag and the Macks in Deep Morgan and throughout Missouri. Stag’s shooting of Billy is the main driver of the folktale.
[JOE] [GENDER: MALE] [AGE: 30s-40s]
One-time member of the Macks. Joe moved his business out of Saint Louis some years ago and has been urging Stag and the rest of the Macks to do the same. He is in town to celebrate the Veiled Prophet Ball and Parade with his former Mack fellows.
Union / Non-Union: Non-Union
Production Type: Independent
Project length: Feature Film (123 minutes)
Project format: 16:9 HD
Posted on: Wednesday August 2, 2018
Production location: STL
Production Company: Labancamy Films
Director: Tarrell Rodney
Producer: Karrousel White
Casting Director: Casting Waters
Audition Location: Online
Shooting Location: Saint Louis
Email: LabancamyLLC@gmail.com
Compensation: No
KEY DATES
Auditions: rolling
August 2, 2018 12am - August 20, 2018 12am.
Call Backs: August 31, 2018
Shooting Starts: September 15, 2018
Shooting Ends: TBD
Synopsis: Contemporary 21st-century rendering of the African American folkloric badman Stagger Lee (Stagolee). The feud between Stagger Lee and Billy Lyons is legendary and has been retold countless times. Word has it that Stagger Lee shot Billy Lyons over a Stetson hat, a woman, a gambling debt, politics, or simply because Stagger was that mean of a man--depending on what version of the tale you follow. The origins of the metamyth begin with a Christmas Eve bar fight in Saint Louis in 1895. The events of the murder are fairly commonplace and known to most. Two friends, Billy Lyons and “Stagger” Lee Shelton, were drinking at a saloon. Billy became upset and grabbed Stag’s hat. Billy refused to return Stag’s hat; Stagger Lee shot Billy in the gut, picked up his hat, and left the premises. Billy Lyons died from his wound shortly afterwards. According to newspaper reports of the time, five murders were committed in Saint Louis that night alone. Still, only the Stagger Lee shooting of Billy gained world-wide infamy at the intersection of politics, folklore, race, and raw persistence. The story was first covered in the St. Louis Globe-Democrat on December 28th, 1895. In 1896, the political scene was extremely tense and--with Saint Louis being one of the largest cities in the country--it was necessary for politicians to get every vote, including the black vote. This was increasingly relevant because the Republicans were losing their stronghold, and because Shelton was claimed to be among the Democrats; and Lyons, the Republicans. The murder received significant exposure and political scrutiny and resulted in a hung jury trial--after Stagger Lee hired one of the most prominent lawyers in the state. Shelton’s case was retried in 1897, and Stagger Lee was found guilty of murder and sentenced to the notorious penitentiary in Jefferson City, Missouri.
Character BIOS
[LILLIAN “LILLIE” HAMILTON] [GENDER: FEMALE] [AGE: early 20s]
Sex worker, singer and aspiring teacher. Lillie is one of Stag’s bottom women, the younger of the two women. On the outside looking in, it seems as though she is dominated by Stag. Still, women choose men in this game and Lillie is no wallflower. She has agency and her independence is pivotal to the movie’s message.
[CORNELIA “NELLIE” FRANKLIN] [GENDER: FEMALE] [AGE: late 40s; early fifties]
Nellie is Stag’s other bottom woman and the mother hen of Stag’s stable. She brought Stag into the game; he started out as her Johnnie Walker. While she has aged gracefully, she has still aged...and she wants to be Lillie. Nevertheless, she is loyal to Stag to the end.
[Harry Duncan] [GENDER: MALE] [AGE: 30s-40s]
One of Stag’s good friends and fellow Mack. He is the muscle of the group. A tubby, jolly ladies’ man. He is noted for his beautiful bass singing voice and bad temper.
[BILLY LYONS] [GENDER: MALE] [AGE: 40-45]
The antagonist of the story and one-time friend of Stag. Billy Lyons becomes the Bully of Deep Morgan, threatening the positions of Stag and the Macks in Deep Morgan and throughout Missouri. Stag’s shooting of Billy is the main driver of the folktale.
[JOE] [GENDER: MALE] [AGE: 30s-40s]
One-time member of the Macks. Joe moved his business out of Saint Louis some years ago and has been urging Stag and the rest of the Macks to do the same. He is in town to celebrate the Veiled Prophet Ball and Parade with his former Mack fellows.
Sides: the sides for each role open to audition can be found below.
| lillie_sides_stackenstreet.pdf |
| nellie_sides_stackenstreet.pdf |
| duncan_sides_stackenstreet.pdf |
| billy_sides-stackenstreet.pdf |
| joe_sides_stackenstreet.pdf |
Production title: On The Line
Union / Non-Union: Non-Union
Production Type: Independent
Project length: Feature Film (95 minutes)
Project format: 16:9 HD
Posted on: Wednesday August 1, 2018
Production location: STL
Production Company: Labancamy Films
Director: Tarrell Rodney
Producer: Karrousel White
Casting Director: Casting Waters
Audition Location: Online
Shooting Location: Saint Louis
Email: LabancamyLLC@gmail.com
Compensation: No
KEY DATES
Auditions: rolling
August 2, 2018 12am - August 20, 2018 12am.
Call Backs: August 31, 2018
Shooting Starts: September 15, 2018
Shooting Ends: TBD
Synopsis: Social unrest meets community activism meets a crew of robbers determined to never go back inside again in this thriller that examines just what it takes to get the job done when everything is on the line. When a Saint Louis law enforcement officer guns down an unarmed African American male teen, members of the enclave of Deep Morgan respond in varying ways. DD decides to look beyond herself and her Deep Morgan neighbors for hope; the DOBs decide to take advantage of the law enforcement presence to pull the ultimate lick. Karla continues to search for a connection to the people that is ever elusive. In the end, the movie exposes us to ourselves.
Character BIOS
[KARLA BEVINS] [GENDER: FEMALE] [AGE: 25-29]
Karla is an African American PhD student in Sociology. She attends Washington University in St. Louis. She is a social justice activist; very active on social media platforms. She is single. She is hella bougie, although she does not mean to be. Her family is no more than two generations removed from living in the Deep Morgan. She wants to work on behalf of the people, but her occupation and education often work as barriers. Her heart is in the right place. She writes a weekly newsletter--in addition to a number of other internet ventures.
[ALONZO “LONZO” COCKNEY] [GENDER: MALE] [AGE: 36]
Lonzo is an ice-cold professional--very slick, very tough. At 36 his short black hair is beginning to recede. He spent four years in Boonville and two in South Central Correctional. He got out and hit the streets hard in 2012. Lonzo’s lifestyle is schizophrenic, yet functional. He is perpetually attached to three things: his biological family; his criminal family; and the next expertly planned lick.
[ANTONIO BARRETAS] [GENDER: MALE] [AGE: 31]
Barretas is an expert thief: a safecracker who knows a multiplicity of ways to crack any safe. He and Cockney were cellmates in South Central Correctional from 2010 to 2012. Antonio hit the streets in 2013. He's flashy and spends money as fast as he makes it.
[RUNGA DELISANE] [GENDER: MALE] [AGE: 33]
Delisane is a thin, coarse-featured man. Haitian from Miami: he has spent 15 years in Algoa, Chillicothe and Potosi penitentiaries. He’s strictly a “rydah”: his natural impulse as regards getting money is "...find a bag to put the guns in and come on if you're comin'." He's been off boy and everything else for close to six years. He's clear-minded; he lives cleanly. He is respectful. All of his neighbors love him. Fuck with his money and he will kill you just as easily as blinking an eye. A self-proclaimed communitarian, he is oblivious to his oxymoronic existence.
[ANTOINE PAYNE] [GENDER: MALE] [AGE: 28]
Payne is Creole. A sturdy, yet well-mannered and well-manicured man, his association with the crew is baffling from the outside looking in. He met Lonzo in 2007 when he worked as a clerk in the courts of the Eastern District of Missouri.
[VAUGHN JOHNSON] [GENDER: MALE] [AGE: 23]
Johnson is a computer whiz. He has been convicted of computer fraud and theft in the Eastern District of Missouri and is a probationer. He met Antoine as a result of his dealings with the Eastern District. He is a novice to the rough world from which the major figures of the DOBs spring.
[DIERDRA “DD” SMITH] [GENDER: FEMALE] [AGE: early 20s]
DD is well-known in the Deep Morgan. She maintains the community garden. She displays a rough exterior, but really is an open, welcoming young woman. She is not to be trifled with and holds her own in any crowd of men.
[BRANDON KNIGHT] [GENDER: MALE] [AGE: 30s]:
The lone detective of the Mascoutah Police Department and the most experienced law enforcement officer in Mascoutah. Knight hails from Los Angeles by way of Chicago. He is a big city hotshot stuck in a small town with a wanton itch for some action. Real urban cowboy.
Union / Non-Union: Non-Union
Production Type: Independent
Project length: Feature Film (95 minutes)
Project format: 16:9 HD
Posted on: Wednesday August 1, 2018
Production location: STL
Production Company: Labancamy Films
Director: Tarrell Rodney
Producer: Karrousel White
Casting Director: Casting Waters
Audition Location: Online
Shooting Location: Saint Louis
Email: LabancamyLLC@gmail.com
Compensation: No
KEY DATES
Auditions: rolling
August 2, 2018 12am - August 20, 2018 12am.
Call Backs: August 31, 2018
Shooting Starts: September 15, 2018
Shooting Ends: TBD
Synopsis: Social unrest meets community activism meets a crew of robbers determined to never go back inside again in this thriller that examines just what it takes to get the job done when everything is on the line. When a Saint Louis law enforcement officer guns down an unarmed African American male teen, members of the enclave of Deep Morgan respond in varying ways. DD decides to look beyond herself and her Deep Morgan neighbors for hope; the DOBs decide to take advantage of the law enforcement presence to pull the ultimate lick. Karla continues to search for a connection to the people that is ever elusive. In the end, the movie exposes us to ourselves.
Character BIOS
[KARLA BEVINS] [GENDER: FEMALE] [AGE: 25-29]
Karla is an African American PhD student in Sociology. She attends Washington University in St. Louis. She is a social justice activist; very active on social media platforms. She is single. She is hella bougie, although she does not mean to be. Her family is no more than two generations removed from living in the Deep Morgan. She wants to work on behalf of the people, but her occupation and education often work as barriers. Her heart is in the right place. She writes a weekly newsletter--in addition to a number of other internet ventures.
[ALONZO “LONZO” COCKNEY] [GENDER: MALE] [AGE: 36]
Lonzo is an ice-cold professional--very slick, very tough. At 36 his short black hair is beginning to recede. He spent four years in Boonville and two in South Central Correctional. He got out and hit the streets hard in 2012. Lonzo’s lifestyle is schizophrenic, yet functional. He is perpetually attached to three things: his biological family; his criminal family; and the next expertly planned lick.
[ANTONIO BARRETAS] [GENDER: MALE] [AGE: 31]
Barretas is an expert thief: a safecracker who knows a multiplicity of ways to crack any safe. He and Cockney were cellmates in South Central Correctional from 2010 to 2012. Antonio hit the streets in 2013. He's flashy and spends money as fast as he makes it.
[RUNGA DELISANE] [GENDER: MALE] [AGE: 33]
Delisane is a thin, coarse-featured man. Haitian from Miami: he has spent 15 years in Algoa, Chillicothe and Potosi penitentiaries. He’s strictly a “rydah”: his natural impulse as regards getting money is "...find a bag to put the guns in and come on if you're comin'." He's been off boy and everything else for close to six years. He's clear-minded; he lives cleanly. He is respectful. All of his neighbors love him. Fuck with his money and he will kill you just as easily as blinking an eye. A self-proclaimed communitarian, he is oblivious to his oxymoronic existence.
[ANTOINE PAYNE] [GENDER: MALE] [AGE: 28]
Payne is Creole. A sturdy, yet well-mannered and well-manicured man, his association with the crew is baffling from the outside looking in. He met Lonzo in 2007 when he worked as a clerk in the courts of the Eastern District of Missouri.
[VAUGHN JOHNSON] [GENDER: MALE] [AGE: 23]
Johnson is a computer whiz. He has been convicted of computer fraud and theft in the Eastern District of Missouri and is a probationer. He met Antoine as a result of his dealings with the Eastern District. He is a novice to the rough world from which the major figures of the DOBs spring.
[DIERDRA “DD” SMITH] [GENDER: FEMALE] [AGE: early 20s]
DD is well-known in the Deep Morgan. She maintains the community garden. She displays a rough exterior, but really is an open, welcoming young woman. She is not to be trifled with and holds her own in any crowd of men.
[BRANDON KNIGHT] [GENDER: MALE] [AGE: 30s]:
The lone detective of the Mascoutah Police Department and the most experienced law enforcement officer in Mascoutah. Knight hails from Los Angeles by way of Chicago. He is a big city hotshot stuck in a small town with a wanton itch for some action. Real urban cowboy.
Sides: the sides for each role open to audition can be found below.
| karla_sides_ontheline.pdf |
| lonzo_sides_ontheline.pdf |
| antonio_sides_ontheline.pdf |
| runga_sides_ontheline.pdf |
| antoine_sides_ontheline.pdf |
| vaughn_sides_ontheline.pdf |
| dd_sides_ontheline.pdf |
| brandon_sides_ontheline.pdf |
Production title: 1369 Morganford
Union / Non-Union: Non-Union
Production Type: Independent
Project length: Feature Film (85 minutes)
Project format: 16:9 HD
Posted on: Wednesday August 1, 2018
Production location: STL
Production Company: Labancamy Films
Director: Tarrell Rodney
Producer: Karrousel White
Casting Director: Casting Waters
Audition Location: Online
Shooting Location: Saint Louis
Email: LabancamyLLC@gmail.com
Compensation: No
KEY DATES
Auditions: rolling
August 1, 2018 12am - August 20, 2018 12am.
Call Backs: August 31, 2018
Shooting Starts: September 15, 2018
Shooting Ends: TBD
Synopsis: 1369 Morganford is about place and the women who make a house a home. The narrative traces the lives of three generations of African American women in Saint Louis during the first decades of the 21st-century. The movie is a celebration of womanhood, manhood, and the transcendence of boundaries that others try to impose on human beings determined to spread their wings.
Character BIOS
[SYDNEY TITUS] [GENDER: FEMALE] [AGE: 22-25]
Twenty-something African American female. Daughter of Karen and John Titus; grand-daughter of Gloricene McKirkland. She is always on the scene and always down with the in-crowd. Still, she is no loosh young woman. She is growing into her secreted garden. The baton of the family’s legacy will be passed to Sydney.
[KAREN TITUS] [GENDER: FEMALE] [AGE: 40s]
Forty-something African American female. Wife of John Titus; mother of Sydney; daughter of Gloricene. Karen is experiencing a mid-life crisis of sorts. Her life with John has been all that they ever envisioned. Still, she feels as though a #MeToo revolution is needed in every aspect of every woman’s life--including her own.
[GLORICENE MCKIRKLAND] [GENDER: FEMALE] [AGE: 60s]
Sixty-something African American female. The matriarch of 1369 Morganford and the McKirkland/Titus clan. She is a living, breathing repository of the histories of the family and St. Louis.
[LA QUITA WILLIAMS] [GENDER: FEMALE] [AGE: 20s]
One of Sydney’s best friends; she is supremely “ghetto fabulous.” She is a sweetheart at the core. She is brown-skinned. She is also two steps from being an alcoholic before she meets Percival. She has been searching for a reflection of herself at the bottom of a fifth of Leffingwell Cognac for some time.
[ALEXIS WHITTAKER] [GENDER: FEMALE] [AGE: 20s]
Sydney’s other best friend. She is bougie to the core. She is light-skinned. She learns that she is not living her best life. Her choice in men has been, and continues to be, awful. She could benefit from finding value in herself beyond the superficial feelings of superiority offered by American colorism.
[MARKINSON “MARK” FREEMAN] [GENDER: MALE] [AGE: 24-26]
Twenty-something. Barber. Sydney’s love interest. Mark is a growing young man who attempts to discard those aspects of toxic masculinities that have been less than helpful as relates his development as a human being. The eventual union of Mark and Sydney represents the continuation of the African American family.
Union / Non-Union: Non-Union
Production Type: Independent
Project length: Feature Film (85 minutes)
Project format: 16:9 HD
Posted on: Wednesday August 1, 2018
Production location: STL
Production Company: Labancamy Films
Director: Tarrell Rodney
Producer: Karrousel White
Casting Director: Casting Waters
Audition Location: Online
Shooting Location: Saint Louis
Email: LabancamyLLC@gmail.com
Compensation: No
KEY DATES
Auditions: rolling
August 1, 2018 12am - August 20, 2018 12am.
Call Backs: August 31, 2018
Shooting Starts: September 15, 2018
Shooting Ends: TBD
Synopsis: 1369 Morganford is about place and the women who make a house a home. The narrative traces the lives of three generations of African American women in Saint Louis during the first decades of the 21st-century. The movie is a celebration of womanhood, manhood, and the transcendence of boundaries that others try to impose on human beings determined to spread their wings.
Character BIOS
[SYDNEY TITUS] [GENDER: FEMALE] [AGE: 22-25]
Twenty-something African American female. Daughter of Karen and John Titus; grand-daughter of Gloricene McKirkland. She is always on the scene and always down with the in-crowd. Still, she is no loosh young woman. She is growing into her secreted garden. The baton of the family’s legacy will be passed to Sydney.
[KAREN TITUS] [GENDER: FEMALE] [AGE: 40s]
Forty-something African American female. Wife of John Titus; mother of Sydney; daughter of Gloricene. Karen is experiencing a mid-life crisis of sorts. Her life with John has been all that they ever envisioned. Still, she feels as though a #MeToo revolution is needed in every aspect of every woman’s life--including her own.
[GLORICENE MCKIRKLAND] [GENDER: FEMALE] [AGE: 60s]
Sixty-something African American female. The matriarch of 1369 Morganford and the McKirkland/Titus clan. She is a living, breathing repository of the histories of the family and St. Louis.
[LA QUITA WILLIAMS] [GENDER: FEMALE] [AGE: 20s]
One of Sydney’s best friends; she is supremely “ghetto fabulous.” She is a sweetheart at the core. She is brown-skinned. She is also two steps from being an alcoholic before she meets Percival. She has been searching for a reflection of herself at the bottom of a fifth of Leffingwell Cognac for some time.
[ALEXIS WHITTAKER] [GENDER: FEMALE] [AGE: 20s]
Sydney’s other best friend. She is bougie to the core. She is light-skinned. She learns that she is not living her best life. Her choice in men has been, and continues to be, awful. She could benefit from finding value in herself beyond the superficial feelings of superiority offered by American colorism.
[MARKINSON “MARK” FREEMAN] [GENDER: MALE] [AGE: 24-26]
Twenty-something. Barber. Sydney’s love interest. Mark is a growing young man who attempts to discard those aspects of toxic masculinities that have been less than helpful as relates his development as a human being. The eventual union of Mark and Sydney represents the continuation of the African American family.
Sides: the sides for each role open to audition can be found below.
| sydney_sides_1369morganford.pdf |
| karen_sides_1369morganford.pdf |
| gloricene_sides_1369morganford.pdf |
| laquita_sides_1369morganford.pdf |
| alexis_sides_1369morganford.pdf |
| mark_sides-1369morganford.pdf |