Title: Tasmanian Devil
Contract: Modified Low Budget (pending)
Shoot Dates: January 2019
Location: Marshall, TX and Dallas/Ft. Worth, TX
Callbacks: Saturday, Sept.15 in Dallas, TX
Producers: Tricia Woodgett, Frank Cohen, Karl Soelter
Writer/Director: Solomon Onita, Jr.
After moving to the U.S., 19-year-old Nigerian immigrant Dayo struggles to balance his conflicting desires of joining a college fraternity and bonding with his estranged father, a strictly religious pastor at a local church.
Note: for college fraternity members, we are looking for authentic Texan or southern accents (except Ike who is Nigerian). Actors reading for fraternity members must be comfortable with the use of profanity and simulated hazing.
Seeking performers able to portray:
- Whitney: African-American male, 23, an older fraternity member who provides guidance and support to Dayo and the other pledges as the "dean of pledges", major supporting role
- Ike E'Kong: Nigerian male, 20, one of the popular guys on campus, so it’s only fitting that he aspires to join one of the most popular frats on campus. although in the beginning his motives were selfish, he ends up becoming close to Dayo and a much needed support through the pledge process. major supporting.
- Jerrell: African-American male, 20-21, an extremely confident individual, thinks he’s above and beyond everyone else, despite his arrogant nature he still has the power to connect with people and have many strong friendships, supporting role
- Cassidy: African-American male, 22, athlete who tends to be in his own world most of the time, he's most comfortable in the background and rarely tries to assert himself to the group, supporting role
- Lamar: African-American male, 21, jockey intellectual type and depending on who he's around he plays up either "the jock" or "the intellectual" role, overall he's a passionate person that wants what's best for the group, supporting role
- Nicole: African-American woman, 19, on the surface appears to be a popular girl in a popular sorority, but beyond her persona she's a caring friend who will support you at your lowest moments, supporting role
- Elizabeth Ayodele: African woman, 40s, Julius’s wife, grows increasingly bitter after Julius leaves her alone in Nigeria to raise their son Dayo with no support, supporting role
- DJ: African-American male, 22, assistant dean of pledges, he offers support to Whitney and the pledges as they go through their pledge process, needed for 6 days
- Dmitri: African-American male, 23, fraternity member, a ladies’ man, needed for 2 days
- Mrs. Deborah: African-American woman, late 30s, the lead singer in the church choir, her overbearing personality gives her the tendency to take whatever she's doing too seriously, needed for 2 days
- Salim: African-American male, 22, fraternity member, nerdy, needed for 3 days
- Wayburn: African-American male, 23, fraternity member, leader with a joking personality, needed for 2 days
- Mama Ayodele: African woman, 50s, Julius’s mother, elderly and comforting, needed for 1 day
- Young Dayo: African male, 8, raised by his mother in Nigeria because his father left in search of better opportunities for his family in the U.S.
- Baby Dayo: African male, baby
Submissions: Send video reel by Sept. 7 to tasmaniandevilmoviecasting@gmail.com with file name and email subject line as TD_YOUR NAME_ROLE. Please include your name, agency (if any), height, role and city where you are based. Keep file size under 50MB (prefer Hightail, WeTransfer or Dropbox). NO YOUTUBE VIDEOS PLEASE.
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