It’s That Time Again: Role Submissions for At the Table Series

The second selection for SAG-AFTRA/IFP’s At the Table series will be Later Days by Brad Riddell and Sandy Sternshein.

The plot revolves around Pam, a hard-driving transactional attorney desperately trying to close the biggest deal of her career by midnight on her 40th birthday. Problem is, her husband Mike has invited all of their old high school friends — along with their old grudges, baggage and crushes — to the local American Legion Hall for a surprise ’80s prom party. Later Days is about the reckoning between who we are now, who we once were and what we aspired to be back when everything seemed possible. By the end of the night, Mike and Pam break out of their marital funk and grow to appreciate all that they’ve sacrificed for each other, while the whole gang sees the past and the future more clearly, despite their bleary, bloodshot eyes.

At the Table is a quarterly table read series that showcases scripts that are in development or close to preproduction. If you are interested in submitting for a role, please email Kathy Byrne at kathy.byrne@sagaftra.org and she will send you the character breakdown and submission information. The submission deadline is March 11, 2019. If you previously submitted to be included in the database for this program, you should have received submission information already.

Later Days Table Read Schedule

Role submission deadline: Monday, March 11
Rehearsal: Thursday, March 21, at 5:30 p.m., Kaufherr Center
Table read: Monday, March 25, at 6:30 p.m., Kaufherr Center

The Kaufherr Center is located at 1 E. Erie St., Suite 650, Chicago.

Writer/director Brad Riddell has written four produced feature films for Hollywood studios, including Paramount, MTV and Universal. His first film, American Pie Presents: Band Camp, remains one of the highest-grossing live-action DVD releases in history and is now syndicated on TBS. His most recent feature, Crooked Arrows, was released nationally in theaters, and is the first mainstream lacrosse movie ever produced. Riddell’s other writing credits include films in the Road Trip and Slap Shot franchises. His award-winning directorial debut Ten More played at over 20 festivals in the U.S. and his series Other People’s Children won critical acclaim from juries around the world. He is currently writing Back to the Grind for Branded Pictures Entertainment and Tony Hawk Productions. Riddell earned an MFA in screenwriting from USC and is chair of the screenwriting program at DePaul University in Chicago.

Writer/director Sandy Sternshein has written films, television, documentaries, commercials, and apps for everyone from Mr. Universe to Chevy Motors. He wrote the feature film Pushing Forty for producer Rick Rosenthal (Halloween, Bad Boys), and is currently directing the documentary Punkrock Packrat. Sternshein has worked in the development departments of Showtime and Fox Television. He’s directed music videos and flown the globe as a reality television location scout. Prior to earning his MFA in screenwriting from USC School of Cinematic Arts, he worked as an assistant director on numerous independent features. Over the past decade, he has taught screenwriting, directing and producing at Santiago Canyon College, Santa Ana College and the Orange County High School of the Arts.