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Tagline: A Specter is haunting The West
Logline: A string of traumatic experiences force a young woman to shift her perception of reality and confront the ghosts of the past while being stalked by dark forces.
*Note: For all roles that require travel, food, transportation, and lodging will be provided.
To schedule an audition for an on-screen character, please send an email to [email protected] and include a head shot, a brief description of your acting experience, and any links to samples of your previous work. Passionate people lacking in acting experience are encouraged to apply.
On-Screen Characters:
Hailey Williams – Leading Role – 22-30 Year-Old Female – Paid
Description: Hailey Williams is a young newlywed (22-30 years old) who has been waiting for her husband Johnny to come home from a tour of duty overseas. They are a happy young couple who are eager to start a family. She has a strong relationship with her mother, and lives in the house that she grew up in. She has a strong sense of home, family, and rootedness. The actress for this role will need to have a broad acting range and need to be able to convey happiness, sadness, grief, despair, desperation, depression, fear, etc.
Please be prepared to perform the attached dialogue at your audition:
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Johnny Williams – Supporting Role – 25-30 Year-Old Male – Paid
Description: Johnny Williams is a young newlywed (25-30 years old) who has just come back to his hometown to be with his newlywed wife Hailey after being overseas with the military. He has some trouble adjusting to civilian life. He is happy with his relationship with Hailey and is anxious to start a big family with her because he came from a broken family that he is mostly alienated from. Johnny is a formidable guy and never backs down from a fight.
Please be prepared to perform the attached dialogue at your audition:
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Debbie (Hailey’s Mom) – Supporting Role – 45-55 Year-Old Female – Unpaid
Description: Debbie (Hailey’s Mom) is a very good mother and daughter. She is out of state taking care of her mom (Hailey’s grandma) who is very sick. She and Hailey talk every day. She’s really excited for Hailey and Johnny to have kids and raise them in the home that was passed down to them.
Please be prepared to perform the attached dialogue at your audition:
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Father Harris – Supporting Role – 30+ Year-Old Male – Unpaid
Description: Father Harris is a very pious Catholic priest who wants to be helpful, but also recognizes the corruption in the church.
Please be prepared to perform the attached dialogue at your audition:
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Officer Stevens – Supporting Role – 30+ Year-Old Male – Unpaid
Description: Officer Stevens is a dutiful cop who wants to be a helpful protector, but recognizes the corruption and limitations of the justice system and the police as an institution.
Please be prepared to perform the attached dialogue at your audition:
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Dr. Weiss (The Psychiatrist) – Supporting Role – 30+ Year-Old Male – Unpaid
Description: Dr. Weiss is an intelligent and cunning psychiatrist, but a somewhat wormy man.
Please be prepared to perform the attached dialogue at your audition:
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Dr. Blake (The Medical Doctor) – Supporting Role – 30+ Year-Old Male – Unpaid
Description: Dr. Blake is a typical medical doctor. Professional, but cold and clinical. Not very empathetic.
Please be prepared to perform the attached dialogue at your audition:
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Eddie (The Exterminator) – Supporting Role – 25+ Year-Old Male – Unpaid
Description: Eddie is a local exterminator who knew Johnny when they were in high school.
Please be prepared to perform the attached dialogue at your audition:
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Nurse Hanson – Supporting Role – 25+ Year-Old Female – Unpaid
Description: Nurse Hanson is a very friendly, helpful, church-going younger woman.
Please be prepared to perform the attached dialogue at your audition:
Voice-Over (Audio-Only) Characters:
*Note: Voice-Over Characters can be done remotely provided that the actor has access to high quality recording equipment. No travel required.
To schedule an audition for a voice-over (audio-only) character, please send an email to [email protected] and include a brief description of your acting experience, and any links to samples of your previous work. Passionate people lacking in acting experience are encouraged to apply.
Brian (The Journalist) – Supporting Role – 25+ Year-Old Male – Unpaid
Description: Brian is an urbane, effete, seemingly compassionate, and charming journalist who works for an internationally syndicated news outlet. He tries to befriend Hailey, but his motives are suspect.
Please be prepared to perform the attached dialogue at your audition:
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NCO (Non-Commissioned Officer) – Bit Part – 25+ Year-Old Male – Unpaid
Description: We need somebody who can do a convincing voice of a NCO giving the commands for a three-volley salute at a military funeral. Preferably somebody with military experience.
Please be prepared to perform the attached dialogue at your audition:
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Male Police Dispatcher – Bit Part – 25+ Year-Old Male – Unpaid
Description: We need somebody who can do a convincing voice of a male police dispatcher, preferably somebody who has knowledge of the various codes used by police dispatchers.
Please come to your audition with a few lines of dialogue to perform.
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Female Police Dispatcher – Bit Part – 25+ Year-Old Female – Unpaid
Description: We need somebody who can do a convincing voice of a female police dispatcher, preferably somebody who has knowledge of the various codes used by police dispatchers.
Please come to your audition with a few lines of dialogue to perform.
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Radio DJ – Bit Part – 25+ Year-Old Male – Unpaid
Description: We need somebody who can do a convincing male radio DJ voice.
Please come to your audition with a few lines of typical Radio DJ dialogue to perform.
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Newscasters of Various Western Nationalities – Bit Parts –Various Ages and Genders – Unpaid
Description: We need several actors from various western nationalities and varying ages and genders who can do a convincing newscaster voice in their native accent/language.
Find a news story from your native country (and in your native language) that is a typical example of gaslighting by the mainstream media such as when they use coded language (“teens”, “joggers”, “party-goers”, etc.) to describe suspects in a violent incident. Please come to your audition prepared to perform the newscaster’s dialogue from the news story.
Other Filmmakers/Content Creators:
There are moments in the film when clips from tv shows, movies, music videos, magazine articles, internet videos, etc. will be shown. There is an opportunity for other filmmakers/content creators to create content that will be featured in the movie. If you are a filmmaker/content creator and would like to create media to be featured in the film, please send us an email at [email protected] and include links to samples of your previous work.
If you are very passionate, productive person, and really like the idea of this film, and have some other type of skill you would like to contribute to our collective creativity, please send us an email at [email protected].
Thank you!!!