<html><head><style type="text/css"><!-- DIV {margin:0px;} --></style></head><body><div style="font-family:'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;"><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Hello, our names are Trey Duplain, Nate
Merritt, and Santino Vitale; Nate is a sophomore Communications/Film major at
Malone University, Trey is a junior English major at Walsh University, and
Santino is a burgeoning stop-motion animator (who is still in high school). We
are creating a student short film and are looking for actors. We will be
submitting the film to the Canton Film Festival at the beginning of September,
so this is an urgent casting call; we will also submit it to the Open Frame
Film Festival and other film festivals in the future. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">The film revolves around Steven, an
apprehensive therapist with relationship problems and interesting patients, including a suicidal ice
cream truck driver and a man who is sexually-attracted to cartoon rabbits.
Steven’s insecurities are rooted in his own psychological issues: he is haunted
by hallucinations of a womanizing, cigar-smoking hamster. His problems with
women begin to resurface when an attractive female patient steps into his
office.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-ZW" style="mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";
color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-ZW;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZW"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-ZW" style="mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";
color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-ZW;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZW">Because of our
lack of budget, this is a passion project and the acting will be on a pro-bono
basis. Of course, food will be provided on-set and anyone acting will be
allowed to use footage for their reel. Filming will take place in the Canton
area in early August. We will gladly send a copy of the script upon request,
and film reels will be accepted in place of auditions.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">We are casting several roles for our film:</span><span lang="EN-ZW" style="mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black;
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">-The protagonist, a timid and socially
inept 30-something therapist, STEVEN. His waning confidence leads him to seeing
a therapist of his own. He also suffers from hallucinations that are brought on
by his deceased father’s expectations of hyper-masculinity. Steven is a
high-brow bachelor with kind and gentle demeanor.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">-A manic pixie dream-girl in her
late-twenties to early-thirties, MADELEINE, frequently visits therapists in
search of the answer to a problem she cannot define. Her determination to reach
the inner layers of her psyche leads her to Steven’s office where her unique
sense of style and her own uncertainties catch Steven’s eye. Madeleine is an eclectic
blend of fun and sophistication, a combination of Audrey Hepburn and Zooey
Deschanel.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">-A greying, reformed hippie in her 50’s,
DIANE, serves as Steven’s therapist. Though her earthy decor and plethora of
pillows makes her look like a witch doctor, her methods of practice are far
less savage than chants and shrunken heads. Diane is genuinely concerned with
the mental health of her patients. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">-An overweight, cigar-smoking patriarch
with a sausage-stained wife-beater, STEVEN’S FATHER, is a blue-collar,
foul-mouthed bully from Brooklyn in his mid-forties. He is angered by Steven’s
inability to live up to his expectations and pressures him to pursue women
“like a man.” His poor health is sending him to an early grave. This role takes
place during the flashback scene, but would also serve as the voice of TONY, a
hamster that personifies Steven’s father and haunts Steven.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">-A gawky adolescent around 17, YOUNG
STEVEN, lives in fear of his emotionally-abusive father. He only enjoys sitting
in his room, playing with his pet hamster. Young Steven is only in the
flashback scene.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">-A suicidal ice cream truck driver, WILLIE,
is under the pressure of his mother to continue on the family business. He is
one of Steven’s patients. Willie is a lanky man who is torn between having to
endure listening to “the Entertainer” day after day and exchanging money with
grubby children or breaking his mother’s heart. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Contact information:</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Nate Merritt- <a href="mailto:nem713@att.net">nem713@att.net</a> or (330)-430-9159</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Trey Duplain- <a href="mailto:louisduplain@walsh.edu">louisduplain@walsh.edu</a></span></p></div><div style="position:fixed"></div>
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