Acting : University of New Orleans Film Department is casting for this years Spring Film!!!!! by Laurent Dupepe

SPRING FILM AUDITIONS “BROKEDOWN PARADISE” Saturday, Feb. 23 & Sunday, Feb. 24, 2013 11am – 5pm UNO Performing Arts Center Room 323 2000 Lakeshore Drive, New Orleans 70148 Contact Casting Director: BrokedownParadise@gmail.com Send headshot & resume -- indicate which role in subject line NO ONE WILL BE SEEN WITHOUT AN APPOINTMENT SHOOT DATES ARE DURING SPRING BREAK (MARCH 23 – MARCH 30) PLEASE DO NOT AUDITION IF YOU ARE NOT AVAILABLE DURING THIS TIME This is UNO Film Program’s annual Spring Film Production. Faculty, students & industry professionals create a short film to showcase the talents of the department. STORY LINE: A drama with super-natural elements, this mother - daughter story is set against the background of New Orleans traditions. On the last day of her mother’s life, Lena Harper finds forgiveness & redemption at the place where life and death meet for a final celebration. All roles receive screen credit, DVD copy. Meals provided. • [LENA HARPER] CAST • [CECILY HARPER] 70’s, female, African American. A proud old woman, her body and mind are both failing her. From an old New Orleans creole family, she was once a singer. She never understood why her daughter Lena rejected the city and her roots, which Cecily is so deeply connected with….LEAD • [MAC FONTENOT] 40 – 60+, male, any ethnicity. A grizzled New Orleans character. Charming, an odd-ball. Poetic nature. … SUPPORTING • [YOUNG GIRL] should look 10 – 12, female, African American. A mysterious, graceful, girl – may be from another time. Never speaks but is key to Lena’s journey….FEATURED • [SKINNY OLD MAN] 50 – 80, male. African American. Weathered and lined face, could look like an apparition from another century. Does not speak but is important part of the mystery.…FEATURED. • [TOURIST MAN] 30+, male, any ethnicity (could be a foreigner), shopper at a local flea market, looking to take home a piece of New Orleans.….SUPPORTING • [TOURIST WOMAN], 30+, female, any ethnicity (could be a foreigner), wife or girlfriend of TOURIST MAN, skeptical of the flea market wares…. SUPPORTING • [TEENAGER #1] able to play 15 – 20 (must be 18+), male. African American. Very skillful bicyclist that needs to be able to ride a bike while carrying a passenger on the back or the frame. … FEATURED. • [TEENAGER #2] able to play 15 – 20 (must be 18+), male. African American. A passenger on the bicycle, he teases Lena as they ride by. … SUPPORTING • [STORYVILLE GIRL #1], 18 – 30, female, any ethnicity. World-weary, kind, with a deep sadness, may be from another era, part of a group in a mysterious carnival event… SUPPORTING • [STORYVILLE GIRL #2], 18 – 30, female, any ethnicity. World-weary, graceful, may be from another era, part of a group in a mysterious carnival event… SUPPORTING • [KING OF CARNIVAL] 30-60+, male, any ethnicity. Masked king of a mysterious Carnival event. ..SUPPORTING • [PIANO PLAYER] 18+, male, African American. Cheerful and energetic, loves to play music. Ability to play Professor Longhair-style piano a plus. Part of a mysterious Carnival event…. SUPPORTING • [TRUMPET PLAYER], 18+, male, any ethnicity. Plays blues or jazz in mysterious carnival event… FEATURED