{"id":37787,"date":"2018-06-28T12:52:30","date_gmt":"2018-06-28T17:52:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/?p=37787"},"modified":"2018-06-28T12:52:30","modified_gmt":"2018-06-28T17:52:30","slug":"casting-opportunity-with-paid-austin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/blog\/2018\/06\/28\/casting-opportunity-with-paid-austin\/","title":{"rendered":"Casting Opportunity with Paid &#8211; Austin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hi!<\/p>\n<p>My name is Liz and I work for Vicky Boone Casting! We are currently working on a\u00a0web series called SPECIAL and we are looking for deaf men and male ASL\u00a0interpreters in their early to mid 20s to play the roles of MICHAEL and JORDAN.\u00a0No acting experience is required! <strong>This will shoot 8\/6-8\/29 in Austin<\/strong>, Texas and\u00a0the rate is $160\/8hr. SPECIAL will premiere on a major streaming platform\u00a0(official announcement pending).<\/p>\n<p>CASTING:<br \/>\n[MICHAEL] &#8211; 20 to 27 years old, all ethnicities, male. A deaf guy that goes on a\u00a0date with Ryan. Very attractive. Please only submit if you are deaf. DAY PLAYER<\/p>\n<p>[JORDAN] &#8211; 25 to 40 years old, male all ethnicities, attractive. Michael&#8217;s ASL\u00a0interpreter. Must be proficient in ASL sign language. Please leave a submission\u00a0note explaining level of fluency. DAY PLAYER<\/p>\n<p>SPECIAL is an upcoming digital dramedy series of eight 15-minute long episodes\u00a0based on the coming of age story of writer Ryan O\u2019Connell, a gay man living in\u00a0LA with cerebral palsy. The project is based on O\u2019Connell\u2019s bestselling\u00a0memoir \u201cI\u2019m Special: And Other Lies We Tell Ourselves\u201d and distribution is\u00a0in place with a major streaming platform (official announcement pending).<\/p>\n<p>Do you mind passing this along to anyone who might be a fit? I have instructions\u00a0down below for folks who are interested in submitting!<\/p>\n<p>For those interested in auditioning, please submit ASAP to\u00a0vbc.auditions@gmail.com by sending the following info:<\/p>\n<p>*Name &amp; phone number<br \/>\n*City of current residence<br \/>\n*Two recent photos (one headshot, one full body)<br \/>\n*Please note ay major conflicts during the shoot dates or audition period<\/p>\n<p><strong>Please use the subject line &#8220;SPECIAL: (role name)&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Please let me know if you have any questions! We appreciate your help!<\/p>\n<p>Best,<br \/>\nLiz<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hi! My name is Liz and I work for Vicky Boone Casting! We are currently working on a\u00a0web series called SPECIAL and we are looking for deaf men and male ASL\u00a0interpreters in their early to mid 20s to play the&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-p\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/blog\/2018\/06\/28\/casting-opportunity-with-paid-austin\/\">Read more &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[2],"tags":[21,7469,32,26199],"class_list":["post-37787","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-deaf-news","tag-austin","tag-casting","tag-opportunity","tag-vicky-boone-casting"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p752R-9Pt","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":44066,"url":"https:\/\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/blog\/2023\/05\/11\/casting-opportunity-for-premium-tv-series-deaf-performers-wanted-with-asl-lsm-fluent\/","url_meta":{"origin":37787,"position":0},"title":"Casting Opportunity for Premium TV series: Deaf Performers Wanted with ASL\/LSM fluent","author":"Grant Laird Jr","date":"May 11, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"CASTING OPPORTUNITY FOR PREMIUM TV\u00a0SERIES My name is Alexandra and I work for Lisa Zagoria, a Casting Director in Los Angeles. 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