Current Projects

• Job: Live Events

Union / Non-Union: Non-Union

Production Type: Independent/Company

Project length: 1 hour 30 Minutes (plus)

Project format: 16:9 HD

Posted on: Thursday, August 21st, 2019

Production location: Kansas City, MO (Blue Springs)

Production Company: The S.Y.T. Initiative

Company website: Contact us

Director: Nell Minton

Producer: Nell Minton

Casting Director: Stefanie Dunn

Audition Location: 1405 W. Main St. Blue Springs, MO 64015

Shooting Location: Greater Kansas City Area

Email: contact us

Compensation: Yes

KEY DATES

Auditions:

August 24, 2019 12:00 – 3:00 PM

(Please note all auditions will be given a specific time within this window)

Dance Rehearsals Only: 10/11 - 10/18 - 10/25/2019

Full Play Rehearsals [With Dancers included: [10/19 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM] - [11/2 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM (Commercial Filming Date)] - [12/8 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM] - [Dress Rehearsal 1/16/20 5:00 PM - 8:00 PM] - [Time 4 Battle Play: It's Time 1/18/20 7:30 PM - 9:00 PM].

Call Backs: Tuesday 3rd, 2019 6:00 – 10:00 PM

Play Starts: January 18, 2020

Play Ends: Future Spring/Summer Tour Dates TBD

“The Copy-written Time 4 Battle Play: "It's Time," centers around the idiom “seeing is believing ” which at times, takes precedent and standard over our individual lives. In other words, if we do not see it what then is there to believe? Or, if, we do not see it, how can it be true? What if that idiom holds fruition and it is not what we see, instead, how we view it? Pastor Richard and Co-Pastor Helen Scott are called to establish a Church by the name of “We are Love Church”. They begin to lose sight of God’s plan because of the many trials and tribulations they've endured both personally and in Ministry. God reveals to them Galatians: 5:16-26 to walk in the Spirit so that they and others around them do not succumb to fleshly desires! The Scott family, and others, understand it's time to cease the battle with Flesh and begin the fight in the Spirit (Ephesians 6:12). Will the Scott Family heed to God's warning? Will others overcome their fleshly desires? Or will they all be cursed unto damnation?"

• Job: Live Events

This project is a short film that will be entered into film festivals.

Two separate chain of events unknowingly combine into one as two people realize that everything happens for a reason.

• Job: Short Film

Casting featured extras for parts in feature length film. Non-speaking, 3 shoot days. Shoots September 2020 in Denver.

 In the early 1970s, a young woman in prison for murder explores her role in a doomsday cult, her relationship with the leader and several of its members, and the breakdown that ultimately leads to the act.

• Job: Film

A 8-10 min, student, horror short budgeted for film festivals after completion.   

Ruth a college student gets separated from her boyfriend by the raging storm that blew in. Ruth finds safety in an old, decrepit cabin. The home of the cannibal old woman. Will Ruth survive this horrible old crone? 

• Job: Short Film

NOW CASTING for LIL & LOUIS, a play with music

WHAT: Non-Equity, paid production of LIL & LOUIS, a full-length play with songs, about Lil Hardin Armstrong and her husband Louis Armstrong.  
WHEN: Rehearsals start December 16; performances: January 21-25, 2020; 5 performances. 
WHERE: Submit your profile for location information.

• 6 AFRICAN-AMERICAN ACTORS (4M, 2F); STRONG SINGERS WHO MOVE WELL.

​PRINCIPAL ROLES:
LIL HARDIN ARMSTRONG… Age range 18-73. Preferred actor age about 30-55. Slender, small. Feisty, vivacious. Laughs easily and often. Memphis native with light Southern accent, always drops the final “g,” resulting in a lilting speech pattern. Strong singer, pop style.  
LOUIS ARMSTRONG…  Age range 22 -70. Preferred actor age about 30-55.Short, stocky, dark-skinned.  New Orleans accent (similar to Brooklyn). No need to play trumpet. Must sing and otherwise convincingly portray Louis.
SWING/ENSEMBLE: 3 M, 2 F. (UPDATE: 1 F.) Each will portray at least one character plus multiple ensemble roles.

• F, 20s-30s, Attractive. Able to do a cartwheel. 

• M, mature. 45+.

• M, light-skinned to play Creole roles. 25-40.

• M, 30s-50s.

It’s the Roaring ’20s and “Hot Miss Lil” is a star! Barely 20, she’s already a bandleader, arranger, composer, singer—and usually the only woman in Chicago’s hottest bands. As pianist with King Oliver’s Creole Jazz Band she’s unimpressed when “Little Louis” Armstrong, a pudgy bumpkin with a cornet, arrives from New Orleans, but shy “Satchelmouth” wins her over. Lil becomes his friend, mentor, co-composer, arranger, manager and wife—the second of four. LIL & LOUIS is a unique love story about “the First Couple of Jazz.” 

Watch jazz and theater history come alive—and celebrate Women’s History Month—as this new play unfolds in its final step (script in hand) before a full production. Enter the world of LIL & LOUIS, presented in an intimate setting with talented performers from Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe and authentic songs (live and recorded) and dances of the era.

• Job: Stage

A struggling mother is pushed to her limits as she tries to provide for her daughter, learning that it’s okay to ask for help in the process.

• Job: Film

Fun and Fascinating path to discovering more about you and your world.

• Job: TV

Looking for male models who are willing to have their hair cut short for a video series.

You will play someone who has to have their hair cut short for some reason (lost bet, work requirement, etc). Hair cut will be given on film by a hobby barber. You will be asked for reactions before and after the hair cut. 

• Job: Film

A movie series that we want to create about the whole book of Revelation.

• Job: Short Film

 Everyone has been in a dark place at one point or another in their lives. We often call it the darkness, our nightmare. What I went through was the darkest time of my life. Often times we can compare it to being pushed down a dark hole and we're falling deeper and deeper into the darkness. We reach our hand out to the light above us but it keeps getting further and further away. From my experience and writing my script, I was able to get through the darkness and see the light again. The light for me was my happiness. There is a quote that read " in order for one to be reborn, their water must break." What this means is whatever pain you're going through, whatever darkness you're going through, whatever nightmare you're going through, sometimes we have to break and by break I mean with our emotions. The message I want my viewers to feel is that there is always a light at the end of the tunnel. If I can get through my darkness so can they. I've moved on.

Melanie Parker is an openly gay female who decided to give one last guy a chance after not dating one for many years. He is manipulative, possessive, and is anti-lbgt. She goes through what she called 'her nightmare' when it came to getting away from her ex. She meets a trans female and the two form a romantic companionship.

• Job: Short Film

Hi there! I’m Lauren and I’m part of the team casting a fantastic new game show that will be filming in Las Vegas later this year! We are currently interviewing fun high energy people that would want to be a contestant on a word clue gameshow and possibly win $10,000!

• Job: TV

A simple, 10 minute long short horror film, to be filmed in the desert of Nevada.

Two young women are traveling across the desert in their car. It unexpectedly breaks down while they get stalked by an ancient shape-shifting creature that always takes the form of a naked woman. 

• Job: Short Film

Independent film that will be pitched for television

This story follows a new police officer Cindy Lewis as she enters the criminal underworld of Steel City

• Job: Film

Reality TV show seeks participants who are seeking answers to life's deepest questions. Those willing to study the Bible and share their story with the world.

Seeking seekers, the non-religious and those with little to no Biblical knowledge or background. Those who are curious, inquisitive, open to learning and willing to explore what the Bible can teach them. We are also seeking those who may question God, eternal life, etc, and those who may have "religious baggage" or "issues" yet are open to Biblical answers and finding resolution.

Filming will take place mostly in Brevard County, Florida possibly at the residences of participants and other locations related to the participants.

Interested? Please, make a 3-5 minute video of yourself sharing why you would like to be considered for the program and why you think you would be a good fit. Please, email the video link to Soul Saver and please, share this audition notice with everyone you know. Thank you!

• Job: TV

Young Bobby idolizes his neighbor, Mr. Speelman, and is convinced he is the real life version of his favorite comic book hero, Supersonic. Intent to prove his suspicions correct, he follows his neighbor one night in the hopes of catching him in some heroic act of goodwill. But instead, what Bobby sees that night shatters his adoration of Mr. Speelman – crushing his heart. By confessing his weakness, can Mr. Speelman regain Bobby's admiration?

Bobby is stuck on superheroes being pure and good – as portrayed in his comic books. But after his neighbor confesses to his transgression, Bobby learns that the real heroes are not ones that wear capes and fight bad guys, but those who are brave enough to bare their sins and acknowledge their need for help.

• Job: Film