THE UNM SITCOM BOOT CAMP WANTS YOU!
OPEN AUDITIONS
THE SIXTH ANNUAL WRITING CLASS, TAUGHT BY UNM GRADUATE BRIAN LEVANT, THE DIRECTOR OF FILMS SUCH AS “BEETHOVEN,” “THE FLINTSTONES” AND “ARE WE THERE YET” IS LOOKING FOR ACTORS TO PERFORM IN A STAGED READING OF THE CLASS’S ORIGINAL COMEDY PILOT SCRIPT TITLED “BIRDS OF A FEATHER.” THE EVENT WILL BE HELD ON STAGE AND LIVE-STREAMED FOR HUNDREDS TO SEE.
“BIRDS OF A FEATHER” TELLS THE STORY OF A FAMILY OF DUCKS AS THEY NAVIGATE LIFE IN THE UNM DUCK POND.
THE PERFORMANCE WILL BE HELD LIVE AT THE SUB THEATER, ON MARCH 2ND AT 7:30 PM (MOUNTAIN TIME) FOR A LIVE AUDIENCE. YOU WILL NEED TO BE AVAILABLE AT 5:00 PM FOR REHEARSAL. YOU’LL RECEIVE A DOWNLOAD OF THE SHOW AND A SMALL TOKEN OF OUR APPRECIATION.
PLEASE CHOOSE THE CHARACTER THAT YOU THINK FITS YOU BEST, SELF-TAPE AN AUDITION (SIDES ATTACHED IN QR CODES), AND SUBMIT SELF-TAPED AUDITIONS, HEADSHOTS, AND RESUMES TO:
UNMsitcombootcamp@gmail.com
PLEASE SUBMIT BY 2/21/21
WE’RE LOOKING FOR:
QUILL (18-20s)
QUILL IS A 21ST-CENTURY DAUGHTER TO ANA AND MILLARD. SHE LIVES AT HOME WITH HER PARENTS. SHE COMES OUT OF THE CLOSET TO HER MOTHER’S APPROVAL AND HER FATHER’S DISMAY. SHE WISHES HER DAD WOULD ACCEPT HER FOR WHO SHE IS.
WADDLES (YOUNGER THAN QUILL)
WADDLES IS THE ILLEGITIMATE SON OF MILLARD AND HELEN. HE IS INFATUATED WITH HUMANS. HE IS NAÏVE AND INEXPERIENCED AS A WILD DUCK AND LOOKS UP TO HIS FATHER TO HELP HIM OUT.
SPEEDY (50’S-70’S)
SPEEDY IS AN OLDER SNAPPING TURTLE. HE IS THE BEST FRIEND OF MILLARD AND OFTEN GIVES HELPFUL WORDS OF ADVICE… NO MATTER HOW HARSH THEY MAY BE. HE IS QUICK TO CONSOLE AND EVEN QUICKER WITH A COMEDIC JAB.
BILL (20s-30s)
BILL IS A HANDSOME, WHITE-FEATHERED DUCK. HE KNOWS HIS ATTRACTIVENESS AND ISN’T AFRAID TO HIS IT FOR HIS OWN PERSONAL GAIN. HE IS IN HIS PRIME AND ENJOYS ‘COURTING’ WITH OLDER DUCKS.
