Current Projects

This is strictly a virtual table read via Zoom of the first 50 pages or so of a horror genre film based on The Pied Piper legend. The screenwriter wants to hear the flow of the script before continuing to write. This is not paid, and should take about an hour to an hour and half of your time.

This will take place via Zoom at 7pm Mountain Daylight Time on Friday, June 5.

The original Pied Piper legend is far darker than what is told today. In Hamelin Germany in 1254 A.D., the Pied Piper was hired to get rid of all the rats in town. After the town didn't pay, the Pied Piper used his flute to hypnotize the children of the town into committing suicide. 

• Job: Video

A short science fiction film being shot for A Place Called Sacramento. Small crew, local Sacramento people. 

It will all be shot in Sacramento in different rooms of one house. We anticipate it being a four day shoot, but we are still trying to figure that out amidst all the coronavirus stuff happening and locking down the location. 

An isolated woman, living in a devastated, barren world of the future, finds herself in Sacramento with an important task that can help rebuild society. 

'She' lives in a repopulation zone, Sacramento zone 142, and She helps grow clones to repopulate the earth and help restore humanity. We follow She around her cloning process and find out about her unique, futuristic world. 

• Job: Other

PULLED FROM DARKNESS is a faith-based feature film that will be shooting in Indiana this fall.  It is non-union, but all speaking roles are paid.  You will also receive meals and IMDb credit.

This is the fifth feature film from award-winning writer/director/producer George A. Johnson, whose last film, THY NEIGHBOR garnered over 100 wins/nominations/selections from film festivals all over the world.  THY NEIGHBOR is currently available on Amazon Prime and Tubi.

PULLED FROM DARKNESS is the incredible true story of a woman who was torn from her children & sold into trafficking when her husband lost everything in a night of gambling. After surviving three years of abuse & imprisonment in a dark, concrete room, she woke up in a hospital, and began the desperate search for her children which can only be described as a modern day miracle.

• Job: Feature

Part of the Place Called Sacramento Film Festival 2020!

Fighting back from drug addiction, Amy reaches out to her sister in hopes of reconnecting.

• Job: Other

Placer Repertory Theater seeks non-Equity actors for a live, digitally recorded script reading of a newly developed work, Sherlock Holmes: The Sign of the Four.

Ensemble of 5 actors: 3 males, 2 females, some actors play multiple characters.
Performance stipend: $20 for the live digital reading (approx. 1.5 hours) via Zoom, Facebook, or similar digital means. (Act from the comfort of your own home.)

Digital audition requirements:

- one style monologue

- acting resume

Digital audition recommendations:
- 2 Monologues (maximum 2 minutes each, please)
----- One comedic, one dramatic
----- One Style piece: Preferably British 1738-1910 (Georgian, Regency, Victorian, Edwardian). Also acceptable: English Renaissance, Enlightenment – 1570s-1799, including Shakespeare. Any period style piece is acceptable, but your Greek or Moliere monologue may disadvantage you in showing us your fit with this play set in England in the 1890s.
----- One Modern piece: your choosing
- One song (1 verse and the chorus only, thank you)
- Optional accent samples (if you know any of the following accents): Irish, Scottish, RP, Marked-RP, Estuary English/Cockney

DIGITAL AUDITION DUE DATE: May 29, by 5 P.M.
CALL BACK SUBMISSIONS DUE: June 12, 5 P.M.

SCHEDULE
Based upon cast members’ availability
- Rehearsal: One digital rehearsal (approx. 2-3 hours) end of June 2020.
- Live digital reading: (approx. 1.5 hours), held within the first two weeks of July 2020
Those who are not cast, your digital submission will be saved and reviewed for future casting opportunities.

MAIN CHARACTERS
Sherlock Holmes Male, age: late 20’s to mid-30’s
Dr. John Watson Male, age: 30’s
Miss Mary Morstan Female, age: 20’s

Female Ensemble: Various roles

Male Ensemble: Various roles

Sherlock Holmes: The Sign of the Four is a comedic detective story inspired by and based upon the works of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. The playwright uses this story to comedically explore the passive-aggressiveness characteristic of close relationships, and the inherent power and status shifts through the dueling narrators of Holmes & Watson.

• Job: Other

Rise of The Superkid is a 10 minute short film that will be shot in one location in Cameron Park this July over 5 days. 

Logline: A young Sacramento superhero elicits help from her trusty four-legged sidekick on the quest to find her superpower!

The three roles being cast are: The mom, the dad, and their 6-year-old daughter/superhero Ava. 

AVA: Ava, our superhero in the making, is best friend with her 11-year-old golden retriever Cali. (Who is also conveniently the director's dog.) Ava is a 6-year-old outgoing, playful, and resilient superhero.

MOM: Mom is in her 30's - 40's. She is sweet and playful, yet stern when she needs to be. She also needs to be comfortable around dogs.

DAD: Dad is in his 30's - 40's. He is goofy, playful, sweet, and supportive. But has a subtle sternness to him as well. He also needs to be comfortable around dogs.

This film is about a 6-year-old girl named Ava, who goes on quest around the house to try and find her superpower. When her parents become a little exhausted by the superhero shenanigans, she starts to lose hope that she'll never find her power. But just maybe, her superpower has always been hidden within her all along.

• Job: Video

THIS STORY FOLLOWS THE LIVES OF A FREED SLAVES CHOIR WHO SING ALL OVER THE WORLD TO RAISE FUNDS FOR THEIR SCHOOL, FISK UNIVERSITY DURING A RACIAL WAR.

• Job: Feature

SYNOPSIS

Tick Tick Boom! Mankind self-destructs. Hearts grow cold. Humanity becomes inhumane. Artificial intelligence controls all and darkness rules the earth. Tracy Wellington, a drifter from her faith is haunted by vivid dreams of human existence. Suppressing and ignoring the signs, eventually finds herself in the final chapter of human history. Escaping death daily and not submitting to the beast system, embolden her to rely on the faith she abandoned.

SIZZLE REEL

• Job: Film

WHAT IS THE FASHION HERO TV SERIES?

The Fashion Hero is a ground-breaking TV competition series and worldwide movement that is disrupting the beauty standards in today’s industry by empowering real people to become role models. This is the FIRST SHOW EVER that salutes diversity while working hand-in-hand with inspirational influencers, designers and international brands.

We are now casting for Season 3 and you can be part of it! 

WATCH OUR SEASON 3 TRAILER

WHY SHOULD YOU REGISTER?

32 contestants will have the opportunity to join this amazing adventure giving them the chance to become a brand ambassador, be featured in advertising campaigns and become the new face of The Fashion Hero. 

We’re looking for real people like you, who want to see more diversity and real models in the fashion and beauty industry. People who want to showcase their real beauty, allowing them to become a role model for others around the world. By becoming a contestant, we will highlight your unique personality on our website, social media and TV series for the world to be inspired.

• Job: TV

Experimental Narrative film. A thriller with dashes of comedy. The film will be visually enticing with a great score to add that eery nature of the unknowns of the dark. The inspiration is derived from the autobiography, A Child Called It and Dante's Inferno Canto XIII.

The story is about a young man who is forced to confront the abusive relationship he had with an abusive mother. Our hero starts the film in a desperate moment: a gun to his head.  He believes that if his mother didn’t love him, who will? She destroyed his will to live and his capacity to love. However, through the help of divine intervention, Dion discovers that his mother sacrificed her humanity to save him from committing suicide.

• Job: Short Film

This is a short film about a Malagasy immigrant, working in Napa Valley to send money back to her family in Madagascar.

More background info, this is planed to have some french and maybe Malagasy language in it. This was inspired by my family as when I was young I watched my parents immigrate from Madagascar, to the heart of Napa Valley. This part of the story focuses on the struggle of finding a connection back home (leaving family behind) and working hard (without an education) just to send money back to take care of their family.

• Job: Short Film