Casting Call Austin

• Project Type: Independent Short
• Pay Status: Paid
• Production Company / Studio: Afikay Media, Inc.
• Location: Leander, Austin Metro Area
• Start Date: Thursday, January 11, 2024
• Shooting Schedule: 6 Days
• Wrap Date: Saturday, December 16, 2023
• Producer(s): Afikay Media, Inc.
• Director: Kaye Jernigan
• Writer(s): Kaye Jernigan
• Line Producer: Kaye Jernigan, Karen Robinson
• Casting Director: Karen Robinson, Thia Yoeun

FEMALE LEAD: Woman, POC, (or female identical twins) aged 28 – 35 with average build (open to interpretation on average). White collar professional. Emotionally vulnerable and able to reach emotional depths and cry when needed on set. This character has just experienced a painful breakup and is emotionally raw. She is athletic and/or able to perform physically demanding action-based choreography. *Can also play the role of Counter Woman. *

COUNTER WOMAN: Woman, POC (or female identical twins) aged 25 – 35 with average build (open to interpretation on average). White collar professional. Emotionally vulnerable and able to reach emotional depths and cry when needed on set. This character is angry, feels betrayed, and seeks revenge. She is athletic and/or able to perform physically demanding action-based choreography. *Can also play the role of Lead. *

AUNT: Older woman, POC, aged 55 – 65 any build. Retired, motherly figure with larger-than-life personality; naturally exuberant. She can switch to a mysterious, ominous figure who is crone-like and all knowing. Think of the character as a mixture between Elzora in “Eve’s Bayou” (1997) or the Witch in “Gretel & Hansel” (2020). *Can also play the role of the Crone. *

CRONE: Older woman, POC, aged 55 – 65 any build. Mysterious, ominous figure who is crone-like and all knowing. Think of the character as a mixture between Elzora in “Eve’s Bayou” (1997) or the Witch in “Gretel & Hansel” (2020). *Can also play the role of Aunt. *

JASON: Man aged 27-42 with average build (open to interpretation on average). White collar professional. He is athletic and/or able to perform physically demanding action-based choreography. This character is sinister, obsessed, and antagonistic to the main character.