CASTING CALL: The Three Fates of Heartsgaard
We're looking for a Lawyer, a Prophet, and Lady Macbeth to workshop and perform in a uniquely structured stageplay, and then to carry their roles over into the Heartsgaard feature film production.
These three women are:
Casey (THE LAWYER):
28-35 years old. When she met him, Casey was starting law school. His creativity and bright mind drew her in, and the steady patterns of academia made it easy for the two of them. Now that she's wrapping up her schooling, it's time for Conrad to commit to a serious future. He loves acting, but if something was going to happen there, it would have by now.
Mariko (THE PROPHET):
28-35 years old. When she was young, Mariko's visions gave her a hard time connecting with reality, and her search for people who "got" her lured into the drug culture at a very young age. Five years ago, she met Conrad's best friend Simone in New York, and the two became fast friends. Both women are artists, and they both share a rebellious streak - they had a great time, until Mariko stole the money Simone was saving for an upcoming piece of performance installation, and used it for drug money. Since then, Mariko has cleaned up her act and earned a second chance with Simone.
Renny (LADY MACBETH):
25-32 years old. As a budding diva in the Boston theater scene, she's too young to play Lady Macbeth and too opportunistic not to. Her soul is clearly for the stage, and she's got the chops. At the same time, her focus is consumed by the chance to be a big fish in the small pond of Boston theater, and she hasn't yet gotten brave or wise enough to take the risk of going someplace where she's not as well liked. Instead, she's biting off more than she can chew creatively, but personally she's hedging her bets. That's exactly how she winds up dating the star of her show, at the same time she's dating the director...
Heartsgaard is a comedy about fate, love, and other excuses... the story of Conrad Elisson, an actor in Boston who has a recurring dream about war, about being a Viking berzerker in the mythological age of Ragnarok, and about a white-haired witch who guides his battles. When he meets the girl who's been dreaming about guiding her berzerker with prophesy and magic, he turns his life upside down looking for somebody to tell him what's real, what's just a fantasy, and what his destiny truly is.
Ideally, the three women we cast will have a strong sense of entrepreneurism, as well as the qualities that make them right for these roles. Like our other 8 Sided projects, Heartsgaard is going to take a lot of ingenuity and elbow grease to pull together. Because of the production and post-production resources we have access to, we've got the ability to make a film that looks and sounds like a movie at least five times as expensive as it is. Moreover, we have the relationships to put this film into a limited release, with the ability to add on theaters if the movie catches on.
What we need most is an audience, which is what first inspired the play. In the case of our other project, Sam Bailey, the mystery of the story serves as a great viral marketing hook. With Heartsgaard, we need a different approach. Basically, we decided to use the opportunity these characters provide to produce the kind of theater we love the most, while the 8 Sided Ensemble gets Sam Bailey into the public awareness. As both the play and Sam Bailey catch hold, we'll be in a good position to launch the production of Heartsgaard.
Because this is an unusual commitment, and also because we'd like to use this opportunity to find folks who like how we play as an ensemble, I recommend checking out the scripts and the people behind the show before submitting a headshot and resume.
Below, you'll find the scripts for the play and the film. As we enter the workshop phase, the theater script we work with will be the one below. Our film script has time to develop, but we find it very funny. Although they hinge on the same basic events, they're very different projects. Check them out.
For information on who's doing this, just check out the names mentioned in the Heartsgaard forum on this site.
Please send all headshots and resumes to: tennyson@8sidedfilms.com
Thank you for your attention. We hope to hear from you!
Best regards,
Tennyson E. Stead
These three women are:
Casey (THE LAWYER):
28-35 years old. When she met him, Casey was starting law school. His creativity and bright mind drew her in, and the steady patterns of academia made it easy for the two of them. Now that she's wrapping up her schooling, it's time for Conrad to commit to a serious future. He loves acting, but if something was going to happen there, it would have by now.
Mariko (THE PROPHET):
28-35 years old. When she was young, Mariko's visions gave her a hard time connecting with reality, and her search for people who "got" her lured into the drug culture at a very young age. Five years ago, she met Conrad's best friend Simone in New York, and the two became fast friends. Both women are artists, and they both share a rebellious streak - they had a great time, until Mariko stole the money Simone was saving for an upcoming piece of performance installation, and used it for drug money. Since then, Mariko has cleaned up her act and earned a second chance with Simone.
Renny (LADY MACBETH):
25-32 years old. As a budding diva in the Boston theater scene, she's too young to play Lady Macbeth and too opportunistic not to. Her soul is clearly for the stage, and she's got the chops. At the same time, her focus is consumed by the chance to be a big fish in the small pond of Boston theater, and she hasn't yet gotten brave or wise enough to take the risk of going someplace where she's not as well liked. Instead, she's biting off more than she can chew creatively, but personally she's hedging her bets. That's exactly how she winds up dating the star of her show, at the same time she's dating the director...
Heartsgaard is a comedy about fate, love, and other excuses... the story of Conrad Elisson, an actor in Boston who has a recurring dream about war, about being a Viking berzerker in the mythological age of Ragnarok, and about a white-haired witch who guides his battles. When he meets the girl who's been dreaming about guiding her berzerker with prophesy and magic, he turns his life upside down looking for somebody to tell him what's real, what's just a fantasy, and what his destiny truly is.
Ideally, the three women we cast will have a strong sense of entrepreneurism, as well as the qualities that make them right for these roles. Like our other 8 Sided projects, Heartsgaard is going to take a lot of ingenuity and elbow grease to pull together. Because of the production and post-production resources we have access to, we've got the ability to make a film that looks and sounds like a movie at least five times as expensive as it is. Moreover, we have the relationships to put this film into a limited release, with the ability to add on theaters if the movie catches on.
What we need most is an audience, which is what first inspired the play. In the case of our other project, Sam Bailey, the mystery of the story serves as a great viral marketing hook. With Heartsgaard, we need a different approach. Basically, we decided to use the opportunity these characters provide to produce the kind of theater we love the most, while the 8 Sided Ensemble gets Sam Bailey into the public awareness. As both the play and Sam Bailey catch hold, we'll be in a good position to launch the production of Heartsgaard.
Because this is an unusual commitment, and also because we'd like to use this opportunity to find folks who like how we play as an ensemble, I recommend checking out the scripts and the people behind the show before submitting a headshot and resume.
Below, you'll find the scripts for the play and the film. As we enter the workshop phase, the theater script we work with will be the one below. Our film script has time to develop, but we find it very funny. Although they hinge on the same basic events, they're very different projects. Check them out.
For information on who's doing this, just check out the names mentioned in the Heartsgaard forum on this site.
Please send all headshots and resumes to: tennyson@8sidedfilms.com
Thank you for your attention. We hope to hear from you!
Best regards,
Tennyson E. Stead
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