Sunday 9/1 (7-10pm)
Blocking:
Ruth, Charles, Edith, Dr. Bradman, Mrs. Bradman
Monday 9/2
Labor Day! (no rehearsal)
Tuesday 9/3 (7-10pm)
Blocking:
Ruth, Charles, Edith, Dr. Bradman, Mrs. Bradman, Madame Arcati
The Séance (pg. 20-36)
Wednesday 9/4 (7-10pm)
Blocking:
Elvira, Ruth, Charles, Edith, Dr. Bradman, Mrs. Bradman, Madame Arcati
(pg. 36-46)
Thursday 9/5 (7-10pm)
Blocking:
Charles and Elvira
(pg.47-54)
*if your name is not listed, you are not called for the night*
Sunday 9/1
7:00 - Blithe Spirit rehearsal
Monday 9/2
**COLLEGE CLOSED**
Tuesday 9/3
7:00 - Blithe Spirit rehearsal
Wednesday 9/4
7:00 - Blithe Spirit rehearsal
Thursday 9/5
7:30 - Blithe Spirit rehearsal
Friday 9/6
3:00 - Blithe Spirit production meeting
Saturday 9/7
--nothing scheduled--
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Fill out this form if you are enrolled in 178, 278, 378, 478 - please fill out this form to tell us what job you'd like to do!
There are three options available to you:
This is a pass/fail course. You will receive either an ”S” for successful or “U” for unsuccessful.
POSTING DATE: 8/26/2024
PROJECT TITLE: Past Present Future
PROJECT TYPE: short student film
PROJECT SYNOPSIS: As Chester waits to meet Ana for their first date, he imagines different scenarios for how it will go. He also reflects on his difficult past with Abigail, his ex-girlfriend, and the mistakes he hopes to avoid this time around.
UNION STATUS: Non-Union
PRODUCTION DATES: October 12, October 19, October 26, November 1, November 2, November 8, November 15, and November 16, 2024. Shoots are 9-5 on all days. Actors cast in the film in speaking roles must also be available for a table read on the morning of September 27, 2024.
PRODUCTION LOCATIONS: RI College Campus (Providence, RI)
PRODUCERS – Rosalind Sibielski and Neal Mercier (RI College Film Studies Program) DIRECTOR – Jonathan Pineda
COMPENSATION: No pay; IMDb credit
USAGE: non-commercial/non-monetized distribution
CHARACTER BREAKDOWNS
CHESTER - (lead role) Male, must be able to play early-20s, any race/ethnicity. Chester is shy and kind of awkward. He is a hopeless romantic. He spends most of his time reading novels and secretly aspires to be a writer. Still smarting from his breakup with Abi, Chester is haunted by regrets and what-ifs. After a chance encounter with Ana leads to the possibility of a new romance, Chester resolves to do things differently this time around.
ANA - (supporting) Female, must be able to play early-20s, any race/ethnicity. Ana is friendly and outgoing. She is different from Chester in many ways, but there is a definite spark between them, and she is interested in him. Ana appears in the film as both herself in real life and Chester’s imagined version of her in his daydreams of their first date and subsequent relationship. Because of this, the role requires the ability to portray a range of character types— in one instance bubbly and adoring, in another soft-spoken and apologetic, etc.
ABIGAIL - (supporting) Female, must be able to play early-20s, any race/ethnicity. Abigail is Chester’s ex-girlfriend. She is a compassionate and decent person in real life, though in Chester’s daydreams he imagines her in a slightly villainous light tinged by his hurt and confusion over their breakup. As he comes to understand why their relationship did not work out, his view of her begins to change, and so too does the way that she appears/behaves in his imagination. Because Abigail only appears in Chester’s flashbacks to their past relationship or as part of his daydreams
in the present moment, this role requires the ability to portray two different versions of the same character, one selfish and unfeeling and one who genuinely wishes the best for Chester and tries to end their relationship on good terms.
COLLEGE STUDENT - (cameo) Any gender, early to late 20s, any race/ethnicity. This character is one of Chester’s classmates. They try to strike up a conversation with Chester while waiting for class to start, but find it difficult to get Chester to look up from his book.
ABIGAIL’S FRIENDS – (2-3 cameo roles, non-speaking) – Any gender, early to late 20s, any race/ethnicity. These characters appear in the background of one of the coffee shop scenes as friends Abigail has come to meet. (Will need to be on set for 1 day of filming TBD.)
EXTRAS – (non-speaking roles) Extras are needed for one scene in a coffee shop (filming on 10/19, 10/26 AND 11/2). Extras are also needed for one scene in a classroom (1 day of filming on 11/8). Finally, extras are need for one scene on the college quad (1 day of filming on 10/12;
rain date on 10/19). All genders, ages, and races/ethnicities are invited to sign up for an extra role. We are also looking for between 4 and 6 featured extras to appear as happy couples in the college quad scene.
AUDITION DETAILS:
To audition for the roles of CHESTER, ANA, or ABIGAIL, Please send resume, headshot, and self tape to rsibielski@ric.edu. Please indicate in the email the role for which you are auditioning. For your self-tape, use the side for the role for which you are auditioning and have someone else read the other part offscreen.
To audition for the roles of COLLEGE STUDENT or ABIGAIL’S FRIENDS, please send resume and headshot to rsibelski@ric.edu and please indicate in the email which of these roles is the one for which you are auditioning.
To sign up to be an extra, please email rsibielski@ric.edu. Please indicate in the email if you would like to be considered for one of the featured extra roles.
We will be casting through September 19, 2024 or until all roles are filled.
Auditions for INTO THE WOODS and THE PROM
Sunday August 25th
7 - 10 pm: Read-through and tablework
Monday August 26th
7 - 10 pm: Tablework & Character Discussion
Tuesday August 27th
7 - 10 pm: Character work & Movement
Wednesday August 28th
7 - 10 pm: Character Work & Dialect/Rhythms
Thursday August 29th
7 - 10 pm: Begin Blocking (Ruth, Charles, Edith)
