Round 1 Reviews

The actress Betsy Randle once told me that acting is a calling. "You do it because it's the only thing you ever want to do and there's no other dream in the world." I don't know if all actors feel that way, but at some level there has to be that deep commitment. Years of dedication, hundreds maybe thousands of rejections, glimmers of opportunities, and long-delayed dreams and ambitions. It is a hard road and I admire anyone with the skill and stamina to stick it out, because sometimes, just sometimes, you see passion, charisma, magnetic charm, and it is magical.

On Saturday Aug 29, our casting panel saw actors for 5+ hours auditioning for this film. They were all positive, nervous, excited and just plain charming. And while there were some who were truly gifted, there were others who were just better for the part.

Here is a list of the actors that are still under consideration, in no particular order:

DEE MARSHALL
HEATHER SHAW
RANDY HURST
MAWIYAH JOHNSON
JAN HALEY-SOULE
ERIKA SAN MIGUEL
HOLLY NUGENT
JENNIFER LINKOUS
MELANIE BRENNER
DOROTHY GALLAGHER

We're currently prepping the list for Round 2, and due to the limited response from male actors it looks like we may have to have a third session as well. In the meantime, we still have a whole group of actors for Sept 12. Once we have seen that group, Round 1 actors will be cut more, with a final cast list to be announced sometime in mid-October.

I wish there were parts to give to all them. And I'll keep that in mind with the next script I write.

Audition times for 9/12 to come.

NOTE: Betsy Randle is family. She is my father's cousin, the daughter of Helen McCreary Miller, my grandmother's sister. Betsy has had some impressive acting gigs and she is the songbird of the family. You can check her out on IMDB here.