Casting for Actors: TV show filming in Orlando

Heinz Casting Compant is seeking actors, singers and dancers for a scripted Television series that is being both produced and written by Tarell McCraney (writer of Moonlight) and Michael B. Jordan.

For more info:
https://deadline.com/2017/08/ own-orders-coming-of-age- drama-series-moonlight-co- writer-producer-1202150362/

The auditions will be held the end of June and all of July for multiple roles. 
We will be casting in several different locations across Florida. (By appointment only)
Locations TBD based on response. If you have kids that are interested here is all the information.
 
[MARISSA] Female, 12-15yo to play 13. Haitian-American. David and Seren’s wisecracking, smart as a whip but takes no foolishness, friend and classmate at Galvin Magnet School. She excels in school and not afraid to voice her opinion, has a love of Marine Science but at home, she is being groomed to be a wife by her mother and tasked with serving her brother, which she resents. Must be able to sing. MAJOR RECURRING.
 
[TARE] Female, 12-15yo to play 13. African American. A neighborhood girl who also lives in The Ville with David. She is incredibly cool in her confidence and temperament. Dancing is her life and hopes to get into New World School of the Arts dance program. Must be able to dance modern contemporary, particularly Horton and/or Graham techniques well. MAJOR RECURRING.
 
[WILLIE DERRICK]
Male. 11yo. African American. He is a wanna-be dope dealer, who’s eager to work for Raynan and Shinobi. Having bragged to the neighborhood kids about being asked to play lookout for Raynan, he gets beat up by JG (who is only 9yo). MAJOR RECURRING
 
SAG JOB
Information :
Pilot - Straight to Series
Union Status: SAG-AFTRA
Executive Producers: Tarell McCraney, Dee Harris-Lawrence, Mike Kelley, Melissa Loy, Michael B. Jordan
Writer: Tarell McCraney
Casting Director: FL - Heather Heinz
Casting Associate: Michele Hocking

Start Date: 07/31/2018
Rate of Pay: Union Scale
Filming Location: Orlando, FL, USA

SUBMIT PHOTO AND CONTACT INFO:
email floridamccraneyproject@gmail. com for Instructions and to get scheduled for casting

Storyline:
LOGLINE: David, a 13-year-old prodigy growing up in low-income housing in South Florida finds himself torn between two worlds. Haunted by the death of his close friend and relied on by his hardworking mother to find a way out of the projects, he must choose between the streets that raised him or the higher education that may offer him and his family a way out.