CASTING FEATURE FILM NEVADA
We are casting Jane Schoenbrun’s new film NEVADA, produced by Tango. The film is adapted from Imogen Binnie’s cult classic novel of the same title. Casting the two leads - Maria & James, this is a nationwide search.
Logline: Maria, an emotionally-stunted transgender punk on an aimless road trip across the country has a chance encounter with James H., a repressed minimum-wage worker trapped in the purgatory that is rural Nevada. Over the next 24 hours, the two form an unlikely bond as Maria helps James unpack a question he’s been frightened to ask himself his entire life: is he trans?
Title: NEVADA
Project: Feature Film - SAG Theatrical
Director/Writer: Jane Schoenbrun
Production Company: Tango
Producers: Lia Buman, Ana Leocha
Casting Director: Abby Harri, Geraldine Baron, Salome Oggenfuss, Eleonore Hendricks
Shoot Dates: 7 weeks TBD during Summer 2023
Rehearsal Dates: 1 week prior to the start of the shoot (for leads only)
Location: Nevada
SAG Agreement: SAG Theatrical Contract
Talent Rates: SCALE - Day Performer: $1,082/day, Weekly: $3,756
CHARACTER BREAKDOWN
[MARIA] 25-40’s. Trans Woman. Any ethnicity. Maria is an old school, no-surrender-no-defeat, anti-assimilationist punk. She tries every day to wear her heart on her sleeve (along with lots of patches, of course), but in many ways Maria is also emotionally stunted from a lifetime of trauma and the exhaustion of operating outside the bounds of normative society. LEAD. Talent can be based anywhere in US.
[JAMES H.] 18-25. Open to all genders but strong preference for non-cis, trans, genderqueer, non-binary and gender non-conforming performers. Any ethnicity. A sweet, spacey, gentle kid with a complex interior world. James is the sort of ethereal, head-in-the-clouds dreamer who lives most of his days inside his own brain, and who gets mistaken for strange and unambitious as a result. There’s something unmistakably queer about James, but he’s too busy hiding in fantasy to explore his own sexuality. LEAD. Talent can be based anywhere in US.
[MISC CHARACTERS]: All ages, genders and backgrounds.
HOW TO SUBMIT & CONTACT INFO
ONGOING NATIONWIDE ONLINE CASTING CALL
We have a nation-wide online open call For this film, please feel free to apply! We’ll be considering both actors and people without any prior acting experience. If you’re interested in being considered for a role in the film, you can click on the below button below to be directed to the casting submission application.
This is an ongoing online open call, we would love to hear from you sooner than later (during January/February ‘23) but we don’t have a set deadline for submissions at this time.
To be considered or if you have any questions, you can also just email us at: associate@castingdouble.com
We’re looking forward to hearing from you!