Current Projects

CASTING FOR ALL-GIRL, POP STAR GROUP

The  group was nominated for the JUNOs (like the Grammy’s) in 2020 for their debut album! It's history-making, as it makes the group a part of the first-ever group of young people to be nominated for a JUNO award in the Children's Category for Album of the Year.  

The group is a multi-ethnicity, inclusive group. The band performed 200+ shows in its first 3 years, and completed their first US Tour in summer 2019 performing in Washington DC, Philadelphia, New York and Boston to audiences of 500 to 1000 fans. During COVID, Girl Pow-R has averaged 1 to 2 online performances every month.

SEEKING GIRLS AGES 9 TO 17 WHO SING AND DANCE. We have online shows planned every two months throughout 2021 when COVID restrictions are in place, and will resume live shows as soon as it is safe to do so.   

“Girl Pow-R” is an energetic group of young girls who are setting out to inspire others to do their best. Each girl in the group will represent different cultural backgrounds and embrace the elements of pop and rock to communicate the Girl Pow-R message. Through us, you can also learn how to write music, create a strong stage presence, play an instrument in a band, support a social cause, practice interviewing skills, develop the “It Factor” and more.  

The Girl Pow-R repertoire requires training and in-depth rehearsals to meet the exacting standards required for this opportunity as all choreography, singing, stage presence, playing instruments, and audience interaction is scripted to optimize the performer's It Factor, and the Wow Factor for the audience.

Ethnicity: All Ethnicities

Required Media: Headshot/photo, resume and video audition

Rehearsal and Production Dates & Locations:  Rehearsals & performances are ongoing ONLINE throughout North America (United States, Canada, Mexico).

• Job: Web Series

 This project is a mixture of virtual acting, pilots, short films, and feature length films that will give actors the opportunity to add to the reels and are also visual pitches to networks, distribution platforms, festivals, and more. It will be shot here in Pittsburgh. 

The first story follows a detective and young female both in the beginning of their careers. Both will face life and career changing decisions that forced them into an unlikely ongoing relationship. 

• Job:

This is pilot that introduces Ernie to the Shaw Files family. It's a one to two day shoot and two virtual rehearsals. Shot in Pittsburgh in the wilkinsburg area. 

Ernie gets an evaluation from Shaw to learn more about his mindset around the time the crimes were committed he's being charged of. We flashback to what led up to his arrest. 

• Job: TV Short

Looking for a female stunt actor for a short horror film shooting from February 24th to the 27th. Come work on an exciting and dynamic short film. You will mostly be doing more complex actions that would be dangerous for our older actor to accomplish and be working closely with our stunt coordinator. We will only be taking video auditions to send in a video audition please record yourself in a well-lit setting and make sure the audio quality is good. Then send us an unlisted youtube link or google drive file of your recorded audition before January 22nd.

• Job: Student

A documentary that will uncover the truth behind weight and weight bias in America. Whether it's uncovering the history of the BMI or looking at obesity through the ages, this film will show you that everything you know about obesity is wrong.

• Job: Other

The Video Doctor is virtual film that will be shot through zoom, google meet, and other video chat options. It's an online actor workshop that will produce a digital series. This is a non union and unpaid opportunity but actors will have the opportunity to utlize the content for their resumes. 

The first story is pulled from our Shaw Files film series. It follows a prison psych doctor who moonlights as a fixer who's building his criminal underworld conict by convict. 

• Job: Web Series

 Shaw Files is an ongoing series that will be featured on our site and other digital platforms. This series will be a mix of short films, feature length films, and web series to showcase my writing, highlight up and coming actors, pitches, proof on concepts to networks, and other film distributors. 

Zoom sessions will be scheduled individually and in group sessions

 Shaw Files is a story about a prison psych doctor that evaluates inmates facing long prison sentences. After the evaluation he decides if he wants to help them beat their cases.

• Job: Web Series

We need an actress to play the role of a news anchor in a commercial/infomercial about PaperScore. The video will be about 3 minutes but the shooting may take around one hour. 

There is a teleprompter, but we prefer you memorize the script so you speak naturally. 

We prefer to work with an actress who is willing to play the role in the next commercials as well. 

The news anchor will interview the CEO of PaperScore and asks about the algorithm and the invention.

• Job: Commercial

AUDITION - INDEPENDENT FILM

Hello! I'm directing an independent film based on The Hawkline Monster by Richard Brautigan. It is a feature-length film about Magic Child/Miss Hawkline, the daughter of a professor, who hires two cowboy bounty hunters to come to her mansion and kill a monster in her basement, a monster her father inadvertently created in his laboratory.

We're looking for a young to middle-aged man to play one of the cowboy bounty hunters, "Greer." Greer has fewer than 40 lines total in the film. Our original player was a tall, roguish looking, 30-something dude with sharp features - and, while this description should not be taken strictly, I want to share those attributes as a ballpark for what we're looking for in our cowboy bounty hunter, Greer. Basically, if you kind of look like a cowboy, or could, we are interested.

The production as a whole is an art film; black and white, silent—I repeat, silent—and, as far as acting goes, this is a gothic, absurdist film, and not a lot of real emotive acting is required. The cowboys together are surly and reticent in nature, and their character attributes serve as counterpoint to Magic Child/Miss Hawkline, who does the only really emotive acting in the film.

This role is an unpaid part—all of us in the cast and production team are working for free/on spec. We're shooting in and around Saint Louis, and we are planning the shoot for the first week in March, with full shooting days, on-site Monday-Friday. We can provide lodging at one of our historic shooting locations if you would like it, and you will be fed during the shooting days.

If you are interested in auditioning for this role, please send your profile with current headshot and a brief description of your interest and/or experience. Potential interested persons do not need prior acting experience.

• Job: Feature