The Old Rue

Short Film

Non Union

Los Angeles

Pays up to: $225

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Synopsis

Los Angeles, 1952. After leaving a glamorous party in the Hollywood Hills, rising actress Evelyn Shaw confronts her partner, Julian Mercer, over his attention toward another woman. Their argument exposes Evelyn’s growing obsession with beauty, status, and being chosen by the rooms she once entered only to pursue her acting career. The Old Rue is an intimate dramatic short about ambition, jealousy, aging, and the difference between being seen and leaving something meaningful behind.

Additional Information: Casting performers for a paid private developmental table read of The Old Rue. This initial engagement is for script development and performance evaluation. The reading will take place remotely through Zoom and will run approximately one hour. Evelyn and Julian applicants must submit the provided audition sides with another person reading the opposite role. Both voices must be clearly audible. Solo recordings containing only the applicant’s lines will not be reviewed. The narrator applicant will read the narration side alone. We are looking for emotionally restrained, natural performances with strong listening skills. The period should be suggested through controlled diction and rhythm, without impersonating a specific classic Hollywood actor. No costume, professional camera, music, effects, or editing is required. A clear recording made with a phone or computer is acceptable. The recorded table read will be used privately for script development only. It will not be publicly released, commercially distributed, used for artificial intelligence training, or used for voice replication.

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