[nabs-l] Blind Actor Sought

[Riccobono, Mark]

-----Original Message-----
From: bkmabma at yahoo.com [mailto:bkmabma at yahoo.com]
Sent: Tuesday, April 21, 2009 9:51 AM
To: Steve Handschuh; Riccobono, Mark; McCarthy, Jim
Subject: Blind Actor needed

Do we have someone interested in something like this?

From: Marie Ullrich [mailto:marie.ullrich at gmail.com]
Sent: Monday, April 20, 2009 8:54 AM
Subject: Re: graduate student's thesis film



Hello ,

....

So, regarding finding an actor for the film who is blind - I'm going to
hold another round of auditions very soon. I don't know how you'd get
the word out, but here is a description of the character who is blind -
and anyone who is interested can email me their headshot (or current
photo) and acting resume, and for the audition I ask for a contemporary
dramatic monologue. The shoot dates are May 30th - June 7th. There is no
pay (I'm funding the film out of my own pocket), and there will be
probably 5 or more hours of rehearsal before the shoot.  I'm really only
interested in local actors.

PAUL SHERMAN
Caucasian.  Late 30's to early 40's. Tall, brunette or greying and / or
curly hair.  Paul is fully blind.  He and his sister Nancy came from an
affluent if not wealthy family in a medium sized city. Now Paul runs his
own non-profit agency and is less affluent, but he cares deeply about
the work he does.

Beyond that, I wonder if you might have a student at Columbia might like
to write a press release for the film. I have a list of bullet points
that I'd like to be included but I don't really know how to shape it
myself. I guess I could take a stab at writing it, but it only occurred
to me while talking to you Friday that maybe you might have an ace
student who you could recommend?  The press release would go on my
website (which is under construction) and in all Press / Marketing
packets associated with the film.

Hope I'm not asking too much!  It was fantastic meeting you.  Hope you
had a great weekend despite the rain.

Best regards,

Marie Ullrich
P.S. I should have mentioned, but Marie is pronounced like Calamari or
Sari. Sometimes I get embarrassed about my name because it sounds
pretentious so I kind of go by anything that starts with an M and is in
the right ballpark.