[nabs-l] Blind Actor Sought

[Franandah Damstra]

Oh man! If it was only a woman and a younger age, I would do it in a
heartbeat! My passion is acting and I am going to pursue it in the
next year. I'm currently in my school's play "Around the World in
Eighty Days" and have done quite a few plays for other theatres. My
real passion is for voice acting, but I'm willing to take almost
anything right now. If someone ever needs a young female actress for
anything, please e-mail me and I will do whatever I can to do it!
~Franandah

On 4/21/09, Riccobono, Mark <MRiccobono at nfb.org> wrote:
>
> -----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.
>
>
>
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