Auditions
MEND
A short film by Film and Performing Arts major, JB Brown. This short film will be produced by students enrolled in Film Set Production I/II courses, and affiliated students and faculty led by Professor Maya Salganek.
In the honor of repairing what is broken, Riley and her mother, Nicole, begin the work of mending their relationship.
FILMING DATES: Friday - Monday: February 21 - 24 & February 28 - March 3, 2025 on the UAF Campus.
THE STORY: In the honor of repairing what is broken, Riley and her mother, Nicole, begin the work of mending their relationship.
AUDITIONS:
WHEN: Friday February 7; 2PM - 6:30PM; Saturday, February 8; Noon - 4PM, 2025 with callbacks from 4 - 6 PM.
WHERE: UAF department of Theatre and Film. The in-person auditions will take place in the UAF's Fine Arts Complex, in the KUAC-TV studio. Please check in in the Great Hall 10 minutes prior to your audition time.
For auditions, actors will read audition sides from the script. Audition sides are available . Sides will also be provided at the auditions.
ROLES: People of all ages, ethnicities and gender identities are encouraged to audition. Fairbanks community members and UAF students are welcome.
- Riley - (F, 20s) She just dropped out of college. Due to the stress of school, and having been broken up with by her girlfriend (whom she also lived with), Riley decides her only option is to move home. She returns to face her mother who she’d only spoken with on small occasions throughout the past couple of years. She is still learning how to forgive her mom’s complacency with her dad kicking her out of the house for being queer.
- Nicole - (F -40s/50s) Nicole feels as if she has lost everything. Her fear of her now ex-husband had led her to neglect the relationships most important to her; the one with her daughter, but also with herself. Now that Riley has returned home, Nicole realizes this is her chance to rebuild what she broke, even if that means recognizing and repairing patterns from the past.
- Riley’s Father - (M, 40s/50s) Busy with work. He is hard-set in the values instilled in him since his childhood, traditionally so. He believes he is doing the best he can for his family, and in a lot of ways he is, though his thought process of what an ideal family looks like clouds the way he perceives the family he has in front of him.
- Riley's Ex-Girlfriend - (F, 20s) Though briefly mentioned, she dated Riley while in college. She holds the title of Riley's first love. Despite that, the issues that their relationship had became too much for her to deem fixable and she broke things off with Riley.
TO AUDITION:
- Supply your contact information and choose an audition slot using .
- Read and prepare script sides available here:
- Be ready to work with casting team and director with camera crew for recorded film auditions.