Casting Call for Orthophonic Joy Documentary

Film Details
Plan A Films is shooting narrative material (non-documentary film scenes) to complement the interviews they have collected for the Orthophonic Joy documentary. Plan A Films is shooting this material (a combination of reenactments and re-imagined scenarios based on research and conjecture) to bring to life some of the things that the interviewers said as they spoke to them and to augment what they’ve discovered in their research about the sessions.
This film, commissioned by the Tennessee Department of Tourist Development and Virginia Tourism Corporation, is scheduled for release in Spring 2016 and accompanies last year’s album release of Orthophonic Joy: The 1927 Bristol Sessions Revisited.
Film Dates
NOVEMBER 30 – DECEMBER 17 (A Detailed Schedule Available Upon Request)
Casting Dates/Details
Plan A Films, led by Sundance Award-winning director Chusy Haney-Jardine, will hold a casting session at the Birthplace of Country Music Museum from 3:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. this Friday, November 13, 2015. Men, women and children ages five (5) to 70 who can sing and play instruments, and musicians with no acting experience, are invited to audition.

Casting Needs

Plan A Films is currently casting roles for the entire film. Plan A Films has already confirmed three (3) professional film actors. Following is the list of roles that require filling. Parenthetically, Plan A Films will need background talent (extras) for many scenes. We will need no less than 30, but extras won’t work every day!
o Ralph Peer
o Anita Peer
o sound engineer 1
o sound engineer 2
o Jimmie Rodgers/musician and singer
o Ernest Stoneman/musician
o Stoneman’s wife
o Uncle Eck/musician
o AP carter/musician
o Maybelle carter/musician
o Sara carter/musician
o Carter’s six-year-old daughter
o Carter infant
o Bristol news reporter
o Grandfather/musician
o Musically inclined four-year-old girl related to grandfather
o 10 Stoneman kids from age 2 to 12. Boys and girls.
o Hotel Room Service Man
o A real orchestra/musicians
o Victor/music store owner
o Tenneva ramblers/musicians
o musicians/band that can play old-timey music for a dance hall scene
o preacher
o Many additional parts available too.
Contact Information
For questions about the filming in Bristol for the Orthophonic Joy Documentary, please contact Plan A Films at bristolsessionscasting@gmail.com.