Fw: NBC TV Pilot Seeks 10 - 13 Year Old Male Wheelchair User

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something that may interest some of you. I agree we should have more children with disabilities portrayed on primetime.....----- Forwarded Message -----To: "Jo Virgil" Sent: Monday, March 15, 2010 10:29:43 AM GMT -06:00 US/Canada CentralSubject: FW: NBC TV Pilot Seeks 10 - 13 Year Old Male Wheelchair UserPleas see info below about a casting call, in case you know anyone who might qualify and be interested:From: Tari Hartman Squire Sent: Saturday, March 13, 2010 4:49 PMTo: Tari Hartman SquireSubject: NBC TV Pilot Seeks 10 - 13 Year Old Male Wheelchair UserDear Colleagues:For the most part, kids with disabilities are invisible in primetime television - here is a chance to change that.Please distribute widely to your networks and beyond:Bonaza Productions, Inc. is hosting an open casting call for a new NBC Television pilot created by and starring Reiser (Mad About You). They are going the extra mile in conducting an extensive search for a 10 - 13 year old boy who is a wheelchair user to audition for the role of 's son Zeke.Zeke is described as a sweet, funny, intelligent kid who has a positive outlook. He loves sports, music and everyone he meets including adults. He also remembers everything and is very inquisitive, though he can also become focused, anxious and obsessive about things. The character has also used a wheelchair since he was young, so the casting agents are only looking for boys who use a wheelchair. The online search is now open and continues through Friday, March 19, 2010. Production for the pilot will take place in Los Angeles over one week, starting April 7.For more information or to submit an audition video, visit www.tvpilotcastingcall.com<http://enews.cynopsis.com/m/797GdK_tAel--iARxgw-_e8vXRQnZMfc49dqdrDzxm7fmdRXPw>. At this URL you can find useful tips to prepare the audition video that needs to be uploaded according the directions on at this URL.Below and attached are the "sides" (the part of the script from which the actors audition) that will be used for the online submissions.Go for it ---TariINT. KITCHEN - MORNING is packing a lunch, trying to get the kids out to school. Zeke (11) - who uses a motorized wheelchair - motors in, a bit nervous. ZEKE Okay, I'm not panicking - I'm just asking: has anybody seen my "Squid" report? PAUL (PRODUCING THE REPORT) Ta da! ZEKE (VERY RELIEVED) Oh boy. Okay. Thanks Daddy. I knew it was somewhere. PAUL (CALLING OFF TO CLAIRE, O.C.,AMUSED) Did you see the great title he came up with? (TO ZEKE) Tell Mommy the title. ZEKE Why? PAUL It's great. ZEKE (TO HIS MOM IN THE NEXT ROOM, READING) "Squids: Misunderstood Monsters of the Deep." He waits for her response - there is none. PAUL (FEELING BADLY, TO ZEKE) I don't think she's in there. Okay. Let's not be late for school. Zeke sometimes gets sidetracked. ZEKE Did you know that squids have nipples on their bodies? PAUL Um, no, I did not. ZEKE Well, they do. There was a picture in the book. Wanna see? PAUL ("LET'S GET OUT THE DOOR") Show me later. Audition scene for ZEKE - "Squids" 2. ZEKE Uh oh - where's my book? PAUL It's in your thing. ZEKE Okay. So - the squid is facing the photographer, but I don't think the squid even knows the photographer was there, because the squid looks completely unaware that anybody is taking his picture. PAUL Sort of like Candid Camera for squids. ZEKE (NEVER HEARD OF THE SHOW) Like what? PAUL Nothing Let's get going. ZEKE (BACK TO HIS CONCERN) How does the camera not get wet underwater? Wait - duh, it's an underwater camera. PAUL Right. ZEKE But how does it keep from getting wet? Is it water resistant? PAUL ("LET'S GO") Exactly. ZEKE But then what about the film? Does the film have to be water resistant, too? PAUL We have to go buddy. ZEKE (STARTING OUT) Okay, but I want to look up on Google about "water resistant cameras" when we get home. And France. PAUL What? ZEKE There was a show on TV last night about France. And --Audition scene for ZEKE - "Squids" 3.` PAUL Zeke... ZEKE They used to have kings, like in England. So, that's good. PAUL (LAST WARNING) Zekey.... ZEKE Okay, let's go. CUT TO:

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