🎬 CASTING CALL 🎬
Casting lead and supporting roles for a romantic drama mini-series titled “SHUTTERED HEARTS” for the DRAMADECK App. Seeking actors based in the Los Angeles area, ages 30–45. Filming will take place in Los Angeles, CA in June.
👉 Comment “Hearts” to learn more about the project, available roles, and submit via theWorkbook.
⏳ Deadline for Submissions: Thursday, May 14, 2026.
🎬 CASTING CALL 🎬
Casting actors based in the Los Angeles area, ages 26–35, for a romantic drama mini-series titled “IF HE FINDS ME”, in collaboration with ELLESSENCE FILMS. Filming will take place in Los Angeles, CA at the end of May.
👉 Comment “Vertical” to learn more about the project, available roles, and submit via theWorkbook.
⏳ Deadline for Submissions: Thursday, May 14, 2026.
🎬 CASTING CALL 🎬
Seeking talent for lead and supporting roles, ages 20–70 in New York and Los Angeles for a feature film shooting in New Jersey from June to July with the production company Auroravista Film.
👉 Comment “Lord” to learn more about the project, available roles, and submit via theWorkbook.
⏳ Deadline for Submissions: Saturday, May 30, 2026.
Every great agent started out answering someone's phone.
To the associates pitching their first client tomorrow. To the assistants reading emails at 11pm. To the bookers protecting the artist before impressing the studio.
I see you. Keep going.
Tag an associate agent carrying their roster right now.
#talentagent #agencylife #castingdirector #representation #theWorkbook #ATA #TAMAC
The self-tape format isn't burning out actors — the silence is.
I've heard "three weeks, nine tapes, zero feedback" from a dozen actors this spring.
CDs and agents: a 12-second acknowledgement that a tape was watched changes someone's entire week.
Actors: keep going. The work is being made. You're not invisible. The system just isn't telling you...... yet
#ActorsLife #SelfTape #CastingLife @castingworkbook@centerstagetwb
I've asked hundreds of casting directors what wins the room. Not one has said "ring light."
Three things they actually notice in your self-tape:
The first three seconds: are you present, or performing?
The choice: what did you bring that nobody else would?
The reader: a flat reader flattens the whole tape. Get someone who plays with you. Also an over-the-top reader also can ruin a take.
The fundamentals haven't changed: be specific, be alive, trust your read. Sure, they want to be able to see and hear you, but save the energy you'd spend chasing a "professional" setup. Pour it into the work.
Casting directors — what's the one thing you wish actors would stop worrying about?
#SelfTape #CastingDirectors #ActorLife #CastingWorkbook #theWorkbook @castingworkbook@centerstagetwb
🎬 CASTING CALL 🎬
Casting multiple roles for a vertical romantic drama mini-series titled “HIDDEN IN THE WOODS”, filming in Los Angeles, CA, and streaming on the SHORTS App.
📍 Location: Los Angeles, CA
🎥 Format: Vertical Series
⏳ Deadline: Sunday, May 10, 2026
🔗 Submit / Link in Bio: /hidden-in-the-woods
🎬 CASTING CALL 🎬
A feature film is looking to fill multiple roles (12+ roles open) for non-union talent. Production is expected to start in the coming months in Windsor, Ontario. Open to Ontario and surrounding area talent.
1️⃣ Click the link below or in our bio to submit.
2️⃣ Review the criteria and additional details of the role.
3️⃣ Choose the role and submit.
🔗 Submit here: /windsor-film
📅 Deadline for Submissions: Callbacks on May 5th, 2026
🎬 CASTING CALL 🎬
Seeking talent from the USA, Canada, and Mexico for a Colombian Bank Commercial filming in Bogotá. Looking for Canadian or U.S. actors or comedian-actors with valid passports. Basic Spanish required with clearly non-fluent pronunciation; strong improvisation skills are essential. All ethnicities welcome. Travel and hotel covered. Paid role.
📅 Rehearsals: May 01, 2026
👗 Wardrobe/Fitting: May 02 or 03, 2026
🎥 Shooting: May 05–08, 2026
⏳ Deadline: Thursday, April 23, 2026
🔗 Submit here (or link in bio): /colombian-bank-comm
🎬 CASTING CALL 🎬
Seeking talent for a theme park commercial. Casting in Indianapolis, Frankfort, Nashville, and St. Louis. Looking for a family unit: son and daughter (ages 8–13) and mom and dad (ages 30–40). Shooting will take place in Louisville, KY. All roles are paid.
1️⃣ Click the link below or in our bio to submit
2️⃣ Review the role criteria and additional details
3️⃣ Select your role and complete your submission
🔗 Submit here: /theme-park-comm
📅 Deadline: Saturday, April 25, 2026.
🎬 CASTING CALL 🎬
Seeking talent for multiple roles in the romantic drama mini-series “Lessons in Love and Hate,” filming in Los Angeles, CA and streaming on the SHORTS App. All roles are paid. Deadline: Saturday, April 18, 2026.
1️⃣ Click the link below or in our bio to submit
2️⃣ Review the role criteria and additional details
3️⃣ Select your role and complete your submission
🔗 Submit here: /lessons-in-love
We’re excited to reveal our April 2026 issue of CENTER STAGE, spotlighting commercials and the future of advertising. We sat down with industry icon, Shasta Lutz on what she looks for in an actor and how the landscape of commercial has evolved.
⭐ Hear from the Vancouver Casting on how casting across Canada has changed with self-tapes
⭐ We sit down with actors who are full-time commercial actors and what insights they have for those entering the space
⭐Justin Radley from CCDA/LA on how he casts ‘real people’
/center-stage-april-2026
