West Coast Casting Highlights - 11/10/09

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WEST COAST:

Below are a few highlights from this week's West Coast notices, compiled by West Coast Casting Editor Cassie Carpenter:

• Mr. Herman Productions, Inc. is casting the L.A. stage production of The Pee-wee Herman Show.

• TypeCasting, Inc. is casting a Walmart commercial.

• LevelBlue Productions and Jon Rosten (writer/director of the feature Valley of Angels, which won the Grand Jury Prize for Best Feature at the 2007 NY Int'l Independent Film Festival) dir., are casting a HD 24p dramatic short.

• The Artist's Den Production is casting AFTRA talent

• Rad Productions is casting SAG talent for Creepy, an HD 24P horror movie

• Michael Sterling & Assoc. is casting L.A.'s Next Great Stage Star 2010

• Create Now & Exclusive Casting are seeking participants for Have a Ball

• Kassting Inc. is casting a new untitled family reunion TV project for a major TV network

• Center Theatre Group & Berkeley Repertory Theatre are casting The Wake

To view hundreds of additional notices every day, run a Back Stage Casting/Job Search. To narrow down your search-results, try using the Advanced Search Filters to find notices with character-breakdowns tagged with specific job-categories, genders, age-ranges, pay ranges, and ethnicities.  Also check out Back Stage's extensive Production Listings and Blog Stage's categories for Casting Highlights and Auditions at a Glance,  Casting News, and Seeking Submissions.

-- Luke Crowe, National Casting Editor, Back Stage