Production Name: Queen of the Highway
Shooting dates: November 23rd to 27th 2009
Student Film: A Sheridan College student movie production
Producer: Josh Miller
Director: Brad Schinkel
Casting Director: Kaila Dimopoulos. Email : kailadimopoulos@hotmail.com
Casting Location & Time:
Thursday October 29th - 3pm-6pm (location 1) and Friday November 6th 2 - 4pm at Sheridan College (location 2)
(Location 1):
Casting Central Inc.
680 Yonge Street 2nd Floor (2 blocks south of Yonge and Bloor)
(Location 2):
Sheridan College
Room B115c
1430 Trafalgar Road, Oakville, ON L6H 2L1
SYNOPSIS:
A young girl named Elisha is forced to sell herself to pay off a debt her mother created. Elisha is secretly in love with a truck driver named Aaron who works for her boss, Jed. Aaron, too, owes Jed a debt, and when he comes to pay off his debt once and for all, Jed reveals to Elisha that he is going to have Aaron killed. Elisha tries to convince Aaron to run, but the truck will not leave without Elisha. Soon Elisha finds herself forced to choose between risking her life and running away with Aaron, or staying with Jed.
1. ELISHA WAGNER: - Ages 18 to 24 - Female - Caucasian.
Elisha is a young girl who is being forced to prostitute for Jed Raymour at the Oasis Motel. Elisha has to pay back a debt to Jed her mother left her, and to do so she must sell herself. Elisha is involved with a man named Aaron Nicholson who also owes a debt to Jed. When Aaron comes to town to finally pay off his debt, he tries to convince Elisha to leave the motel and run away with him. Elisha is torn between leaving the hell she is in and risking her life, or staying where she is and facing the same fate as her mother.
Sides: Pages 9 to 12.
2. DEBRA WAGNER: - Ages 30 to 40 - Female - Caucasian.
Debra Wagner has been a prostitute for most of her life. But when she had Elisha, she began looking for a way out of the life she had made for herself. She came to Jed for money and protection from her past. But Jed had no intention of letting her or her daughter go. When Deb tries to flee with Elisha, Jed has her killed leaving Elisha to pay for her mistakes.
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3. AARON NICHOLSON: - Ages 30 to 35 - Male - Caucasian.
Aaron is a truck driver who owes a debt to Jed. Aaron has made what he thinks is his final run for Jed, thus paying off his debt. When Aaron arrives at the Oasis Motel, he sees his lover, Elisha, and tries to convince her to leave with him, but Elisha won't go. Elisha tells Aaron that Jed is planning to kill him, and that he must leave right away, but Aaron won't leave without Elisha, and will risk his life just to save her.
Sides: Pages 9 - 12.
4. JED RAYMOUR: - Ages - 40 to 50 - Male - Caucasian.
Jed owns the Oasis Motel; he also is the middle-man in a drug-smuggling ring. Jed finds out that one of his smugglers, Aaron Nicholson has made a mistake at the border and is a loose end, so Jed's higher-up wants Aaron killed. Jed's top lot-lizard at the motel, Elisha Wagner is secretly in love with Aaron and tries to escape with Aaron, but Jed will stop at nothing to make sure Elisha doesn't leave, and that Aaron is killed.
Sides: Pages 13 - 16.
NOTE: For the pages you will need to read at the audition, please go to www.actra-apprentice.com/downloads/queen-of-the-highway.pdf