Audition/Casting Call

Casting Call for AAPI Mental Health PSA

Blend

Los Angeles, CA 90640

Deadline

Rolling

Posted

Dec 10, 2024

Seeking actors for a PSA in partnership with Asian American Psychological Association for a campaign to advance the health and welfare of the Asian American community through destigmatizing the act of seeking mental health care. The script centers around a multi-generational family at a dinner table and takes us through a conversation through various Eastern beliefs and superstitions, ultimately using light humor to encourage members of the community to talk more openly about mental health as a vital part of well-being.

Seeking a range of Chinese/mixed-ethnicity Asian actors based in Los Angeles ranging from teens to grandparents for a PSA to destigmatize mental health care in the Asian community. Especially open to actors with an improv background.

“UNREAL”
In partnership with the Asian American Psychological Association
Producer:Matt Bijarchi
Director: Natasha Lee
Creative Director: Priti Kapur

SHOOT DATES: January 2024, tbd, 1 day in Los Angeles

ALL ROLES ARE PAID SAG-AFTRA LOW BUDGET SCALE

Requirements

Roles available:

  • Hwee’s husband - South or Southeast Asian, late 30s, early 40s
  • Child (around 5-7, male/female)
  • Hwee’s father (60s-70s, Chinese male)
  • Hwee’s mother (60s-70s, Chinese female)

  • Hwee’s brother - (late 20s, early 20s, Chinese male)

  • Brother’s partner - (male or female mid 30s, open to ethnicity range)

  • Hwee’s aunt - (late 40s, open to Chinese with mixed-ethnicity)

Application Instructions

Please submit your reel, headshot/resume, and note if you speak any Cantonese/Mandarin/other languages to contact@bynatasha.net