Undocumented Films and Frontera Pride Film Festival are seeking Chicana/o actors for a screenplay reading of LOVE & MONSTER TRUCKS, a feature length narrative film, based in El Paso, currently in development.
The reading will be held at the historic Plaza Theatre along with celebrity guest actor, Jesse Borrego (from films such as Bound by Honor, I Like It Like That, Con Air, Lone Star, Follow Me Home, The New World, La Mission and tv episodes such as 24, ER, CSI, Dexter) during the film festival. We want to invite you and anyone you think can fit one of the roles below to send a resume, contact info and a headshot or link to a picture.
Those in consideration will be asked for an interview.
PROJECT TITLE: LOVE & MONSTER TRUCKS
PRODUCTION TYPE: Screenplay reading (Non-Union)
GENRE: Coming of Age, Drama-Comedy
LOCATION: El Paso, Texas
AUDITIONS: Send headshot to monstertrucksandlove@gmail.com, subject line: HEADSHOT - name of role (examples of subject lines: HEADSHOT - Impala, HEADSHOT - Carlos).
Sides and video uploading instructions will be emailed to those in consideration.
DATES OF FESTIVAL: June 18th & 19th
PAYMENT: No Pay. Credit, food/drinks provided.
SYNOPSIS:
18-year-old Chicana artist, Impala Mata, can't wait to escape her monster truck-obsessed, Texas bordertown family. But the summer before she's supposed to leave for college, she falls in love with a girl -- a truck-racer, no less -- and suddenly, she finds herself switching gears.
AUDITIONS:
Sides and a link to video uploading instructions will be provided to those for consideration.
CASTING BREAKDOWN:
1. IMPALA
She is Chicana, brown-skinned, 17-years-old, with long messy hair and torn jeans. Her parents own El Paso’s first monster truck shop in town. She lives a sheltered life on the East side of town and is considered monster-truck royalty, even though she hates trucks. She quickly becomes a pseudo-punk, with short spiky hair and a pierced nose, as soon as she leaves home for college.
2. LETTY
She is a beautiful, 17-year-old, Mexican mechanic with curves that put the sand dunes to shame. She lives in Juarez, but works and plays in El Paso. Her latest project is a home-style rebuild of a giant 4x4 truck. She’s a tough kid raised by a single mom. Spanish is her first language, but she is fluent in English. She is Impala’s love interest.
3. MRS. ANA MATA
A mid-40ish middle-class Mexican American woman, with perfect French-cut nails, and a raise-yourself-up-by-the-bootstraps attitude. Perfectly bilingual. She runs her shop with no-nonsense leadership, always decked out in high heels and Oscar de la Renta.
4.TIA KIKA
Mrs. Mata’s sister is a single Mexican woman, in her late 40’s, with an uncompromising entrepreneurial spirit. Bleached blond, small-time smuggler of items under $100 across the Juarez International Bridge. Spanish is her dominant language, but she is fluent in English.
5. CARLOS
Nineteen-years old, Chicano. His high cheek bones leave more tread marks on teenage hearts than a new set of tires. He is Letty’s love interest.
6. MERCEDES MATA
Impala’s little sister is a sweet, tomato cheeked 10-year-old Chicana. She loves Impala even though she can’t understand her older sister.
BACKGROUND and DOUBLE ROLES
7. a female who can play the following roles:
MONSTER TRUCK FAN (18 years old)
AUNT (40's)
MEXICAN HITCHHIKER (18 years old)
8. a male who can play the following roles:
DAD
He started the Mata Shop with his wife, Ana, to whom he is devoted. He is also mid-40's, Mexican American, with salt-and-pepper hair and an easy-going manner.
LALO
Ever-faithful employee of the Mata shop, he is a long-haired Chicano rocker in his 20's. He loves monster trucks and is Letty’s rival.
MONSTER TRUCK FAN (18 years old)
MEXICAN HITCHHIKER (18 years old)
Cristina
www.undocumentedfilms.com
www.loveandmonstertrucks.com
Contact Cristina Ibarra if you are interested at
