Casting CallsCasting Directors are Casting Actors and Models for 'The Onion' *Update*

Casting Directors are Casting Actors and Models for ‘The Onion’ *Update*

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[Chicago] The Onion is an American news satire organization. It is an entertainment newspaper and a website featuring satirical articles reporting on international, national, and local news, in addition to a non-satirical entertainment section known as The A.V. Club. It claims a national print circulation of 400,000 and says 61 percent of its web site readers are between 18 and 44 years old. Since 2007, the organization has been publishing satirical news audios and videos online, as the “Onion News Network”. Web traffic on theonion.com amounts to some 7.5 million unique visitors per month.

The Onion‘s articles comment on current events, both real and fictional. It parodies such traditional newspaper features as editorials, man-on-the-street interviews, and stock quotes on a traditional newspaper layout with an AP-style editorial voice. Much of its humor depends on presenting everyday events as newsworthy and by playing on commonly used phrases, as in the headline “Drugs Win Drug War.”

A second part of the newspaper is a non-satirical entertainment section called The A.V. Club that features interviews and reviews of various newly released media, as well as other weekly features. The print edition also contains restaurant reviews and previews of upcoming live entertainment specific to cities where a print edition is published. The online incarnation of The A.V. Club has its own domain, includes its own regular features, A.V. Club blogs and reader forums, and presents itself as a separate entity from The Onion itself.

[Chicago] CASTING CALL:

LEASE READ THE ENTIRE POST AND MAKE SURE YOU FIT THE REQUIREMENTS BEFORE YOU SUBMIT.

Casting for The Onion:

Caucasian, male, aged 45-70. Bookish, academic, serious, well-groomed, more on the lanky side, Someone who has spent his life in academia.This shoots Wed, October 1st and there will an audition. The pay is $100 for a half day shoot.

If you are interested in being submitted please send an email to [email protected]. Put BOOK in the subject line. Put your name, age, phone number in the body of the email. Attach a recent full body photo in jpeg format.

Casting Update October 15, 2012
CASTING CALL: PLEASE READ ALL OF THE INSTRUCTIONS AND MAKE SURE YOU FIT THE REQUIREMENTS BEFORE YOU SUBMIT
THE ONION: Casting directors are holding auditions tomorrow for the following role-African American Boy, ages 13-16, who can do an impression on Martin Luther King, specifically the “I have a Dream” Speech.
You will not have to do the entire speech, or be memorized, you just need to be able to do a good impersonation.This pays $250 and is a SAG contractIf you are interested an available to audition tomorrow afternoon please send an email to [email protected]. Put your name, age and phone number and acting experience in the body of the email. Attach a recent headshot and resume if you have one.

Casting Update October 27, 2012

A few more non-union projects for “The Onion.”

On Tuesday, 10/30, they are looking for 6 African American Men in their 30’s to early 50’s to work as extras. Please give them an idea of your wardrobe in the submission. The shoot should only take an hour, and the pay is $30. Subject Line: MLK

On Wednesday, 11/7, they are looking for fathers (mid 30’s to mid 40’s), all ethnicity to work as extras. The pay is $75/8 (the shoot tentatively shouldn’t go more than 8 hours). Subject Line: Dove FathersOn Wednesday, 11/7, they are also looking for kids (6 to 10 years of age), female/male, all ethnicity to work as extras. You must have a current work permit, and state in the submission if the permit is with them or specify which talent agency. The pay is $75/8 (tentatively it should only be a half day shoot with a call after 2:30pm). Subject Line: Dove Kids

Please send an email to [email protected] with a recent photo (jpeg format), name, age, email and phone number with the appropriate subject line. You must be registered with the casting department  at www.atmospherecastingchicago.com to be considered.

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