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Posted by Shawna Savage on February 27, 2006, 4:21 pm, in reply to "Open Casting Call for Billy Tipton film " --Previous Message--
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:
: Open Call for "Exactly Like You" Feature
: Film
:
: Who: Seeking FTM Transgender or Butch Actors,
: Non-actors or Musicians, Mid 20s - 30 years old
:
: What: Open Call Auditions for the lead role of
: "Dorothy/Billy" in the Feature Film
: "Exactly Like You," inspired by Billy
: Tipton�s life.
: * We are casting for this lead role only
:
: When: Sunday, March 12 from 12:00 noon � 4:00 p.m.
:
: Where: Beau Bonneau Casting Studios
: 84 First St. (cross St. Mission)
: San Francisco, CA 94105
:
: "Exactly Like You" is being directed by
: Silas Howard (By Hook or By Crook, What I Love About
: Dying) and produced by Effie Brown (But I'm a
: Cheerleader, In The Cut, Real Women Have Curves).
: Filming will require a two to three month commitment,
: beginning approximately in May 2006.
:
: Synopsis: This is a story about a man's pursuit of
: music, women and fame only to risk it all to protect
: the one thing he couldn't share; Billy was born
: Dorothy. This precious secret served as his entre to
: the world of fame but keeping it could cause him to
: lose it all.
:
: Initially we meet Billy as an awkward girl under the
: thumb of a domineering mother. Music, and the piano
: become his world - this is where Billy finds true
: peace and acceptance. Soon Billy's need to please his
: mother manifests in a burning desire for fame.
:
: Billy finds a new family in the sultry, luminous
: underground world of the smoke filled, booze
: overflowing, "anything goes" cabarets in the
: late '30's. It is here where musical improvisation
: becomes the intersection of freedom and creativity.
: When Nonearl, a wild child and ex-dance marathon
: celebrity, shows Billy how "clothes make the
: man" all the pieces fall into place and a
: handsome reinvented Billy enters the world.
:
: For more information about our company, visit our
: website www.beaubonneaucasting.com
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