CASTING CALL
for an MSU Law College competition among law students to role play clients seeking legal advice.
IMPROVISATION ACTING OPPORTUNITY REGIONAL LAW SCHOOLS CLIENT COUNSELING COMPETITION
Use your acting and improvisational skills, have fun and help law students at the same time!
RIVERWALK THEATRE is looking for 12 actors who are interested in playing potential clients in a regional competition hosted by the MSU College of Law. If you are interested in an unusual acting gig where you will be taking a client description, building a character consistent with those materials and playing that character in the highly improvisational environment of a client interview this gig is for you! Interviews with the student legal teams will be virtual via Zoom.
WHEN AND WHO:
PRELIMINARY ROUNDS – FRIDAY, JANUARY 29. THREE 45 MINUTE INTERVIEWS BETWEEN 11AM AND 2PM. *9 clients needed (Male and Female)
Profile 1 (3 clients) - Client Jill/Bill Robinson is looking to talk to lawyers about something that happened at a recent sporting event.
Profile 2 (3 clients) - Client JJ Williams made an appointment to see lawyers about daughter who is having a problem with her college tennis team.
Profile 3 (3 clients) - Client Kurt/Karrie Severt, who is an orchestra conductor, scheduled an appointment to discuss problems with Severt’s job and to obtain advice on how to handle an upcoming meeting.
SEMI-FINAL ROUNDS – FRIDAY, JANUARY 29. TWO 60 MINUTE INTERVIEWS BETWEEN 4PM AND 6:15PM. *3 clients needed (Female)
Profile (3 clients) - Client Constance Bradford was a scholarship athlete at one of the local colleges. She has concerns that she is the victim of discrimination.
FINAL ROUND – SATURDAY, JANUARY 30. THREE 60 MINUTE INTERVIEWS BETWEEN 11AM AND 2PM. * 1 client needed (Male or Female)
Profile - Client Carl/Carla Savoir is an art collector who is in currently involved in a dispute over some John Styles paintings.
ONLINE ORIENTATION SESSION: 7PM, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 27.
If interested and available, please contact Tom Ferris at mailto:[email protected] as soon as possible.