Current Projects

NationSwell, a leading social impact media company, in conjunction with a well known and well respected Nationwide Nonprofit have partnered together to create a video series about real family members, and life’s transitions.  

Transition can happen at any life stage. In a single, multigenerational family, two family members might be experiencing the same big life moments at the same time! In this video series we will introduce audiences to pairs of family members who are doing just that: ie. A granddaughter and a grandmother who are both getting married/re-married. A father and his daughter launching a new business, a grandmother and grandson learning how to swim. 

Shooting 3 different Videos - open to all gender pairings, age ranges, ethnicities, and life moments & events. 

• Job: Web

NationSwell, a leading social impact media company, in conjunction with a well known and well respected Nationwide Nonprofit have partnered together to create a video series about real family members, and life’s transitions.  

Transition can happen at any life stage. In a single, multigenerational family, two family members might be experiencing the same big life moments at the same time! In this video series we will introduce audiences to pairs of family members who are doing just that: ie. A granddaughter and a grandmother who are both getting married/re-married. A father and his daughter launching a new business, a grandmother and grandson learning how to swim. 

Shooting 3 different Videos - open to all gender pairings, age ranges, ethnicities, and life moments & events. 

• Job: Other

A major cable network is seeking men and women for a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to participate in a unique social experiment series. This opportunity is for anyone with a sense of adventure, a BIG PERSONALITY and strong opinions about the state of the country today.

• Job: TV

Short Film for Festival Submission.

We are a British Production Company, looking to film in Chicago, IL, in March 2019. 

We require: 1 Female - Playing Age 65+

The role is none speaking, but the character is the lead, so payment will be commensurate with such a role.

A sweet old-lady gets dressed up to go out on a date with her 19 year old partner.

• Job: Short Film

PAID CASTING - FB Birthday Fundraisers NATIONWIDE!

A Major Social Media Platform is interested in featuring the birthdays of some very special people who have decided to forgo presents, and instead, raise money for a special cause. We want to celebrate real people raising funds in a fun mini documentary-style campaign.

Have you turned your birthday into a Facebook fundraiser?

Do you have a fun or heartfelt reason why you wanted to raise money or awareness?

Are you willing to share your story with the world?

If so, we want to hear from you! Please include a link to your Facebook Birthday Fundraiser in your submission!

We will come to you, anywhere in the US, to film your story!

• Job: Web

This is a 3-4 minute short film being shot in Black Hawk January 15-17. The game is set in a post-apocalyptic world and we need rugged looking actors for the roles we are filling. 

Can't really give away the story, but it takes place on a deserted mountain road.

• Job: Film

The stage production "History of Now" will premiere in 2020. The dynamic story will combine stage and screen including flashback scenes and archive film to maximise the potential and intensity of the piece. The production also offers an educational workshop and an outreach program. 

The subtle yet powerful opening is engaging in its thoughtful approach to flicking the switch between darkness and light. Within this busy production, there are stories within stories. Dynamic stage sets and the combination of screen and stage add a powerful creative dimension. Yet throughout, it is the presence of Krystyna Haeutmann, the energetic young girl and the elderly reflective lady play perfectly, two leading characters of the same person playing opposite one another. It is both dynamic and a masterstroke that validates the story and believability of the character which is essential to the telling of this story.
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Ms. Haeutmann, now eighty years of age, lives in the same house she moved into on her arrival in the United States in 1951 having spent six years in England, where she was unable to settle. A former teacher of literature, she lives a simple life alone but has never allowed herself to feel lonely. In her opinion; a form of self-pity, unbecoming to the memory and legacy of her younger life and brief forced existence. On reading an advertisement in a national newspaper for German-born survivors of the Holocaust to come forward to record their experiences for future generations and realizing her life is drawing to its natural close, she makes the decision to tell her story and reveal her hidden past. However, history shows a secret of its own.
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"They were Jews they deserved to die" Haeutmann otherwise calm and calculated in her words burst forward, spinning the reporter round in her chair. "Is that how he still feels?" A rhetorical question which is not lost in the silence that pursues. Throughout the production, Alex Jayson's use of silence at times is deafening in its dramatic pause. This is illustrated perfectly in a segment of the play that appears during Act Two. Haeutmann's narrative becomes increasingly more poignant due to the past moments that again reflected darkness and light. Haeutmann’s mood change now shifts the dynamics of the production. The aged figure appears detached, as though removed from the present her every word, etched in pain, is a footstep taking her back until there is a sense of her presence on stage waiting. Her words stop. There is a still image, no movement until…The young Krystyna enters on stage. The symmetry between the young and old HAEUTMANN's synchronized movements are compelling. Although there is little happening, every single tranquil, undisturbed flick of the wrist becomes even more heightened. Jayson’s skillful writing and directing create a moment that is beautiful and touching. It is powerful in its simplicity. Harrowing in its execution. However witnessing silently as they become bound to each other at this moment, that is a methodical sweeping embrace across the years. A light within the shadow.
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The play’s greatest strengths are that it has enough confidence in the audience’s intelligence to avoid spelling things out too explicitly. The relationship between the reporter and Haeutmann whose words drive the play forward with a delicate blend of intellectual and visceral overtures reflect her life and experience against the reporter’s innocence correctly. It is a smart blend that allows the writer to confront and challenge key issues that discharge the need to question their place in time.
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​​It would be wrong to classify this as just one more Holocaust production. In fact, it is an intelligent and entertaining piece of work that engages on many levels that appeals to young and old across all groups. To witness the History of Now as anything less would be like receiving a gift that is so beautifully wrapped that we leave the real gift inside! To fully comprehend Alex Jayson's latest work we must carefully remove the outer packaging to find the right "PRESENT"

• Job: Stage

The stage production "History of Now" will premiere in 2020. The dynamic story will combine stage and screen including flashback scenes and archive film to maximise the potential and intensity of the piece. The production also offers an educational workshop and an outreach program. 

The subtle yet powerful opening is engaging in its thoughtful approach to flicking the switch between darkness and light. Within this busy production, there are stories within stories. Dynamic stage sets and the combination of screen and stage add a powerful creative dimension. Yet throughout, it is the presence of Krystyna Haeutmann, the energetic young girl and the elderly reflective lady play perfectly, two leading characters of the same person playing opposite one another. It is both dynamic and a masterstroke that validates the story and believability of the character which is essential to the telling of this story.
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Ms. Haeutmann, now eighty years of age, lives in the same house she moved into on her arrival in the United States in 1951 having spent six years in England, where she was unable to settle. A former teacher of literature, she lives a simple life alone but has never allowed herself to feel lonely. In her opinion; a form of self-pity, unbecoming to the memory and legacy of her younger life and brief forced existence. On reading an advertisement in a national newspaper for German-born survivors of the Holocaust to come forward to record their experiences for future generations and realizing her life is drawing to its natural close, she makes the decision to tell her story and reveal her hidden past. However, history shows a secret of its own.
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"They were Jews they deserved to die" Haeutmann otherwise calm and calculated in her words burst forward, spinning the reporter round in her chair. "Is that how he still feels?" A rhetorical question which is not lost in the silence that pursues. Throughout the production, Alex Jayson's use of silence at times is deafening in its dramatic pause. This is illustrated perfectly in a segment of the play that appears during Act Two. Ruben's narrative becomes increasingly more poignant due to the past moments that again reflected darkness and light. Haeutmann’s mood change now shifts the dynamics of the production. The old figure appears detached, as though removed from the present her every word, etched in pain, is a footstep taking her back until there is a sense of her presence on stage waiting. Her words stop. There is a still image, no movement until…The young Krystyna enters on stage. The symmetry between the young and old Haeutmann's synchronized movements are compelling. Although there is little happening, every single tranquil, undisturbed flick of the wrist becomes even more heightened. Jayson’s skillful writing and directing create a moment that is beautiful and touching. It is powerful in its simplicity. Harrowing in its execution. However witnessing silently as they become bound to each other at this moment, that is a methodical sweeping embrace across the years. A light within the shadow.
​
The play’s greatest strengths are that it has enough confidence in the audience’s intelligence to avoid spelling things out too explicitly. The relationship between the reporter and Haeutmann whose words drive the play forward with a delicate blend of intellectual and visceral overtures reflect her life and experience against the reporter’s innocence correctly. It is a smart blend that allows the writer to confront and challenge key issues that discharge the need to question their place in time.
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​​It would be wrong to classify this as just one more Holocaust production. In fact, it is an intelligent and entertaining piece of work that engages on many levels that appeals to young and old across all groups. To see Krystyna - The History of Now as anything less would be like receiving a gift that is so beautifully wrapped that we leave the real gift inside! To fully comprehend Alexander Jayson's latest work we must carefully remove the outer packaging to find the right PRESENT!

• Job: Stage

Disillusioned by America’s unhealthy obsession with consumerism and material objects, a mall Santa takes it upon himself to lash out against Christmas, only to realize that the spirit of Christmas is still alive somewhere.

Helmed by film students attending the University of Southern California and New York University (both originally from Fishers, Indiana) this dark comedy offers a grim look into the mind of a deranged man who may or may not believe he's the real Santa Claus, as he grapples with the fact that he might be the source of the problem he sees in America.

• Job: Short Film

IMPORTANT: This production will be toured around Europe in Fall 2019 as part of a evangelistic Christian missions trip. Roles will only be given to actors/singers who confidently and expressly identify as bible-believing Christians. The purpose of the trip itself is not to simply perform but to evangelize people for the gospel and use the powerful story of Les Miserables to tell people about Jesus' sacrifice and God's love. 

Announcing auditions for a concert version of the hit Broadway musical Les Miserables! Specific roles we are looking for include, but are not limited to: Adult Cossette, Marius, Fantine, Thenardier, and Madame Thenardier. There may also be possibilities for other smaller roles, shared roles, or understudies. 

Auditions will be held January 26 from 12-4pm. Video auditions will also be accepted for the first round.

We hope to hear from you!

• Job: Stage

Are you looking for love and want to find it on a dating show? Well, then we have a live online game show that you can do from home.

That’s right. You don’t have to leave your house to meet your match. Nor do you have to put on your best pair of pants or highest heels. You can call in via video chat, and once you pick the person you want to go on a date with, you will get to meet your match in person. To make it more enticing, we will pay for your face-to-face date. No FaceTiming allowed for that first meeting.

Since our show is viewed by people of all ages, we need to you to keep it PG-13. We also ask that you dress conservatively for it. You never get a second chance to make a first impression.

Are you ready to meet your possible soulmate? Great! Then to apply, please fill out the information on this link.

This is an online dating show, so you will be able to do it from your home or anywhere where you can videochat.

• Job: Web

Casting people with incarcerated loved ones for a social experiment series. 

Was your loved one recently incarcerated, or are they set to be released soon? Has having an incarcerated loved one become a big part of your identity? Did you grow up with a parent on the inside? Is your child currently behind bars? If you have experience with a loved one who’s been in and out of jail or prison, we want to hear from you!

• Job: TV

 To be produced by Healing Hands Ent, Extreme Christian Entertainment and filmed next Summer on location in Louisville, Shepherdsville, Mt. Washington and Cincinnati

The story of one woman's bipolar breakdown and how through medication, therapy and the support of an amazing giver she goes to be in recovery, and they become award winning, bestselling authors, bloggers, screenwriters and filmmakers.

• Job: Film

Maggie is the focal point of our web series called Mercy. With this project we would like to do a 5 part short film run showing the rise of Maggie and her backstory before her actual appearance in our main series.

Maggie Manes is a small town girl living a double life. That life leads to money, power, and control. Well at least what she thinks is control. Only to be swept up into a world of deceit and betrayal, then coming face to face with the harsh reality that control is an illusion and she is about to find out how painful it is.

• Job: Short Film

We are writing a new suspense thriller and are looking for talented individuals to attend table reads, play their role, and be a part of a very passionate Indie film venture. Pay and scheduling will be discusses once you have been casted for a role.

Mercy is a retired FBI Profiler that finds himself caught up in a web of killings again. He is reluctantly brought back on to help solve a string of murders and what it will reveal will send you spiraling with him out of control!

• Job: Web