Casting Call for a new TV Genealogy Series

Here is one of the more interesting news releases I have seen in some time:

SEEKING HOST & REGULARS FOR A FAMILY HISTORY SLEUTHING SHOW

Looking for ENTHUSIASTIC GENEALOGISTS (amateur and professional) and ACTORS (non-union)

Auditions will be held in three locations to find a host and on-camera regulars for a new family history sleuthing television series. Interest and/or experience in genealogy a definite plus!

Are you one of those people who loves digging into history's mysteries?  Do you sometimes wish you had been born a century (or two or three) earlier?  Do you get excited at the prospect of a cemetery visit or learning the real truth about mysterious great-aunt Tillie?  Do your special talents include the ability to read a foreign language or old-style handwriting, find just about anything on the Internet, or explain why you should always be a little suspicious of details found on a death certificate?  Or are you a professional actor (non-union, please) who can "play nice" with obsessed roots-seekers?

If so, we want to hear from you - especially if you've ever been described as charismatic, flamboyant, quirky, opinionated, or eccentric!  This is a joint US-Canadian venture, and the series producers will be holding auditions by appointment in January and February 2005 in the following areas:

• Provo and Salt Lake City, Utah
• Toronto, Ontario
• Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Preliminary applications may be completed at www.honoringourancestors.com/casting.html (attachment of .jpg headshots and/or résumés encouraged, but not required; no phone calls, please).  If selected, applicants must be willing to travel (at their own expense) to one of the audition locations.  All submissions must be received no later than January 6, 2005.

Brown and Brennan, Inc. produces local, national and international television programs, specializing in oral history documentary and instructional media.  Capturing the stories of ordinary people and infusing them with compelling dramatic structure is the hallmark of Brown and Brennan productions.  In diverse locations, on topics ranging from Shakespeare to the Olympics to religion in Africa, Brown and Brennan has mined thousands of stories world-wide and developed expertise in identifying which stories work best for television and how to craft those stories into entertaining programs.

For the past fifteen years, co-founder Marcy Brown has had a presence in the family history community as a creative partner and executive producer of the award-winning PBS ANCESTORS series, which is currently airing on more than 200 public television channels across the United States.  ANCESTORS is supported by extensive ancillary educational products and a comprehensive website, much of which was developed by the series' lead researcher, Megan S. Smolenyak, who sifted through more than 5,000 stories to find the 13 used in the show and the 101 featured in the companion book, In Search of Our Ancestors.  Megan is also author of three other genealogical books and a consultant to the U.S. Army's Repatriation project (to trace families of servicemen who were killed in Korea, WWII and Vietnam).  Well-known in the roots community, she has published hundreds of articles, lectured widely, and appeared on THE TODAY SHOW, FOX & FRIENDS, NPR and a variety of other television and radio shows.

SailorJones Media Inc. (SJM, www.sailorjones.com) specializes in program development and content design for both traditional and interactive television (iTV) audiences.  With competencies in production, network programming and enhanced technologies, SJM is a leader in the creation of programs and products for the 21st century marketplace.  SJM is currently developing a portfolio of content assets including enhanced television properties and programs.  In operation since 2001, the company's vision is to be one of the world's pre-eminent creators and suppliers of interactive television content and services. Current projects include the 7-language documentary FUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMS, THE JESSE KEITH STORY and two animated series STEFANO STARGAZER and MAD CITY.  Having spent the last 15 years passionately researching such obscure surnames as Jones and Brown, amateur genealogist Barbara Jones brings her producing skills in television and new media to this new series.

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[Jeremiah U. Duncan]

Hello my names Jeremiah and i'm a huge fan of serious yet comedic T.v. series i also love drama but i have enough so why not add more lol but i really have just started going to talent agencys and different interviews to start my career and being on T.V is somehting huge for me a very large milestone in my life so every chance i get to be in films or movies i try my best and even more to succeed like all things in my life i give 150% to be the best and my career in acting is no different it is my passion and knowing that my family me and my five siblings cam from nothing being poor and my mother raiseing all 5 of us by herself without the help of my father he left and allowed her to struggle but through her struggle my mother became more then can be described and me and my siblings have become so close nothing comes before us and or breaks us and me as a person i have had a bar set that I will meet and accomplish all goals I set in my life so that I can show my mom that her struggles and our struggles paid off enormously knowing that we went from living in our van to living in a beautiful house in California even though one of my sibilings did pass away i do still know where I came from and where i'm going in life no matter who tries to deter me or stop the flow of energy that always burstes out of me daily and I just can't wait till i'm cast on a T.V series and a movie it will be one of the biggest highlights in my entire life that and when i eventually get married and then have children lol but thats a lil far off hahahaha but i think ahead always and i'm always prepared for the worst case scenario and the best at all times its how i was raised and that won't change but my love and passion and life is God, My Family, and My career nothing matters more not the magazines talking about me nothing just the opion of my family and God thats it but thank you for reading this and I seriously believe that after you cast me you will have absolutly no regrets and your production will show that you have made a life and career changing decision by casting/hiring me and i really do believe knowing where a person comes from and how they were raised and what they have been through does effect there career and life and family all thigns he or she does will be a reflection of their life and upbringing that is how i know that no one can tell me i can't model act design or be a great husband and father because the woman that raised has shown me there are no limitations and the god i serve has show me that aswell

Thank you for your time and Consideration