Spring is in the air, and Team Jabberwocky is back with the spring Stonehenge casting event. The DC Henge was held in Georgetown last Sunday. It was a beautiful sunny day, and by noon the sidewalks were crowded with pretty people. Frisbees were in flight along the muddy Potomac, and the line at the Dean & Deluca espresso bar was twenty-five deep. But that didn’t matter to me and screenwriter/ producer Keith Weiner, because we were set to sit in a dark room all day, watching speed-auditions.
The Baltimore Henge is coming to the Creative Alliance on June 12. Bjorn Munson and the Stonehenge team are dedicated to running a fun, well-oiled casting machine. So, if you’re casting a film, a short, a play, aspersions, or anything else, the Henge is a great way to see a lot of local actors fast, and come home with a stack of head sheets.
What else happens in DC? Well, HBO’s new series VEEP is picked up, and production will start in the fall, shooting in… BALTIMORE. That’s right, Baltimore makes a great (and cheaper) Washington, DC, as it turns out. HBO’s decision comes close on the heels of the passage of SB672, aka the Maryland Film Production Rebate Act. Coincidence?
Only two more weeks till the Maryland Film Festival…
David Warfield
