Nature of the Beast Productions was founded in St. Paul, Minnesota, in 1996, and produces independent comedy and dramatic films and shorts. It is currently preparing to shoot a feature-length adventure comedy in New England, Summer 2009.






NOTB Productions is casting for its summer film, 'Skyboys'. Filming will take place in Bernardston, Leyden, and other local towns in Franklin County, Massachusetts in July & August 2009. The film is a children's fantasy-adventure about two young, squabbling brothers who are sent to their grandmother's for a week, but find a rocket in the woods, blast off, and get lost in space, and have to make friends and learn to get along in order to find their way back home.



Open auditions for all parts will be held this weekend, June 6th and 7th, from 9am to 6pm on both Saturday and Sunday. The location is the Leyden Town Hall, at 16 West Leyden Rd., Leyden, MA, 01337. Mapquest.com does a good job of finding it; Google Maps does not.

6/3/09 9:30am- I have uploaded character sides to audition for half the characters. Please check back tonight for the others. Feel free to browse the character breakdown here, and if you find a character you would like to audition for, download the sides for him or her and come in this weekend to read for the role. You are also welcome to audition with your own piece.

Thank you and I hope to meet you this weekend!

-Angus Reid, Producer, 'Skyboys'

For more information, please contact

Angus Reid
areid@notb.net

or send mail to:
PO Box 645
Bernardston, MA 01337

or e-mail:
areid@notb.net


Casting breakdown:

Leads:

JAMEY: 11-12 year old boy. Smart, bookish, bossy.
Jamey's sides

WERT: 8-9 year old boy. Kind but childish; spoiled.
Wert's sides

PARSLEY: 20-30 year old man. Buffoon; childlike mind in an adult's body.
Parsley's sides


Supporting characters:

CHARI: Woman 15-25. Beautiful, haughty princess.
Chari's sides

HESPERA: Woman 30-60. Insane witch. Physical role. Makeup.
Hespera's sides

LEPIDOPTERA: Woman 30-50. Beautiful, depressed queen of the butterflies. Lepidoptera's sides

STEWARD: Man 45-70. Kindly servant of the queen.
Steward's sides

GRANDMA: Woman 55-80. The boys' grandma; dotty and forgetful.
Grandma's sides

MISS MARY: Woman 20-35. Well-mannered female "pirate" headmistress.
Miss Mary's sides

ROBOT: Any age- need tall & strong performer to wear giant robot suit.

SPACE PIRATES: All types- mischievous and bumbling roving troublemakers.

MOM: Woman 35-50. The boys' mother.
Mom's sides

Dad: Man 35-50. The boys' father. (2-word role)

Gaunt Prisoner: Man 40-70. Emaciated but talkative pirate prisoner.

Lead Pirate: Man 30-50. Big bear of a guy, intense, sometimes wild, sometimes morose.