Casting Story-time! “Why being ahead of deadlines matters”

Once upon a time, we had a role. Invites were sent Monday, in-person auditions were Tuesday (pre-pandemic), self-tapes due Thursday. We were going to send options to Director on Friday/Monday depending on turnout. 1/

But something happened to the production schedule that suddenly made casting this role an ASAP thing. Now all we could consider were in-persons and tapes that had come within 24 hours of the invite.

The role was cast before the taping deadline passed, which is crazy! 2/

It’s not normal, but CAN happen. We try to set realistic expectations, but sometimes happens and we have to work with what we’ve got. We wanted to see everyone’s work, but we just couldn’t.

I’ve said it before, and it’s worth reiterating, if you can submit your tapes ASAP...