Auditions for a Comedy TV Series
Dilstories is producing a TV series, a screwball comedy, a funny spoofing of love and relationships, and we are casting for various roles. There will be 52 episodes and each will perhaps have new cast, so we cannot be very specific on the role types at the moment. We start rehearsals on 24th January 2022 and it will run for about two weeks, while production starts on 31st January 2022 and will run for eight months. If selected for a lead role, you must be available on a full time basis, while for other supporting roles, you have to be available whenever called upon. This is a half-hour comedy, a sitcom without the laughter soundtrack, and so we are particularly interested in actors who have a good sense of humor ;-))
Deadline: 31st December 2021
Auditions: 6th and 7th January 2022 (Only successful applicants will be called for face-to-face auditions)
How to Apply
To apply, please follow these steps and fill in the application form. We do not accept applications via WhatsApp, or Facebook, or email.
Step 1: Record yourself (using a mobile phone is fine) performing a monologue. Please find monologues below. Choose only one, do not do both types. (Tip: avoid wigs, hats, sunglasses, and heavy/excessive make-up. We want to see you 🙂 And another tip, it’s a performance! Give it your best.)
Step 2: Upload the performance to Google drive (preferred), or to YouTube or Vimeo. Make sure it is not available to the public. For example on YouTube make it Unlisted and for Vimeo just don’t share the link publicly.
We prefer to receive files via Google drive, but please ensure, under Get Link section, that you set it to “Anyone on the Internet with this link can view” since a few people will need to access your monologue. See image below for reference.
Step 3: Fill in this Google Form to submit your application. WhatsApp, Facebook, or email applications will be ignored.
Monologues
Monologue 1 (Unisex)
Oh. Uhm. I was called for some job interview and so, I don’t know if this is the right office…. Oh, it is? Great. So I sit where? Here? Nice chair. Very comfortable. Uhm, well, congratulations to you for inviting me to this interview. You are the first company to do so and I…. are you that desperate? I mean can’t your company attract real qualified people, or is your human resource so incompetent that…. oh. Yeah. I have to wait for questions. Right. But I’m a Ugandan. We talk in question format and…. Kale, kale. Let me wait for your questions. Fire away. Aha, what’s the first one? My name? Oh, if I told you then you’d hire me right away because your CEO is the grandson of the OB of the teacher of my cousin’s friend’s brother. Anha, next question? My experience? Oh, I worked for fifteen years as the administrator of ten WhatsApp Groups so I bring expertise in managing workplace gossip and confidential communication. I party every weekend, so I’m a great team player who works overtime. I’ve had eight big heartbreaks so I’m very good at handling emotional workloads. All those relationships also mean I can manage unrealistic terms and conditions and I can quickly move on from failure to success. I’m a motivational speaker and I can inspire fellow staff to work very hard even if you are not paying them. So you really made the right choice in me. Go ahead. Give me the job already.
Monologue 2 (Male Version)
Lekka baby nawe, I showered. The water was extra cold, and it had me dancing like MJ in the bathroom. (mimics dance, laughs) But I showered…. Ah no…. I did not forget to pay yaka. I went to pay but just as I was giving them the money, a karoli was standing right above us and pooped on the money. Kale it was the only note I had. They refused to take it because of the pupu and when I tried to wash it…. Iyiii baby nawe, don’t you trust me?… Eh? Sweet kamonde. Come on….
Kale I’m hungry. What do you have for me? Oh roasted sweet potatoes Aha! (eats and spits) Eeeeeiiish! What is this?…. Ha, I bought gas yesterday…. Didn’t I? I remember going to Total with the cylinder…. naye does that mean you give me mawolo from two days ago? Eh?… What is the problem? Eh? Is there something else? Why this silence? Has an angel passed between us?
Oh that? That is a condom. Where did you get it?…. Umm I don’t know what you are talking about. It doesn’t belong to me…. I don’t know where it came from! It must have fallen from heaven! Oh… my pocket? Really? You think I’m stupid? You think if I was cheating I would go around carrying condoms in my pocket for you to find? I’m not stupid. I could have emptied my pockets before coming back home. But why do you even think I need them? I’m married!
Monologue 2 (Female Version)
Lekka baby nawe, I showered. The water was extra cold, and it had me dancing like MJ in the bathroom.
(mimics dance, laughs) But I showered…. Ah no…. I did not forget yaka. I went to pay, but a karoli pooped on the money. Kale it was the only note I had. They refused to take the money because of the pupu and when I tried to wash it…. Iyiii baby nawe, don’t you believe me? Kale men? You sit there useless without any job and I provide everything and you say what? Hmmph. Ayaa.
Kale I’m hungry. What have you cooked for me? Oh roasted sweet potatoes. Aha! (eats and spits) Eeeeeiiish! What is this? You man, you have one simple job. To sit here and cook for me and be my houseboy with benefits, naye if you start bringing me this gargabe….. Ha, I bought gas yesterday…. Didn’t I?…. naye does it mean you give me mawolo from two days ago? Eh?…. What’s your problem? Eh?
Oh that? A condom?…. Umm I don’t know what you are talking about. It isn’t mine…. I don’t know where it came from! It must have fallen from heaven!…. Oh my bag? Really? You think I’m stupid? You think if I was cheating I’d go around carrying condoms in my bag for you to find? I’m not stupid…. Naye why are you even complaining, you are just a useless pair of pants in this house and you shouldn’t cry if I go looking for real pants. Tumbavu!
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