Call for Actors
Do you think you are funny? Are you a comedian and a talented actor in Kampala, passionate about film and committed to your craft? Well, we are looking for you. We are working one two projects. One is a new season of Kabi and Kalo which we made as a web series in 2023, and now we are making a 10-episode TV series. The main cast is already in place, so we are looking for support cast who will help give us just as many laughs. Actors and comedians at all levels of experience are encouraged to apply. The other project is a comedy podcast, and we particularly want female comedians to helm this show.
Application Process
STEP 1: If you have prior acting experience or samples of your comedy, send us a link to your acting demo, or a bio. Please do not send trailers as these do not demonstrate your ability to act.
On addition to your demo, we require you to record yourself performing the monologue below. Please note that both shows are comedies, and so we are eager to cast good actors who have a great sense. Avoid disguises, and do not edit the monologue, and let your natural talent shine through. Use your phone. Find the monologue below. We will disregard any application that does not use this monologue.
STEP 2: Upload your performance to Google Drive, but make sure to enable sharing, “anyone with a link can view”, or to Youtube, but make sure it is unlisted and not publicly available.
STEP 3: Complete this Google Form to submit your application. Please note that we do not accept applications via WhatsApp or email.
STEP 4: Selected actors will be invited for further discussion, or for an audition. Only successful applicants will be contacted. We will contact actors and comedians on a rolling basis, so the earlier you submit, the quicker we reach a decision.
DEADLINE: 2 November, 2024
AUDITIONS: On a rolling basis
Shooting days: For Kabi and Kalo, we will go into production between 5 November 2024 and 31 January 2025, while the podcast is a long term project and we expect to film episodes at least twice every month.
Characters for Kabi and Kalo
Seka (Support role, male, 25-30 years) Seka is an ambitious young man, who runs a startup NGO. Crafty and scheming, he has to get married if he is to get money from his religious donors, and so he is desperate for a bride.
Naka (Support role, female, 20 to 25 years) Naka has always loved Seka. They’ve had an on-off relationship for many years, and her only is to be a bride with him as a groom, but all this changes when Seka proposes to her best friend, Kabi.
Mama Seka (support role, female, 40s) she has a sharp tongue, and a little bit overbearing, and she is determined to see her son married, it doesn’t matter to who, as long as the wedding will help her renovate her house.
Monologue
Please note, this monologue is for both male and female. If you are male, then make your date a female, and if you are female, you know what to do. Stick to the lines, but you can improvise here and there if you feel it will help you deliver something comic. Remember, it’s a performance, take us through the various emotions, and show us how you deliver jokes and we’ll get in touch.
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I’m starting a podcast. I know, you are rolling your eyes like a dog that has seen meat but doesn’t want you to know that it has seen meat, and you are saying, hmmm, another podcast! Now mbu everyone who has a phone becomes a vlogger? Eh, just enter my taxi, when you get tired say “maso awo, ku muti wa fenne,” and then get off and eat your fenne in peace.
One day, I went on a date, yet I had this big pimple – ah, you are saying, Naye, kweli you also have pimples? I mean, look at this face! The secret is, they pay me to get pimples. Nanti I’m an influencer for skin care creams. They give me money to get pimples, then their products remove the pimples, and I say, see, this was before and after you use Mangofere Pimple Cream.
Anyway, one day those things failed. It was like trying to cook pilau and ending up with burnt beans. The pimple grew big, ayayaya, my face had a swollen hump like an anthill, and I was there, looking at myself in the mirror, my face full of “what just happened?” Gwe, pressure!
So I called my date to cancel, but they told me, “tofayo, come the way you are.” They thought I had money, and if you have money you’ll date anyone, even if your face looks like a Kampala road – you know, with enough potholes to fill a minister’s pockets with cash – ah, let the drone not come for me. Let’s stick to the story.
So me and my date are chilling in a bar when a ghost enters. A big and scary ghost. And it breathed fire and said, “Those drinking whiskey, line up here. Those drinking beer, line up here. And those who are on a first date yet they are going to ask for transport money, line up here. If you don’t, I’ll kill you.”
Ah, gwe. Everyone was scared. Within a minute the terrified drunkards had formed zigzag imitations of lines, and try as they might, they couldn’t form straight lines. I thought the third line would have no one, but eh, I thought only women ask for transport money on the first date, but even men? Now, everyone was on the line, but my date remained seated. They were scared, but they refused to obey the ghost.
Very furious, the ghost roared with cannibal intent! “Rrrrrrr! You, why are not not obeying me! I’ll kill you if you don’t join a line!” My date was not moved. They sat there looking at the ghost as if it was their mother – you know, when your mother has beaten you so many times that you stop fearing her slippers. She gets angry, and you lie down and say, “You beat. When you get tired, you’ll stop.” Eh, when you tell your mother such a thing, expect fire. So this ghost grew even bigger, and roared even louder. And again, I said to my date, “Why are you not afraid of the ghost? Why won’t you join a line?”
Trembling, my date replied in a timid voice, “I’m waiting for the punchline of this joke.”
