We are very proud to announce the launch of Stonehenge Casting: an online service that, much like the original Stonehenge auditions, connects actors to producers.
In fact, it’s fair to say we’re as happy as a beamish boy galumphing through the Tulgey Wood.
You see, it didn’t take us too long in the history of Henges to realize that while our in-person event was something special, it didn’t fill all a producer’s casting needs.
So, we set about designing a site that, just like Stonehenge auditions, was a little bit different than its peers.
One point was driven home during last year’s casting of The Broken Continent: we needed a way to manage the dizzying amount of submissions coming in. And if we went to the trouble of devising a system that worked for us, well, you know we’d want to share.
So, in case you haven’t gone galumphing off yourself to Stonehenge Casting, know that this here blog (along with our Twitter feed and the Stonehenge Casting Facebook Page) will be the site of official announcements on site updates, site outages, and other related news. (In part because, in the case of an unexpected site outage, this here blog is on separate hosting — we got some IT peeps here at Team J HQ!).
Version 0.1 has:
- Universal account creation for actors and producers (because hey, some actors produce and vice versa).
- Basic Actor Profile (by basic, we mean six pages of details)
- Basic Casting Director Profile (limited to a beta group of producer at the moment, send us a note to be notified when it opens up!)
- Insanely granular actor search, including by Date Last Updated and Profile completeness
- Folder management system
- Export functions (to create call lists, schedules, etc.)
- A sense of lightness knowing you don’t have to invest in more filing cabinets for hard copy resumes.
Okay, we can’t be sure of the last one — and we know you’ll want some hard copies of some people’s resumes at some times. But when it comes to paperwork, digital is so the way to go.
Oh, and just to prove that we’re trying to make it easier for casting professionals to collect and manage their submissions, we’re very happy to be supporting Kimberly Skyrme Casting and their casting for this web series that’s been in the news recently.
As before, see you at the Henge!
P.S. No, this isn’t an April Fools’ hoax: You’re thinking of Google’s usual shenanigans.