{"id":8328,"date":"2021-07-28T02:19:10","date_gmt":"2021-07-28T02:19:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mission-us.org\/?p=8328"},"modified":"2024-09-12T03:18:51","modified_gmt":"2024-09-12T03:18:51","slug":"casting-call-for-new-mission-no-turning-back","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mission-us.org\/2021\/07\/28\/casting-call-for-new-mission-no-turning-back\/","title":{"rendered":"Casting call for new mission: &#8220;No Turning Back&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh4.googleusercontent.com\/AVOvDx4DdFCkxWMzIakJSXgbPKN3LeSgog7RZe9QiE392JpYJ8rRg3aUoXp-I9pm7GpvgFvt1F-FVbAWQlp8kdZ8H4KtEICQmdt54XzDTjXOW6WsKlUOkbIHLGZtjR6Fi4yPIytf\" width=\"624\" height=\"449\"><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>WNET New York Public Media and Electric Funstuff are seeking voice actors for \u201cNo Turning Back,\u201d the seventh installment of the award-winning <strong><em>Mission US <\/em><\/strong>series of educational games designed to immerse young people in American history, now played by more than 3 million users nationwide. Funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), this new interactive role-playing experience will follow the story of a fictional Black teen, Verna Baker, who must navigate the Jim Crow south in Mississippi in the early 1960s and discover her role in the freedom struggle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We are currently casting for the following roles:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Verna Baker (16 years old)<\/strong>, the player character. Verna lives with her family in Sunflower County, Mississippi. Her family are tenant farmers and have decided that Verna can live with her uncle, Reverend Curtis Starling, in Greenwood to attend high school. <em>The ideal candidate can sing.<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Lucretia Baker (mid 60s)<\/strong>, Verna\u2019s grandmother. The game opens on the grandfather\u2019s funeral and Verna learns more about her grandparents\u2019 involvement in pursuing change and empowerment in the preceding decades. Lucretia moves to Greenwood later in the game and Verna accompanies her as she attempts to register to vote.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Reverend Curtis Starling (early 40s), <\/strong>Verna\u2019s uncle. The Starling family lives in Greenwood and Curtis is the minister of a small Baptist church and drives a taxi to help make ends meet. Like many Baptist ministers of the time, he is resistant to rocking the boat and seeks to maintain the safety of his church, his parishioners, and his livelihood.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Mabel Starling (late 30s), <\/strong>Verna\u2019s aunt. She attended NAACP meetings in the past but no longer does out of fear of losing her job as a domestic worker for Judge Chalmers\u2019s household.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Addie Starling (15), <\/strong>Verna\u2019s cousin who knows everyone around town and is an active member of the church\u2019s youth choir. She is open to the movement, but cautious because of her father\u2019s outlook.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Fannie Hicks (30): <\/strong>The new youth choir director at the church, Fannie has sung professionally, including as a backup singer to Sam Cooke. She also works at one of the local hair salons. <em>The ideal candidate can sing.<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Robert Atkins (17)<\/strong>: The son of Verna\u2019s father\u2019s best friend, Robert and his family moved to Chicago a few years ago. He hasn\u2019t visited since the Emmitt Till murder, but returns for the funeral and corresponds with Verna throughout the game.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Sam Block (22, historical figure)<\/strong>: Sam Block came to Greenwood in the summer of 1962 as a member of SNCC to promote voting rights and Black registration. He persevered through beatings and sabotage to build the movement in Greenwood.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Medgar Evers (36, historical figure)<\/strong>: The Mississippi field secretary for the NAACP, Evers fought for desegregation and voting rights. He was assassinated in 1963.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>We will be accepting audio-recorded auditions via email. Please contact&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:missionus@thirteen.org\">missionus@thirteen.org<\/a> for more information and details on how to submit an audition. Be sure to include your name, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.east-inflatables.co.uk\/e105049-party-fun-inflatable-obstacle-course.html\" style=\"color: black;text-decoration: none\">email<\/a> address, and the role(s) you are interested in auditioning for in your message.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Please note the roles for Mission US: \u201cNo Turning Back\u201d are not covered by any collective bargaining agreement with any union.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Mission US team is now seeking voice actors for our seventh game, &#8220;No Turning Back,&#8221; about the experiences of a fictional Black teen who becomes involved in civil rights organizing in 1960s Mississippi.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":8330,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8328","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.4 - 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