The
hit multi-camera 1/2 Hour Disney Channel sitcom "Austin & Ally"
is back for it's second season and the casting directors are holding auditions
for co-starring, guest-starring and day player roles. In addition, general
background performers are being cast throughout the season. "Austin &
Ally" officially premiered on December 4, 2011. Casting for the series
regulars were conducted during a national Disney Channel talent search around
the United States.
Starring in “Austin & Ally” is the talented teen actress
and singer Laura Marano playing the role of Ally Dawson. Marano began acting
when she was five years old, and has gone on to appear on such shows as “Joan
of Arcadia,” “Ghost Whisperer,” “Without a Trace,” “The Sarah Silverman
Program,” and “True Jackson, VP”. Ross Lynch, who was discovered during the
Disney Channel talent search, plays the role of Austin Moon. Lunch is also a
talented singer, musician, and dancer. He can play piano, drums, guitar, bass,
and has recorded several songs for Austin & Ally. Lynch recently completed
filming the Disney Channel Original Movie “Teen Beach Musical” in the lead role
of Brady.
Daytime
Emmy Award winner Shelley Jensen has directed the majority of "Austin
& Ally" episodes. His Emmy came from directing the live-action musical
Disney Channel series "Adventures in Wonderland" which was based on
Disney's animated classic Alice in Wonderland. Jensen has also won three
Directors Guild of America WGA Awards. Starting out as associate director on
"The Mouseketeers at Walt Disney World" in 1977, Shelly Jensen has
gone on to direct episodes of such Disney Channel hit shows as "Hannah
Montana," "Good Luck Charlie," "The Suite Life on
Deck," "Jessie," and "Shake It Up!".
Kevin Kopelow and Heath Seifert are creators, executive
producers, writers, and showrunners on “Austin & Ally”. The television
writing and producing team also were behind the Disney Channel sitcoms “Sonny
with a Chance” and “Jonas”. Craig Wyrick-Solari is series producer, and has
also produced for Disney Channel’s “A.N.T. Farm”. The production company behind
“Austin & Ally” is none other than It’s a Laugh Productions, and owned
subsidiary of the Disney-ABC Television Group, which was founded by Don Mink
and Amy Rabins in 2004. Mink and Rabins have also been partners in a
post-production accounting film called Prep Shoot Post since 1988.
Submit
photos and resumes by mail only.
No phone
calls or personal drop-offs.
Contact Information:
Los
Angeles:
Nickole
Doro
Carol
Goldwasser
1040 N.
Las Palmas Avenue
Building
24, Suite 105
Los
Angeles, CA 90038
Extras
Casting
Los
Angeles:
Central Casting
220 S.
Flower Street
Burbank,
CA 91502
Registration
Info: (818) 562-2755
Do not
send photos to Central Casting, you must register in person
Story:
Set in Miami, the story began when Austin Moon (Ross Lynch)
and his best friend Dez (Calum Worthy) “borrowed” one of Ally Dawson’s songs,
recorded it and put it on the internet. Austin was thrown into the spotlight
and his friends jumped in to help. Ally (Laura Marano), who works in the music
store, Sonic Boom, teamed up with Austin as his songwriter, Trish (Raini
Rodriguez) became his manager and Dez took on the role of music video director.
Now, as the gang works together to pursue their dreams in the music world, the
experience many “life moments” along the way, including typical situations life
Fiesta de Quince Anos (celebration of a girl’s fifteenth birthday) and school
applications, to less than normal ones like tracking down a mail thief and
getting locked in an ice cream freezer.
