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🎥 The May edition of Center Stage is here — featuring @buzzflix_ca ✨

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We’re excited to reveal our May 2026 issue of CENTER STAGE, spotlighting innovation in film and TV. We sat down with the creative team at @buzzflix_ca on how they’re changing the way productions operate in SW Ontario and their focus on bringing new talent in.

⭐ Hear from the founders of Vezzit, who are looking to disrupt how films get financed
⭐ The rise of Vertical Microdramas and the team bringing it to the LatinX market
⭐ The impact of New Jersey and how VerzaTV is tackling Vertical Microdramas in the east coast

https://publications.castingworkbook.com/center-stage-may-2026-hciol03hp8

🎬 CASTING CALL 🎬

Casting multiple roles for a vertical mini-series titled “PLAYTHING OF THE MAFIA KING”, filming in Los Angeles, CA, and streaming on the SHORTS App.

📍 Location: Los Angeles, CA
🎥 Format: Vertical Series
🎭 Ages: 19–69
⏳ Deadline: Friday, May 22, 2026

👉 Comment “King” to learn more about the project, available roles, and submit via theWorkbook.

The smartest people in our industry aren't asking "is AI a tool or a threat." They're asking where it belongs, and where it doesn't.
AI should take the work that drains people. The sorting, the chasing, the version control.
It should never replace the trust between an agent who has watched a client grow for a decade and a casting director who has built a career on instinct.
That trust is where the best casting still happens.
What would you delete from your week if AI could actually do it well?
#theWorkbook #Casting #AI

No one is coming to save you. So build the career that doesn't need saving.
Three things I'm seeing in every actor crushing it right now:

A profile that does the work while they sleep.
A community of peers, not just an agent.
A weekly habit of training, taping, showing up.
The room rewards readiness. Not waiting.
What's the one thing you'll do this week that future-you will thank you for?

#actorslife #castingdirector #selftape #actingcareer #theworkbook #castingcall #workingactor

A line in the sand.

This week at Cannes, the International Casting Directors Association launched AI Guidelines that say what our industry has been waiting to hear:

Casting needs a human at the table. Performer data is not training data. Audition tapes belong to actors.

Spotlight, Filmmakers, and guilds across the world have already signed on. The next decade of casting is being written right now.

Which side of the line do you stand on?

#CastingDirectors #theWorkbook #PerformersMatter

Casting directors are the bridge, not the gate.

Every booking has one behind it. Reading breakdowns at midnight. Fighting for left field choices at 7am. Giving new faces their first shot.

If a CD ever gives you a note: read it twice, act on it, thank them once. The next submission is the real thank you.

#CastingDirectors #ActorsLife #IndustryRespect #theWorkbook #Casting

Casting directors form an opinion in 7 seconds.

Your headshot is 6 of them.

The actors getting seen this year aren't always the most polished. They're the ones whose profile matches who they are right now.

Update the photo. Refresh the reel. Show up looking ready.

The industry has never been more open. Don't make the breakdown work to find you.

#ActorsLife #Casting #AuditionTips #theWorkbook

The self-tape is not a submission. It's a first date.

Six seconds. That's the room now. Frame. Eyeline. Sound. Slate. The tape isn't a hurdle before the audition. The tape IS the audition.

Reps, share this with one actor today.
What's the one self-tape rule you wish every actor knew?

#selftape #actorslife #casting #theworkbook

SAG AFTRA just drew a line on AI.
Studios have to justify synthetic performers. Actors get paid for likeness scans. AI stays in the box during a strike.
Not humans vs AI. Humans first.

That's the industry we're building at theWorkbook.
What's your read?
#SAGAFTRA #FutureOfCasting #theWorkbook

🎬 CASTING CALL 🎬

Casting lead and supporting roles for a romantic drama mini-series titled “SHUTTERED HEARTS” for the DRAMADECK App. Seeking actors based in the Los Angeles area, ages 30–45. Filming will take place in Los Angeles, CA in June.

👉 Comment “Hearts” to learn more about the project, available roles, and submit via theWorkbook.

⏳ Deadline for Submissions: Thursday, May 14, 2026.

🎬 CASTING CALL 🎬

Casting actors based in the Los Angeles area, ages 26–35, for a romantic drama mini-series titled “IF HE FINDS ME”, in collaboration with ELLESSENCE FILMS. Filming will take place in Los Angeles, CA at the end of May.

👉 Comment “Vertical” to learn more about the project, available roles, and submit via theWorkbook.

⏳ Deadline for Submissions: Thursday, May 14, 2026.