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From: "John Logan" <>
Subject: FW: AUDITIONS PRESS RELEASE 1204
Date: Thu, 9 Dec 2004 12:17:01 -0500

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE






FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT:
Brown and Brennan, Inc.

Megan S. Smolenyak

455 North University, Suite 209

Provo, UT 84601
Phone: 856-795-5383
Fax: 856-795-5382
Email:



SailorJones Media Inc.

Barbara Jones

232 Scarborough Road

Toronto, Ontario M4E 3M6

Phone: 416-693-1889

Fax: 416-946-1889

Email:








AUDITIONS FOR A NEW TELEVISION SERIES!



SEEKING HOST & REGULARS FOR A FAMILY HISTORY SLEUTHING SHOW



Looking for ENTHUSIASTIC GENEALOGISTS (amateur and professional) and ACTORS
(non-union)





Auditions will be held in three locations to find a host and on-camera
regulars for a new family history sleuthing television series. Interest
and/or experience in genealogy a definite plus!

Are you one of those people who loves digging into history’s mysteries? Do
you sometimes wish you had been born a century (or two or three) earlier?
Do you get excited at the prospect of a cemetery visit or learning the real
truth about mysterious great-aunt Tillie? Do your special talents include
the ability to read a foreign language or old-style handwriting, find just
about anything on the Internet, or explain why you should always be a little
suspicious of details found on a death certificate? Or are you a
professional actor (non-union, please) who can “play nice” with obsessed
roots-seekers?

If so, we want to hear from you – especially if you’ve ever been described
as charismatic, flamboyant, quirky, opinionated, or eccentric! This is a
joint US-Canadian venture, and the series producers will be holding
auditions by appointment in January and February 2005 in the following
areas:

- Provo and Salt Lake City, Utah

- Toronto, Ontario

- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Preliminary applications may be completed at
www.honoringourancestors.com/casting.html

(attachment of .jpg headshots and/or résumés encouraged, but not required;
no phone calls, please). If selected, applicants must be willing to travel
(at their own expense) to one of the audition locations. All submissions
must be received no later than January 6, 2005.



Brown and Brennan, Inc. produces local, national and international
television programs, specializing in oral history documentary and
instructional media. Capturing the stories of ordinary people and infusing
them with compelling dramatic structure is the hallmark of Brown and Brennan
productions. In diverse locations, on topics ranging from Shakespeare to
the Olympics to religion in Africa, Brown and Brennan has mined thousands of
stories world-wide and developed expertise in identifying which stories work
best for television and how to craft those stories into entertaining
programs.



For the past fifteen years, co-founder Marcy Brown has had a presence in the
family history community as a creative partner and executive producer of the
award-winning PBS ANCESTORS series, which is currently airing on more than
200 public television channels across the United States. ANCESTORS is
supported by extensive ancillary educational products and a comprehensive
website, much of which was developed by the series’ lead researcher, Megan
S. Smolenyak, who sifted through more than 5,000 stories to find the 13 used
in the show and the 101 featured in the companion book, In Search of Our
Ancestors. Megan is also author of three other genealogical books and a
consultant to the U.S. Army’s Repatriation project (to trace families of
servicemen who were killed in Korea, WWII and Vietnam). Well-known in the
roots community, she has published hundreds of articles, lectured widely,
and appeared on THE TODAY SHOW, FOX & FRIENDS, NPR and a variety of other
television and radio shows.



SailorJones Media Inc. (SJM, www.sailorjones.com) specializes in program
development and content design for both traditional and interactive
television (iTV) audiences. With competencies in production, network
programming and enhanced technologies, SJM is a leader in the creation of
programs and products for the 21st century marketplace. SJM is currently
developing a portfolio of content assets including enhanced television
properties and programs. In operation since 2001, the company’s vision is
to be one of the world’s pre-eminent creators and suppliers of interactive
television content and services. Current projects include the 7-language
documentary FUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMS, THE JESSE KEITH STORY and two animated
series STEFANO STARGAZER and MAD CITY. Having spent the last 15 years
passionately researching such obscure surnames as Jones and Brown, amateur
genealogist Barbara Jones brings her producing skills in television and new
media to this new series.





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