Royal Pains has become one of the highest rated shows on cable television.
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The USA Network medical comedy drama television series "Royal Pains" is now in production on it's fourth season, and the extras casting director is hiring New York background performers to work on the hit show. Needed are people available for shoots in Westhampton, NY on April 30, 2012 and Southampton, NY on May 10, 2012. Also needed are people with ultra high-end cars. Both union and non-union applicants will be accepted. Season four of "Royal Pains" premiers on Wednesday, June 6 at 9/8c on USA.
"Royal Pains" centers on a successful New York E.R. doctor (played by Mark Feuerstein) who was dismissed from his job after a wealthy hospital benefactor died in his care. When he saves someone's life during a trip to The Hamptons, he accepts an offer to remain as a "concierge doctor" in the resort community. He usually attends wealthy clientele, but also others in need of care and often without the means to pay.
Andrew Lenchewski and John P. Rogers, both proud graduates of UCLA, created "Royal Pains". They also serve as executive producers and head writers of the show. The series first premiered on June 4, 2009 and was watched by 5.57 million viewers, the highest series premiere for the USA Network since "Psych" in 2006. Shooting takes place at Silvercup Studios in Brooklyn, areas of Nassau and Suffolk Counties, as well as in the Hamptons.
Extras Casting Call Details
Grant Wilfley Casting in New York is seeking the following who are available to work in the Hamptons:
Needed are people with the affluent look and the wardrobe to portray the high-society Hamptons elite.
• Males and Females 18 years and older
• Hamptonites, socialites, and model-types
• "Ladies-who-lunch"
• "Attractive party goers"
• Beach-goers and yachtsman
• Golfers and tennis players
• Bankers and brokers
• Doctors, nurses, orderlies, and EMTs
• Owners of ultra high-end cars.
• In addition, they need physically fit people for a zombie survival race scene who can run a muddy obstacle course, while being chased by other extras wearing zombie make up.
Shoot Dates:
Westhampton, NY - April 30, 2012
Southampton, NY - May 10, 2012
To be considered, submit your name, phone number, location, union status (both union and non-union applicants are being accepted), height and weight, age range, availability, role for which you are submitting (including any real-life experience you may have in that role) and a recent color candid snapshot in your "best summer-fabulous Hamptonite look". If you have an ultra-high-end vehicle, include the color, year, make and model.
Submit via email to the following:
rps4@gwcnyc.com
Put "Hamptons Scout" in the subject line.
Minors and foreign talent must be legally eligible to work in the state of New York and in the United States.
The New York Actors Resource Guide eBook includes the following information and documents for adults, minors, and foreign talent who would like to work as an actor or extra on film and television productions in New York and the United States:
• New York Child Performer Information Sheet
• New York Child Performer Permit Combined Application
• New York Child Performer Trust Accounts Information
• New York Verification of Satisfactory Academic Performance
• New York Child Performer Employer Certificate Combined Application
• USA Child Actor Work Permit Requirements - State Statues
• USA Immigration Work Permits and Visas
• USA Non-Immigrant Visa Application
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• Audition Tips
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• New York Talent Agents List
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Principal Actor Casting
See the post titled Headshot and Resume Information regarding how to submit for acting roles.
Submit photos and resumes by mail only.
No phone calls or personal drop-offs.
New York:
Bonnie Finnegan
Steven Jacobs
Finnegan/Jacobs Casting
330 West 38th Street
Suite 708
New York, NY 10018
Extras Casting
New York:
Grant Wilfley Casting
123 W 18th Street
8th Floor
New York, NY 10011
Production Companies:
Do NOT send photos and resumes to the production companies, as they will most likely end up being thrown away. They do not cast the films, rather they hire casting directors who sort through the thousands of submissions.
USA Network
30 Rockefeller Plaza
New York, NY 10112
Universal Cable Productions
100 Universal City Plaza
Universal City, CA 91608
Prospect Park
2049 Century Park East
Suite 2550
Century City, CA 90067
Producers:
Paul Frank
Rich Frank
Jeff Kwatinetz
Michael Rauch
Andrew Lenchewski
Kathy Ciric
Director:
Various directors work throughout the season. In television shows composed of individual episodes, the television director's role differs from that of a film director in that he or she may work only on some television episodes as opposed to the director of an entire film production. In episodic television productions, the major creative control resides with a producer of the show. The television producer with creative control is called the showrunner.
Starring:
Mark Feuerstein - Dr. Hank Lawson
Jill Flint - Jill Casey
Paulo Costanzo - Evan R. Lawson
Reshma Shetty - Divya Katdare
Story:
The series follows Hank Lawson (Mark Feuerstein), a young emergency room doctor who, after being wrongly blamed for an important patient's death, moves to the Hamptons and becomes a reluctant "doctor for hire" to the rich and famous. When local hospital administrator Jill Casey (Jill Flint) asks him to treat the town's less fortunate, he finds himself walking the line between doing well for himself and doing good for others
