Katy Keene, a new show coming to the CW network, is now in production in the New York City area and there is a extras casting notice out for area locals.
The upcoming show will premiere in February of 2020 and is described as a musical drama / comedy that is a spin-off of the Riverdale TV series. Katy Keene is based on characters from Archie Comics and was developed by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa and Michael Grassi.
Katy Keene focuses on 4 women who are working towards their dream jobs and are hoping to become famous someday. The show is set 5 years after Riverdale. Katy Keene is being produced by Berlanti Productions along with the original character creators, Archie Comics. WB Television and CBS Television Studios are also involved in the show’s production.
The starring role of Katy Keene is being played by actress Lucy Hale. Hale plays an up and coming fashion designer who struggling to get her career on path in The Big Appls, New York City. Ashleigh Murray who was in Riverdale is also in the show and will be coming back in her old role of Josie McCoy. The show was announced some months back in May of this year and will be premiering for the 2019 / 2020 TV season.
About the show:
Katy designs clothes for anyone she can, including her friend and roommate Josie, whose singing talent catches the attention of Alexander Cabot, a CEO who hopes to reboot the record label division of his father’s corporate empire. But Alexander’s dream of signing Josie to a recording contract meets resistance from Cabot Media’s powerful senior vice president Alexandra, who also happens to be his twin sister. Josie and Katy’s roommate, Jorge, works at his family’s bodega and has his eye on Broadway, but after a series of rejections, he hopes to take his drag performance career as Ginger to the next level. The mysterious Pepper Smith plans to open her own version of Andy Warhol’s Factory. She has the connections, but no one seems to know where she got her money or if she really has any at all. As these aspiring artists take on the runway, the recording studio, Broadway and the New York social scene, they find more than just a career in the big city — they find long-lasting friendship.
Here is the extras casting call:
GWCI SEEKING NONUNION actors to portray Latino neighborhood types for our block party scene on Monday 2/3/2020 for Season 1 of the CW Series Katy Keene starring Lucy Hale.
-This is PAID WORK! Nonunion rate is $165/10hrs.
-Location will be in Washington Height, in Manhattan.
-Exterior work!
We are especially seeking folks 40’s – 70’s as well as folks with funky, fashion forward type clothing!
If interested/available, please email katykeene@gwcnyc.com and change subject line to read “FB BLOCK PARTY” and include the following in the body of your email:
-Name
-Phone number
-Confirm you are nonunion
-Current height and weight
-Current non-professional photos of your current look
-If you have fashionable wardrobe feel free to include photos of yourself in them
-Which forms of IDs will you be able to bring to fill out your i9 (If you have a VISA or Employment Authorization Card, let production know)
-Confirm okay working exteriors.
-Fully avail 2/3