Hardy Holy Days, from the Court. We may be largely Jewish by birth and by profession, but we are secular/humanist in spirit… Like most New Orleanians, we jive with any and all causes for celebration.

And as a season greeting to you, enjoy this little article on the new movie from the Houma Courier, hometown paper of the area where we’ll be shooting the film. It focuses on the grass-roots casting we’ve been doing in the bayou community ever since July. First kids, now adults (although we’ve found out the hard way the danger in advertising “Adult Auditions”).

Tryouts for us are less your standard line-reading exercise, and more like an informal interview. As says the article,

…Auditions for a movie to be shot in Terrebonne Parish call for storytelling and descriptions of life along local bayous.Some discuss the huge fish they caught, the fun music they play or the detailed designs they paint onto faces. Some even tell jokes.

These unconventional auditions help the filmmakers gain a better sense of the unique people, environment and experiences found here, in the place where they plan to film… (cont.)

Special thanks to Laura McKnight for the coverage.

Brees the Savior is Born,

The Court