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  • Shiksa to Mikvah
Created DateApril 12, 2019
Expiration DateJanuary 01, 2020
Posted byAdministrator
CountryUnited States
StateCalifornia
CityLos Angeles
LocationLos Angeles
Project TypeFeature Film, Non union, PAID
Project TitleShiksa to Mikvah

Description:

Marianne Lowry is a free thinking artist who converts to Judaism after her fiance, the handsome lawyer Jacob Horowitz, proposes.

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Breakdown:

Role NameGenderEthnicityAge RangeDescription
Marianne LowryFemaleambiguous25-35Marianne lives as an artist, her apartment is dark and strange and full of weird objects she stacks in order to make interesting shadow designs. Marianne loves to find the props for her art by looking at local landfills. She has dusty books, old instruments, her apartment looks like a prop house. Then she has to make room for Jacob, and not only Jacob but turn her home into a Jewish home where she can learn about this new identity she’s taking on. She is a fierce female lead who is funny and intelligent, she has smart friends and a supportive family. This girl has a dream but needs to make a major sacrifice in order to get the life she wants with the man she loves. Instead of it being all for him, it becomes all about her and how she sees the world.
Jacob HorowitzMaleCaucasian25-35Jacob Horowitz is a brilliant lawyer who works internationally in Asia and Europe. He was raised very conservative Judaism but has fallen in love with a non Jewish woman. He is loyal, supportive, and serious. That's why he's so interested and smitten by non traditional women.
Linda LowryFemaleambiguous40-60Think Barbra Streisand in Meet The Fockers. Loves meditation, cooking, yoga, and living in NYC's Greenwhich village. Her and husband Pete are- Retired world travellers & very affectionate/argue in public Hippies who are never subscribed to any religion
Pete LowryMaleAny40-60Think Dustin Hoffman in Meet The Fockers. Loves meditation, cooking, yoga, and living in NYC's Greenwhich village. Think Dustin Hoffman in Meet The Fockers. Him and wife Linda are- Retired world travellers & very affectionate/argue in public Hippies who are never subscribed to any religion
Deborah HorowitzFemaleAny40-60Think Pamela Adlon Deborah just wants her son Jacob to be happy, have success, and marry a nice Jewish girl. The worst part about him falling in love with Marianne isn't that she's not Jewish, it's that her mother-in law Eliora Horowitz won't stop blaming her for Jacob 'straying off the path'.
Azrael HorowitzMaleAny40-60Think Evan Handler Azrael focuses on his work, keeping his family happy, laundry clean, and staying as far away from drama between his mother and his wife.
Eliora HorowitzFemaleAny60-90Think Joan Rivers Eliora was raised in Europe after the war, she lost part of her family. Luckily she left to the USA where she met up with other cousins and met her eventual husband. Her beloved son Azrael means everything to her, despite his wife's awful cooking. Now her only grandson is considering marrying an atrocious goy.
Fivel HorowitzMaleAny60-90Think Larry David. Doesn’t care about anything just reads the newspaper and looks for the food. He likes to debate and then leave the room once everyone's heated.
Rebecca HorowitzFemaleAny25-35Think Rachel Feinstein. High attitude/ Sarcastic/ Doesn’t take Marianne seriously. Focused on being a high end doctor in New York City.
Rabbi Mordechai Shmuel DushinskyMaleAny60-90Orthodox Rabbi living in Brooklyn NY
Rabbi Amy WolpeFemaleAny40-60Reform Rabbi Loves to play guitar, sing in Hebrew and English, fight for women's rights in Judaism
Rabbi Samuel SaltzmanMaleAny40-60Conservative Rabbi Passionate about working with converts, fits a lot of stereotypical 'New York Jew' tropes with accent, sense of humor, yiddish phrases etc.
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