Actor's Center to Hold Stonehenge Prep
13 March 2007
On March 31st, Michael Gabel will conduct a workshop called Prepping for Stonehenge for Actor Center members. The workshop will be 10:00 am -1:00 pm at Arlington Cultural Affairs Bldg (3700 Four Mile Run) in Room 127. There is a limit of 20 actors. Actors should prepare a monologue. Note that this happens the Saturday after actor registration, so you'll know if you have a guranteed slot or not. Actor's Center membership information is available on their website.

Team J Enters 48 Hour Fray
2 March 2007
This May, Team J will join as many as 100 other filmmaking teams around the nation's capital conceiving of, writing, shooting, and editing a bona fide short film in 48 hours. Registration open yesterday, and now it's official. We're in.

Filmmaker Registration Opens
28 February 2007
Filmmaker registration is now open for Stonehenge V with discounts being given for members of various film organizations. Woo hoo!

Stonehenge V Date Set
21 February 2007
It's official! Stonehenge, the mass auditions for area filmmakers will return to the Warehouse Theater on Saturday, April 7. More details to follow.

NFC Film Online
29 October 2006
Tohubohu Productions latest short film, "Machinations," is now available for viewing on their web site.

NEOS Casting Underway
28 October 2006
Team J's Bjorn Munson helped in casting the project "NEOS" this weekend. Dozens of actors, most first seen at Stonehenge, showed up to read for WorkinSync Productions' turbo-charged short film best described as "CSI meets 24."

National Film Challenge Completed!
23 October 2006
The National Film Challenge (NFC), a similar competion to the 48 Hour Film Project, happened this weekend. Once again, Team J's Bjorn Munson worked with Tohubohu Productions—this time in the capacity of executive producer. The genre was sci-fi (at last!, at last!), and the film (soon to be available online) is right in line with the political season as a campaign appearance by an up-and-comer takes a turn for the weird—sci-fi style.

Stonehenge IV Proves to be the Biggest Henge Yet
2 October 2006
This past Saturday, approximately 30 assorted filmmakers, production companies and casting professionals collected over 130 headshots and resumes from eager actors with 122 having a chance to audition. We've already learned of dozens of actors getting calls for potential projects. We also have a new "speed" record for an actor getting a job out of Stonehenge. One gentleman was called in for voiceover work on Sunday—less than 24 hours after he auditioned!

As always, Stonehenge was successful thanks to a very hardworking Team J: Sean Clark, Heather Cormeau, Kim Davenport, Hugo del Granado, Meredith Sims, and Andy Spivey were the main event crew, with Barry Schmetter of Lost Pilgrim Productions on camera. Vanessa Hranitz and Neil Sorenson helped on the web side of things with Roy Quini and Kakupacal again tweaking and redesigning graphics. The event was produced by Bjorn Munson of Team J, who also served as stage manager for the day. Finally, thanks to our sponsor: the DC Film Alliance.

Stonehenge IV Countdown Begins! Filmmaker Registration Opens!
31 August 2006
The word is out via listservs, professional forums, and various emails: filmmaker registration has now opened for Stonehenge IV. The registration fee goes up after September 16, so register early! We are pleased to offer registration fee discounts to members of Shooting People (SP), Women in Film and Video (WIFV), and the DC Film Salon.

Actors have also received word about Stonehenge IV. Now the countdown begins to Sunday, September 17 at 6pm when actor registration opens.

Stonehenge Research Ends. Stonehenge IV Coming Soon!
9 August 2006
Thanks to all the actors and filmmakers who responded to Team J’s email survey, the end of a couple months of research and interviews with industry folks directly and indirectly involved with Stonehenge. Not only did we get a great response overall, many people took the time to give thoughtful answers and suggestions. This has been very valuable for us in planning for this Stonehenge and for the future and we appreciate it. Remember, Stonehenge IV will be on Saturday, September 30. Actor registration opens Sunday, September 17 at 6pm, and filmmaker registration will open before the end of August.

Bystander Post-production moves steadily towards completion
8 August 2006
With all the pulse-pounding excitement of an Italian neo-realist drama, post-production work on Bystander, Team J’s co-production with Red Baron Creative, continues. We’ve completed further ADR and sound effects recording. Keep watching this space for more updates.

Stonehenge III has come and gone. Thanks to everyone who attended!
24 April 2006
Over 100 actors were seen by a record number of local filmmakers (45+) for our debut henge at the Warehouse Theater. We've already heard from several actors who've gotten several calls and hope to see many of them in the upcoming 48 Hour Film Project. Thanks to all the actors and filmmakers who attended.

In addition, we would like to note the Team J staff who helped keep the event running smoothly: Julianne Brienza, Vanessa Hranitz, Brian Robert Fricke, Peggy Long, Brenda Madrigal, Meredith Sims, Andy Spivey, and stage managed by Bjorn Munson. Equipment was provided by Flashpoint, Washington Improv Theatre, and Arlington Independent Media. Barry Schmetter and Caron Lee of Lost Pilgrim Productions served as our video team, Roy Quini designed another fun iteration of the "Stonehenge" logo and the whole event was sponsored by the DC Film Salon.

Stonehenge III this Saturday! Tuesday Actor Session Cancelled.
17 April 2006
In less than five days, over 100 actors will audition in front of over 40 local filmmakers and media producers. It's Stonehenge III! Unfortunately, the session—tentatively scheduled for Tuesday, 4/18—for actors to hear from local filmmakers about what they're looking for in auditions has been cancelled. We hope to bring it back for Stonehenge IV.

Stonehenge Filmmaker Registration Opens! Discounts Added!
22 March 2006
Registration is now open for indie filmmakers and related media companies that want to see over 100 actors audition just one month from today. In addition, we're pleased to offer a $5 discount to confirmed members of the DC Film Salon and participants of the DC 48 Hour Film Project. Register and prepay via PayPal and it's only $15!

We've also added what will hopefully be the first of several discounted services to help you prepare for Stonehenge. Check out Discounts.

Stonehenge Actor Registration to Open 8pm, Sunday, 3/26
17 March 2006
Stonehenge III, the mass casting project, will occur on Saturday, April 22 from 10am until 5pm at the Warehouse Theater in Washington, DC. There will be 120 regular audition slots and 72 waitlist slots. To be as efficient and fair as possible, audition slots are available on a first-come, first-served basis. To further make the registration fair, registration will not open until 8pm, Sunday, March 26. In the meantime, please let any interested actors know.

We're Here! Woo Hoo!
17 March 2006
Folks may be more caught up in St. Patrick's Day festivities--but still, the New Team J site (designed by Kakupacal) is here and it is stylin'. For those of you looking for bystandermovie.com, that site will soon be found under "Productions." It is indeed a frabjous day.

Stonehenge III Time and Location Announced!
2 March 2006
After some finagling, we have a venue and a firm date for Stonehenge III, the mass audition for indie film & video. If you're a filmmaker or casting director...or if you're an actor looking to impress those folks, please join us on Saturday, April 22 at the Warehouse Theater in DC--right next to the new Convention Center!

P.S. Yes, we were waiting all week to find an excuse to use the word "finagling"