Paid gigs -- Mock Trial and Cops video

[Jane Zussman]

PAID ACTING OPPORTUNITY

MOCK TRIAL Casting Call

Use your acting and improvisational skills, have fun, help students, and get paid at the same time! 

Riverwalk Theatre and the MSU College of Law are looking for actors who are interested in playing the defendant, and the witnesses in mock criminal trials for the MSU College of Law Trial Practice Institute. In this semester’s case, STATE v BURNS, John Burns is charged with first-degree murder for the death of Rachel Carter Aboud and the armed robbery of the Aboud’s grocery store.

-There are 4 trials, all using the same case study over 2 days.

-We are looking for a total of 12 actors: 2 actors to play the defendant and 10 additional actors to play the additional witnesses.

-Each witness will appear in 2 trials, one on Saturday and one on Sunday.

-A $250 stipend will be paid for participation in this project. (The defendant's stipend is $300 since he stays all day; the other witnesses are dismissed after testifying.

Actors will need to be available on all of the following dates:
Saturday, March 7, 9-11 am for an orientation and coaching session.
Saturday, March 21, 10 am – 3pm, for Zoom interviews with the student lawyers.
Saturday, April 18 and Sunday, April 19, 8am – 4pm for the trials.
(Prior to the trials additional interviews may be mutually arranged by witnesses and the legal teams.)

WITNESS LIST

FOR THE PROSECUTION

1. Detective Juan Perez (2 men or women, age 35+) - Nita City Police Department

2. Ali Aboud (2 men, age 45+) – Owner of IGA store that was robbed

3. Lauren Jones (2 men, 30’s) – Attempted to rob the IGA store. Was convicted of robbery, but agreed to testify against the defendant in exchange for not being charged with murder.

FOR THE DEFENSE

1. John Burns - Defendant (2 men, 40+) – Accused of planning the robbery and driving the getaway car. Charged with armed robbery and murder. *The stipend for the defendant is $300 since he stays
for the entire trial.

2. Mary N. Burns (2 women, 40+) – Wife of John Burns. She claims he is being harassed by NCPD.

3. Laurence R. Roberts (2 men, 40+) – An insurance agent who is a friend of John Burns. Says he and

Burns were watching football on the day of the robbery.

If interested, please contact Tom Ferris at tjfer...@gmail.com by Friday, February 20, 2026. Please include a brief resume and headshot.

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PAID ACTING OPPORTUNITY

TRAINING VIDEO requires “cop” actors

Hello! We're a local marketing firm looking for two males to play police officers in a training video we are doing for a client. 

It would entail delivering a few lines while being videotaped on a green screen and recording a few lines on audio. It would take 30 minutes or less. We're looking for men who could plausible look like police officers, age 25-40-ish. Diversity would be welcome. We would provide the costume. 

(The video is about preparedness in the event of an active shooter at a credit union.) We'd pay $50. Taping will be June 19 at the credit union on the west side of Lansing. 

My cell is 517.243.1597 and email is mailto:li...@publicom.com  - Lisa O’Connor
Publicom, Inc.
2175 Commons Pkwy.
Okemos, MI 48864

Jane Zussman

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(Greater Lansing Ubiquitous Theatre)

cell 517-930-0932

JSZu...@gmail.com

http://www.greaterlansingtheatre.net 

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