Sony Pictures Television in association with Fedora Films and Jaffe/Braunstein Films are in production on the second season of the hit Lifetime network drama series “The Client List”. Auditions are ongoing for co-starring, guest-starring, and day player roles. Extras are also being cast throughout the 15 episode season. The series takes place in Texas, however shooting is done in Van Nuys, CA at Calvert Studios and various locations around Los Angeles. “The Client List” is based on the 2010 television film of the same name that premiered on Lifetime Network July 19, 2010.
The series centers on Riley Parks who gets a job at The Rub in Sugar Land, Texas as a massage therapist after her husband Kyle Parks leaves her. With encouragement from The Rub owner Georgia Cummings, Riley soon begins giving more than just massages in order to make enough money to support her son and daughter. Her husband’s brother Evan Parks has secret feelings for her, while at the same time Evan is dating Riley’s fellow masseuse Selena Ramos. Riley’s mother Linette Montgomery does not know about her extracurricular job duties, however Riley’s best friend since childhood, Lacey Jean, has found out about what Riley and what most of the other massage therapists do and wants her to quit.
Starring in “The Client List” is Golden Globe Award nominee Jennifer Love Hewitt as Riley Parks; three-time Golden Globe Award winner Cybill Shepherd as Riley’s mother Linette Montgomery; Primetime Emmy Award winner Loretta Devine portrays The Rub owner Georgia Cummings; “All My Children” alum Colin Egglesfield plays Kyle Parks, Riley’s husband who abandoned her; Rebecca Field is Riley’s best friend Lacey Jean; Naturi Naughton and Kathleen York play the roles of fellow masseuses Kendra and Joline respectively. In recurring roles playing Riley’s kids are are Tyler Champagne as Travis Parks, and Cassidy Guetersloh as Katie Parks.
Executive producing is Jennifer Love Hewitt, owner of one of the show’s production companies Fedora Films. Also executive producing is two-time Primetime Emmy Award nominee Howard Braunstein of Jaffe/Braunstein Films, and Dannielle Thomas who is also Jennifer Love Hewitt’s manager. Co-executive producers are Ed Decter, John Strauss, and Michael Reisz. Barbara Nance is the series producer. Nance is a highly respected script coordinator and story editor whose credits include such hit shows as “The X-Files,” “Crossing Jordan,” “FlashForward,” and “Blade: The Series”.
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Principal Actor Casting
See the post titled Headshot and Resume Information regarding how to submit for acting roles.
Submit photos and resumes by mail only.
No phone calls or personal drop-offs.
Los Angeles:
Valorie Massalas
Ron Digman
Massalas Digman Casting
14955 Calvert Street
Van Nuys, CA 91411
Extras Casting
Los Angeles:
Wendy Treese
Central Casting
220 S. Flower Street
Burbank, CA 91502
Registration Info: (818)562-2755
Do not send photos to Central Casting.
You must register in person.
Production Companies:
Do NOT send photos and resumes to the production companies, as they will most likely end up being thrown away. They do not cast the films, rather they hire casting directors who sort through the thousands of submissions.
Fedora Films, Inc.
10100 Santa Monica Blvd.
Suite 1700
Los Angeles, CA 90067
Jaffe/Braunstein Films
12301 Wilshire Blvd.
Suite 110
Los Angeles, CA 90025
Sony Pictures Television
10202 W Washington Blvd
Culver City, CA 90232
Lifetime Television (distributor)
2049 Century Park E
Ste 840
Los Angeles, CA 90067
Executive Producers:
Jennifer Love Hewitt
Ed Decter
John Strauss
Dannielle Thomas
Howard Braunstein
Michael Reisz
Producer:
Barbara Nance
Directors:
Timothy Busfield
Andy Wolk
Allan Arkush
Rick Wallace
Note: Various directors work different episodes during the season. In television shows composed of individual episodes, the television director’s role differs from that of a film director in that he or she may work only on some television episodes as opposed to the director of an entire film production. In episodic television productions, the major creative control resides with a producer of the show. The television producer with creative control is called the showrunner (in this case Jennifer Love Hewitt).
Starring:
Jennifer Love Hewitt – Riley Parks
Cybill Shepherd – Linette
Loretta Devine – Georgia Cummings
Colin Egglesfield – Evan Parks
Rebecca Field – Lacey
Naturi Naughton – Kendra
Alicia Lagano – Selena
Kathleen York – Jolene
Story:
Riley Parks (Jennifer Love Hewitt), is forced to work in a day spa in a local Texas town after being left in financial debt when her husband abandons her and her children. She quickly realizes that the spa gives much more than massages, but must partner with the parlor’s owner (Loretta Devine) in order to keep food on the table. While helping to run the business, she struggles to discreetly balance two lives – one as a single mother in a conservative town struggling to provide for her family and the other as a savvy and ambitious businesswoman working with a raucous, sexy and unpredictable group of women. As Riley becomes more involved, she struggles while working in secrecy knowing her family and friends would disapprove of her decision.
