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Synopsis: Dallas McKay is your average 20-something newspaper reporter: Single, liberal, and unabashedly atheist. When a truck smacks into him in a bar parking lot, he wakes up in Heaven and - after uttering a few choice profanities - finds himself face-toface with the God he doesn't believe exists. But God isn't out for vengeance; He's concerned that His message has been lost in a swarm of religious zealotry, and sends Dallas back to Earth to write and sell a new, improved religious text.

Produced By Joe Atkinson (Reality)
Jakob Bilinski (Obsolescence, Shade of Grey)
Marx H. Pyle (Reality on Demand, Silence of the Belle)

Auditions will be held at the offices of Tucker Publishing, located at 223 NW Second St. in Downtown Evansville.

Audition Times:
Saturday January 21
10:00 am - 5:00 pm
Sunday January 22
10:00 am - 2:00 pm

Submission Instructions: Open to all demographics, unless otherwise specified. We will be auditioning specifically for the below listed roles; however, there also are several other speaking roles that will be filled through this audition process. Walk-ins are welcome, but for best results, please email us at bookofdallas@gmail.com to request sides and schedule an audition time for The Book of Dallas.

Thank you for your interest in this project, and we look forward to seeing you at auditions!

*Tucker Publishing Group is located on the 2nd floor of the building, located on the corner of Second and Court streets in Downtown Evansville.Enter from the Second Street parking lot, and the elevator will be ahead on your right. Go up to the 2nd floor, and take a left off the elevator. A Court Street representative will meet you in the lobby.

Character Descriptions

Dallas McKay: Mid-20s, liberal, and unabashedly atheist, Dallas McKay is the central character in The Book of Dallas. A newspaper reporter who cares what people think of him almost as badly as he wants them to believe he doesn’t, Dallas finds everything about himself rocked when, after a night of drinking with his buddies, he gets smacked by a moving truck and wakes up in Heaven. After uttering a few choice profanities, Dallas has his chance to meet with the God he didn’t believe existed. He leaves that meeting with a mission: Write a new, better religious text, and take it on a book tour to sell it to the masses. That tour – and the man who wrote the book that spawned it – is the centerpiece of The Book of Dallas.

Hank Jackson: Also in his mid 20’s, Dallas’s best friend is the crass, pseudo-slob yin to Dallas’s yang. Also a confident fellow, Hank genuinely doesn’t care what others think of him; he’s crass, he’s opinionated, and once he’s on your side, he’s an unfailingly loyal and devoted friend. His bro-like relationship with Dallas provides the foundation for the main character … and also many of the series’ best and most humorous dialogue exchanges.

Lindsey DuPree: Dallas’s girlfriend, Lindsey is an early- to mid-20s television reporter. Young, attractive, and ambitious, she’s a girl used to getting what she wants – and when the story starts, what she wants is Dallas. What surprises her is that, once she gets him, Lindsey falls hard for Dallas, and – along with Hank – becomes his constant companion as he goes across the country selling his book. But where Hank is laid back and relaxed about the whole thing, Lindsey finds herself worrying that this new mission will ultimately be the undoing of the man she loves.

Grant Hammel: A middle-aged, extremely well-kempt religious PR machine, Hammel thinks of himself as God’s spokesperson here on Earth – and sells himself as exactly that, giving sermons and television interviews designed to get the converted frothing at the mouth … and from the wallet.

God: Not your father’s deity, the God of The Book of Dallas is an impeccably dressed, unflappably cool dude – a divinity who loves waffles and pretzel breadsticks, and a cool dad who wants His children to be the best they can be.

St. Peter: At one point, God refers to St. Peter as a “stoned hippie,” and the description couldn’t be more apt. St. Peter is what we lesser beings would normally picture God to look like: Older, with the white hair, the white beard, and the flowing white robes. As an added bonus, he uses the kind of antiquated language one would expect from a Biblical figure, with the kind of singsong-y lilt one might put with … well … a stoned hippie.

Vanessa: Early 20s, attractive and smart, sarcastic bitch of a television reporter.

Julie: Also early 20s, an attractive television reporter and devout (probably overly so) woman of faith. Her questions about God’s plan in Episode 1 spur an argument with Dallas that sheds light on who he is as a person and what he believes in.

James Lander: Professional television news show host. Mid-40s, and the host of something akin to a “Larry King Live”-type show.

Dale Mirano: Another television host, in his late 30s or early 40s. A Sunday morning news show. In this case, more of a “Meet the Press”, with occasional in-studio guests like Benjamin.

Jared Filborne: Host of “Wake Up America,” Filborne is the host of a “Crossfire”-like show. Mid-30s, high-energy, and a bit more casual than the others.

Sen. Duvall: An older southern gentleman, he appears on a TV news show to combat Dallas about his claims on religion.

Eric Logan: A younger southern senator and conspiracy theorist, he confronts Dallas on television about the idea that he ever died at all – or if the events we see in the first five episodes ever even happened.