Jake Wayne Hastings as Charles Riley Doogan
Character Description
Charlie Doogan is a deeply unhinged individual with a warped sense of reality. His erratic behavior and delusional rants reveals a mind consumed by paranoia, violence, and a twisted vision of the world. He is inspired by Charles Manson.
Scene Description
A deranged serial killer ramblingly reveals the chaos of their fragmented, disturbed psyche, that blurs reality and delusion.
Written by Jason Walter Vaile
Joanie Geiger
ActressVery nice read. One recommendation to help you take your work to the next level is, don't play the lines. When you are preparing your character, make specific choices about WHO he is rather than playing the "crazy guy." The dialog already tells the audience what he's done, but what if he was also an ordinary guy? The mild mannered neighbor that everyone loved or an absolute genius that killed for knowledge into things that were beyond his reach? These are the types of choices that will make your work stand out. I look forward to seeing more of your tapes in the future!
Becky Bartlett
ActressGood job, Jake! I like the way you took your time with the scene, and communicated sadistic unease with your eyes!
Susan Willis
ActressNice work, great lighting set up. I'd love to see this at a quicker pace. This character is written as quite unhinged. Even though the slow timed speech delivery is effective a faster pace could lean into even more craziness and take this role to a new level. I know in self tapes we have to modify some blocking for "self tape" space. It's totally acceptable to really use your space - side-to-side / front-to-back and really push the boundaries. This character is begging to disturb the audience.
Clint Hankinson
ActorGreat job Jake! I like the slower, quieter feel over the hyper, fast pace like I've seen in some others. I could imagine yours in a Law & Order episode.
