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Toronto, August 15, 2006 – Karl Pruner, President of ACTRA Toronto Performers, is pleased to announce the launch of ACTRA Toronto’s new AccessAbility demo reel. Developed to increase exposure for our talented professional performers with disabilities, the new casting tool will be available to casting directors, producers and directors. “For most actors with disabilities, access to audition rooms is limited or the necessary support needed to audition, such as an ASL interpreter or audition sides in Braille is not available,” said ACTRA Toronto’s Diversity Chair Jani Lauzon. “The AccessAbility demo reel brings the audition to the industry professional, a small step towards our long-term goal of totally accessible audition facilities.” The ACTRA Toronto Diversity Committee, in tandem with the AccessAbility Task Force, produced the AccessAbility demo DVD to showcase auditions by deaf, blind, mobility impaired and developmentally challenged performers – members of ACTRA Toronto. AccessAbility Task Force Chair Sheila Boyd hopes that the AccessAbility demo reel will be as effective as Mainstream Now, the highly popular magazine-style catalogue of visibly diverse performers and performers with disabilities. ACTRA Toronto Performers is the largest organization within ACTRA, representing more than 13,000 of Canada’s 21,000 professional performers working in the English-language recorded media in Canada. As an advocate for Canadian culture since 1943, ACTRA is a member-driven organization that continues to secure the rights and respect for the work of professional performers. - 30 - For more information: |
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