Fourteen-year old Olivia Bricker of Batavia gave her best effort for a recent audition for the movie Last At Bat which was held at Action Sports Center in Dayton.
Last at Bat, written by Ohio resident Mark Donahue, is a comeback story about star-crossed major league baseball star Dylan Michael, who the world believes was killed in a horrific plane crash.
But Dylan somehow survived. With the support and devotion of a small southern town he recaptures his on-the-field greatness under a new identity.
Donahue embarked on a talent search after Hollywood casting calls did not yield results.
Said Donahue, “We found good actors, but few could play baseball which is a requirement of the script. Rather than using stand-ins we decided to find young men and women who can really play the game.” (Donahue reports that Olivia, a left-hander, made an excellent impression, both in her baseball skills and her acting potential.)
With offers to sell his story to Hollywood studios, Donahue decided financing his film through crowd funding which allows him to retain creative control and produce the story in his novel.
To do so he has assembled a creative team devoted to this project.
To learn more about the tryouts or crowd funding visit www.LastAtBatTheMovie.com, or MarkrDonahue.com.
The Cincinnati area tryout takes place on June 10-11 at Champions Baseball Academy, 5994 Linneman St.
Visit www.LastAtBatTheMovie.com for more information.