Christina Carlson of Massachusetts makes a pitch for a play called The Ice Queen to Casting Manager Mindy Zemrak during a casting call for the television show Shark Tank at the Italian Heritage Center on Tuesday. Gregory Rec/Staff Photographer
Scott Salyers, supervising casting producer for Shark Tank, talks to the first wave of people waiting to give their pitches for a Shark Tank casting call at the Italian Heritage Center in Portland on Tuesday. Gregory Rec/Staff Photographer
Melissa Rioux of Saco poses for a photo at a Shark Tank poster taken by her mother Daphne Rioux after the two made their pitch where they asked for $200,000 in exchange for 20 percent stake in their company, Lakonia Greek Products. The two make olive oil products using olives imported from Greece and are looking to increase their wholesale business. Gregory Rec/Staff Photographer
Roughly 200 people were lined up at 7:30 a.m. outside the Italian Heritage Center in Portland for Wednesday’s open casting call for the popular ABC reality show “Shark Tank.” Whitney Hayward/Staff Photographer
Hopefuls for the television show "Shark Tank" line up for the chance to pitch their idea to a panel of investors early Wednesday morning at the Italian Heritage Center in Portland. Whitney Hayward/Staff Photographer
Mike Costardo rests in line for the casting call for the TV show Shark Tank at the Italian Heritage Center early Wednesday morning. Costardo drove from Connecticut yesterday with his cousin for the casting call to pitch a school safety infrastructure idea. Whitney Hayward/Staff Photographer
A shark boogie board adorns the windshield of an RV from Mass in the parking lot of the Italian Heritage Center, where hopefuls for the television show "Shark Tank" drove to line up early Wednesday morning. Whitney Hayward/Staff Photographer
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