Caucasian. 19yrs old. Ryan is a popular and charming but deeply insecure young adult who masks his vulnerability with cruelty and manipulation. He is possessive, jealous, and used to getting his way. His obsession with Lila grows as she pulls away from him. No intimacy scenes. **Please do not submit actors legally under 19yrs old. **Vancouver based actor only

Caucasian. 19yrs. old. Vanessa is the queen bee of the school—dramatic, vicious, and obsessed with maintaining her status. She bullies Lila relentlessly and thrives on attention. Her scenes often mix comedy with sharp-edged cruelty. No intimacy scenes. **Please do not submit actors legally under 19yrs old. **Vancouver based actor only

Caucasian. 19yrs. old. Alice is warm, loyal, outspoken, and Lila’s only real friend. She brings humor and emotional honesty to the story, balancing the darker moments. She is the grounding, supportive presence Lila needs. No intimacy scenes. **Please do not submit actors legally under 19yrs old. **Vancouver based actor only

Caucasian. 40yrs. old. Avelyn is a poised, mysterious woman connected to Adrian’s private world. She understands its rules, power structures, and hidden tensions. Her demeanor is calm, elegant, and quietly authoritative. No intimacy scenes. **Vancouver based actor only

Any ethnicity. A young woman who’s lost touch with her individuality. Everything in her life is taken care of by her husband Seth, leaving her unemployed and alone most days while her husband is at work. She feels like she should be happy with her comfortable life but she can’t shake the feeling that her current lifepath isn’t sustainable for her happiness.

(White. For continuity with the older Seth, fair hair tones and light eyes are a plus, though not required) Nadia’s husband Seth is a businessman, particularly successful for his age. He’s got a good job, a wife he loves, everything’s going his way, and he feels like nothing can stop him. His comfortable life affords him a lot of room to take things easy and joke around a lot, but he doesn't seem to notice when he goes too far.

Liv Callahan owns a small, generations-old bakery in town, a place she grew up loving, especially while baking beside her grandmother. Taking it over felt like stepping into a dream she’d waited her whole life for. On the surface, Liv is warm and steady, someone who finds comfort in simple routines: opening the shop at dawn, feeding the horses, watching the valley shift with the seasons. But beneath that gentle exterior, she carries a quiet weight. There’s trauma she rarely speaks about, scars she hides behind a practiced smile. She keeps moving forward, but the past still lingers in ways she can’t always control.

Jackson Rennie works as a carpenter in a small town, but he’s more than that. He cares deeply, works hard, and seems comfortably settled into the quiet rhythm of country life. He’s responsible and hands-on, the kind of guy who wakes up early to feed the horses and never complains about the cold. He’s endlessly patient with Liv, even when he doesn’t fully understand what she’s going through. But Jackson has his own ghosts, ones he never talks about. He numbs stress with a drink, avoids conversations about the future, and masks uncertainty with charm. He isn’t afraid of commitment exactly; he’s afraid of failing someone who depends on him. He loves Liv deeply, but he’s not equipped to carry the weight she carries.

[CJ] Male, 30s. A scarier guy, visibly intimidating. CJ is a local drug dealer who exchanges drugs for money from Longer's Uncle Jay on a regular basis. When Longer is in the hospital, CJ is surprised to see Polly making the rounds, and intimidates her until Longer's cousin Cuz unexpectedly comes to her rescue. Irritated with Uncle Jay for hogging the supply chain from CJ, CJ and his guys raid Longer and Polly while they're on their way to CJ's house and steal all Uncle Jay's money...PRINCIPAL *This role has 2 tentative days*

CAUCASIAN ETHNICITY, . Claire is a retired cop with a dark secret. Easily provoked and quick to draw her weapon, Claire was deemed a danger to society (and the reputation of police) after she shot a pregnant woman during a drug den raid. Not many knew that Claire’s victim was her lover of many years who she had groomed while working in a juvenile prison. Claire’s attraction to younger, vulnerable, women is a part of the reason why she takes on the job in the female delinquents’ center in a remote part of Ontario. Surrounded by late teens, she finds herself growing more paranoid and – clairvoyant. Visions of her past mixed up with the strange apparitions of the present torture and stalk her as she gets closer and closer to solving the mystery of “The Farm.” In her mind, Claire is a hero, a white knight. She feels that “patronizing” young girls is her way of preventing them from making the mistakes that will land them in prison. While pursuing this “noble” goal, she doesn’t realize that she is being the predator. However, the girls surrounding her are smarter than that – and they will make Claire pay. Driven by her white knight syndrome but also by unredeemable guilt, Claire almost purposefully lets herself be caught in the web of strange happenings at Tomberdown. Maybe, deep inside, she wants to surrender to the punishment she’s been running from, death. Key traits: repressive, aloof, distrustful, narcissistic.

PLEASE SUBMIT ALL ETHNICITIES. Two Tomberdown students who were extremely close and rumoured to be lovers - until Maya was sent to The Farm and never returned (or at least that’s what Ms. Horne and the rest of the students claim). Sentenced to Tetherdown for petty theft, Juniper “Juni” Wicklow is a timid but determined 17-year old. Juni is obedient and malleable, which makes her a perfect partner in crime for someone like Maya, a wild card, a free spirit (arrested for property damage and public indecency). Maya and Juni are id and ego, one cannot exist without the other. Once they are separated and Maya is taken away, Juni slowly starts losing her grasp on reality. Both girls are a reflection of Claire’s internal fight: her guilt vs. her righteousness. It is no coincidence that they are doppelgangers, mirroring not only each other but also Claire’s dead girlfriend, Laura. All three are “bad girls” that our protagonist is desperately trying to save or mold to her perception of the world. Is Juni seeking Claire’s protection or trying to lure her into a trap? Are we sure they ever existed? Is Maya a ghost or a vision? Maya looks exactly like Juni. Key traits: Juni is quiet, resilient, self-aware and clairvoyant. Maya is hedonistic, playful, spontaneous and self-destructive.

PLEASE SUBMIT ALL ETHNICITIES. There are three generations of women represented in MISCONCEPTED. Miss Angelica Horne is the most powerful and furious defender of the system. Mother figure to her Tomberdown students, she was never an actual mother herself. She has also never been married, avoiding the social leash all together. She still had to pay - in the lives of young girls who she “put on the right path”. It is unclear exactly how but Ms. Horne runs “The Farm” where the worst of her students are sent to be impregnated and then reintegrated to society. She believes in her cause and purpose as a guide for poor lost souls. Ms. Horne is a retired psychiatrist and a talented hypnotist, which explains her far-reaching influence on the current and past students. Key traits: dominant, charismatic, witty and cunning.

PLEASE SUBMIT ALL ETHNICITIES. Waitress at Lizzie’s diner which is down the road from Tomberdown. She was a former student at Tomberdown, reformed by the institution, now a supporter and defender of the system.

PLEASE SUBMIT ALL ETHNICITIES. One of the students at Tomberdown, Lena is an avid supporter of Miss Horne’s ideologies, perfect follower of any idea held by a societal majority. She is a person who enables bullying, happily watches chaos unfold but never directly participates. A spectator of all things awful, a consumer of violence, she becomes the first odd interaction Claire has at her new workplace.

A friend of the family and Amoy's late mother. Fiercely loyal. Seeking actors who understand the weight of grief and know that sometimes to lighten, we listen and act. Where some people may want to give space, Aunt Val gets in closer. Quick-witted, mouthy, impulsive but fiercely loving. The friend who always has snacks, Advil and a plan. She uses humour to diffuse pain but is deeply intuitive. Note: Seeking African & Caribbean diasporic talent submissions only please.

Not quite a girl, not yet a woman — someone standing at the edge of adulthood with artistic dreams and a restless spirit, holding her feelings with quiet pride. Her world has shrunk since her stillbirth; even walking down the hallway feels like swimming through memory. Seeking black actors to portray a multi-layered woman experiencing grief. Those who can carry emotional truth, life before pregnancy and the beginnings newfound sense of peace. This is heavy story and an emotional role.

A gentle, observant father to Amoy, carrying many emotions at once: grief, worry, love, protection — and a quiet, complicated hope. He mourns the grandchild he prepared for, but he also feels a relief that his daughter’s youth and future are not gone. His grief is silent; while his love is active. A complex character. Seeking an actor to portray a father who is feeling many of these emotions at once. A father who supports through presence, not pressure. Note: Seeking African & Caribbean diasporic talent submissions only please.

Canadian Large build, gentle, fearful of change DATES: Must be available FEB 1st-16th (actual shoot dates tbd) Wilson grew up in a small town in Northern Canada. Described as large-framed he needs to be physically intimidating, overpowering. His hands grip the steering wheel a little too tightly as if letting go might make everything fall apart. Wilson discovered a money making opportunity as an intermediary agent for overseas students studying in Canada. This system has no strict guidelines and a language barrier that makes it difficult to regulate. WILSON had good intentions as he thought he was making money while helping underprivileged children. He repeated the same behavior: showing up, taking jobs, getting in trouble, and running away to open a new place. But when he began to realize that other students who had sent James to school had disappeared, he became afraid and became an "accomplice." He chose to flee again, but it was too late

Francisca is Des' nosy, elegant, stuffy neighbour who has a knack for backhanded compliments. She keeps a sharp eye on Des and her toddler from her window and is desperate to weigh in on how Des should and should not be raising her child. Thinks of herself as doing them a favour.