LEAD – MONICA Female, 30, A kind hearted chef who becomes Hector’s closest friend in the restaurant. Open to actors with FRENCH PARISIAN ACCENTS. WARDROBE: Chef uniform

LEAD – FINN Male, 33, Unlikeable bully. Finn is unnecessarily cruel to Hector and tries to discourage him at every opportunity. WARDROBE: Chef uniform

SUPPORTING – LARRY Male, 45, Very professional and ambitious owner and head chef at the restaurant. He is fair minded and wants to encourage everyone to better themselves and even extends an opportunity to Hector to participate. WARDROBE: Head Chef uniform

GILLIAN (35 - 55) Intelligent but poorly-paid adjunct literature professor. Concerned citizen. Confident debater. Defender of the downtrodden. Pedantic in a way that's good for her job and bad for her relationships. Skilled at opening jars but has never seen the inside of a gym. Likes to read smut before bed. Won't admit it. Hates buying clothes. Would take a bullet for her cat. Gillian's side hustle is a tutoring business but she's struggling to attract clients. She has hired a local business consultant, Charles Charles, who has promised to supercharge her revenue.

Open Ethnicity. Awkward, loser-ly, moody, lesbian, and a virgin, things are not super easy for Naomi in her small religious town-- and on top of all that, her mother is the town preacher. Naomi feels like the only person who really gets her is Ruth, who she has a clandestine relationship with. That is, until Ruth decides to end their relationship for fear of getting found out, and starts openly going out with Victor instead. Naomi is deeply hurt and furious when she finds out, and in attempting to hide the real reason behind their conflict, Ruth accidentally starts a rumour that Naomi has immaculately conceived to deliver the next Christ Child. Chaos ensues as Naomi struggles to combat the town's frenzy and her mother's relentless aggrandizing, all whilst staying true to herself and finding her voice. *PLEASE SUBMIT 18 AND OVER TO PLAY YOUNGER*

Open Ethnicity - prioritizing BIPOC/mixed actresses. Closeted love interest to Naomi, Ruth secretly loathes the town, but doesn't quite have the guts to alienate herself. Even though she has deep feelings for Naomi, she chooses instead to start going out with Victor in order to keep up appearances around town. When she accidentally leads Naomi's mother, the town preacher, to believe Naomi is pregnant with the Second Coming of Christ, she must decide whether to let Naomi be consumed by town hysteria, or sacrifice her perfect image in order to save her. *PLEASE SUBMIT 18 AND OVER TO PLAY YOUNGER*

Open Ethnicity. The evangelical town preacher as well as Naomi’s mother, Marilyn is a calculating and all-knowing force ruling over the townspeople every Sunday morning. Fancying herself de facto leader of a town where nothing ever happens, Marilyn suffers from delusions of grandeur and tends to… exaggerate. When she comes to the conclusion that her daughter has conceived immaculately, her Adventist dreams flash before her eyes as she must find a way to make it all about her.

Caucasian. Tom is one of the townspeople. An overzealous, religious man, he can't wait for the Second Coming. In a frenzy of excitement, Tom knocks down Naomi, sparking a chaotic reaction from the townspeople, who attempt to crucify him. *Actor must be comfortable with movement*

Boris is is 50 ish, from former Yugoslavia. A waiter at the Sarajevo Restaurant, and takes Lisa's accent reduction class. COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: FORMER YUGOSLAVIA. FLUENT IN EITHER SERBIAN, BOSNIAN OR CROATIAN. ACCENT TO MATCH COUNTRY OF ORIGIN

YURI, a Russian computer engineer in mid forties. Luckily that is one of the jobs that is translatable, so he's still a computer engineer in Canada. He's close with Visjna, and gets jealous of Farouk. Takes Lisa's accent reduction class. Ideally looking for an immigrant actor for this role. COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: RUSSIA ACCENT: RUSSIAN

Farukh, a handsome Syrian mechanic who attends Lisa's voice reduction class. COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: ANY MIDDLE EASTERN COUNTRY ACCENT: TO MATCH COUNTRY OF ORIGIN. Ideally looking for an immigrant actor for this role, name can change if necessary.

SADAM, early forties, was an architect in Syria, but was told he had to go back to school if wants to work as an architect in Canada. He is taking part in Lisa's documentary. Can be from anywhere in the middle east or South Asia with an accent to match. Name can change to match heritage. Ideally looking for an immigrant actor for this role. COUNTRY OF ORIGIN : MIDDLE EASTERN OR SOUTH ASIA. ACCENT: TO MATCH HERITAGE

Hassan, mid forties, handsome, sure of himself, very pleasant. He is a client of Kathy's at the work placement agency. Ideally looking for an immigrant actor for this role. ETHNICITY: Mixed Either Middle Eastern or South Asia and British. ACCENT: BRITISH

FATIMA is in Lisa's accent reduction class. She's a bookkeeper back home, but works at a grocery store in the produce department in Canada. Kathy helps her fine a job in bookkeeping. Ideally looking for an immigrant actor for this role. ETHNICITY : AFRICA, SOUTH ASIA, or the MIDDLE EAST. ACCENT: to match heritage.

Pelle is taking part in Lisa's accent reduction class. She's sporty and fun. Ideally looking for an immigrant actor for this role. COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: BRAZILIAN ACCENT: BRAZILIAN/PORTUGUESE

MOMIR, is a bartender at the Sarajevo restaurant. COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: FORMER YUGOSLAVIA. FLUENT IN EITHER SERBIAN, BOSNIAN OR CROATIAN. ACCENT TO MATCH COUNTRY OF ORIGIN

From China, where he was a leading engineer and scientist. In Canada he's a low end engineer because of his accent, he's in Lisa's accent reduction class. He struggled to find fulfilling work and then Kathy helped place him in a better position. COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: CHINA, VIETNAM or somewhere in that region. ACCENT: TO MATCH COUNTRY OF ORIGIN. Ideally looking for an immigrant actor for this role.

She is in Lisa's accent reduction course. Was a nurse in Ghana, now having to go back to school to qualify to nurse here in Canada. COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: some where in AFRIKA, ACCENT TO MATCH HERITAGE. Ideally looking for an immigrant actor for this role.

KAR WAI, a middle aged Vietnamese . He went to Kathy, before her accident , hoping she would help him find a position in Canada. He is heavily accented, and at this time ,she has little patience for him. Ideally looking for an immigrant actor for this role. COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: VIETNAM. ACCENT: VIETNAMESE

Horacio was a doctor in Venezuela, and a cab driver in Canada. He is part of the accent reduction class that Lisa teaches. Ideally looking for an immigrant actor for this role. COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: IDEALLY VENEZUELA, OPEN TO ANYWHERE IN SOUTH AMERICA. ACCENT: REFLECTS COUNTRY OF ORIGIN.