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Marla Matthews
Female. Collegiate basketball sports announcer. Charismatic. Tentatively 8 shoot days.
TORU
Hana’s youngest child. Innocent, playful, sensitive and attached to his stuffed teddy bear. Toru provides emotional contrast- moments of light, warmth, and heartbreaking fear. A very emotionally rich child role. 1 EPISODE Seeking authentically Japanese performers or actors capable of delivering a highly convincing Japanese accent. Must be Vancouver local.
CAPTAIN HARDING
Veteran Coast Guard Captain. Stoic, commanding, very experienced, and burdened with life-and-death decisions. A strong presence who balances authority with subtle emotional depth. 1 EPISODE Must be Vancouver local.
HANA
A devoted mother forced to flee her homeland during a catastrophic volcanic eruption. Hana is strong, emotionally grounded, and loving, yet burdened by grief of her husband and fear of the unknown. She must hold her family together as their world collapses around them. This role requires deep emotional range: from tenderness and warmth to desperation, terror, and quiet resilience. 2 EPISODES Seeking authentically Japanese performers or actors capable of delivering a highly convincing Japanese accent. Must be Vancouver local.
REINA
Hana’s daughter. Intelligent, observant, emotionally perceptive beyond her years. Reina is very affected by the loss of her father and clings to his memory through a cherished keepsake. She must navigate fear, grief, courage, and emotional maturity during the evacuation and disaster. 2 EPISODES Seeking authentically Japanese performers or actors capable of delivering a highly convincing Japanese accent. Must be Vancouver local.
JACK LORNE
Executive Officer of the U.S. Coast Guard vessel. Calm under pressure, compassionate and sarcastic when nervous. Jack is both a leader and emotional anchor during this disaster. 2 EPISODES Must be Vancouver local.
JAPANESE RADIO BROADCASTER
Official emergency radio broadcast announcer delivering urgent evacuation orders. 1 EPISODE Seeking authentically Japanese performers or actors capable of delivering a highly convincing Japanese accent. This role can be recorded remotely if not a Vancouver local.
Passengers #1, #2, #3, #4
Evacuees aboard the Coast Guard ship. These roles represent fear, grief, panic, anger, and disbelief during displacement and disaster. Seeking authentically Japanese performers or actors capable of a convincing Japanese accent. 1 EPISODE These roles can be recorded remotely if not a Vancouver local.
MILITARY PERSONNEL #1 & #2
Direct evacuation procedures into emergency pods. 1 EPISODE These roles can be recorded remotely if not a Vancouver local.
Larry
Male, 30’s, Visibility Ethnic or Ethnically Ambiguous. The father is the creator of the perfect triangle and not used to the attention and followers that it has brought him. It would be an asset if English is not their first language, but not a requirement.
Luna
Female, 30’s, Visibility Ethnic or Ethnically Ambiguous. The mom isn’t a full believe of the perfect triangle, but tries to support her husband and prepare him for an interview. It would be an asset if English is not their first language, but not a requirement.
Mia
Female, 7-8 years old, Visibility Ethnic or Ethnically Ambiguous. The daughter of Luna and Larry. She is a strong believer in the triangle and is distraught when the triangle is ruined, blaming the mom.
Henry
Male, 2-5 years old, Visibility Ethnic or Ethnically Ambiguous. Henry is unaware of the significance of the triangle, so he just acts like a normal toddler.
Delivery Guy
Male, 40’s, Any Ethnicity A strong believer in the triangle and worships the father when he goes to deliver a package to him.
Congregant
Male, 30’s Any Ethnicity Please note if talent is not comfortable with paint on their face. The person is part of a larger congregant that waits outside of the families home, making sure they and the triangle is protected.
Robert Walker
Open ethnicity Robert Walker is a physician in his mid-thirties, living a robotic and mundane routine of treating patients everyday. Accomplished and ambitious by most measures, he is still plagued by his own insecurities, anxieties and past encounters. As he struggles with a long-standing opioid addiction, it pulls him to the criminal underworld where he reunites with Zhou.
Zhou
Asian Canadian Already an experienced gang leader in his mid-20s, Zhou is unassuming but dangerous. He’s a viper hiding in plain sight, calm and focused about renewing his association with Robert for his criminal needs.
Cathy
Open ethnicity Cathy is a nurse in her late 40s who has seen it all but hasn’t lost her humanity in the process. Fundamentally caring, but practical, she cares for Robert and does her best to give the most care to anyone coming in the door.
Detective Mossberg
Open ethnicity World-weary at 45, he has seen his share of violence and disregard for life on the streets of Vancouver. Arriving in the story to inject another layer of paranoia, he’s friendly and suspicious without being outwardly threatening.
Jason
Open ethnicity Jason is the muscle of the gang and he’s tightly controlled and loyal to Zhou. Injured in a drug deal gone bad, he’s bleeding when we meet him in the story.