10-14 to play 11, all ethnicities. James best friend and lead in the school play

31 Year Old Pakistani Male. He grew up in Toronto idolizing movie stars like Leonardo DiCaprio and Tom Cruise. As a kid he would re-enact scenes from Mission Impossible, dreaming of becoming an action star one day. As an actor he is disciplined, and although he comes across calm and confident he has a lot of insecure tension underneath.

A 25 Year Old Caucasian Female. She reads books in her free time and can’t remember the last movie she watched in the theatre. She’s very keen on getting her IG followers up, and stays up to date with all the relevant pop culture news. Just not movies.

A 27 Year Old Caucasian Male. Athletic Build. Thomas loves TV shows and Movies and has seen all the bloopers to all his favourite shows. He doesn’t have any deep opinions on anything he watches but his reviews are usually “that show slapped” or “that movie was dope”.

A 27 Year Old Caucasian Female. Zoey loves music, her favourite movies are Nick and Nora’s Playlist, and La La Land. But since she started dating her boyfriend she began to love stoner comedies like Pineapple Express and Superbad.

A 42 Year old Pakistani Male. Ali works as a waiter at a very fancy restaurant. Kind hearted and polite, Ali truly believes the hospitality industry is the noblest of them all.

Non-Speaking Restaurant Hostess. Age 25-35. Open ethnicity.

Non-Speaking Restaurant Bus Boy. Age 22-30. Open ethnicity.

ANGELA is in high school. She's dreamy, like from the virgin suicides. She expresses herself through dance.

Female. Late-30's to Mid-40's (Has a teen daughter). Any ethnicity. ASHLEY is well put together, affluent, and confident in public. She has a warm but slightly performative kindness. She wants to do good and be seen doing good. There is genuine care in her, but also hesitation, distance, and a subtle fear of crossing invisible social lines. Actor should balance sincerity with discomfort and self-awareness.

Female, 15-18. Any ethnicity. ABBY is gentle, observant, and emotionally open. She follows her mother’s lead but is noticeably less guarded. Her kindness is instinctive rather than performative – she gives easily and without overthinking. Actor should feel natural, soft, and emotionally intuitive, able to communicate empathy without dialogue. In her scene, she is with her mother as they encounter someone who may need help.

Male, 40-60. Any ethnicity. KIRBY has been living on the streets for so long that he can no longer remember what life was like before. We see him waiting in line at the bottle depot, for the bus, to enter the shelter. He is a living record of how outside forces can quietly redirect a life. He carries resilience, weariness, and a deep, practiced patience. Actor should feel grounded, real, and shaped by years of survival. In his scene, KIRBY encounters a teenager on his first night without a place to sleep.

14-16. Angsty teen phase. Greasy hair. Wears a hoody and headphones. His parents don't understand him. He's lonely. He's quite popular with his friend group but can't find a way to access them, trapped in the suburbs and too young to drive a car to them. A small bubble of hatred for his family is slowly growing. He smokes weed and walks around aimlessly looking for answers.

50s. Semi-retired. He wears a Hawaiin shirt, lei-flowers, and drinks Mai Tais completelty un-ironically. It is impossible to tan his pale Albertan skin. It only burns. He has not shaved his mustache since he first grew it at age 19. He left Grand Prairie and moved to 'the big city' of Edmonton, to start a small business with his high school sweetheart Mary Anne.

50s. She has the 'mom cut'. Speaks in platitudes. She is afraid of truly being herself, living under her husband's thumb. She seeks comfort and drinks to numb her own curiosities. She has a 'life is a cabernet' painting on her kitchen mantle and genuinely loves it. She loves her son but doesn't know how to get through to him. She's a good person.

Leanne is open to interpretation and the ideal candidate will also audition with 2 of her own young children. Open to candidates without children as well. Leanne is a lightly humorous character--bringing physical comedy in how she and her children walk to the mall, how they dress alike.

Kelsey lives a short bus ride from the West Edmonton Mall and got a summer job there that turned into a full time position. She recently graduated High School and finds herself at a strange cross-roads...at a job she has no future or interest in, in a place she looks compeltely out of place. It could be interesting if Kelsey's visual makeup was in striking juxtaposition to the park. Is she a goth? Is she Gen Z (hunter schaefer euphoria makeup?). Open to striking faces and all identities. She’s quiet and introspective but carries herself with a subtle confidence. Beneath her bold exterior, there’s a sense of vulnerability, especially when she’s caught in isolating moments, like being stranded in a snowstorm after leaving the mall or when she eats alone in the food court.

Teresa is a 19-21-year-old, petite, and classically pretty blonde. She’s flirty, often wearing revealing clothing like short leaopard print or leather skirts, even in winter, giving off a carefree, party-girl vibe. Teresa is just barely on the club scene, embracing the nightlife with shots and bottle service, but there's more going on beneath the surface. Emotionally, Teresa is going through a breakup or some personal turmoil. One night, after drinking heavily, she gets behind the wheel of her oversized vehicle, crying and singing along to Shania Twain’s “You're Still the One.” Despite the cold, she’s dressed for the club, her short skirt and clunky heels contrasting with the winter weather. She drunkenly drives home, parking crookedly in her driveway, still singing, lost in the emotional mess she’s trying to outrun. Teresa feels young, impulsive, and raw, clinging to her flirty exterior while struggling with heartbreak.

We meet Mabel on the eve of her 100th birthday, at a retirement home on the outskirts of town. We see her shoebox of a room, filled with pictures, bird carvings; small memories of a big life and the only things she’s chosen to keep on this final stage of her life. Through Mabel we can film a beautiful portrait that is a direct reflection on growing old and looking back. As we watch her and the other residents go about their day and ultimately celebrate her birthday at a ‘concert’ with an Elvis Impersonator, we get a privileged view into old age, something almost taboo that is rarely filmed. Is Mabel lonely? How does she feel about the long life she’s lived? As she falls asleep we rest on a beautiful close-up of her face and delve into her memories and dreams of her life back in the town of Grand Prairie.

Maria is a Hutterite living in a small colony in Alberta. Her life is orderly, peaceful, and very adult. Although she lives a life of tradition and discipline, she does have frequent contact with the modern world through social media and is allowed a smartphone and computer. Maria represents a fascinating way to explore the lines between new and old, faith and chaos.