Selected open roles for talent

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A.D.A. DAVID RIMSTIDT

Male - 35 to 45 yrsRecurring Union
Project title
American Hostage 102 - WINNIPEG ONLY
Media
Mini-Series
Due date
Tuesday September 30, 2025
Submissions from
Winnipeg
Role description

Can play the role of Male, 38, he is the A.D.A. working with A.D.A. Martz on the case which alleges police corruption. He is the Teller, of Penn and Teller. Although he says nothing, his face is very expressive like he wants to say something but cannot. CAUCASIAN

OFFICER VIOLA

Male - 28 to 45 yrsActor Union
Project title
American Hostage 102 - WINNIPEG ONLY
Media
Mini-Series
Due date
Tuesday September 30, 2025
Submissions from
Winnipeg
Role description

Can play the role of Male, this officer with the bomb squad gets confirmation that the building is rigged with explosives... CAUCASIAN

Margaret

Female - 30 to 36 yrsLead Union or Non unionUnpaid
Project title
Scenic Route
Media
Film School
Due date
Monday October 6, 2025
Submissions from
Toronto
Role description

This character walks with a cane. Sensitive, perceptive, and emotionally vulnerable. She’s deeply frustrated with her husband Alan's emotional distance and obsession with work, but she’s also persistent in trying to connect with him. She values intimacy and honesty in her marriage, which makes his neglect and betrayal cut deeply.

Alan

Male - 35 to 40 yrsLead Union or Non unionUnpaid
Project title
Scenic Route
Media
Film School
Due date
Monday October 6, 2025
Submissions from
Toronto
Role description

Defensive, distracted, emotionally withdrawn. He’s more committed to his career and an affair than his marriage, which makes him evasive and dismissive toward his wife, Margaret. He avoids confrontation until pressured, then lashes out with brutal honesty initiating a divorce.

Gas Station Person

All - 25 to 35 yrsActor Union or Non unionUnpaid
Project title
Scenic Route
Media
Film School
Due date
Monday October 6, 2025
Submissions from
Toronto
Role description

The Gas Station Person is gentle, helpful, comforting. He represents safety and normalcy.

Lead Cultist

Female - 20 to 30 yrsActor Union or Non unionUnpaid
Project title
Scenic Route
Media
Film School
Due date
Monday October 6, 2025
Submissions from
Toronto
Role description

The Lead Cultist is calm, controlled, sadistic. Speaks only in whispers, heightening their menace. Their power lies in psychological manipulation, forcing Alan into an impossible moral dilemma.

CHLOE GRAVEL

Female - 7 to 10 yrsLead Union
Project title
Purgatory Lead ROLE new specs
Media
Feature Film
Due date
Wednesday October 1, 2025
Submissions from
Vancouver, Toronto, Calgary, Edmonton, Halifax, Montréal, Ottawa, Regina, Saskatoon, Winnipeg, Charlottetown, St. John's, Sudbury, Kelowna
Role description

KINDLY DO NOT SUBMIT ACTORS WITHOUT A DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITY. Please submit here again if you did submit someone who fits the specs. CAN BE ON THE SPECTRUM including Down's Syndrome, Autism etc. We are open! Chloe is a white girl, 8 years of age. Chloe is Beatrice’s wise and funny little sister who has a developmental disability. Chloe is a loving, fiercely loyal sibling, and secret strategist who is frequently underestimated outside of her home. Please submit actors who have a developmental disability from anywhere in Canada. Note DOB please. SUBMIT FROM ANYWHERE IN NORTH AMERICA

Dorothy

Female - 30 to 40 yrsLead Non unionUnpaid
Project title
Mothered Nature
Media
Film School
Due date
Monday September 29, 2025
Submissions from
Toronto
Role description

Dorothy is a very charismatic, attentive young woman. She lives a simple life on her own, emerging herself into many hobbies and interests to fill in the great amount of free time she has. Dorothy took a liking to gardening after discovering her infertility, using it as an outlet to nurture and care. She roams the town of Brimsgy with a witty glow and the sweetest smile, and has the ability to comfort and soften just about anyone. Her smile is contagious, and her bubbly personality helps push herself through low moments.

Judy

Female - 40 to 50 yrsLead Non unionUnpaid
Project title
Mothered Nature
Media
Film School
Due date
Monday September 29, 2025
Submissions from
Toronto
Role description

Judy is the definition of tough love. Raised by a boarding school principle, she’s inherited a need for perfection and order, especially from her daughter, Lila. Judy has the utmost highest standards for herself and needs to be #1 for everything. Her rigged and harsh personality deflects many if a fake smile isn’t plastered onto her face. She cares deeply, but lacks the softness to communicate that.

Lila

Female - 5 to 8 yrsPrincipal Non unionUnpaid
Project title
Mothered Nature
Media
Film School
Due date
Monday September 29, 2025
Submissions from
Toronto
Role description

Lila, Judy’s daughter, is one of the most imaginative little girls. Her brain is filled with colour and possibilities, but is constantly muted by her mother’s expectations. She wants nothing more than to play, dance, and laugh, often finding sneaky ways to do so. Lila wants to make her mother proud, but the goals she’s given are often unachievable, leaving her feeling like a failure most of the time. She buries this feeling and finds hope within other outlets, such as her friendship with her neighbour, Dorothy.

VO Student A

All - 5 to 7 yrsOther Non union
Project title
Education Brand
Media
Commercial
Due date
Monday September 29, 2025
Submissions from
Vancouver, Toronto, Calgary, Edmonton, Halifax, Montréal, Ottawa, Regina, Saskatoon, Winnipeg, Charlottetown, St. John's, Sudbury, Kelowna
Role description

English speaker with American accent only

VO Student B

All - 8 to 10 yrsOther Non union
Project title
Education Brand
Media
Commercial
Due date
Monday September 29, 2025
Submissions from
Vancouver, Toronto, Calgary, Edmonton, Halifax, Montréal, Ottawa, Regina, Saskatoon, Winnipeg, Charlottetown, St. John's, Sudbury, Kelowna
Role description

English speaker with American accent only

VO Student C

All - 12 to 14 yrsOther Non union
Project title
Education Brand
Media
Commercial
Due date
Monday September 29, 2025
Submissions from
Vancouver, Toronto, Calgary, Edmonton, Halifax, Montréal, Ottawa, Regina, Saskatoon, Winnipeg, Charlottetown, St. John's, Sudbury, Kelowna
Role description

English speaker with American accent only

VO Student D

All - 15 to 16 yrsOther Non union
Project title
Education Brand
Media
Commercial
Due date
Monday September 29, 2025
Submissions from
Vancouver, Toronto, Calgary, Edmonton, Halifax, Montréal, Ottawa, Regina, Saskatoon, Winnipeg, Charlottetown, St. John's, Sudbury, Kelowna
Role description

English speaker with American accent only

VO Student E

All - 17 to 20 yrsOther Non union
Project title
Education Brand
Media
Commercial
Due date
Monday September 29, 2025
Submissions from
Vancouver, Toronto, Calgary, Edmonton, Halifax, Montréal, Ottawa, Regina, Saskatoon, Winnipeg, Charlottetown, St. John's, Sudbury, Kelowna
Role description

English speaker with American accent only

James Frey

Male - 22 to 35 yrsLead Union or Non unionUnpaid
Project title
Wax & Wane
Media
Film School
Due date
Friday October 3, 2025
Submissions from
Toronto
Role description

A man burdened by failure and grief, James hides his emotional sensitivity behind cynicism and self-sabotage. He longs for connection but resists vulnerability, stuck between wanting to be seen and fearing what others might find. His subconscious world is defined by guilt and paranoia, trapping him in an endless cycle of reliving his mistakes. He must confront his past by expanding his emotionality and allowing himself to finally feel.

Violet Carrow

Female - 22 to 35 yrsPrincipal Union or Non unionUnpaid
Project title
Wax & Wane
Media
Film School
Due date
Friday October 3, 2025
Submissions from
Toronto
Role description

In life, Violet is warm and grounded, radiating empathy and an almost stubborn loyalty to those she loves. She dreams of building a family and nurturing something lasting, her compassion as tender as it is consuming. Though in James’s mind, she becomes destructive and manipulative, a woman of blame and cruelty, born from his guilt. She lives in his psyche to destroy and torment him for the events that led to her untimely death.

Touring Theatre Performer

All - 18 to 80 yrsLead Non union
Project title
Dufflebag Theatre 2025-2026 General Auditions
Media
Play
Due date
Tuesday October 7, 2025
Submissions from
Vancouver, Toronto, Kelowna
Role description

Ideal actors will have experience in THEATRE, be energetic, positive, interested in working with children. Improv skills/comedic timing are an asset. Our shows are silly, stylized and slapstick. FRENCH is not necessary but is a HUGE asset, please let us know if you speak French.

Colby

Male - 7 to 13 yrsLead Union or Non unionUnpaid
Project title
Knights are Kings
Media
Film School
Due date
Saturday October 4, 2025
Submissions from
Toronto
Role description

Colby is a bright child. He loves to live in a world of imagination to escape from his monotonous family home. NOTE: Play fighting with prop swords involved, we will bring a professional to supervise this fight scene.

Gord

Male - 60 to 75 yrsLead Union or Non unionUnpaid
Project title
Knights are Kings
Media
Film School
Due date
Saturday October 4, 2025
Submissions from
Toronto
Role description

Gord is retired and has been married for 50 years. He loves his wife, but a marriage this long doesn't come without its frustrations and disagreements. He makes a rash decision to go and play with Colby (his next-door neighbour), where he rediscovers his love for play.