Feature Film
A Mother: Winnipeg Casting II
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Details
Union:
Union
Area of media:
Feature Film
Network:
Paid?:
Yes
Rates:
ACTRA: 35% reduction per CIPIP, Advance: 50%
Deadline:
Sept 15, 2024
Shooting starts:
Oct 23, 2024
Shooting finishes:
Nov 24, 2024 on or about
Shooting locations:
Winnipeg & environs
Cities for response:
Winnipeg
Comments
Self-tapes will be requested from selected submissions. Except for the characters LUCAS FRAPPIER and TYRA FRAPPIER, all roles are open to artists of any race.
Storyline
A Mother is a riveting narrative that peers into the journey of one of the most important choices a person can make on this earth: to take on the responsibility of creating and raising another human being. Marion, mother to Lucas, must navigate issues of single-parenthood, poverty, and an overwhelming sense of being unfit and unworthy for the task, making for a gritty, and at times heart-wrenching story.
Roles
| Role type | Role | Gender & Age range |
| Lead | Lucas Frappier | Male 15 - 15 Years old |
Description Caucasian. 16+ TO PLAY YOUNGER (character written as 15). Lucas is recently diagnosed with leukemia and now hospitalized while he undergoes aggressive chemotherapy. His mother Marion is his only real support, as it has always been. Lucas is aware he may not survive, so his long-time desire to know about his father has developed a more poignant urgency. Marion has always shielded Lucas from the less than ideal circumstances around his birth. But eventually she relents and even names the man who completely abandoned them fifteen years ago. ...Unlike his peers, Lucas’ life is put on hold due to his sickness, causing envy for those around him with brighter futures. When his best friend Jimmy comes to visit at the hospital, sharing the happy details of his recent camping trip (with his dad no less) Lucas is compelled to hide his resentment. He tries his best to keep a level head for the sake of his mother, however the emotional and physical stresses of looming mortality are sometimes too much for Lucas to maintain the same composure as when he was healthy. ONLY SUBMIT ARTISTS WHO ARE SIXTEEN YEARS OF AGE BY OCTOBER 23, 2024. PLEASE INCLUDE DATE OF BIRTH WITH SUBMISSION. | ||
| Role type | Role | Gender & Age range |
| Supporting | Tyra Frappier | Female 59 - 68 Years old |
Description Caucasian. Mother to Marion and grandmother to Lucas, Tyra Frappier has a no-nonsense approach to parenting. She and her daughter’s relationship has not always been harmonious, which is why Marion moved out as soon as she turned eighteen. We only see Tyra in an earlier timeline when Lucas was an infant, and Marion then an immature woman in her early 20s. ...After Lucas is born, Marion leaves him on Tyra’s door-step, knowing she was better equipped to raise him than herself. Tyra will have none of it, and presses Marion to take responsibility for her infant son. Despite her tough exterior, Tyra only wants the best for her daughter. | ||
| Role type | Role | Gender & Age range |
| Supporting | Bill Brady | Male 46 - 59 Years old |
Description Bill is the owner and cook at the modest diner at which Marion has been employed since Lucas was born. He’s a good man, a friend to Marion and has grown to be a father-figure to Lucas. Bill is more than Marion’s boss, a bond has developed between them and he serves as a shoulder to lean upon as Marion deals with Lucas’ cancer diagnoses. | ||
| Role type | Role | Gender & Age range |
| Large Principal | Dr. Morbier | Male 50 - 64 Years old |
Description Lucas oncologist, Dr. Morbier diagnoses him with leukemia. With as much sensitivity as possible, this medical veteran outlines the symptoms of the disease to both Marion and Lucas, as well as the sides effects of chemotherapy. ...Ultimately, Dr. Morbier has the difficult task of explaining to Marion that Lucas’ prognosis is not good. | ||
| Role type | Role | Gender & Age range |
| Large Principal | Alice | Female 30 - 39 Years old |
Description Marion’s neighbor and mother of Jacob, Alice is also a single mother so she shares that with Marion. And like Marion, she juggles work and childcare. Alice does her best to be supportive of Marion while she deals with Lucas’ illness. | ||
| Role type | Role | Gender & Age range |
| Large Principal | Margery Thornton | Female 45 - 59 Years old |
Description Seen only in an earlier timeline when Lucas was an infant and Marion in her early 20s, Margery is a social worker with family services. Officer MacDonald calls upon Margery to attend the gas station where Marion has been detained for seemingly abandoning Lucas. It is actually a terrible misunderstanding, and once Margery and Marion speak, she understands this. Nonetheless, Margery views Lucas as vulnerable under Marion’s care and suggests they meet again to possibly surrender Lucas for adoption. Margery is sympathetic and well-meaning; she does her best to steer mothers toward the best choices for themselves and their children. | ||
| Role type | Role | Gender & Age range |
| Large Principal | Officer MacDonald | Male 39 - 55 Years old |
Description Yes, Marion was frazzled and disoriented the day she unintentionally forgot infant Lucas in the lady’s room of a gas station. So much so, she walked out of the store without paying for the diapers and cigarettes so desperately needed that very difficult afternoon. Seen only in an earlier timeline when Lucas was just a few months old, Officer MacDonald attends the gas station in response to a complaint that Marion left without paying for her items, and abandoned an infant in the public washroom. He questions Marion about it all, and tries to remain patient with her as her emotions unravel. | ||
| Role type | Role | Gender & Age range |
| Large Principal | Jimmy | Male 14 - 15 Years old |
Description Character is written as 15. Lucas’ best friend Jimmy comes to visit him in the hospital, sharing stories of his fun summer at camp. He is a typical teen-age boy and completely oblivious to how his summer of care-free fun may not resonate with Lucas’ current reality of hospitalization and chemotherapy. PLEASE INCLUDE DATE OF BIRTH WITH SUBMISSION. | ||
| Role type | Role | Gender & Age range |
| Large Principal | Jerry the landlord | Male 44 - 59 Years old |
Description We first see Marion’s landlord Jerry in an earlier timeline when Lucas was just born, bailing on the rent she owes him, finally deciding to move back home with her mother Tyra. ...And then we see Jerry a couple years later when Lucas is two years old, when she moves back into his building, now a more mature and confident young mother. Jerry is not a bad man, and is happy to see Marion doing better than before. | ||
| Role type | Role | Gender & Age range |
| Principal | Taxi Driver | Male 39 - 52 Years old |
Description As soon as Marion and Lucas are released from the hospital after his birth, Marion heads straight to her mother’s modest home...Seen in an earlier timeline right after Lucas was born, this friendly taxi driver is shocked when Marion leaves an infant on a doorstep. | ||
| Role type | Role | Gender & Age range |
| Principal | Pregnant Woman | Female 24 - 30 Years old |
Description Seen in an earlier timeline when Marion was in her early 20s, and not certain if she will keep Lucas, this pregnant woman and Marion have a brief exchange on a crowded bus... | ||
| Role type | Role | Gender & Age range |
| Principal | Homeless Woman | Female 59 - 70 Years old |
Description Seen in an earlier timeline when Marion was in her early 20s, this homeless woman is disoriented and may be suffering from dementia. ..She searches for her young daughter, now lost to time. | ||
| Role type | Role | Gender & Age range |
| Principal | Nurse #2 | Female 38 - 49 Years old |
Description Seen in an earlier timeline on the day Lucas was born, this nurse tries to encourage Marion to interact with him without success. | ||
| Role type | Role | Gender & Age range |
| Principal | Jacob | Male 8 - 10 Years old |
Description Neighbor to Lucas and Marion, Jacob is Alice’s young son. He absolutely idolizes Lucas as the older brother he always wished for - Lucas is his best friend. Marion takes the young boy to visit Lucas in the hospital, but it’s bad time. He is confused, and a little hurt when he hears Lucas lash out in anger. PLEASE INCLUDE DATE OF BIRTH WITH SUBMISSION. | ||
| Role type | Role | Gender & Age range |
| Actor | Nurse #1 | Female 39 - 50 Years old |
Description Seen in an earlier timeline, this nurse tries to calm Marion while she is in the painful throes of childbirth. | ||
| Role type | Role | Gender & Age range |
| Actor | Rina | Female 35 - 55 Years old |
Description Rina is a waitress and co-worker of Marion’s. She has noticed some of the special treatment their boss Bill has afforded Marion. | ||
| Role type | Role | Gender & Age range |
| Actor | Anesthesiologist | All 44 - 59 Years old |
Description Seen in an earlier timeline, this anesthesiologist administers an epidural needle to Marion while she is in the throes of childbirth. | ||
| Role type | Role | Gender & Age range |
| Actor | Dr. Hessler | All 45 - 59 Years old |
Description Seen in an earlier timeline at Lucas’ birth, Dr. Hessler is Marion’s obstetrician. They’ve heard many angry words uttered in extreme pain, and takes Marion’s declared rejection of her baby in stride. | ||
| Role type | Role | Gender & Age range |
| Actor | Customer #1 | All 29 - 40 Years old |
Description Seen in an earlier timeline to when Marion was in her early 20s, this customer places and order with Marion. | ||
| Role type | Role | Gender & Age range |
| Actor | Store Clerk | All 29 - 54 Years old |
Description Seen in an earlier timeline when Marion was in her early 20s...Upon not paying for her items, and forgetting Lucas in the washroom, this gas station convenience/store clerk calls the police. | ||