TV Series

THE TRADES SEASON 2-Nova Scotia

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Details

Union:

Union

Area of media:

TV Series

Network:

Bell, Crave

Paid?:

Yes

Rates:

Actra IPA

Deadline:

Sept 16, 2024

Callbacks:

tba

Shooting starts:

Oct 8, 2024

Shooting finishes:

Nov 29, 2024

Shooting locations:

Dartmouth Oct.8-Nov.15 and Hamilton-Nov.20-29 (and surrounding areas)

Cities for response:

Halifax

Comments

ONLY NOVA SCOTIA TAX PAYERS please

Storyline

The Trades is a blue collar workplace comedy set in a small town refinery that follows Todd Stool and his crew of misfits as they navigate workplace antics, larger than life small town personalities and hilariously awkward situations.

Roles

Role type	Role	Gender & Age range
Recurring Principal	Daina	Female 40 - 48 Years old
Description MUST BE NOVA SCOTIA TAX PAYER All Ethnicities Dewey's empathetic sister and possible romantic interest for Todd. At first glance, most people can’t believe Daina and Dewey are related because she’s so together... but they are siblings after all. She has a cuteness about her and is sometimes oblivious. She is a favoured teacher at Imperial Valley High School.
Role type	Role	Gender & Age range
Large Principal	Ronnie	Male 60 - 68 Years old
Description MUST BE NOVA SCOTIA TAX PAYER All Ethnicities Capable, affable veteran pro-welder, good natured, and has been working on pipelines for years. Competitive to a fault, but always good to his team, Ronnie has crafted a fun welding-rivalry with Todd "Golden Arm" Stool (Robb Wells) at the start of this season. Ronnie finds himself mentoring Audrey (Anastasia Phillips) with some well-timed words of wisdom.
Role type	Role	Gender & Age range
Large Principal	Mr.Byrd	Male 60 - 70 Years old
Description Must be a Nova Scotia tax payer All Ethnicities A curmudgeonly vindictive high school shop teacher that holds utter contempt for his former student, Todd Stool. They challenge each other to a WELD-OFF while Mr. Byrd brings his class to Imperial Valley for Career Day.
Role type	Role	Gender & Age range
Principal	Digger	Male 30 - 45 Years old
Description Must be a Nova Scotia tax payer All Ethnicities Foul-mouth and fancy-free logging truck driver Digger is making mad bank and babies while working on pipeline when he encounters Todd, Backwoods and their new friend Ronnie in a series of hilarious confrontations and one bar brawl.
Role type	Role	Gender & Age range
Principal	Darryl (Opsferatu)	Male 30 - 40 Years old
Description Must be a Nova Scotia tax payer All Ethnicities The legend of Opsferatu says one lone night shift worker has done nights at Imperial Valley alone for a dozen years, and no one’s seen him. In that time, the tall tale of the Curse of Opsferatu has grown amongst the workers, and this misunderstood, tall, lanky worker has gone it alone while most people freak out around him, because they seriously believe he might be a vampire… especially Dewey.
Role type	Role	Gender & Age range
Principal	Interviewer	All 20 - 40 Years old
Description Must be a Nova Scotia tax payer All Ethnicities Comedic improvisation skills an asset A documentary camera crew invades Imperial Valley to capture Career Day – where young school students are taught the wonders of The Trades from our band of misfit workers. The Interviewer asks the questions to our heroes during this shoot, directs the camera crew and captures the exploits of the day, with hilarious results.
Role type	Role	Gender & Age range
Principal	Steve Kelly	Male 12 - 15 Years old
Description Must be a Nova Scotia tax resident All Ethnicities 12-Small 15yrs The resident bully and disruptor in Mr Byrd’s shop class. Has a chip on his shoulder, slippery shop-lifting fingers and is ready to disparage anyone around him, especially Homer’s son Dylan.
Role type	Role	Gender & Age range
Principal	Cashier	All 20 - 30 Years old
Description Must be a Nova Scotia tax payer All Ethnicities A befuddled and besieged hardware store cashier who encounters an irate Bennett and an impatient Jimi and Rodd while they all try to buy some building supplies.
Role type	Role	Gender & Age range
Principal	Maurice Carson	Male 50 - 58 Years old
Description All Ethnicities Must be a Nova Scotia tax payer Veteran President- Pipe Fitters Union in Imperial Valley No nonsense union blood runs through his veins
Role type	Role	Gender & Age range
Actor	Chiclets	Male 30 - 50 Years old
Description All Ethnicities Must be a Nova Scotia tax payer Second-hand man to pipeline welding legend Ronnie, Chiclets is on a strict beer count and is used to carrying Ronnie’s shit around.
Role type	Role	Gender & Age range
Actor	Erica	Female 25 - 40 Years old
Description All Ethnicities Must be a Nova Scotia tax payer Waitress at the pipeline’s local go-to restaurant and mother to Digger’s child, Erica puts up with Digger and his crew because the tips are in cash and are always big, but sometimes it’s not worth it.
Role type	Role	Gender & Age range
Actor	Maureen	Female 32 - 40 Years old
Description Caucasian Must be a Nova Scotia tax payer Homer's wonderful wife who puts up with her husband’s conspiracy-theory rants and safe-room style home décor.
Role type	Role	Gender & Age range
Actor	Jane	Female 12 - 12 Years old
Description All Ethnicities SMALL 12 Must be a Nova Scotia resident Dewey's niece, Daina's daughter and Imperial Valley’s youngest petulant graffiti artist.
Role type	Role	Gender & Age range
Actor	Hazmat Worker	All 30 - 40 Years old
Description All Ethnicities, Must be a Nova Scotia tax payer A Hazardous Materials Worker who helps clean up one of the shittiest night shifts in Imperial Valley’s history. Literally.
Role type	Role	Gender & Age range
Actor	Customer Service Rep	Female 30 - 50 Years old
Description Must be a Nova Scotia tax payer All Ethncities Working the kiosk at a secondary airline is hard at the worst times, especially when the Conch heiress Jennifer is wanting to leave town and her flight has been cancelled.
Role type	Role	Gender & Age range
Actor	Stryker	Male 12 - 12 Years old
Description Caucasian SMALL 12 Must be a Nova Scotia resident no lines but will be directed Backwoods’s wild, nature-loving son is a chip off the old hunter’s block.
Role type	Role	Gender & Age range
Actor	Tattooed Iron Worker	Male 30 - 50 Years old
Description All Ethnicities - must have Tattoos especially on arms (must have or get tattoo artist signed release ie permission to show the tatts in media) Must be a Nova Scotia tax payer No Lines but ACTOR role as he will be directed - he is arm wrestling Todd
Role type	Role	Gender & Age range
Actor	Secretary	Female 60 - 75 Years old
Description All Ethnicities Must be a Nova Scotia tax payer Old school secretary at Pipe Fitters Union Hall
Role type	Role	Gender & Age range
Actor	Gerry	Male 50 - 58 Years old
Description Must be a Nova Scotia tax payer All Ethnicities President- Painters’ Union in Imperial valley Been a the job a long time and is a bit of a burn out

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