Casting Call: A Woman In The Sun

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Feature Film

A Woman In The Sun

Details

Union:

Union

Area of media:

Feature Film

Network:

Paid?:

Yes

Rates:

ACTRA

Deadline:

Aug 26, 2026

Shooting starts:

Oct 5, 2026

Shooting finishes:

Nov 6, 2026

Shooting locations:

Nova Scotia

Cities for response:

Halifax

Comments

We welcome submissions for all qualified performers without regard to race, religion, physical ability, age, gender identity or sexual orientation.

Storyline

A Woman in the Sun follows a month in the life of Claire Keating, a bartender on Nantucket and part of the island’s dwindling middle class. When her mother gets sick and her daughter moves home, Claire’s world cracks open. Both fragile and tough, Claire must reckon with her past and take ownership of her future. This multi-generational story explores the beauty, agony, and hilarity of loving other people deeply.

Roles

Role type	Role	Gender & Age range
Principal	SAL	All 60 - 70 Years old
Description A sharp-tongued, androgynous local in their 60s and a longtime member of Ro’s beach-steps committee. Opinionated, blunt and fiercely protective of the group’s work, Sal has little patience for Annie’s cynical attitude and ultimately throws her out of a meeting when her hostility crosses the line.
Role type	Role	Gender & Age range
Principal	LILA	Female 35 - 45 Years old
Description A kind, fast-talking hospital worker who helps Claire navigate the overwhelming practical realities of Ro’s recovery, from insurance and wheelchair costs to in-home care. Efficient, knowledgeable and sympathetic.
Role type	Role	Gender & Age range
Principal	GARY	Male 35 - 55 Years old
Description An EMT/fire instructor who leads Claire’s volunteer emergency-response training. Knowledgeable, good-natured and encouraging, Gary runs his class with an informal, hands-on style, pushing Claire to participate while reassuring her when he mistakes her emotional distress during a child-asphyxiation exercise for ordinary performance anxiety.
Role type	Role	Gender & Age range
Principal	MOTHER	Female 40 Years old
Description A vacationing mother, 40, at the Summer House with her two young children. Defensive and dismissive when Claire becomes alarmed by her children’s rough play in the pool.
Role type	Role	Gender & Age range
Principal	MORGAN	Female 22 Years old
Description A Nantucket local and one of Annie’s high school friends, now working on the 49th floor of Boston’s Prudential Tower after leaving the island. Sociable and enthusiastic, Morgan has eagerly embraced life off-island and questions Annie about her supposed life in Barcelona.
Role type	Role	Gender & Age range
Principal	HIGH PERSON	All 21 - 25 Years old
Description An unidentified, intoxicated partygoer heard holding forth about wealth inequality and environmental collapse.
Role type	Role	Gender & Age range
Principal	DRUNK PERSON	All 21 - 25 Years old
Description An intoxicated young man at the party who gets caught up in a rambling philosophical debate with another partygoer about whether ordinary people can still live meaningful lives in a troubled world.
Role type	Role	Gender & Age range
Principal	SYDNEY	Female 22 Years old
Description A friendly and slightly tipsy young woman who recognizes Annie from kindergarten after spotting her at the pizza place. Talkative and persistent, Sydney enthusiastically recalls their childhood together.
Role type	Role	Gender & Age range
Principal	BRENDA	Female 50 - 60 Years old
Description A physically imposing woman in her late 50s, whom Claire meets while drinking at a steakhouse bar with her husband, Roy. Warm, candid and naturally curious, Brenda strikes up an unexpectedly intimate conversation with Claire, becoming the rare person to directly ask about the daughter Claire lost.
Role type	Role	Gender & Age range
Actor	RICK	Male 28 Years old
Description 28, Annie’s slightly creepy boss at the local pizza place. Overly watchful and prone to hovering uncomfortably close while training her, Rick keeps a close eye on Annie at work and quickly calls her out when he catches her vaping on her break.
Role type	Role	Gender & Age range
Actor	WOMAN	Female 25 - 35 Years old
Description A young New Yorker vacationing on Nantucket, seen chatting with friends at the Summer House bar as Claire works. Candid and self-assured, she muses about whether she wants children, ultimately declaring that she loves the life she already has.
Role type	Role	Gender & Age range
Actor	NORA	Female 25 - 55 Years old
Description One of Claire’s regulars at the Summer House bar and a familiar Nantucket local who is comfortable trading island gossip with fellow regulars.
Role type	Role	Gender & Age range
Actor	JAMIE	Male 30 Years old
Description A handsome, helpful 30-year-old bartender who works alongside Claire at the Summer House.
Role type	Role	Gender & Age range
Actor	DIANE	Female 70 Years old
Description A retired teacher and hippie who is part of Ro’s Friends of the West Miacomet Beach Steps group. Outspoken and environmentally minded, Diane is deeply engaged in the committee’s debates over erosion, conservation and fundraising.
Role type	Role	Gender & Age range
Actor	LIZA	Female 22 Years old
Description A Nantucket local and one of Annie’s high school friends, now reconnecting with her at a party. Friendly and curious, Liza chats easily about the culture shock of leaving the island and takes a genuine interest in what Annie has supposedly been doing in Barcelona.
Role type	Role	Gender & Age range
Actor	ED	Male 60 - 75 Years old
Description A member of Ro’s Friends of the West Miacomet Beach Steps group. Opinionated and combative in the committee’s environmental debates, Ed is nevertheless more compassionate toward Annie than some of the others.
Role type	Role	Gender & Age range
Actor	CYRUS	Male 6 Years old
Description A young boy whose frustration erupts into a full-blown tantrum in a grocery store, screaming at his overwhelmed mother before running off through the aisles.

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