Details
Union:
Union
Area of media:
TV Feature
Network:
Hallmark
Paid?:
Yes
Rates:
ACTRA scale + 100% Advance
Deadline:
Oct 29, 2026
Shooting starts:
Nov 16, 2026
Shooting finishes:
Dec 5, 2026
Shooting locations:
Winnipeg & environs
Cities for response:
Winnipeg
Comments
We are committed to diverse, inclusive casting. All roles below are open to artists of any race. Approach all dialogue with Standard American English. Please note that this is a lower-budget project; private dressing rooms may not be available for all shoot dates.
Roles
| Role type | Role | Gender & Age range |
| Supporting | Caleb Knox | Male 39 - 46 Years old |
Description CEO and founder of Knox Sporting Goods, Caleb Knox is a well-respected business leader and a self-made success. He runs the company with his best friend from college days, Miles. ...Caleb is planning on proposing to his long-time girlfriend Elaine, and has entrusted Miles to get her engagement ring re-sized. Naturally, he’s a little nervous about popping the big question, and more so once he realizes a miss-communication with Miles about Elaine’s engagement ring may delay the much anticipated proposal. ANY RACE. | ||
| Role type | Role | Gender & Age range |
| Supporting | Elaine | Male 39 - 47 Years old |
Description Elaine is the CEO of ‘Dear Poppy Flower Company’, a greenhouse and floral distribution business. A savvy entrepreneur, we first see Elaine taking in a promotional pitch presented by her managing director and right hand, Harper. Elaine is open to Harper’s novel idea of Dear Poppy Flowers partnering with Knox Sporting Goods in a cross-promotional community-wide Easter egg hunt. At first she’s a little wary of mixing personal and business relationships, as Elaine is the long-time girlfriend of Knox Sporting Goods owner, Caleb Knox. ...Elaine is thrilled to confide with Harper that she thinks Caleb is about to propose marriage this Easter weekend! ANY RACE. | ||
| Role type | Role | Gender & Age range |
| Supporting | Desi | Female 28 - 35 Years old |
Description Desi is Harper’s smart, ambitious and highly capable assistant at the Dear Poppy Flower Company Harper comes-up with ideas to grow their business, and Desi adeptly handles the logistics. She’s all in to help Harper distribute literally thousands of Easter eggs throughout the community that contain special prizes. ...Later she gets to know Patrick, her counterpart at Knox Sporting Goods. They become fast friends, that slowly but surely leads to a budding romance. ANY RACE. | ||
| Role type | Role | Gender & Age range |
| Supporting | Peter | Male 28 - 35 Years old |
Description Peter is a decent, hard-working young man who serves as Miles’ assistant at Knox Sporting Goods. Miles trusts Peter with a variety of duties big and small, including one particularity important task - taking an engagement ring to be re-sized. It’s the ring their boss Caleb intends to offer Elaine when he proposes to her that Easter weekend. ...All is going well until Peter loses the ring among thousands of promotional Easter eggs, all containing a special prize...When this stress-inducing error is discovered, it’s all hands on deck to try and find the ring by Easter morning! This effort allows a friendship to grow with Harper’s assistant Desi. They get to know each other, and Patrick confides that sometimes he’s unsure of his own abilities. Desi offers Peter some perspective that helps build his confidence. ANY RACE. | ||
| Role type | Role | Gender & Age range |
| Large Principal | Diana | Female 62 - 70 Years old |
Description Diana is Harper’s Mom and biggest fan...She’s so proud of all Harper has accomplished, but sometimes worries her daughter’s professional successes are no substitute for a deeper happiness. ...Diana is thrilled when Harper includes Miles at their family Easter meal! ANY RACE. | ||
| Role type | Role | Gender & Age range |
| Large Principal | Earl | Male 71 - 80 Years old |
Description Earl is a cranky old man with a heart of gold. Along with his friends known affectionately as the ‘Rusty Relics’, Earl enjoys treasure-hunting with his trusted metal detector. Miles volunteers at Earl’s senior’s residence, enlisting his team of treasure hunters to help find the missing engagement ring hiding inside one of the thousands of promotional Easter eggs. ... Earl has a soft spot for Harper, and shares some fatherly advice with her. ANY RACE. | ||
| Role type | Role | Gender & Age range |
| Large Principal | Greg | Male 62 - 75 Years old |
Description Greg is Harper’s Dad...over the years he’s seen his daughter grow-up to be a successful professional, for which he is tremendously proud. He’s also sensed that Harper’s regimental self-discipline has not lead to the kind of deeper happiness he hopes for his daughter. ANY RACE. | ||
| Role type | Role | Gender & Age range |
| Actor | Maggie | Female 40 - 59 Years old |
Description The town librarian and friend of Harper’s, Maggie quickly responds to the Harper’s urgent call to pull the Easter eggs hidden throughout the library! ANY RACE. | ||
| Role type | Role | Gender & Age range |
| Actor | Rusty Relic #1 | All 70 - 82 Years old |
Description An old friend of Earl’s, this senior also enjoys treasure hunting and is happy help Harper find the missing engagement ring...They know their stuff and do not hesitate to offer correction when it comes to the proper technique of operating a metal detector! ANY RACE. | ||
| Role type | Role | Gender & Age range |
| Actor | Youth Group Leader | All 19 - 24 Years old |
Description In their desperate search for the missing engagement ring, Harper and Miles attend various locales where they know the promotional Easter eggs have been delivered for the Easter egg hunt. One of these locales includes a Baptist church where they encounter a very dedicated youth group leader intent on not allowing them to leave until Easter morning! ONLY SUBMIT ARTISTS WHO ARE EIGHT-TEEN YEARS OF AGE BY NOVEMBER 16, 2026. ANY RACE. | ||
| Role type | Role | Gender & Age range |
| Actor | Teenage Boy | Male 17 - 17 Years old |
Description 18+ TO PLAY YOUNGER (character written as 17). The church youth group activities include a ‘sack race’ - but with sleeping bags. This particularly competitive young man is determined to beat Miles in the race! ONLY SUBMIT ARTISTS WHO ARE EIGHT-TEEN YEARS OF AGE BY NOVEMBER 16, 2026. ANY RACE. | ||
| Role type | Role | Gender & Age range |
| Actor | Egg Woman | Female 39 - 54 Years old |
Description This volunteer for the Easter egg hunt at the stadium is suffering the effects of her over-indulgence of devilled eggs! ANY RACE. | ||
| Role type | Role | Gender & Age range |
| Actor | Little Girl | Female 7 - 9 Years old |
Description PLEASE INCLUDE DATE OF BIRTH WITH SUBMISSION. This young participant in the Easter egg hunt is thrilled to get her picture taken with the Easter Bunny! ANY RACE. | ||
| Role type | Role | Gender & Age range |
| Actor | Volunteer | All 30 - 41 Years old |
Description sides only | ||
| Role type | Role | Gender & Age range |
| Actor | Teen | All 16 - 17 Years old |
Description sides only | ||