Details
Union:
Union or Non union
Area of media:
Play
Network:
Paid?:
Yes
Rates:
Each performer will receive an honorarium (amount TBD) and profit share
Deadline:
Mar 26, 2024
Callbacks:
Callbacks will be by appointment only
Cities for response:
Toronto, Montréal, Ottawa
Storyline
In its world premiere, As the Bell Rings wrestles with legacy, change and obsession as terror strikes the small town of Aleena. In this spooky whodunnit, Detective Wren Witz, along with her estranged colleague, Dr. Roland J. Randal, must race to save this small town from a hooded figure brutalizing its citizens.
Roles
| Role type | Role | Gender & Age range |
| Lead | Detective Wren Witz | Female 30 - 40 Years old |
Description Deeply caring of Aleena and its citizens. She has only been in town for 5 years, but she has grown incredibly protective. She is strong, stubborn, ambitious, top of her field, but a dubious past still haunts her. | ||
| Role type | Role | Gender & Age range |
| Lead | Dr. Roland J Randal | Male 30 - 40 Years old |
Description Gay/queer. He’s a hot shot, an accomplished scholar/author with a flamboyant air about him. An alienist by trade, and he appears to have done very well for himself. Though confident, he has the capacity to be unhinged and rogue. He and Witz have a long history. | ||
| Role type | Role | Gender & Age range |
| Lead | Deputy Chase Lawry | Male 20 - 30 Years old |
Description Golden Retriever energy. The boy next door that everyone loves and loves to underestimate. Quite bookish and definitely not a ladies’ man. | ||
| Role type | Role | Gender & Age range |
| Lead | Elizabeth | Female 17 - 19 Years old |
Description Queer, walks with a cane. She belongs to an outcasted family and is the final member of the Lotten bloodline. Headstrong, a gifted hunter with a hard exterior. She can hold her own despite what life has thrown at her. She is the underdog we cheer for. | ||
| Role type | Role | Gender & Age range |
| Lead | Joel Martin | Male 17 - 19 Years old |
Description He belongs to a founding family and is set to be the next mayor of Aleena once his father steps down. A natural born leader, Joel knows his duty but has always had an adventurous side and feels stuck in Aleena. Francesca’s fiancée. | ||
| Role type | Role | Gender & Age range |
| Lead | James Lorren | Male 17 - 19 Years old |
Description Gay. The butcher’s boy; he is tall, conventionally beautiful, very protective and has a short temper. He is the “jock-like” nobody that actually has a lot of potential (according to his partner, Connor). He would do anything to just be his age again but must be the head of his household now that his father has died. | ||
| Role type | Role | Gender & Age range |
| Lead | Connor Moore | Male 17 - 19 Years old |
Description Gay/queer. The baker’s boy. Confident, and headstrong; he keeps James in check. He plays peacekeeper more often than he’s like to, but he is a free thinker. He has never been afraid to stand up for what he believes in, including his friendship with Lizzie and his relationship with James. | ||
| Role type | Role | Gender & Age range |
| Lead | Rabecca Pranell | Female 17 - 19 Years old |
Description The town’s modiste, she is quite gifted with a needle and thread. Well versed in town lore, she despises the Lotten family with everything she has and fights to preserve the purity of the founding families’ reputation. She is hard-headed, stubborn, and kind of a bitch, but loyal to the end. | ||
| Role type | Role | Gender & Age range |
| Lead | David Lorren | Male 13 - 15 Years old |
Description He is tall, but not as tall as James. Handsome, but not as handsome as James. Very green and new to the world. Lacks guidance but does his best to make it on his own. He is often the target of James’s aggression since their father died. | ||
| Role type | Role | Gender & Age range |
| Lead | Carla Dyre | All 20 - 22 Years old |
Description Well off and cruel. Her and her sister look down on everyone not on “their level”, specifically Lizzie. | ||
| Role type | Role | Gender & Age range |
| Lead | Darla Dyre | All 20 - 22 Years old |
Description Well off and cruel. Her and her sister look down on everyone not on “their level”, specifically Lizzie. | ||
| Role type | Role | Gender & Age range |
| Lead | Claude Martin | Male 50 - 60 Years old |
Description Joel’s father and mayor of the town. | ||
| Role type | Role | Gender & Age range |
| Lead | Louisa Scott | Female 50 - 60 Years old |
Description Francesca’s mother. A matriarch and town and very stern about her daughter’s future. | ||