Details
Union:
Union
Area of media:
MOW
Network:
Hallmark
Paid?:
No
Rates:
Over scale
Deadline:
July 12, 2024
Shooting locations:
Vancouver, BC
Cities for response:
Vancouver, Toronto, Calgary, Edmonton, Halifax, Montréal, Ottawa, New York, Regina, Saskatoon, Los Angeles, Winnipeg, Chicago, Atlanta, Charlottetown, St. John's, Sudbury, Kelowna
Roles
| Role type | Role | Gender & Age range |
| Lead | SETTIE ROSE | Female 50 - 59 Years old |
Description Settie is married to Paddy, the mother of Jack and Lily, and daughter of Edith and Charles. Her family and community life in small-town Connecticut revolves around Christmas, Settie longs to win the town's Christmas Letter Competition -- but year after year, she loses to next-door neighbor and town busybody Sue Taylor. Settie is a unique woman with an offbeat family; they fill every minute of the Christmas season with decorations, songs, games and celebrations. But this year, Settie has roped in an outsider to share the delights of the season: she's recruited Puerto Rican novelist Juan Morales to "pay her a visit," but in fact he's being paid to write her Christmas Letter and give it that extra special oomph, and her family reluctantly plays along**Great Comedic Chops**...LEAD | ||
| Role type | Role | Gender & Age range |
| Lead | JUAN MORALES | Male 30 - 33 Years old |
Description Latinx. Juan is an acclaimed novelist who still lives with his grandfather (Abuelo) and his Tío Fred; Juan's first novel was a hit, but he's struggling to get that second book out of his gut and onto the page. A guy with insight, intellect, and sensitivity, he has writer's block, and reluctantly accepts a "writing gig," traveling to Connecticut to spend the holidays with Settie Rose and her family. Stunned to learn that his job is to write the family's annual Christmas letter, Juan grumbles and holds himself aloof -- then realizes that to do justice to the job, he has to get the know this family, from the discarded lawn ornaments in the shed to the oft-mentioned, never seen cousin Jackie. In the process, Juan cracks that writer's block into bits, gets to know a family of American eccentrics, and even falls in love with one of them... *Role speaks some Spanish. **Great Comedic Chops**...LEAD | ||