Details
Union:
Non union
Area of media:
Mini-Series
Network:
Paid?:
Yes
Rates:
Rates listed in character descriptions
Deadline:
Apr 16, 2025
Auditions:
Self-tapes will be requested.
Shooting starts:
Apr 25, 2025
Shooting finishes:
May 2, 2025
Shooting locations:
Metro Vancouver area
Cities for response:
Vancouver, Calgary, Kelowna
Storyline
When May Collins, an older woman dismissed by her son and his elitist wife, is cast out of their
home, she stumbles upon a sickly abandoned infant, Ryan. Despite her struggles and poverty, May
decides to raise the child as her own grandson.
home, she stumbles upon a sickly abandoned infant, Ryan. Despite her struggles and poverty, May
decides to raise the child as her own grandson.
Roles
| Role type | Role | Gender & Age range |
| Lead | May Collins | Female 50 - 65 Years old |
Description Appearance: Caucasian. Humble, aged from hardship, plain clothing early on, later transformed withelegance. • Personality: Selfless, nurturing, resilient. Suffers silently but carries immense inner strength. • Casting Note: Needs an actress who can carry both emotional depth and physical frailty but still exude warmth and quiet dignity. Rate: $500/day (12hrs) | ||
| Role type | Role | Gender & Age range |
| Lead | Ryan Collins | Male 6 - 10 Years old |
Description • Appearance: Caucasian. Cute, expressive, naturally charismatic.• Personality: Intelligent, caring, wise beyond his years, brave. Idolizes May and is fiercely protective of her. • Casting Note: Must be able to deliver emotional scenes convincingly; emotionally mature child. Rate: $400/day (12hrs) | ||
| Role type | Role | Gender & Age range |
| Supporting | Peter Ross | Male 25 - 40 Years old |
Description • Appearance: Caucasian. Clean-cut, middle-class professional.• Personality: Weak-willed, status-conscious, resentful of his roots. Easily manipulated by his wife and in-laws. • Casting Note: Should portray inner conflict, shifting from guilt to cowardice. Rate: $300/day (12hrs) | ||
| Role type | Role | Gender & Age range |
| Supporting | Faye Ross | Female 20 - 35 Years old |
Description • Appearance: Caucasian. Stylish, modern, sharp features.• Personality: Entitled, materialistic, combative. Classic “mean daughter-in-law” with manipulative and cruel tendencies. • Casting Note: Needs to be believable as both comically excessive and cold-hearted. Rate: $300/day (12hr) | ||
| Role type | Role | Gender & Age range |
| Supporting | Ben Ross | Male 6 - 10 Years old |
Description • Appearance: Caucasian. Cute but spoiled.• Personality: Bratty, rude, mimics mother’s disdain for May. • Casting Note: Needs to handle scenes with physical comedy and verbal rudeness believably. Rate: $300/day (12hrs) | ||
| Role type | Role | Gender & Age range |
| Supporting | Jason Bennett | Male 25 - 40 Years old |
Description • Appearance: Caucasian. Handsome, commanding, “CEO type”• Personality: Powerful, emotionally complex. Loves his family deeply. Cold to outsiders but warm to those he trusts. • Casting Note: Needs presence and authority, with the ability to deliver dramatic emotional turns. Rate: $300/day (12hrs) | ||
| Role type | Role | Gender & Age range |
| Supporting | Lily Thompson | Female 20 - 35 Years old |
Description • Appearance: Caucasian. Elegant, gentle, motherly.• Personality: Empathetic, strong-willed, deeply emotional. She mourns her lost child but stands strong when reunited. • Casting Note: Needs grace and maternal energy. Rate: $300/day (12hrs) | ||
| Role type | Role | Gender & Age range |
| Principal | Charles Reed | Male 40 - 65 Years old |
Description • Appearance: Caucasian. Upper-middle class retiree.• Personality: Manipulative, vain, disdainful of lower-class people. Frequently belittle May. • Casting Note: Need to portray both comedic entitlement and villainous cruelty. Rate: $250/day | ||
| Role type | Role | Gender & Age range |
| Principal | Helen Reed | Female 40 - 65 Years old |
Description • Appearance: Caucasian. Upper-middle class retiree.• Personality: Manipulative, vain, disdainful of lower-class people. Frequently belittle May. • Casting Note: Need to portray both comedic entitlement and villainous cruelty. Rate: $250/day (12hrs) | ||