Details
Episode:
101 & Recurring roles
Union:
Union
Area of media:
TV Series
Network:
Crave
Paid?:
Yes
Rates:
Actra Scale + 50% buyout/advance
Deadline:
Aug 17, 2026
Auditions:
Dates TBA
Shooting starts:
Early October
Shooting finishes:
mid November
Shooting locations:
Winnipeg and Area
Cities for response:
Winnipeg
Storyline
When life throws punches, write punchlines.
A struggling single mom from Winnipeg's North End finds her calling when she stumbles into stand-up comedy.
I CAN’T SAVE YOU is a darkly funny, deeply honest story about mining your own chaos for comedy-and healing.
I Can’t Save You follows a broke, Native, single mom from Winnipeg’s North End who finds her calling when she stumbles into stand-up comedy after losing her job and apartment. Set against a backdrop of intergenerational trauma, housing precarity, and community politics, I Can’t Save You is a darkly funny, deeply honest story about mining your own chaos for comedy—and healing. As Sherry’s life unravels, she finds herself using stand up to cope.
A struggling single mom from Winnipeg's North End finds her calling when she stumbles into stand-up comedy.
I CAN’T SAVE YOU is a darkly funny, deeply honest story about mining your own chaos for comedy-and healing.
I Can’t Save You follows a broke, Native, single mom from Winnipeg’s North End who finds her calling when she stumbles into stand-up comedy after losing her job and apartment. Set against a backdrop of intergenerational trauma, housing precarity, and community politics, I Can’t Save You is a darkly funny, deeply honest story about mining your own chaos for comedy—and healing. As Sherry’s life unravels, she finds herself using stand up to cope.
Roles
| Role type | Role | Gender & Age range |
| Recurring | KIP WESTLEY | Male 25 - 30 Years old |
Description KIP WESTLEY is the upwardly mobile brother of Carter. He is right hand man to his mother, who owns the local car dealership, and intends to stay #1 son.CAUCASIAN | ||
| Role type | Role | Gender & Age range |
| Recurring | LISA WESTLEY | Female 45 - 57 Years old |
Description LISA WESTLEY (White, 50s, glamorous) Former glamorous weather girl is now running the Westley Car Dealership car dealership with her 2 sons. CAUCASIAN | ||
| Role type | Role | Gender & Age range |
| Recurring | TIFFANY | Female 31 - 38 Years old |
Description TIFFANY was Sherry's best friend until she slept with Leonard, Sherry's husband......Sherry is not a fan of Tiffany's, but tolerates her best she can in the name of co-parenting.INDIGENOUS | ||
| Role type | Role | Gender & Age range |
| Recurring | LANCE | Male 45 - 60 Years old |
Description LANCE is Sherry's boss and a retired cop who runs the grocery store like a precinct. He can't shake the authoritative streak in his nature, he rules with an iron fist and is not to be trifled with.....CAUCASIAN | ||
| Role type | Role | Gender & Age range |
| Recurring | RITCHIE | Male 30 - 38 Years old |
Description RITCHIE is a stand up comic on the circuit in Winnipeg. He has a Shane Gillies vibe.CAUCASIAN | ||
| Role type | Role | Gender & Age range |
| Recurring | KYLE | Male 20 - 28 Years old |
Description KYLE is a bro comic on the stand up circuit.CAUCASIAN | ||
| Role type | Role | Gender & Age range |
| Recurring | BIJU | Male 40 - 60 Years old |
Description BIJU runs the Four Corners Motel Restaurant and stage for the Stand Up/Karaoke nights. He likes Sherry's vibe and turns out to be a big champion of her work.BIPOC | ||
| Role type | Role | Gender & Age range |
| Recurring | KENNY | Male 12 - 14 Years old |
Description KENNY is River's half brother and son of Leonard and Tiffany. He fights with his brother a lot, it feels like an unhealthy competition egged on by his parents.INDIGENOUS | ||
| Role type | Role | Gender & Age range |
| Recurring | MICK | Male 58 - 70 Years old |
Description Mick runs a local pawn shop that Jade frequents. OPEN ETHNICITY | ||
| Role type | Role | Gender & Age range |
| Recurring | JOSEPHINE | Female 15 - 18 Years old |
Description JOSEPHINE is Sage's EX best friend who is running against Sage for President of the Indigenous Student Alliance! INDIGENOUS | ||
| Role type | Role | Gender & Age range |
| Recurring | MICHAEL | Male 38 - 48 Years old |
Description 40’s, nerdy and has aged well. MICHAEL is a tenured professor who may or may not be Jade's dad.CAUCASIAN | ||
| Role type | Role | Gender & Age range |
| Large Principal | PRINCIPAL BEACH | All 30 - 60 Years old |
Description The Principal of the elementary school, PRINCIPAL BEACH has to have a tough conversation with Leonard and Tiffany. INDIGENOUS | ||
| Role type | Role | Gender & Age range |
| Large Principal | MONICA LARUE | Female 30 - 55 Years old |
Description A Therapist who is counselling Leonard and Tiffany, MONICA may not be Indigenous but she does have a Masters in psychology, psychotherapy and Native studies...CAUCASIAN | ||
| Role type | Role | Gender & Age range |
| Principal | KARL | Male 25 - 35 Years old |
Description KARL is a German man who loves the Indigenous Culture and he and his buddies are cosplaying to have an "authentic Indian wedding experience".**Will have to learn Cree or Anishinaabemowin CAUCASIAN | ||