AUNTIE 1: Female | South Asian/Indian | Age: 50 - 60 | Role Type: Day Player | Dress: 0
Day Player. Warm, familiar face who greets Kash affectionately in the mosque parking lot — a glimpse of everyday warmth that makes the later loss land harder.

AUNTIES, MOSQUE MEN, BALLPLAYERS: Any Gender | South Asian/Indian | Age: 18 - 80 | Role Type: Extras
Background/Extra. Community and neighborhood presence throughout — Friday prayers, the wake, and the pickup basketball game.

CLERIC: Male | South Asian/Indian | Age: 30 - 39 | Role Type: Supporting
Supporting, 30s. Leads the funeral rites with calm, practiced compassion. Carries the ghusl (ritual washing) sequence with gravity and stillness — minimal dialogue...more

JAMAL: Male | Any Ethnicity | Age: 15 - 16 | Role Type: Day Player
Day Player, 16 (minor). Kash's closest friend — quick with jokes, loyal underneath it. There when things go wrong on the court, and later becomes the one small ges...more

KASH: Male | South Asian/Indian | Age: 16 - 18 | Role Type: Principal
Lead, age 16. Confident and quick with a comeback, warmer underneath than he lets on. Athletic build for basketball scenes; comedic timing for trash talk; stage pr...more

KASH'S UNCLE (MOURNING SCENES): Male | South Asian/Indian | Age: 40 - 49 | Role Type: Supporting
Supporting, 40s. Steadier, more measured presence alongside Khalid during mourning — helping hold the family together in the aftermath.

KHALID (KASH'S DAD): Male | South Asian/Indian | Age: 50 - 59 | Role Type: Supporting
Supporting, 50s. Raw, exhausted grief with an edge of anger underneath — a father who's lost his son and is done being told to have patience. Needs to carry a heav...more

MANSOOR, BILAL & SAAD: Male | South Asian/Indian | Age: 14 - 16 | Role Type: Day Player
Day Player, 14-16 (minors) Part of the neighborhood friend group. Mostly comic relief and background chatter — round out the crew dynamic.

NABEEL: Male | South Asian/Indian | Age: 14 - 16 | Role Type: Principal
Lead, age 14. Proud and a little stubborn over a new pair of shoes he saved all summer for. Pride turns to grief over the course of one day. Needs range for both c...more

SADIA (NABEEL'S MOM): Female | Any Ethnicity | Age: 45 - 49 | Role Type: Supporting | Dress: 0
Supporting, mid-40s. Warm and loving but stretched thin, juggling work and single-parenting moments. Needs to play tenderness with her son alongside grief later in...more

UNCLE (MOSQUE SCENE): Male | South Asian/Indian | Age: 50 - 59 | Role Type: Day Player
Day Player, 50s. Well-meaning but oblivious community elder who lectures Nabeel about respectful dress right as Nabeel is panicking over his missing shoes — comic,...more

YUSEF (NABEEL'S DAD): Male | South Asian/Indian | Age: 40 - 50 | Role Type: Supporting
Supporting, 40s-50s. A steady, grounded presence for his son, carrying quiet grief and worry underneath. Comfortable with dialogue-heavy, emotional scenes, includi...more

MODELS: Female | Any Ethnicity | Age: 15 - 28 | Role Type: Principal | Height: 5' 0" to 5' 10" | Dress: 0 | Video Reel Required
Requirements: XS, S, or M clothing size; 5'0-5'10 height; priority given to new faces. NOTE: Talent under the age of 18 must have a parent or legal guardian’s p...more

ANGEL: Female | Any Ethnicity | Age: 14 - 18 | Role Type: Principal | Dress: 0
Angel is the emotional heartbeat of the family. She is perceptive, compassionate, and most times (when conflict arises) the family peacemaker. While she is the you...more

BYRON: Male | Any Ethnicity | Age: 16 - 25 | Role Type: Principal
Byron's father cheated on his current wife prior to Byron being born. The husband removes his current wife and children from their home and moves Byron and his mot...more

JASMINE: Female | Any Ethnicity | Age: 13 - 18 | Role Type: Principal | Dress: 0
Jasmine is a tom boy and Daddy’s girl. She does not care what she says and how she says it. She tends to argue and fight with her brother quite often. Because...more

JUNIOR: Male | Any Ethnicity | Age: 16 - 25 | Role Type: Principal
Junior is the primary/main character in the story. Junior is very a very outspoken young man. He is the definition of a true teenager. At times he can be defia...more

ODELL (70 YEAR OLD MALE): Male | Any Ethnicity | Age: 18 - 70 | Role Type: Principal
Odell is the oldest sibling of three who is the family alcoholic. He is very rambunctious in everything that he does from his lack of singing, his hair, and his at...more

TRE: Male | Any Ethnicity | Age: 18 - 35 | Role Type: Principal
Tre is the son of a man who does not accept his responsibility as a father. This young man finds his father in his adult years and longs to meet the father and his...more

WILLIE (68 YEAR OLD MALE): Male | Any Ethnicity | Age: 18 - 70 | Role Type: Principal
Willie is the pastor of the church who in his own way is comedic. He often argues with his brother Odell and his sister Elizabeth over issues pertaining to his alc...more

DEIGO: Male | Latinx | Age: 7 - 10 | Role Type: Co-Star
Must be Argentine or of Argentine descent and have maintained an authentic Argentine accent. Diego is an intelligent, observant, and sensitive child. He should be ...more

AUNT BOLA: Female | African-American | Age: 52 - 54 | Role Type: Supporting | Dress: 0 | Video Reel Required
Mom's eldest sister.

AUNT SHANDY: Female | African-American | Age: 63 - 65 | Role Type: Supporting | Dress: 0 | Video Reel Required
Grandma's younger sister, loves a good wig.

AUNTIES: Female | African-American | Age: 40 - 50 | Role Type: Supporting | Dress: 0 | Video Reel Required
For this particular role, looking for 4–5 Black performers who are gossipy and proper (or at least trying to be). They are always keeping Rayana and her mother “in...more

DAD: Male | African-American | Age: 40 - 50 | Role Type: Supporting | Video Reel Required
A Black man with a grounded, compelling presence and strong emotional range. He should be comfortable with eye makeup.

ESTELLE: Female | African-American | Age: 20 - 25 | Role Type: Principal | Dress: 0 | Video Reel Required
A hard-working nursing student and Paul’s girlfriend. Strong, compassionate, and perceptive, Estelle finds herself caught in the middle of a supernatural threat wh...more

GRANDMA: Female | African-American | Age: 65 - 70 | Role Type: Supporting | Dress: 0 | Video Reel Required
Blinded by her love for her children and grandchildren, Grandmother is the matriarch of a family riddled with secrets. Comfortable with eye makeup.

MOM: Female | African-American | Age: 36 - 40 | Role Type: Supporting | Dress: 0 | Video Reel Required
Trying her best to hold it together, she carries the weight of her family while keeping her emotions beneath the surface. She should feel comfortable with eye make...more

PAUL: Male | African-American | Age: 17 - 19 | Role Type: Principal | Video Reel Required
The eldest sibling and the most burdened, Paul struggles between supporting his siblings and mother while still seeing his father as the man of the house. Though h...more

RAYANA: Female | African-American | Age: 11 - 13 | Role Type: Principal | Dress: 0 | Video Reel Required
A child genius and talented piano player who serves as the glue holding her sibling trio together. She is the youngest of the three, but carries the deepest genera...more

UNCLE BRAXTON: Male | African-American | Age: 49 - 54 | Role Type: Supporting | Video Reel Required
A soul overtaken by darkness and a host for the Abiku. Grandma’s favorite, he carries an almost familiar warmth that makes him easy to trust. Beneath that warmth, ...more

UNCLE TERRY: Male | African-American | Age: 40 - 60 | Role Type: Supporting | Video Reel Required
Looks like he smokes Newport and judges everyone. He’s Mom’s eldest, irresponsible brother.

UNCLES: Male | African-American | Age: 40 - 50 | Role Type: Supporting | Video Reel Required
For this particular role, looking for 4–5 Black performers who are chatty and masculine, and always convinced they know better. They play the brothers and should b...more

ZION: Male | African-American | Age: 13 - 15 | Role Type: Principal | Video Reel Required
As mischievous as he is witty, Zion is the quintessential middle child. He loves his family deeply and often finds himself playing the role of mediator between his...more

BOB CRATCHIT: Male | Any Ethnicity | Age: 30 - 60 | Role Type: Principal | Video Reel Required
Please submit a headshot and resume along with a video submission of a 60-90 sec. cut of a traditional musical theatre song. NO pop, rock, or opera. Please submit ...more

FRED HALLOWELL: Male | Any Ethnicity | Age: 30 - 60 | Role Type: Principal
Please submit a headshot and resume along with a video submission of a 60-90 sec. cut of a traditional musical theatre song. NO pop, rock, or opera. Please submit ...more

SCROOGE: Male | Any Ethnicity | Age: 40 - 65 | Role Type: Principal | Video Reel Required
Please submit a headshot and resume along with a video submission of a 60-90 sec. cut of a traditional musical theatre song. NO pop, rock, or opera. Please submit ...more

TINY TIM: Male | Any Ethnicity | Age: 8 - 15 | Role Type: Principal | Video Reel Required
For minors submitting for Tiny Tim, please also have an adult/guardian slate in your video. Please clearly state your age and height. Please submit a headshot and...more

ADDY/ADDISON: Female | Any Ethnicity | Age: 14 - 21 | Role Type: Supporting | Dress: 0
Please submit headshot, mid-bod shot and full shot. NOTE: Talent under the age of 18 must have a parent or legal guardian’s permission to apply and must have a ...more

AUNT TAMIKA: Female | Any Ethnicity | Age: 40 - 50 | Role Type: Supporting | Dress: 0
Please submit headshot, mid-bod shot and full shot.

BAILEY: Female | Any Ethnicity | Age: 14 - 21 | Role Type: Supporting | Dress: 0
Unique's closest friend and a recurring part of her survival story. Actors should be able to portray emotionally complex characters with honesty and depth. Plea...more

BIG TOMMY: Male | Any Ethnicity | Age: 40 - 50 | Role Type: Supporting
Unique and Bailey’s overseer. Please submit headshot, mid-bod shot and full shot.

BRICK: Male | Any Ethnicity | Age: 20 - 25 | Role Type: Supporting
23 yrs – Antagonist. Please submit headshot, mid-bod shot and full shot.

CAMERON MASSEY: Female | Any Ethnicity | Age: 14 - 18 | Role Type: Supporting | Dress: 0
Unique's classmate. Please submit headshot, mid-bod shot and full shot. NOTE: Talent under the age of 18 must have a parent or legal guardian’s permission to ap...more

CARNIVAL ATTENDEES: Any Gender | Any Ethnicity | Age: 5 - 90 | Role Type: Extras
Please submit headshot, mid-bod shot and full shot. NOTE: Talent under the age of 18 must have a parent or legal guardian’s permission to apply and must have a ...more

CHRISTINA JAMESON: Female | Any Ethnicity | Age: 35 - 50 | Role Type: Day Player | Dress: 0
Junior Honor Society Representative Please submit headshot, mid-bod shot and full shot.

DICE BOY: Male | Any Ethnicity | Age: 13 - 17 | Role Type: Supporting
Please submit headshot, mid-bod shot and full shot. NOTE: Talent under the age of 18 must have a parent or legal guardian’s permission to apply and must have a ...more

ENRICO: Male | Any Ethnicity | Age: 25 - 45 | Role Type: Day Player
Actors should be able to portray emotionally complex characters with honesty and depth. Please submit headshot, mid-bod shot and full shot.

FELIX: Male | Any Ethnicity | Age: 37 - 45 | Role Type: Day Player
Bailey’s Mom Boyfriend. Please submit headshot, mid-bod shot and full shot. Actors should be able to portray emotionally complex characters with honesty and depth.

FUNERAL/CEMETERY ATTENDEES: Any Gender | Any Ethnicity | Age: 18 - 90 | Role Type: Extras
Please submit headshot, mid-bod shot and full shot.

HOTEL/STREET BACKGROUND: Any Gender | Any Ethnicity | Age: 18 - 90 | Role Type: Extras
Please submit headshot, mid-bod shot and full shot.

ICE (ISAAC) JEFFERSON: Male | Any Ethnicity | Age: 10 - 14 | Role Type: Principal
Unique's 10-year-old brother. His dependence on Unique and their relationship are central to the entire story. Actors should be able to portray emotionally complex...more

JACKSON: Male | Any Ethnicity | Age: 37 - 45 | Role Type: Supporting
37-45 yrs Lola’s Friend. Connected to Lola and helps Unique. Please submit headshot, mid-bod shot and full shot.

JAVIER: Male | Any Ethnicity | Age: 14 - 21 | Role Type: Supporting
Unique's classmate/love interest and an important part of her emotional story. Actors should be able to portray emotionally complex characters with honesty and dep...more

JEREMY: Male | Any Ethnicity | Age: 15 - 21 | Role Type: Supporting
A frequent at the cave. Pool Shark Please submit headshot, mid-bod shot and full shot. NOTE: Talent under the age of 18 must have a parent or legal guardian’...more

JONESY: Any Gender | Any Ethnicity | Age: 14 - 21 | Role Type: Supporting
Please submit headshot, mid-bod shot and full shot. NOTE: Talent under the age of 18 must have a parent or legal guardian’s permission to apply and must have a ...more

LLOYD: Male | Any Ethnicity | Age: 40 - 50 | Role Type: Supporting
Lender/antagonistic figure. Loan Shark. Please submit headshot, mid-bod shot and full shot.

LOLA JEFFERSON: Female | Any Ethnicity | Age: 34 - 40 | Role Type: Supporting | Dress: 0
Unique and Ice's mother; a major source of the central conflict. Please submit headshot, mid-bod shot and full shot.

LOLA'S POTENTIAL CLIENT: Any Gender | Any Ethnicity | Age: 30 - 60 | Role Type: Day Player
Please submit headshot, mid-bod shot and full shot.

MS. ACOSTA: Female | Any Ethnicity | Age: 30 - 50 | Role Type: Day Player | Dress: 0
Please submit headshot, mid-bod shot and full shot.

MS. MALONE: Female | Any Ethnicity | Age: 37 - 55 | Role Type: Supporting | Dress: 0
Unique’s teacher/mentor. Please submit headshot, mid-bod shot and full shot.

NEIGHBORHOOD RESIDENTS: Any Gender | Any Ethnicity | Age: 5 - 90 | Role Type: Extras
Please submit headshot, mid-bod shot and full shot. NOTE: Talent under the age of 18 must have a parent or legal guardian’s permission to apply and must have a ...more

OTHER BOYS/JUVENILES SHOOTING DICE: Male | Any Ethnicity | Age: 15 - 21 | Role Type: Extras
Please submit headshot, mid-bod shot and full shot. NOTE: Talent under the age of 18 must have a parent or legal guardian’s permission to apply and must have a ...more

PEOPLE AT THE CAVE: Any Gender | Any Ethnicity | Age: 18 - 50 | Role Type: Extras
Please submit headshot, mid-bod shot and full shot.

STUDENTS/CLASSMATES: Any Gender | Any Ethnicity | Age: 10 - 18 | Role Type: Extras
Please submit headshot, mid-bod shot and full shot. NOTE: Talent under the age of 18 must have a parent or legal guardian’s permission to apply and must have a ...more

THE REFERRAL: Male | Any Ethnicity | Age: 30 - 40 | Role Type: Day Player
Actors should be able to portray emotionally complex characters with honesty and depth. Please submit headshot, mid-bod shot and full shot.

UNCLE BLAZE: Male | Any Ethnicity | Age: 40 - 50 | Role Type: Supporting
Please submit headshot, mid-bod shot and full shot.

UNIQUE JEFFERSON: Female | Any Ethnicity | Age: 14 - 21 | Role Type: Principal | Dress: 0
Protagonist. She is unquestionably the main character and narrator. Please submit headshot, mid-bod shot and full shot. NOTE: Talent under the age of 18 must...more

UNKNOWN BOY SHOOTING DICE AT THE PARK: Male | Any Ethnicity | Age: 15 - 21 | Role Type: Extras
Please submit headshot, mid-bod shot and full shot. NOTE: Talent under the age of 18 must have a parent or legal guardian’s permission to apply and must have a ...more

UNKNOWN MAN WITH LOLA: Male | Any Ethnicity | Age: 37 - 50 | Role Type: Day Player
The man you described as being essentially a John. Please submit headshot, mid-bod shot and full shot.

WOLF: Male | Any Ethnicity | Age: 35 - 45 | Role Type: Day Player
Actors should be able to portray emotionally complex characters with honesty and depth. Please submit headshot, mid-bod shot and full shot.

CHILD ACTOR: Any Gender | Any Ethnicity | Age: 5 - 17 | Role Type: Principal
Submit headshot, mid-shot and full-body shot. NOTE: Talent under the age of 18 must have a parent or legal guardian’s permission to apply and must have a parent or...more

FEMALE ACTOR: Female | Any Ethnicity | Age: 18 - 99 | Role Type: Principal | Dress: 0
Submit headshot, mid-shot and full-body shot.

MALE ACTOR: Male | Any Ethnicity | Age: 18 - 99 | Role Type: Principal
Submit headshot, mid-shot and full-body shot.

ANTHONY M.: Male | Caucasian, Hispanic, Mid-East-Indian | Age: 21 - 30 | Role Type: Day Player
Like Derek Goodman, he is not one of the team's favorites. He is chill for the most part, but a strong-minded, strongly opinionated person who comes from a "normal...more

COUNSELORS: Any Gender | Any Ethnicity | Age: 18 - 30 | Role Type: Extras
Fun and casual role with more intense choreography and blocking towards the end of the film.

DEREK GOODMAN: Female | Asian, Caucasian, Hispanic, Mid-East-Indian, Multi-Ethnic, ,Asian,Caucasian,Latinx,Middle Eastern | Age: 21 - 30 | Role Type: Day Player | Dress: 0
Your average, popular ladykiller. He's a chill athlete, counselor, and "friend" of Mia Grace. While the two hang out, she has made an effort to stay away from Dere...more

GENESIS MEADE: Female | African-American, Multi-Ethnic, ,Multi-Ethnic | Age: 45 - 65 | Role Type: Supporting | Dress: 0
Genesis is also new to Summer Lakes as a Program Manager, alongside her daughter Lily, who will be assisting as one of the camp counselors. Genesis is a sweet, sof...more

JI-MIN: Female | Asian, Pacific-Islander, ,Asian,Pacific Islander | Age: 14 - 21 | Role Type: Day Player | Dress: 0
The Curse of Ji-Min is a fictional movie coming out within "Eat Me!" The main character is a young girl afflicted by a curse brought on her due to her father's cal...more

JUNI FREEDMAN: Male | African-American, | Age: 21 - 30 | Role Type: Supporting
Ezekiel Junius "Juni" Freedman is the main character, Emery Dresden's best friend. He is an attractive, fun, sarcastic man, yet at times reserved and wise - and wi...more

LILY MEADE: Female | African-American, Multi-Ethnic, | Age: 21 - 27 | Role Type: Supporting | Dress: 0
While Lily Meade may be new to Summer Lakes, she makes her own mark on the team with her bubbly yet assertive personality. She is also charming, alluring and is ho...more

MIA GRACE OLSON: Female | Asian, Pacific-Islander, ,Asian,Pacific Islander | Age: 21 - 27 | Role Type: Principal | Dress: 0
A charming, kind-hearted girl with a dark side. She is the romantic interest of this feature film, and yet also its antagonist.

RONI DRESDEN: Female | African-American | Age: 50 - 79 | Role Type: Day Player
The mother of Emery, and while she is a sweet woman, she is misguided in some of her logic. While she loves her son, and would do anything for him, she is fighting...more

U-JIN: Male | Asian, Pacific-Islander, ,Asian,Pacific Islander | Age: 40 - 55 | Role Type: Day Player
U-Jin is Ji-Min's father, the protagonist of the Curse of Ji-Min. He spends his time trying to rectify his wrongs after being cursed by a spiritual practitioner wh...more

YU-JIN: Male | Asian, Pacific-Islander, ,Asian,Pacific Islander | Age: 40 - 55 | Role Type: Day Player
Ji-Min's business partner, who is set on making a commercial real estate sale, is stopped by a business owner who refuses to sell her building.

ADULT TALENT: Any Gender | Any Ethnicity | Age: 18 - 80 | Role Type: Principal
Please submit cover note, headshots, resume if you have one.

CHILD TALENT: Any Gender | Any Ethnicity | Age: 3 - 17 | Role Type: Principal
Please submit cover note, headshots, resume if you have one. NOTE: Talent under the age of 18 must have a parent or legal guardian’s permission to apply and must h...more

ALI: Female | Any Ethnicity | Age: 21 - 35 | Role Type: Supporting | Dress: 0
A stylish, sharp-featured woman with a sleek bob haircut and a bold, fashion-forward aesthetic. Ali presents herself with confidence and precision, always put-toge...more

AMANDA: Female | Any Ethnicity | Age: 21 - 33 | Role Type: Principal | Dress: 0
Strikingly attractive with soft violet eyes and an effortless, sensual presence, Amanda exudes confidence, intelligence, and emotional depth. She blends elegance w...more

DAMIEN: Male | Any Ethnicity | Age: 34 - 65 | Role Type: Supporting
A stylish, eccentric figure with long dreadlocks, distinctive accessories (rings, beret, pins), and an almost theatrical presence. Damien blends street mysticism w...more

JULES: Male | Any Ethnicity | Age: 6 - 14 | Role Type: Supporting
A bright, curious young boy with striking turquoise-blue eyes and an earnest, open demeanor. Physically youthful and expressive, Jules embodies potential and innoc...more

LIAM: Male | Any Ethnicity | Age: 21 - 31 | Role Type: Supporting
A vibrant, expressive man with a confident, slightly flamboyant demeanor and sharp fashion sense. Physically polished and socially magnetic, Liam carries himself w...more

PATRICK: Male | Any Ethnicity | Age: 45 - 99 | Role Type: Supporting
Acquaintance of “Timmy” and chess hustler. A weathered, expressive older man with the presence of someone who has lived many lives, Patrick carries a mix of nostal...more

TIMMY: Male | Any Ethnicity | Age: 21 - 33 | Role Type: Principal
A wiry, sharp-featured young man with piercing bluish-grey eyes and an unpredictable presence, Timmy carries himself with a mix of confidence, volatility, and quie...more

VIVIAN: Female | Any Ethnicity | Age: 21 - 35 | Role Type: Supporting | Dress: 0
Career clinical psychologist and mystic who knows her way around the tarot deck, Vivian is a deep friend to Amanda. Elegant and composed, with long brunette hair a...more