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THE JOY OF DEATH

CASTING CALL

MAIN CHARACTERS  (18)

REN GAYA - Kurt Ken Kaminaka 

Disgruntled Film maker

 

MAYA TRICKS - Female 35+

Streetwise, addicted to gambling. Extremely superstitious.

Owner of Trick’s coffeeshop.

 

WILL HART - Male 30-40+

Greedy CEO of Dovic Vaccine Inc. Fooling around with FIONA.

 

NICOLE HART - Female 30+

Manager of Aloha Auctions & Rare Finds.  WILL’s wife.

 

JASON RIPPLE - Male 25+

A free spirited. charismatic pickpocket which gets him  in trouble. 

He is LEXIE’S brother. 

 

SUSEJ - 30-50+

Stock trader, who is over the top religious.

He believes that God helps him win at poker and everything else.

 

VINCENT - Male 25-35+,

A gay professor. Loves to play poker. Hooks up with CHARLIE

 

CHARLIE - Male 30-40+

Bi-sexual ex pilot, who needs money.

 

JASMINE - Female 25-35

Sassy grifter, in a love triangle with VINCENT & CHARLIE

 

LEXIE ADAMS - Female 30+

Loving wife of IZZY ADAMS, is terminally ill.

 

IZZY ADAMS - Male 30+

Songwriter/singer with writer’s block.

 

JAM BLACK - Male 20-30+

Drug pusher, sometimes hit man. 

 

MULE - Male 20+

Tough muscular kid who is JAM’s assistant.

 

FLEA - Male 30-40+

Director for REN’s last film. Self centered with low morals.

 

GINA - Female 30’s

Personal secretary of WILL HART @ Divoc Vaccine Inc. FLEA’s scheming girlfriend.

 

FIONA - Female 35+

Owns and runs The Poker House.

 

DR SUSAN NEEKS - Female 35+

Head scientist @ Divoc Vaccine Inc. FIONA’s sister.

 

THE HOMELESS MAN -  Male 40-60

Mysterious with magical psychic abilities

 

 

SUPPORTING CHARACTERS  (27)

 

AUCTIONEER - 30+

Facilitates the auction of the Circle Keys

 

BACHELORS  (5) - Male 20-30+

At a dating event with Nicole Hart

 

BARTENDER - 25+

Tells Jason to go home

 

MARTY - 40+

Aloha Auction & Rare Find's Owner

 

DR PALMER - 40+

Consults with Maya to take it easy.

 

EMT - 20+

Finds dead kid

 

FACILITATOR - 40+

Of the 12 step rehab

 

GROUPIE - Female 20+

Get’s Izzy to sign her boobs. Must be comfortable with partial nudity

 

POLICE OFFICER - 25+

Tells Fiona of her sister’s death

 

KNOW IT ALLS  (5) - 30+

Telling Ren how to write scripts

 

MBTC PRODUCER - 35+

Auditions Jason for gig, announces the winner of Megabuck Talent Contest

 

MAN/WOMAN IN WHITE - 35+

Bids against Izzy for Circle Keys

 

MAYA’S MOTHER - Female 30+

Flashback to show Maya’s history

YOUNG MAYA - Female 6-10

Flashback scene

 

NEW POKER PLAYERS (2) - 25+

Walks out of game when it gets too hot

 

NURSE - Female 25+

Takes care of Lexie

 

Z - 30+

Editor for Ren’s movie.

 

NEWSCASTER - 30+

Broadcasts about the shootout at the poker house and Will Hart’s death.

 

 

NON SPEAKING ROLES  (40)

Wealthy lady walking dogs - 25+

Business men (2) - 30+

EMT - 25+

Random people in the street - Any age

 

People at the bar watching Izzy perform - 20+

 

People at the 12 step rehab - 18+

 

Hikers in the Jungle - 20+

 

People in the Coffee shop - 20+

 

Computer Salesperson - 25+

 

People at the Auction - 30+

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