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Actors Needed for Indie Rom-Com/Feature Film in PA

Philadelphia, PA, United States
ID: 288966Exp: 8/31/2025
Description:

Casting actors for Indie Rom-Com/Feature Film, please see the details below. ONLY LOCAL & NJ TALENT WILL BE CONSIDERED. About the project: Mixed Signals is a smart, offbeat romantic dramedy about emotional boundaries, unexpected connections, and the fine line between healing and attraction. Rate: All roles are unpaid (at this time), IMDb credit and meals provided, travel negotiable for select roles Additional info: Filming begins in Fall 2025 Phila/NJ area Chosen candidates will be sent sides and further information for audition submissions. Please apply if interested.

13 roles

Sara reedMale25-30 y.o.All ethnicities

Lead A sharp-witted, emotionally complex young woman navigating dating, identity, and the silent ache of adoption. She masks deep abandonment fears with biting humor and a running internal monologue that's equal parts stand-up comedy and existential dread. Works with kids in a community arts center. Tone: funny but fractured, guarded yet romantic, skeptical and secretly hopeful.

Ellie DawsonFemale40-49 y.o.All ethnicities

Lead Description: elegant, direct, and emotionally evolved on the outside-but carrying a buried wound from giving up her daughter for adoption in her early 20s. She's built a career and persona of control and independence, intimacy still challenges her. Tone: poised and confident, but carries the quiet ache of unspoken history. Casting notes: actress must carry emotional weight gracefully. Role demands nuance, warmth, vulnerability, and maturity.

MonicaFemale36-44 y.o.All ethnicities

Supporting roles Ellie's best friend and business partner. Witty, blunt, and always two steps ahead. She offers emotional wisdom with side-eye. Saying what needs to be said when no one else will tone: dry, sharp, loyal, insightful. Casting notes: strong comedic instincts with grounded emotional realism for consideration, please submit your headshot, resume & reel

Tom ReedMale50-59 y.o.All ethnicities

Supporting roles Description: Sara's adoptive father. Proud, reserved, and deeply protective. Emotionally conservative, struggling with sara's need to reconnect with her biological roots. Tone: quiet strength, internalized worry. Casting notes: actor must portray paternal love through subtle tension. Works best with understated delivery and emotional integrity.

Diane ReedFemale50-59 y.o.All ethnicities

Diane reed Supporting Description: sara's adoptive mother. Warm, compassionate, and the emotional bridge between sara and tom. She leads with love and attempts to hold space for both pain and progress. Tone: nurturing, wise, grounded casting notes: needs emotional accessibility, kindness, and natural maternal energy for consideration, please submit your headshot, resume & reel

NikkiFemale40-49 y.o.Latino / Hispanic

Supporting roles Description: Robert's sister. Strong-willed, quick-witted. A mother with a strong family bond. Offers levity and love while calling Robert out on his avoidance. Tone: straight-shooter with affection. Casting notes: natural comedic rhythm with dramatic sensibility. Believable sibling chemistry with Robert for consideration, please submit your headshot, resume & reel

RyanMale26-34 y.o.All ethnicities

Role type: day player Description: sweet and well-meaning... Until it's clear he still calls his mom "mommy." gentle charm hiding big codependency. Tone: soft-spoken, lovable, slightly awkward. Casting notes: must sell subtle shifts in likability and comedic discomfort.

NolanMale30-39 y.o.All ethnicities

Description: a personal trainer with big energy and even bigger mom ties. He's fit, flirty, and mom still cuts his chicken tone: over-confident, clueless, lovable. Casting notes: physical presence and comedic timing essential.

GavinMale26-34 y.o.All ethnicities

Role type: day player Description: stylish, modern, emotionally detached. Mom helps run his dating apps. Proud of it. Tone: glossy, slick, emotionally stunted. Casting notes: should feel polished and socially unaware in a funny way.

BrandonMale26-34 y.o.All ethnicities

Description: outdoorsy, charming, and deeply bonded to his mother-like monthly foot soak picnics bonded. Tone: quirky, wholesome, oblivious. Casting notes: actor must balance sweetness with uncomfortable intimacy.

TrevorMale25-30 y.o.All ethnicities

Role type: day player Description: polite, clean-cut guy, mom handles all his life admin. Emotionally immature and unaware. Tone: innocent, sweet, frustrating. Casting notes: needs to appear well-adjusted while embodying emotional dependence.

ReceptionistMale26-34 y.o.All ethnicities

Role type: day player Description: dry-witted, emotionally fluent in side-eye. Sees all, says little-but delivers zingers like a sniper. Tone: deadpan, clever, underplayed. Casting notes: great for a comedian or actor with standout timing and quiet scene-stealing potential.

Dylan (line cook)Male25-35 y.o.All ethnicities

Role type: day player Description: tattooed and low-key poetic. The kind of guy who surprises you with depth just as you assume he's a bad idea. Tone: rugged, soulful, effortlessly cool. Casting notes: must ooze natural charm and vulnerability. Good banter and kind eyes