Casting Call for "Where He Is" Narrative Short
Casting actors for "Where He Is" Narrative Short / Proof of Concept, please see the details below. ONLY LOCAL TALENT WILL BE CONSIDERED. About the project: After the sudden death of a fellow Navy veteran, a grieving husband and father begins to quietly unravel as his faith collides with loss, hypocrisy, and unanswered questions, forcing him to confront what belief means when certainty is gone. Rate: Paid (TBD) + meals + copy + festival exposure Additional info: Format: Narrative Short / Proof of Concept Genre: Drama Union Status: Non-Union Shoot Location: TBD (Small-town / suburban) - Likely Louisville, KY and/or Owensboro, KY Shoot Dates: TBD - Late Summer/Early Fall 2026 When applying, please include: Subject Line: Where He Is – [Role] – [Actor’s Name] Please include: Resume, Headshots, Demo reel (if available)
4 role s
(Lead) A Navy veteran, husband, and father. Mark is disciplined, functional, and emotionally guarded. Someone who knows how to keep moving even when he’s breaking inside. He is not angry at God so much as disoriented by the people who claim to speak for Him. This role requires an actor comfortable with internalized performance, minimal dialogue, and emotional restraint. Much of Mark’s journey is conveyed through silence, posture, and small behavioral shifts.
Mark’s wife. Steady, compassionate, and emotionally perceptive, but not immune to doubt herself. Sarah believes, but her faith is not performative or unshakable. She is trying to support her husband while privately confronting her own uncertainty. This role requires emotional transparency without melodrama. Sarah is not a moral counterweight, she is a partner, equally vulnerable. Key traits: Warm but honest, Emotionally resilient, not naive. Comfortable with silence and subtle shifts.
A longtime pastor who speaks gently and without ego. He is thoughtful, self-aware, and willing to admit failure. He does not offer answers, only honesty. This character should feel like someone who has lived through regret, not someone performing wisdom. This role benefits from an actor who can convey gravitas through stillness and allow uncertainty to live in the pauses. Key traits: Calm, reflective, humble. Comfortable admitting “I don’t know”. Authority without control.
A fellow Navy veteran and close friend of the deceased. David is sincere, grounded, and emotionally open in a way Mark isn’t, yet. He represents belief as survival rather than doctrine. Key traits: Quiet strength, Emotionally accessible, Deep sense of brotherhood.
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