Acting Audition for "The Buffer" Pilot in MD
Casting actors for "The Buffer" pilot. Please find the details below. ONLY DC, VA & LOCAL TALENT WILL BE CONSIDERED. About the project: After a gun jams during an attempted school-bus shooting in Prince George's County, a disgraced journalist returns home and becomes entangled in the emotional aftermath surrounding a community already carrying more violence, grief, and silence than it can hold. A grounded, urgent dramatic pilot presentation exploring survival, friendship, family, identity, and the corruption underneath the systems people are told to trust. Rate: Paid. Meals, credit, and footage provided. Additional compensation details shared with selected actors during the audition process. Additional info: Filming: Summer 2026. Location: Prince George's County, MD and surrounding DMV areas. Non-union and SAG actors welcome. Select roles will require self-tapes, callbacks, and chemistry reads. DMV local hires strongly encouraged. Prince George's County natives and PG County-based talent prioritized. When applying, please send your headshot or recent photo, resume (if available), demo reel or self-tape (if available), name, age, height, location, PG County connection (if applicable), role of interest. Subject line: "Casting Submission – [Role Name]."
7 roles
(SERIES LEAD) Sharp, charismatic, observant, and emotionally guarded. A former journalist/writer returning home after personal and professional fallout in Los Angeles. Requires strong dramatic range, vulnerability, intelligence, and grounded realism.
A healthcare worker and devoted mother trying to remain steady after a traumatic incident involving her son. Protective, resilient, emotionally raw beneath the surface.
Detective. Calm, respected, and emotionally guarded. Balances institutional pressure with personal history and moral conflict.
Warm, witty, spiritually grounded. The emotional backbone of the family and community.
SUPPORTING ROLE School counselor / therapist energy. Calm, emotionally intelligent, steady, and grounded.
SUPPORTING ROLE Working-class realism. Authentic everyday presence.