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Merry Murder - SAG-AFTRA Feature Film Casting 8 Roles - Portland, Maine
Seeking Talent From: Maine
Union Status: SAG-AFTRA
Pay: SAG ULB $257 +10% Agency Fee
Posted: 8/21/2026 Deadline for Submissions: 8/25/2026
SYNOPSIS: MERRY MURDER, a Xmas suspense film with a cause, is set in a beautiful, remote hamlet in Maine offering refuge for Los Angeles businesswoman, Katie Bowman, escaping her stalker, ex-fiancé, Dwayne. Katie soon joins a local holiday chorus for a shelter and makes friends while an unexpected romance sparks with Peaks Island ferry worker, Abe. Throughout, Katie is haunted by inexplicable circumstances, ultimately terrorized by her worst nightmare…her stalker.
Casting / Shoot Info
Filming in Portland, Maine, and surrounding areas, working as a local.

TITLE: Merry Murder
COMPANY: Days Ferry Production's
PROJECT TYPE: Feature Film
PROJECT NAME: Merry Murder
UNION STATUS: UNION / SAG | AFTRA
PROJECT RATE: SAG | AFTRA - ULB SCALE $257
LOCAL HIRE: Portland, Maine

AUDITION DATE/S: Friday, August 21 - Monday, August 24, 2026 [SELF TAPES]
AUDITION TIME/S: Deadline for SELF TAPES - 12:00 pm Monday, August 24
AUDITION LOC: SELF TAPE SUBMISSION
AUDITION NEEDS: SEE DETAILED INSTRUCTIONS

CALL BACK DATE: Friday, September 11, 2026 or Monday, September 14, 2026
CALL BACK TIME: TBD (approximately) 12:00 pm - 9:00 pm ET
CALL BACK LOC: ZOOM Callbacks

FITTING DATE/S: TBC: November 15, 2026
SHOOT DATE/S: January November 16 - November 25, 2026
SHOOTING LOCATION: Portland, Maine and Surrounding Areas
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ABE |Male |Latinx, Native-American, Multi-Ethnic |Age: 30–40 |Role Type: Principal
[ ABE ] 30s, ferry worker, handyman, handsome, starving artist, athletic, friendly, can cook, protective of Katie, kind of a fatherly figure to Katie, open ethnicity
Pay: SAG ULB $257 +10
BASHIR |Male |Middle Eastern |Age: 8–10 |Role Type: Supporting
[ BASHIR ] 9, son of Bethel, inquisitive, bright, upbeat, will be 10 years old on December 24th! Doesn’t have a father in his life, wants to be an astronaut, possibly of Arabic or Middle Eastern descent, and has aspirations and goals to grow up in the U.S.
Pay: SAG ULB $257 +10
DWAYNE JAFFE |Male |Any Ethnicity |Age: 30–40 |Role Type: Supporting
[ DWAYNE JAFFE ] late 30s, handsome, cocky, lawyer, arrogant, stalker to Katie, direct and to the point, curt, previously engaged to Katie, career-focused and selfish, open ethnicity
Pay: SAG ULB $257 +10
JASON SMOTHERS |Male |Any Ethnicity |Age: 30–40 |Role Type: Supporting
[ JASON SMOTHERS ] 30s, conservative, born with a silver spoon in his mouth (wealthy), trying to buy up the town, power hungry, in charge of the Women's Center finances (designee) and chorus director Christmas Eve Fundraiser for single moms, vindictive, aggressive underneath with a calm demeanor, is violent towards his illegitimate sister to gain power, money and control to build an AI Data center at the Women's Center, open ethnicity
Pay: SAG ULB $257 +10
LIZETTE |Female |Any Ethnicity |Age: 30–40 |Role Type: Supporting
[ LIZETTE ] 30s Female, open ethnicity, supportive of her friend Katie and FaceTimes with her, inquisitive and curious
Pay: SAG ULB $257 +10
LAWRENCE |Male |Any Ethnicity |Age: 30–40 |Role Type: Supporting
[ LAWRENCE ] 30s Entrepreneur, Jason’s plus one and his business partner, from New York, into “Dirt to Dreams Business” (architectural development, contractor), open age, open ethnicity, evil demeanor, caring about money deals over people, ruthless
Pay: SAG ULB $257 +10
NINA |Female |Any Ethnicity |Age: 30–40 |Role Type: Supporting
[ NINA ] 30s Female, open ethnicity, supportive of her friend Katie and FaceTimes with her, inquisitive and curious
Pay: SAG ULB $257 +10
MEREDITH DUPREE |Female |Any Ethnicity |Age: 50–55 |Role Type: Supporting
[ MERIDITH DUPREE ] 50s, welcomes Katie to town and invites her to events, high-energy real estate broker, energetic, effervescent, community-connected, can’t stand Jason, open ethnicity
Pay: SAG ULB $257 +10
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