Open Call

They took his brother.

They killed his father.

And now they own him.

Genre: Thriller / Drama / Dark Humor

Production Location: Akron/Cleveland, Ohio

Writer/Director: Ben Sliwa

Shooting: November 2026–February 2027 and April–May 2027

Schedule: Flexible; primarily evenings and weekends

Compensation: Meals + screen credit

It’s Not Your Fault, Walt is an independent feature film seeking actors for principal, supporting,

featured, and background roles. We are casting a wide range of ages and experience levels.

CLARK — Male, 30s

Walter’s younger brother. Warm, charismatic, optimistic, and cunning. 35–40 lines.

CHUCK — Male, 60s

Walter and Clark’s father. Loving but burdened by gambling debts. Tough. 25–30 lines.

ANDRZEJ BROZ — Male, 50s

Senior mob organization leader. Physically imposing, calm, and calculated. 15–20 lines.

JAN — Male, 30s–40s

Efficient “muscle” of the mob. 10–15 lines.

JOSEF — Male, 30s–40s

Mob enforcer with a strong physical presence. 15–20 lines.

BARBARA — Female, 50s

Powerful, resilient, and refuses to be a victim. 20–25 lines.

MARGO — Female, 40s–60s

Emotionally exhausted, fed up, and snarky. 5–10 lines.

JANET — Female, 30s–40s

Loud, brassy, and confident. 10–15 lines.

OSCAR — Male, 20s–30s

Neurotic, nervous, disorganized former frat boy. 3–5 lines.

BEN — Male, 20s–30s

Ambitious event coordinator. Stressed and highly organized. 18–25 lines.

STANISLAW BUKOWSKI — Male, 30s–50s

Physically intimidating, powerful criminal who towers above those around him. 5–10 lines.

WYATT WILSON — Male, 40s–60s

Polished political figure. 15–20 lines.

SCOTT — Male, 30s–50s

Office worker. 2–5 lines.

THE REMOVER — Male

Professional assassin who moves with agility and silence. 10–15 lines.

COP 1 — 5–10 lines.

COP 2 — 15–20 lines.

TEENAGE CLARK — Male, teens

Must reasonably resemble the actor playing adult Clark. 35–40 lines.

TEENAGE WALT — Male, teens

Must reasonably resemble the actor playing adult Walt. 25–30 lines.

PROPERTY MAN — Male

10–15 lines.

CYLUS — Male, 30s–50s

Mob enforcer. Physically intimidating. 5–10 lines.

ELDERLY NEIGHBOR WOMAN — Female, 60s–80s

2–5 lines.

ELDERLY NEIGHBOR MAN — Male, 60s–80s

2–5 lines.

We are also seeking performers of a wide range of ages, genders, appearances, and

experience levels for smaller speaking roles, featured background roles, and general

background.

Roles include food truck owner, restaurant servers and patrons, baristas, arcade owner,

paramedics, SWAT officers, detectives and police officers, bar patrons, bus passengers, Sean,

Rory, Rowan, Cara, father with child, child, prisoners, cab/Uber driver, business owner, Broz

organization members, office workers, pedestrians, travelers, neighborhood residents,

political/event attendees, and additional featured/background roles.

Some ensemble and featured-background performers will interact directly with principal

cast and/or have limited dialogue.

Please complete our audition form to be considered. Upload a 1-2 minute dramatic monologue

and comedic monologue from your favorite film(s) to YouTube, set it to “unlisted”, and paste the

link in the Google Form below:

https://forms.gle/JKodZvFQYA7uAreF6

Questions: DarcyJ76@me.com