The Witch and The Spare

Production Company
Neon Poodle Productions
Producer(s)
Lola Claire, Dayleigh Nelson
Director(s)
Lola Claire
Casting Director(s): 
Dayleigh Nelson, Lola Claire
Union Status
Union (TBC)
Project Type
Film
Student Production
No
Compensation Details

Volunteer. Good food and good people. IMDb credit and demo footage to be provided

Audition Location
Self-tape
Shoot / Performance Date(s)
TBD Nov-Dec. 1-2 day shoot
Shoot / Performance Location(s)
Vancouver
Submission Deadline
Monday, November 9, 2026
Submission Instructions

Please email NeonPoodleProductions@gmail.com
With the Character and your name in the Subjectline. Please email your headshot, resume and Demo (if applicable).
Select actors will be asked to self-tape.
Open to Non-union and Union (ULB-40).

Project Synopsis
We’re bringing S.B. Lounge’s epic Romantasy novel to life for the Shelf to Screen Festival! A coming of age tale about forbidden love, secrets, and duty. Wren, a young woman with the gift of magic (treated by many as a forbidden curse) has been brought to the kingdom as the ward of the royal confessor, Father Thaddeus. Wren strikes up an unlikely friendship with the King's second son, Kaelen, A spare prince of the realm taken more to books and flights of fancy than his instructions as a representative of the crown and realm. Despite their roles and expectations pulling them apart, the young pair find their fates inexorably linked as they are drawn towards one another, driven by a mutual understanding and love. They must fight convention and dare to choose their own bond over what society has planned for them, all while facing a sinister plot to overthrow the kingdom fuelled by Wren's magic itself.
Additional Information & Safety Protocols: 

Film will be screened at the Shelf to Screen Festival in February. (https://www.shelftoscreenfest.ca/)

The characters of Wren and Kaelen have a romantic relationship.
This may include: hugging, hands touching face, kissing. To be discussed with actors comfortability.

Character 1
Wren
Age
18-22
Gender
Female
Description
Standard British (open to other UK accents as well) Wren is a young witch in a kingdom where Magic is feared and outlawed. She is described with curly auburn hair with green eyes. Wren is kind, wise, and vivacious. Artistic and introverted, she hides her extraordinary gifts for her own survival. Wren believes she is protecting herself and others by being small and silent. She is used to going overlooked but cannot fight her magnetic pull with Prince Kaelen who sees her for how truly exceptional she is. Their connection grows into a blossoming romance all while Wren lives under the control of Father Thaddeus, who manipulates her magic for his own nefarious means.
Character 2
Kaelen
Age
20-25
Gender
Male
Description
Standard British (open to other UK accents as well) The second son and spare prince in a kingdom that needs no other heir. Kaelen is described as having dark hair and eyes. Curious, playful, and gentle in nature. Kaelen is smart and sensitive but guided by his passions, chiefly among them is Wren, a girl beneath his station but not his notice. Kaelen is overlooked and underestimated while the kingdom demands everything from him including dictating who he is and isn't allowed to love.
Additional Characters

King Marcus: 50-60 Standard British (open to other UK accents as well)
A wise King, and Kaelen’s father. Kind but stifled under the weight of the crown, King Marcus is stuck in his ways. He will sacrifice his son’s happiness for opportunities that he believes will keep him, and the kingdom, safer.