LITTLE AMERICA, Season 2

LITTLE AMERICA, Season 2

½ Hour Anthology Series

Universal Television/Major Streaming Service

Exec. Producers: Lee Eisenberg, Sian Heder, Kumail Nanjiani, Emily V. Gordon, Alan Yang, Joshuah Bearman, Joshua Davis, Natalie Sandy, Arthur Spector

Casting Directors: Telsey + Company/
Adam Caldwell & Amelia McCarthy

Casting Associates: Rose Bochner & Keertana Sastry

Casting Assistants: Jill Hamburgo & Rachel Stoeckly

Shoots: Each episode shoots over approx 2 weeks between approx. Feb and May 2022

Location: California


[ IDRIS ]
character portrayed is 30’s/40's, Somali, male. Jibril’s older brother, Idris is a calming presence with traditional Somali values. He sees himself as a role model for his community and wants the same for his brother. Somali is his native language. SUPPORTING. ONE EPISODE. SPEAKS FLUENT SOMALI.

[ GEESI ]
character portrayed is 20’s, Somali, male. Geesi is a tightly wound young man, working as a security guard. He desperately wants to win his local football (soccer) semi-finals but can’t manage to get his team together. SUPPORTING. ONE EPISODE. SPEAKS SOMALI.

[ JIBRIL’S GRANDMOTHER ]
character portrayed is 70’s, Somali, female. She’s got a crack sense of humor and lots of loving faither in her grandson. Somali is her first language. ONE EPISODE. (ONE SCENE) SPEAKS FLUENT SOMALI.

[ JIBRIL’S MOTHER ]
character portrayed is 50’s, Somali, female. She’s the keeper of a busy household with lots of family members, and she has great pride in her son’s odd endeavors. Somali is her native language. ONE EPISODE (THREE LINES) SPEAKS FLUENT SOMALI.

[ ADEN ]
character portrayed is 18, Somali, male. He’s a kid a little over his head trying, not very successfully, to coordinate the cross-country transport of a huge cold storge truck for his older cousin. ONE EPISODE. (FOUR LINES). 

[ YOUNG WOMAN ]
character portrayed is 20’s, Somali, female. A local Minnesotan Somali resident excited to see a friend on the street. ONE EPISODE. (ONE LINE). SPEAKS SOMALI.

[ SOMALI FATHER ]
charter portrayed is 40’s/50’s, Somali, male. . A local Minnesotan Somali resident comforted by the Somali food he grew up eating. ONE EPISODE. (TWO LINEs). SPEAKS SOMALI.

[ SAFIA ]
character portrayed is 8, Somali, female. Jibril’s daughter who loves video games. ONE EPISODE. (ONE LINE). 

[ GULED ]
character portrayed is 11-15, Somali, male. Jibril’s son who likes to mess around with his siblings. ONE EPISODE. (ONE LINE). 

[ SAFARI RESTAURANT REGULAR ]
character portrayed is any age, Somali, any gender. A regular at a local Somali restaurant who loves to give the owner playful jabs. Somali is their first language. ONE EPISODE. SPEAKS FLUENT SOMALI.  

[ YOUNGER SACHINI ]
 character portrayed is 10-13, Sri Lankan, female. Seen in flashback, she first tells her father about school and then cries as they say goodbye to her house and leave for America. Later she expresses her frustration by the language barrier in her American classes. 3 SCENES 

[ ISURI ]
character portrayed is 35-55, Sri Lankan, female. Seen in flashback, she is Sachini’s mother and always enthusiastic and encouraging. 3-4 SCENES 

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