Hot Summer

A dating app and a reality dating show combine to force one contestant to balance her career and her heart. Cas is promised a promotion at the dating app she works for if she can last until the final round of Hot Summer. A longtime fan of the show who’s walled her heart up, she’s sure she can game the system. Her plans stumble the moment she sets foot in the arena and meets Ada. Worse, viewers hate Cas’s TV persona, but as her confusing friendship with Ada grows, the real Cas begins to shine through. The fans respond well, but is it her or the relationship they love? And what will Ada think of Cas’s secret mission? Marisa Calin is a virtuoso of character voices. She gives each member of the large cast distinctive accents and unique personalities. Further, she’s able to make Cas’s inner thoughts fully relatable and real—and Cas is always thinking, fretting, and reconsidering. She uses this to especially good effect when performing Cas’s reaction to her first kiss with Ada.