My Roommate's an Escort

*My Roommate's an Escort*
My Roommate's an Escort
Genre	Comedy
Created by	Katie Uhlmann; Trish Rainone;
Directed by	Katie Uhlmann;
Presented by	David Carruthers; Adrenaline Toronto;
Starring	Katie Uhlmann; Trish Rainone; Bobby Del Rio; PJ Lazic; Juan Carlos Velis; A.C. Peterson; Natasha Bromfield; Angela Asher; Stephanie Baird; Jane Luk; John Tench; David Sparrow; Ellen Dubin;
Composer	Julian Francis Adderley
Country of origin	Canada
Original language	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	11
Production
Executive producers	David Carruthers; Joey Nixon; Terry Rainone; Bernie Uhlmann; Joanne Uhlmann; Kalista Zackhariyas; Shunell Hillman; Matthew Willson;
Producers	Trish Rainone; Katie Uhlmann; Julian Adderley; Stephanie Baird;
Production locations	Toronto, Ontario
Cinematography	Russ Goozee
Editor	Julian Francis Adderley
Running time	4–7 minutes
Production company	MRAE Productions
Original release
Network	YouTube
Release	April 20 –; April 20, 2017

My Roommate's an Escort is a Canadian comedy web series created, written by, and starring Katie Uhlmann and Trish Rainone.^[1] All 11 episodes of the first season are directed by Uhlmann, and the series premiered on YouTube on April 3, 2017. Rainone plays a non-confrontational, small-town girl living in Toronto who suspects her new roommate Kesha, played by Uhlmann, is a call girl.

Background

My Roommate's an Escort was written by Katie Uhlmann and Trish Rainone. Uhlmann and Rainone met at a mutual friend's party and bonded over similar ideas about creating "strong female-driven content." The series went from concept to completion in twelve months.^[2]

A preview for the series debuted at the 2017 Toronto Short Film Festival.^[3]

Plot

Each episode opens with the same intro, establishing the house where most of the series is set. The same music plays for the intro and outro. Heather, a girl from Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, now living in Toronto, finds a new roommate online, Kesha, who may or may not be a private escort. Heather passive-aggressively tries to find out more about Kesha, unintentionally getting dragged into her world and the sketchy characters who inhabit it. In each episode, Heather retreats to vent at her one place of solace, a tattoo shop.

Cast

Katie Uhlmann as Kesha
Trish Rainone as Heather
Bobby Del Rio as Sam
PJ Lazic as Terry
Stephanie Baird as Megan
Alan Peterson as Golden Jimmy
Jane Luk as Jen
Natasha Bromfield as Susie
Juan Carlos Velis as Bernie
Matthew Willson as Jazz
Angela Asher as Joanne
Barbara de la Fuente as Ronda
Ellen Dubin as Ginger
David Sparrow as Daddy
John Tench as John Jebovah
Jake Raymond as John
David Emanuel as Ricky
Aisha Evelyna as Kristy
Karlo William as Guillaume

Reception

The Globe and Mail reviewed it positively, describing it as "wry and a bit bonkers" but "endearing and quite funny" and "highly polished for a low-budget production."^[4]