Audio Drama - National Emergency - Supporting Roles
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RECORDING GUIDELINES FOR AUDITIONS
Thank you for your interest in auditioning for National Emergency!
Please provide a clean, professional recording with:
Minimal to no background noise
Clear audio quality without distortion
Consistent volume levels
Record in a quiet space using the best equipment available to you. We're looking for authentic, naturalistic performances that feel real and grounded.
Thank you for auditioning. We look forward to hearing your take on these characters!
National Emergency is an 8-episode psychological thriller audio drama that gives you the chance to bring a complex, fully realized character to life across an entire season. This is a passion project from an independent production, perfect for voice actors who want a substantial supporting role that will showcase your full range and add a complete season performance to your portfolio and demo reel. All cast members will receive IMDB credit for their work.
National Emergency follows mysterious emergency broadcasts that begin appearing on systems worldwide. No government claims responsibility. No one can explain their origin. And as the messages continue, society begins to fracture under the weight of paranoia and unanswered questions. But the broadcasts aren't just mysterious... they come with rules. And those who don't follow them start to disappear.
The supporting characters—Mayor Richard Webb, Jim Reeves, William Jenkins, Sarah Chen, and Ray Henry—are pivotal to the story. Each plays a crucial role in navigating a world where the emergency broadcast system (designed to keep people safe) has become a source of terror and confusion.
This is character-driven horror that builds tension through atmosphere, dialogue, and the slow unraveling of what's real versus what we're being told. The tone is grounded and psychological rather than supernatural, focusing on how people respond when the systems they trust begin to fail them.
We're looking for voice actors who can bring authenticity and depth to these roles and are excited to be part of a compelling psychological horror series.
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Total Words: 451
SUPERVISOR (Ray) - Supporting Role
Male, 40s-50s. The gruff but practical manager of the bus depot who gives Owen his job. Ray is a no-nonsense supervisor who's seen too much to be easily rattled by the emergencies. He has a world-weary edge to his voice but isn't cruel, just direct and matter-of-fact. He cuts through the bullshit and cares only about whether Owen can do the job, not about his troubled past.
Ray delivers information with authority and a slight darkness, particularly when discussing the previous driver (Jenkins) and the realities of emergency protocols. He's the kind of boss who's stern but fair, protective of his drivers in his own gruff way. Think weathered, straightforward, maybe a hint of gallows humor underneath the professionalism.
Key scenes include: Meeting Owen on his first day, explaining emergency protocols, and telling the unsettling story about what happened to Jenkins and his family.
This is a supporting role. Voice actors cast in this role will receive an IMDB credit.
- male senior
- male adult
I'm Ray. I run this depot. Lisa Park speaks highly of you.
(Grunt) Kindness got nothing to do with it. Can you drive? Can you keep kids safe?
Total Words: 627
MAYOR (Richard Webb) - Supporting Role
Male, 40s-60s. The well-meaning but overwhelmed Mayor of Millbrook who struggles to lead a memorial service for the twenty-three children lost in the bus emergency. Mayor Webb genuinely cares about his community but is completely out of his depth dealing with this unprecedented tragedy.
He shifts between two modes: heartfelt grief when addressing the families directly, and bureaucratic deflection when trying to discuss safety protocols and government response. His voice should convey exhaustion, compassion, and a growing sense of helplessness as he realizes he has no real answers to give these devastated parents.
The Mayor tries to maintain authority and order as the room turns hostile, but his control steadily erodes. He's a small-town official facing an impossible situation, wanting to help but knowing nothing he says will bring those children back. By the end of the scene, he's reduced to apologizing and admitting he can't promise this will never happen again.
Key scenes include: Opening the memorial with emotional difficulty, presenting ineffective safety measures to an increasingly angry crowd, and losing control of the meeting as tensions escalate.
This is a supporting role. Voice actors cast in this role will receive an IMDB credit.
- male senior
- male adult
(Clearing throat, voice heavy) Good evening, everyone. For those who don't know me, I'm Mayor Richard Webb. Thank you all for... for coming tonight.
Before we begin, I want to thank Janet Morrison and the community center volunteers for setting up all the chairs, the refreshments, and these beautiful photo displays in such a short time. I know it couldn't have been easy.
Total Words: 1195
JIM REEVES - Supporting Role
Male, 30s-40s. The grieving father of Tyler, one of the twenty-three children lost on Owen's bus. Jim is a man consumed by raw grief and rage, desperately seeking someone to blame for his son's death. He's a sales manager, normally composed and authoritative, but the loss of his child has shattered him completely.
Jim requires significant emotional range: seething anger that builds to explosive confrontations, vulnerability when discussing his final moments with Tyler, and ultimately heart-wrenching desperation when faced with his son's voice in the coffin. His anger at Owen is genuine and visceral, fueled by the guilt of his own last words to Tyler ("hurry up or you'll miss the bus") and his recent divorce that left Tyler as the only thing he had left.
In Episode 3, Jim leads the charge against Owen at the memorial. He's accusatory, relentless, and increasingly unhinged as he reveals Owen's connection to multiple emergencies. In Episode 5, he becomes tragic and desperate, unable to resist his son's voice calling from the coffin despite everyone's warnings. His final moments before being taken are absolutely terrifying: the realization that what's in the coffin isn't his son.
This role demands powerful emotional authenticity: grief, rage, desperation, terror, and ultimately the primal fear of a father facing something unnatural.
This is a major supporting role spanning multiple episodes. Voice actor cast in this role will receive an IMDB credit.
- male adult
(Raw grief and accusation) My son is dead. Twenty-three children are dead. And the man who was responsible for their safety gets to hide at home?
My wife left me six months ago. Took everything. Tyler was... he was the reason I got up in the morning. He was everything. I have nothing without him. NOTHING.
Word Count: 2355
AGENT SARAH CHEN - Major Supporting Role
Female, 30s-40s. A sharp, professional federal agent from the Emergency Response Division investigating Owen's unprecedented pattern of surviving multiple emergencies. Agent Chen is analytical and controlled, but not cold. She genuinely wants to help Owen while also recognizing he's a statistical anomaly that needs to be studied.
Chen conducts interrogations with calm authority, never raising her voice even when delivering difficult truths. She's empathetic but unflinching, balancing compassion with her duty to protect the public. She presents hard facts and uncomfortable statistics without sugarcoating: survival rates dropping, the facility offer, the implicit threat that Owen's "choice" may not remain voluntary much longer.
Her tone should be measured and professional throughout, with occasional moments of genuine concern breaking through the federal agent facade. She's not the villain. She's someone trying to do an impossible job in an impossible situation, walking the line between helping Owen and containing what he might represent.
Key scenes include: Systematically interrogating Owen, Lisa, and Hutchins about the emergencies; revealing the vandalism at Lisa's house; explaining the research facility option; and making it clear that Owen is running out of time and choices.
This is a major supporting role. Voice actors cast in this role will receive an IMDB credit.
- female adult
Special Agent Sarah Chen. Federal Emergency Response Division.
Yes. But I would strongly encourage you to stay. We have... a lot to discuss.
I've read Detective Hutchins's report. Very thorough. But I'm not here to talk about Jim Reeves.
Word Count: 1312
WILLIAM JENKINS - Supporting Role
Male, 40s-50s. A deeply traumatized former bus driver living in isolated paranoia after losing his daughter to an emergency event. Jenkins keeps every radio and TV in his house running constantly, sleep-deprived and mentally fragile.
This role demands exceptional emotional range. Jenkins must convey genuine trauma while hiding a dark secret. He shifts between vulnerable empathy (connecting with Owen over shared loss), defensive panic (when his story unravels), and desperate justification (insisting he "protected" his children by murdering them to spare them from future emergencies).
The character requires authentic portrayal of someone who has convinced himself that killing his children was an act of mercy. He truly believes he saved them, making him tragic rather than simply villainous.
Key scenes include: Reluctant connection with Owen, detailed recounting of a fabricated "forest emergency," interrogation where inconsistencies expose his lies, and desperate confession before suicide.
This is a major supporting role. Voice actors cast in this role will receive an IMDB credit.
- male adult
- male senior
(Voice breaking slightly) Yeah. Sarah. She was seven. The broadcast came through her tablet. One of the first. (Pause) We had to stand in a circle. Don't break it. Don't speak. (Pause) Sarah got scared. She called out for me. (Voice cracking) The second she spoke...
(Wiping his eyes, bitter) My wife blamed me. Left two weeks later. Took half of everything. Left me with Michael and Emma.
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