Casting Multiple Roles for New Audio Drama "The Six Disappearances of Ella McCray"
Project Overview
We are seeking auditions for a new audio
drama from ZoomDoom Stories. This is a dark supernatural mystery involving
conflicting accounts of the events surrounding a missing person’s case. Plot:
On March 20th 2014, twenty-seven-year-old Ella McCray disappeared
from her engagement party at a Southern Arizona ranch house. Six people
witnessed her disappearance. All six provided completely incompatible accounts
of what happened. This is the story of their attempts to uncover the truth
about Ella’s disappearance and the impossible things the witnesses saw when she
vanished.
The first season will consist of eight
episodes and will feature eight main characters along with assorted smaller
roles. More info can be found at our website sixdisappearancespodcast.com. We are
committed to developing a diverse case of voice actors and encourage actors of
all backgrounds and gender identities to audition. All performers must have
reasonably good recording equipment and a space in which to record.
IMPORTANT: Voice actors must be
comfortable with violent and disturbing content, although we make every effort
to avoid material that will be triggering and/or exploitative. In addition, all
voice actors must be comfortable with queer-inclusive content, particularly
same-sex romance. Finally, all voice actors must agree to communicate with each
other either by Skype, phone, Facetime, etc, in order to produce more authentic
performances over long distances.
These roles will be unpaid for the first
season, but payment will be renegotiated in future seasons if Patreon and
advertising revenues cover the cost of production.
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45 years old, take no shit, pragmatic, ER nurse, single mother of two, blue-collar background. She is a survivor who is prepared to take risks and make difficult choices for her family. She is the mother of Ella, the woman who has disappeared.
Jules. Honey. I need to you to just listen to me on this. He’s never
coming back. Whatever happened to Ella,
it doesn’t have anything to do with him. Please just trust me.
[NOTE: We are only considering trans* performers for this part]: 26, transwoman, assertive, smart, hot-tempered. July is Ella’s ferociously loyal best friend from childhood. She considers Ella, Cora, and Jordan her found family and will do anything to find Ella.
Ok, dream journal entry for. . . I don’t know, whatever the fuck today’s
date is. I went to sleep for a few
hours, right around 3:00 am. It’s been so long since any of us slept, but searching in the dark
wasn’t working anyway, so. . . Anyway. I had really weird, bad dreams.
50, white collar, affluent background but also nice guy, peacemaker. Dalton is Ella’s soon-to-be father-in-law. He attempts to take charge of the search effort, but he is also conflicted about his son’s possible role in the disappearance.
Travis, please, calm down. When was the last time you slept?
Ella’s been great for Travis. I mean, my
son’s a good kid, but he can be so driven, and she reminds him to have fun.
Middle-aged, enigmatic but in a way that draws people in and invites trust. Joseph’s origins are unclear, so we are especially interested in auditions from people with authentic non-American accents (any country of origin).
No, I’m sorry, I haven’t seen her. But I’ll call if I see anything. I
hope you find her.I get the sense
you know more than you’re saying. Well, there’s nothing wrong with that.
34, British, from an affluent background but has fallen on hard times. She is drawn into the investigation through coincidence and knows none of the other characters at the start of the story.
I just keep thinking about that poor girl. I don’t know, maybe I should have called in sick again, kept helping
with the search. But everything just feels so strange
out there.
[NOTE: We are only considering women of color for this part]: Early middle age, African American, competent, professional. She is the lead detective on Ella’s case and is highly skeptical of most of their accounts of the disappearance.
Can you remember anything specific about the street, something that will help us identify it?
That’s probably true, but details might still be important. Do you remember anything else?
50, professional woman, highly educated, experiencing extreme stress
I just can’t believe this is happening. What about Travis? How’s he
holding up?
45, Hispanic, calm and level-headed, blue-collar
Yeah, that’s why I’m calling. I’ve been trying for days, and I just
can’t get a flight out of
Ketchikan. I’ve never seen anything like it.
60s, helpful, plainspoken
Oh, now, I’m real sorry to hear that. It’s just terrible, the things
that go on in this world. Are the police
having any luck?
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