Casting Call for Cracked

Erin Miller enjoys writing and tends to spend his free time with a small notebook. Erin has no particular goals for the future, but his English teacher is heavily pushing him to go to college and pursue writing. Lillian is Erin's only real friend before Alex moves into town. Since elementary school Erin has always been somewhat of an outsider, but he never minded. Lillian moved to his school in 4th grade, and they became instant friends.

Alex grew up in a tightly knit family. He was great friends with his cousin, and they were practically together 24/7. When his cousin, Johnathan, died his aunt blamed him for the loss. As a child Alex didn't fully understand what happened. Because of Johnathan's death Alex and his mother moved away only to return several years later due to his mother losing her job. Alex no longer remembered much about his cousin or what had happened when he returned.

Alex became a major math nerd. Studying numbers eventually led him to number puzzles and eventually codes. Deciphering codes became a hobby for Alex. He's talented when it comes to math, but not to an extreme extent. Alex tends to ignore his own feelings and go with whatever people say around him.

Lillian has been friends with Erin since they were nine.  She is a quirky artist who honestly isn't very good at much else. While she has a decent grade in English, she's borderline deadly in Chemistry and basically flunking Algebra. Despite this, she retains an upbeat attitude. She is a very determined person, a quick thinker, and is loyal to her friends. Erin calls her Lil sometimes.

Johnathan Davis died several years ago, causing Alex and his mother to move out of town. When they return, Johnathan becomes active as a spirit seeking the attention of his older cousin. Alex and Johnathan were very close as children.

Cynthia doesn't want anything to do with Erin, Lillian, or Alex and tries desperately to maintain her reputation. She isn't fully a medium, but she can see periodic outlines of spirits and hear them relatively clearly. Having kept this hidden, she reluctantly approaches Alex about the little boy that keeps following him around. Once she's done with the three, she wants nothing to do with them again because she's worried they will destroy her carefully built reputation.

Ash used to be a friendly kid, but starting in middle school he struggled through various hardships and began to lash out at other students. Eventually his target landed on Erin. Ash torments the other boy whenever he can. Ash doesn't want to insult Lillian though which makes things a bit more complicated. When Alex joins the school Ash moves on to pestering him, but stops a bit once Alex starts hanging out with Lillian.

Jared Young basically just follows Ash around. Compared to Ash, Jared is a quiet person who is less confrontational. He will agree with Ash on most things, but not everything. He has been friends with Ash since elementary school, and mimics his friend's behavior.

Lori Davis is the mother of Johnathan Davis and the aunt of Alex Green. She's sisters with Elise Green.

When her son passed away, Lori found it easy to blame her nephew. Despite her son's death being labeled an accident, Lori held onto her belief that Alex, only age  4 at the time, had something to do with the loss of her son. She resents him, but keeps quiet about it for the sake of her sister Elise. That doesn't keep her from doing as little as possible to aid her nephew.

Elise is Alex's mother, Johnathan's aunt, and Lori's sister.

Elise is a rather quiet person who doesn't like to dominate conversation. She holds her sister's opinion highly, but does not agree with her on many things. She adores her son, but doesn't usually speak to him much due to her quiet nature.

He/She is an English teacher who heavily encourages Erin to pursue writing and talks to him frequently.

He/She is the school's Algebra teacher.

He/She works in the town's library.

I will eventually need some smaller background characters. It may be other teachers, students, etc.

This audition is just a mix of other character's lines. Feel free to audition with different lines if you wish.