AUDIOBOOK - Full Cast
Project Overview
Project Title: In Returning and Rest
Format: Full Production Audio Drama / Audiobook
Genre: Literary Fiction
### Technical Requirements for Audition
- Clean audio with no background noise
- No music or effects
- WAV or MP3 format
### What We're Looking For
- Vocal quality and range appropriate to the character
- Ability to convey subtext and psychological complexity
- When selected, have all takes on 1 file and then sent through Google Drive, Dropbox etc.
- Professional demeanor and communication
### PAYMENT
Paypal/Venmo
She satisfies every box. The partner-track career. The daughter who inherited her razor-sharp ambition. For 30 years, Victoria built a fortress no one could touch. But now the walls are starting to crumble.
When a devastating diagnosis shatters the only identity she's ever known, Victoria is forced to confront everything she's spent a lifetime outrunning:
the parents whose sacrifices she never understood, the husband hiding behind his own polished mask, and the daughter who learned to measure love in billable hours.
Healing isn't linear. Forgiveness isn't guaranteed. And the hardest case Victoria has ever taken on is her own life.
A literary fiction novel that will make you call your mother, hold your loved ones closer, and ask yourself what you've been too afraid to put down.
Voice Actor
Word Count Estimate: 314 words (9 lines)
Vocal Archetype/Tone: Deep, resonant, seasoned, comforting
Personality Traits: Wise, spiritual, compassionate, grounded
Chaplain Carter delivers a sermon in the hospital chapel, preaching about the painful but necessary process of having one's life break down before resurrection can occur. He is passionate, empathetic, and comforting to the patients in attendance
- male senior
"Some of you in this room are living that right now. You're watching your body fail. You're losing the things you thought defined you. You're being asked to let go of the old life before you can see the shape of the new one. And it's terrifying. Because we don't like not knowing. We don't like being in the tomb, waiting for resurrection, with no guarantee it's coming."
Voice Actor
Word Count Estimate: 235 words (8 lines)
Vocal Archetype/Tone: Confident, fast-paced, smooth
Personality Traits: Adversarial, polished, competitive
Blake Harrington argues for the landlord in Housing Court, framing the eviction of Leah Torres as a routine and lawful property renovation. He is polished, confident, and emotionally detached, focusing strictly on property rights
- male adult
Your Honor, this is a straightforward matter of lawful eviction to planned rehabilitation of the property located at 847 Brandy Terrace. My client purchased the building six months ago with the intention of substantial renovation to bring the units up to modern safety and efficiency standards
Voice Actor
Word Count Estimate: 230 words (12 lines)
Vocal Archetype/Tone: Direct, clear, firm, judicial
Personality Traits: Fair, objective, no-nonsense
Magistrate Webb opens the eviction hearing for Leah Torres, maintaining formal order in a busy and chaotic courtroom. She is experienced, weary, and professional, focused on executing the court's daily procedures.
- female adult
Case 47. Torres versus Riverside Properties LLC. Eviction pursuant to substantial rehabilitation under the state's landlord-tenant code. Petitioner, you may proceed
Mr. Harrington, I've been presiding over this court for nineteen years. I've seen this strategy deployed dozens of times. Claim substantial rehabilitation. Clear the building. Reposition the units at triple the rent
Voice Actor
Word Count Estimate: 209 words (12 lines)
Vocal Archetype/Tone: Maternal, direct, reassuring
Personality Traits: Warm, supportive, practical
Marlene introduces herself to Victoria in the recovery room and checks her vitals with a polite, clinical efficiency. She is professional, gentle, and serves as a comforting presence in the immediate aftermath of surgery.
- female adult
Hello. My name is Marlene. Dr. Prasad will be in shortly to talk to you. He'll go over the results
You'll do fine. You'll get some saline first, then anti-nausea meds, then the chemo drugs, then more saline to flush everything through. Whole process takes about three hours, give or take
Voice Actor
Word Count Estimate: 196 words (8 lines)
Vocal Archetype/Tone: Lively
Personality Traits: Warm, gossipy, devout
Miss Yvonne talks with Victoria, observing that Victoria looks 'lighter,' and shares her own journey of finding identity after retiring from her beloved bakery. She is wise, warm, and comforting.
- female senior
I set something down myself a few years ago. That bakery was my whole life for thirty-five years. I built it from nothing. Put every dollar and every hour I had into keeping it alive. And when my hands couldn't do the work anymore—I thought I would die. I thought if I wasn't baking, I wasn't anything.
Voice Actor
Word Count Estimate: 176 words (7 lines)
Vocal Archetype/Tone: Precise, warm, professional
Personality Traits: Empathetic, busy, analytical
Dr. Prasad reviews the lumpectomy procedure with Victoria in pre-op holding, explaining the surgical plan and margin expectations. She is clinical, objective, and professional, answering her questions with realistic optimism
- female adult
Good. I want to review the procedure one more time, make sure you're clear on what we're doing today. We're performing a lumpectomy with sentinel lymph node dissection. I'll make an incision here—remove the tumor and a margin of surrounding tissue, then remove the sentinel nodes to check for metastasis. The whole procedure should take about two hours.
Voice Actor
Word Count Estimate: 99 words (7 lines)
Vocal Archetype/Tone: Bright, professional, efficient, helpful
Personality Traits: Efficient, polite, welcoming
Jennifer answers Victoria's call to the doctor's office, checking her file and asking standard screening questions about her symptoms. She is bright, polite, and professional, performing routine administrative duties
Of course, Mrs. Marshall. Let me pull up your file. I see your next annual physical isn't until January. Are you experiencing symptoms that need to be addressed sooner?
Voice Actor
Word Count Estimate: 71 words (5 lines)
Vocal Archetype/Tone: Soft, hesitant, emotional
Personality Traits: Vulnerable, quiet, stressed
Carla checks on Victoria in pre-op holding, validating her nervousness with a comforting, reassuring tone. She is warm, encouraging, and helps ease the patient's pre-surgery anxiety
- female adult
That's completely normal. Dr. Prasad will be in shortly to go over everything with you one more time, and then we'll get you back to the OR. Do you have any questions?
Voice Actor
Word Count Estimate: 68 words (8 lines)
Vocal Archetype/Tone: Gritty, tired, earnest
Personality Traits: Resolute, defensive, frustrated
Darnell explains his rent payment history to Victoria during a legal intake interview, feeling deflated by the lack of physical receipts from his landlord. He is quiet, anxious, and hoping for legal help to save his housing
- male adult
In person. To the management office. On Eighth Street
They never gave me one. I asked, but the woman at the desk said the money order was the receipt.
Voice Actor
Word Count Estimate: 53 words (2 lines)
Vocal Archetype/Tone: Clinical, direct, professional
Personality Traits: Objective, analytical, focused
Dr. Gregory prepares Victoria for surgery in the operating room, guiding her through the administration of anesthesia. She is calm, professional, and soothing, helping the patient surrender control as she falls asleep
- female adult
Mrs. Marshall, I'm Dr. Gregory, your anesthesiologist. I'm going to give you something to help you relax, and then we'll put you to sleep. You'll feel a little cold when the medication goes in, and then you'll start to feel drowsy. Just let yourself go.
Voice Actor
Word Count Estimate: 30 words (5 lines)
Vocal Archetype/Tone: Reassuring, gentle, warm
Personality Traits: Kind, efficient
The nurse shows Victoria into the oncology consultation room and offers her water before the doctor arrives. She is polite, neutral, and efficient in her patient support
Dr. Evans will be with you shortly. Can I get you any water?
Voice Actor
Word Count Estimate: 21 words (2 lines)
Vocal Archetype/Tone: Stressed, soft, hesitant
Personality Traits: Anxious, grateful, tired
Leah Torres tearfully thanks Victoria after the judge issues a stay of eviction, expressing overwhelming relief and gratitude. She is emotional, vulnerable, and relieved that she will not be displaced during her cancer treatment.
- female adult
Thank you. Thank you. I didn't think—I thought I was going to lose everything. God sent you.
Voice Actor
Word Count Estimate: 15 words (1 lines)
Vocal Archetype/Tone: Young, professional, soft
Personality Traits: Helpful, eager
Michelle greets William as he arrives at the office, handing him coffee and updating him on his schedule. She is cheerful, efficient, and professional, facilitating his daily routine.
- female adult
Good morning, William. Your eight-thirty is already here. I put him in the blue room.
Voice Actor
Word Count Estimate: 9 words (2 lines)
Vocal Archetype/Tone: Resonant, formal, flat
Personality Traits: Administrative, structured
The bailiff calls out the eviction case number in a loud, routine voice to summon the parties into the courtroom. He is loud, formal, and hardened by years of working in a high-stress, bureaucratic environment.
- male adult
Case 47. Torres versus Riverside Properties LLC.
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