Elevator Pitch Podcast - "Armageddon? What a Drag!"

Elevator Pitch Podcast - "Armageddon? What a Drag!"

Project Overview

Armageddon? What a Drag! Is an action-packed story about a group of kids that get caught in the middle of a zombie apocalypse! Stuck riding a Greyhound to escape the undead, they’ve only got each other and their minimal knowledge of how to work a stick shift to survive. No parents, no safety, and no way home. Can they find a way to survive - or even stop doomsday altogether?

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Voice Actor
Voice Actor
Sherman "Sherm" Marino (he/him)
closed
Unpaid
Role assigned to: TheBrightAGenShow

***ACTOR MUST BE BLACK TO BE CONSIDERED FOR THIS ROLE***

An eighth grader. Jaded and profane - or at least, he’d like to think of himself that way. Has a Napoleon complex, probably. He’s on the Greyhound with his twin sibling Samson, headed to the middle of nowhere for some godforsaken summer camp. Or, y’know, he would be doing that, if not for the sudden onslaught of zombies. He’s in this to make sure his sibling doesn’t get hurt - but when he finds out that another passenger’s vape is the cure to the zombie infection, he figures maybe he’ll get his fifteen minutes of fame if the world finds out he helped save the day. And, y’know. It gets him out of summer camp. 

VOCAL NOTES: MIDDLE RANGE VOICE. OFTEN DEADPAN, BUT HE IS A KID AND KIDS CAN HAVE EMOTIONAL OUTBURSTS SOMETIMES, SO KEEP THAT IN MIND. VA MUST BE COMFORTABLE WITH MAINTAINING ENERGY THROUGH SARCASM/DEADPAN HUMOR.

  • SHERMAN: Wait - okay, wait a MINUTE. Are you trying to tell us that your stupid nicotine addiction just CURED a zombie?

  • SHERMAN: (THIS IS SOMETHING THAT DEEPLY HURTS SHERMAN’S FEELINGS AND HE ONLY KNOWS HOW TO RESPOND WITH ANGER) They THOUGHT it’d be a nice way to get rid of us for three months. And they don’t care if we enjoy it or not. They’ve never cared about what we think. They just want us to fit their idea of a perfect kid, all athletic and upstanding and popular, and since we don’t they sent us out here. Better than having to deal with us, right?

Voice Actor
Voice Actor
Samson "Sam" Marino (they/them)
open
Unpaid

***ACTOR MUST BE BLACK AND TRANS/NONBINARY TO BE CONSIDERED FOR THIS ROLE***

An eighth grader. Overthinker, a little full of anxiety, an asthmatic, so this just SUCKS for them. They’re the kind of eighth grader who KNOWS they ain’t shit. They’re on the Greyhound with their twin brother Sherman, headed to Smalltown for some sort of educational summer camp. Or, y’know, they would be doing that, if not for the sudden onslaught of zombies. They’d rather stay on the Greyhound where it’s safe, but when they find out that another passenger’s vape is the cure to the zombie infection, they can’t exactly sit back and do nothing. Plus - y’know - the others on the bus aren’t SO bad.


VOCAL NOTES: MIDDLE RANGE VOICE. OFTEN SOFT SPOKEN, BUT THERE WILL BE MOMENTS WHERE THEY YELL IN LIEU OF POTENTIAL DANGER. VA MUST BE COMFORTABLE WITH MAINTAINING A NERVOUS SORT OF ENERGY. 

  • SAMSON: (TELLING A STORY) ...And so I walked into the room, and what do I see but everyone in the cast circling around Sherman! And they’re all going “Hail Sherman!” and I’m like, “I didn’t think I was gonna end up in the middle of my brother’s new cult during the intermission of High School Musical Jr., but here I am-”

  • SAMSON: I have the butter knife! That’s been painted on!


    CAL: Samson, is that one of the plastic ones?


    SAMSON: ...Maybe?


    CAL: Dude-


    SAMSON: It looked nice! There were little saw sharks drawn on it-

Voice Actor
Voice Actor
Calpurnia "Cal" Spiotto (she/her)
closed
Unpaid
Role assigned to: claudia

***ACTOR MUST BE HISPANIC OR LATINX TO BE CONSIDERED FOR THE ROLE***

A high school sophomore. She’s quick-witted AND quick on her feet. She’s on the Greyhound to her dad’s house in Smalltown, to spend the summer with her dad and her brother. Or, y’know, she would be doing that, if not for the sudden onslaught of zombies. She doesn’t have a particular reason to leave the Greyhound when she finds out there’s a cure for the apocalypse - she just wants to do what’s right, and she’s just up for some adventure before heading home to her family.


VOCAL NOTES: MIDDLE/LOW RANGE VOICE. MATTER-OF-FACT AND CONCISE. CAL IS THE MOST PRACTICAL OUT OF THE GROUP - SHE THINKS ABOUT WHAT SHE SAYS AND HER SPEECH PATTERN SHOULD REFLECT THAT. VA MUST BE COMFORTABLE WITH MAINTAINING HIGH AND/OR MEDIATIVE ENERGY, DEPENDENT ON WHAT THE SCENE CALLS FOR.

  • CAL: Honestly, I’m not worried about us.


    SAMSON: You’re NOT?


    CAL: Okay, I mean, I’m worried about dying at the hands of a zombie at all times, but I MEANT we’d be able to save the world and survive when it happens.

  • CAL: There’s - there was never any talk about us being a package deal. Me and my mom. I could even tell she was excited for me to leave this summer. Everyone was. And - and you know? I actually did try calling her a few times, earlier? You can guess how well that went, even when the cell service started getting better.

    [BEAT]

    It sucks. Just - knowing you’re the odd man out, and there’s nothing you can do about it, y’know? No one’s really on your side. Ever. You’re just - alone.

     

Voice Actor
Voice Actor
Alice Marino (she/her)
open
Unpaid

***ACTOR MUST BE BLACK TO BE CONSIDERED FOR THIS ROLE***

The twins’ mother. No lines aside from her voicemail.

  • AUTOMATED VOICE: Your call has been forwarded to an automatic voice message system.


    ALICE: (A RECORDING, VERY BUSINESS-LIKE) You’ve reached Alice Marino. I’m sorry I missed your call, leave a message and I’ll get back to you.

Voice Actor
Voice Actor
Orc's Mom (she/her)
open
Unpaid

***ACTOR MUST BE HISPANIC OR LATINX TO BE CONSIDERED FOR THIS ROLE***

Oriole’s mother - overbearing and strict.

  • ORC’S MOM: Oriole! Thank GOD. They told us you drove a BUS, what were you THINKING?!

Voice Actor
Voice Actor
Ángel Spiotto (he/him)
open
Unpaid

***ACTOR MUST BE HISPANIC OR LATINX TO BE CONSIDERED FOR THIS ROLE***

Cal’s older brother. To put it bluntly, he’s kind of a jerk.


  • ÁNGEL: Cal.


    CAL: Ángel! Hey. Uh. Where’s Dad?


    ÁNGEL: In the car. We had plans right after this, so he’s kept the engine running.




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