Huck Finn vs The World - Steam Punk Adaptation (Episode 4)
Project Overview
Hello everyone!
We are producing a new audio drama, Huck Finn Versus The World, that is an abridged adaptation of the Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, but here is the twist: it's set in a steampunk world!
The scripts for the 5 episodes have been written, and we have a few characters that we need to fill for the fourth episode.
If you are interested in playing one of the roles please use the audition lines below.
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BEN ROGERS, ten year old boy from Arkansas. Curious, energetic. STRONG ARKANSAS ACCENT.
How's it work, sir?
What's so grand about tamkwarin parts rather than steam anyhow? We got lots of
coggers and cogworks who are all or most all steam run.
Tamkarin sounds like a real smart buy! Mr. King, you are one educated chap!
CONDUCTOR, middle-aged man. Professional. STANDARD AMERICAN ACCENT.
One line, possibly played by the actor who plays Local Man #3 and Local Man #5.
(yelling out)All aboard! Last call!
DOC ROBINSON, middle-aged man. Educated, smart, analytical, kind to the true Wilks family. MILD ARKANSAS ACCENT.
(snorts, laughs in disbelief)You... You can't be serious! Is the whole town daft? He's
no more an Englishman than I am a stuffed boar!
I don't know. But give your uncle's lawyers a week to sort it out before you give them
anything. Please.
(laughs)Aside from him sounding English and having travel papers?(beat)He claims
Peter has a tattoo by which he can prove his relation.
HARVEY WILKS, middle-aged Englishman. Kind, mild mannered. EDUCATED ENGLISH ACCENT.
Mary Jane, darling, you look just like your mother, rest her soul.
The last time we saw either Peter or your father, George, was before they came
here, at George and Abigail's wedding. I'm your Uncle Harvey and this here is your
Uncle William.
He hopes we find you well.
JOANNA, ten year old girl from Arkansas. Third of the three Wilks nieces. Nice, skeptical, curious. MILD ARKANSAS ACCENT.
(suspicious)Do men of the cloth usually say cogger?
King Law-(pause)(confused)Wait... I thought you lived in Sheffield.
(incredulous)Why? Why would he visit Sheffield so often?
KING, sixty-eight year old man. Traveling conman. Ill-tempered, arrogant, completely selfish. NEW YORK ACCENT.
(gruffly)Hey, you! Shove off!
(proudly)I'm a musician of sorts when I have the right instruments. But, these days I
mostly stick to revival meetings, preaching, and selling medicinal
remedies.(beat)What about you?
(horrible English accent)Yes, I’m so sorry, dear.(beat)And Miss Naomi! Oh, were you
dear Peter's housekeeper the last time we saw each other twenty year ago?
LOCAL CHILD, nine year old girl. Curious. STRONG SOUTHERN ACCENT.
(very excited)Do something else!
LOCAL MAN #1, middle-aged man in the crowd. STRONG TENNESSEE ACCENT.
(critical)What do we want to do upgrades for? They're as expensive as sin!
(impressed)Smooth and easy!
LOCAL MAN #2, young man in the crowd. MILD SOUTHERN ACCENT.
(snorts)(continues incredulous)Low prices? I can get two or three steam cogworking
parts for the price of one of these tamkwarin ones!
LOCAL MAN #3, old man in the crowd. STANDARD AMERICAN ACCENT.
Can he smash this watermelon with that cogworking leg of his?
LOCAL MAN #4, middle-aged man in the crowd. NEW ENGLISH ACCENT.
No. Sorry.
LOCAL MAN #5, young man in the crowd. STANDARD AMERICAN ACCENT.
Sorry, kid.
LOCAL MAN #6, middle-aged man in the crowd. STANDARD SOUTHERN ACCENT.
Oh, yessir. I seen him.
Oh, yessir. He were plucked up by a farmer goin' to Pugsville. A uh... A Mr. Phelps, I
believe. That visitin' preacher man, Harvey Wilks. He sold him off at a discount
price. Called it a bargain
Good luck, kid.
LOCAL WOMAN #1, middle-aged woman in the crowd. STANDARD SOUTHERN ACCENT.
Can you tell us, Mr. King, how the price of tamkwarin is expected to change in the
future?
(delighted)No grinding!
LOCAL WOMAN #2, young woman in the crowd. MILD SOUTHERN ACCENT.
Sorry. No.
MAN FROM HETRIANA, middle-aged man. Friend of deceased Peter Wilks. A bit drunk. Pleasant, sad. STANDARD ARKANSAS ACCENT, DRUNK.
(approaching)(stumbling)Excuse me. Excuse me.
(slurring slightly)Oh, a friend of mine, Peter Wilks, just died.
(slurring slightly)Oh, thanks. Pete’s the kind of fella you miss, you know? Decent. He
adopted his orphaned nieces, you know. He worked hard every day. He was a
tanner.
MARY JANE, fifteen year old girl from Arkansas. First of the three Wilks nieces. Proper, kind, thoughtful. MILD ARKANSAS ACCENT.
Of course, uncle. Susan and I will show you to your room.(beat)What's your name?
oanna! Are you questioning the poor boy?(gasps)Where are your manners? The
good book says we are to treat others with kindness, and that's how we were
raised! That's how Ma, Pa, and Uncle Peter all believed was the right and
respectable way to do things!
(whispering, worried)You might be too late. I saw Uncle Harvey - or whoever he is -
go into town with him this morning, but I haven't seen him since.
MARY JANE, fifteen year old girl from Arkansas. First of the three Wilks nieces. Proper, kind, thoughtful. MILD ARKANSAS ACCENT.
I was. Fresh with my cogworking leg.
Mr. Wilks, Doc Robinson from town to see you.
Excuse me, but you all have some visitors.
SUSAN, thirteen year old girl from Arkansas. Second of the three Wilks nieces. Nice, mild mannered, sincere. MILD ARKANSAS ACCENT.
(sad)We miss him so much.
(sniffling)Yes, please, Joe.
THE DUKE, thirty-one year old man. Traveling conman. Clever, charming, arrogant. STANDARD TEXAS ACCENT.
(whispering, threatening)Fine, old man. You can stay, but no funny business. Help
me with this.
(nonchalantly)I rather think so. Though, this last job I stayed one too many nights.
The item I was selling takes tartar off the teeth, but generally the enamel along with
it.(sighs)And you?
(irritated)You know, I’m the who sweet talked the girl downstairs to give us a room at
a discount price.
TOWNSPERSON #1, middle-aged woman in the crowd. MILD ARKANSAS ACCENT.
A fine plan!