Morningstar Island
Project Overview
A group of college juniors are sent on a summer research trip to Morningstar Island, a remote island in the middle of the Atlantic. The trip is sponsored by Morgotech, a pharmaceutical company. They don’t know what, exactly, they’re researching, and everything goes south when Jonathan, one of the project leads, goes missing. The group is slowly picked off one-by-one as they desperately try to figure out who–or what–is hunting them.
This will be a multi-episode audio drama, posted on Substack and (hopefully) Spotify. Zero experience or fancy equipment required! All audio will be taken from "walkie talkie" recordings and conversations, so audio quality isn't a huge concern to me. Because there are so many characters, rather than having live recording sessions, I will likely ask that you send a recording in, I'll provide feedback, and then you'll send in another recording in. If you'd rather have live direction, we can work out a time to do a Zoom/Discord call.
Please send at least two takes and provide your Discord in the comments, as this will be how we communicate. If you'd also like to let me know a bit about yourself/why you're interested in this project, feel free to include that too!
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Team leader. Keeps to herself. She’s a scientist and she has a contract with Morgotech to develop a cure for a rare disease that CJ (secretly) has. She’s been tasked with keeping her research team on-track, but when her brother goes missing, she has to put the project aside and mobilize her team to find him. But… what is she hiding?
- female adult
- all american accents
Okay. This is… day one of the search. I’ve decided it’ll be best practice to record something every day until we find him. Umm–Jonathan. The others don’t know this but I’m recording their radio conversations–I know, it’s highly unethical, but I couldn’t care less about ethics right now. Somebody here knows something. I don’t know who but I don’t trust a single fucking one of them. Oh, sorry. Language. I’ve been pretty stressed. I–I know my brother. I know he wouldn’t just desert the project like that. Desert me. Lives are on the line and I’m really, really worried. Anyways, I’ve divided us into three search crews. CJ is with Miranda, James is with Donahue, and Aubrey, Martha, and Leeland are in a group of three. I’ll be here monitoring them. No progress yet. End of update.
An outgoing party girl, Aubrey is on this trip to prove that she can do it. She was always the most popular girl in school. She's president of her sorority. She often doubts herself but she puts the work in when the work needs done. Miranda is her best friend.
- english
- female adult
- all american accents
I could be on the beach right now. Like, an actual beach. Not whatever this is. I could be having a fun time with my last summer before graduation but instead I’m here, wasting away on some decrepit island with a bunch of losers while a murderer runs loose and I’m the pretty girl so I’ll probably die next. I only came because I didn’t want my friend to go alone because I’m such a good best friend but now I wish I would’ve never met you, Miranda. I–I didn’t mean that. I’m just upset. I’m sorry.
Martha is a no-nonsense, nerdy, bookish type with crippling anxiety. She only went on the trip because her professor, Dr. Ross, said it would help her with getting a job after graduation. She's usually quiet but when she's stressed, everybody knows it. She knows she's smart but she's often unsure of herself.
- english
- female adult
- all american accents
Oh my god. There was so much blood. And I just ran. I didn’t know what else to do! I just–being here is freaking me out so much. I should’ve listened to my parents, I should’ve stayed at home. What kind of company sends its interns to an abandoned island for an internship? Does anybody else realize how insane that is? I’m not even doing this for college credit! I’m just here because it’ll look good on a resume! Why can’t we leave, huh? Why isn’t anybody asking that? Isn’t it a little too inconvenient that the boat just suddenly stops working and our coms are down? Why is nobody else freaking out? But, yea, anyway, there was a lot of blood. Like, a lot.
He’s… a doofus. His dad is the CEO of Morgotech, the pharmaceutical company sponsoring the project, and he’s never really had to work for anything in his life. He (secretly) has an incurable disease that his dad is working to cure and it’s the reason for the project. He’s on the trip because the hope is that Rebecca can start working on him as soon as possible. He might have a thing for Miranda.
- english
- all american accents
- male adult
I didn’t fucking choose this. I’m here because I was sent here because that’s all my dad ever does. He just sends me away because it’s easier that way. Do you know how hard it was to grow up and be raised by random butlers and nannies? I’ve had zero stability in my life. ZERO. I never even met my mom. All anybody sees when they look at me is an idiot rich kid with no prospects. But I have so much to give. And it’s not fucking fair. And I don’t want to die. I didn’t ask for any of this. You, of all people, should understand that.
Leeland is a biochem professor and was assigned to be Rebecca’s advisor. He’s a genius but he also has a hard time just… being a human. He’s very old-fashioned and has a hard time adapting to change. He's in his mid-50s/early 60s, any accent, he should sound very sophisticated.
- english
- male senior
- british
- australian
- male adult
- all american accents
- aristocratic british
You absolute cretins. You really thought I recommended you for this project because I believed in you? You signed up to be here. That’s why you’re all here. You signed up because, what, you wanted to prove yourselves? To cure cancer? That kind of optimism will get you killed. I mean that quite literally. You’re unequivocally fucked. I have a job to do and I’m not going to let you brats stop me from doing it. There is a lot of money waiting for me once this is over and I’m getting paid, damnit!
Donahue was always a bit of a loser who thinks he’s cool. He’s in a band, wears sunglasses indoors, and keeps his feelings to himself for the most part. James is his best friend. Deep down, he’s actually very sensitive and he went on this trip because he wants to do some good for the world. Can have a midwestern American dialect, but I'd also love to hear a take in an Irish accent as well.
I never really thought of myself as being smart. I mean, I’m smart enough to be here. But I just… I don’t know. I feel like nobody really knows me. Not really, at least. I just… I don’t wanna die here. I’m scared and I’m actually admitting that. I don’t know how I possibly couldn’t be. You know, I used to have stage fright. Really. My hands would get all sweaty and it’d be hard to hold my guitar and I’d basically black out until the show was over but right now, I’d give anything to be on a stage again. Or in some dive bar. Hell, even a nursing home rec room. I had a good life and I took it for granted.
James was a fun, party-crazy jock in high school, but now he wants nothing more than to get a good job and settle down with his girlfriend of seven years, Miranda. Donahue is his best friend. He keeps himself composed pretty well but he's generally a very nervous person.
- english
- all american accents
- male adult
Did seven years mean nothing to you? I mean–seven years, Miranda. We were going to have a life together. And… him? I mean, really. Him? I only went on this trip so I could be with you. I know there’s a lot going on right now, and you’re stressed, and I’m stressed, so we’re clearly not making good decisions but–HIM? Please just tell me why, Miranda. Please. I need to know. What does he have that I don’t, besides a million dollars?
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