PAID - Night Shift Podcast - Casting more roles!
Project Overview
Hi everyone, I'm Julian! Creative director and head writer for the Night Shift podcast.
We are casting once again for a couple of roles in Night Shift: An Urban Fantasy Audio Drama! As we approach the conclusion of our first season, we’ve found the need for a couple of Extra characters who will evolve into minor roles in season two. Both are feminine voices, needed for an ongoing docudrama podcast set in an urban fantasy America.
We're an indie podcast passion project with a small budget, and we’ve released 9 episodes so far, drawing over 11,000 downloads in just a few months and still growing. The project is queer-led with a full cast of nearly 40 people already. You can find more information on our website or on Twitter, and listen to the current episodes on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and anywhere else you listen to podcasts.
About the Roles
We have TWO NEW ROLES available for our LGBT-friendly cast, seeking two femme voices for the end of season one - age ranges are 18-35 for Ember, and 40s-60s for Lisa Fen. Descriptions below.
Both roles are in English and the characters are extras, but will become minor characters in our second season. If you are cast, you will be expected to commit to remote recording for the second season in 2023 as well as two episodes for season one by October 2022 latest.
AUDITION DEADLINE IS JULY 18TH – FIRST LINES WILL BE NEEDED BY AUGUST 18TH.
No previous experience is necessary to apply, just enthusiasm for the project! As this is an ongoing venture, we need a committed cast who are interested in being part of the show.
Recording will be done remotely, on your own time to set deadlines, arranged via email and our production Discord server. For these roles, a USB or XLR microphone is required to match sound quality on the production.
We're an indie production, so we are compensating our cast at a set rate of $25 for extra roles, covering 250 words or less, plus $1 per line beyond that. This fee will increase when the roles become minor characters in season 2. Payment will be made via Paypal.
About the Podcast
Night Shift is a queer-led science fantasy docudrama podcast, tackling conspiracy stories surrounding the fictional pacific northwest city of Echor. Starting like a documentary and devolving into a cinematic experience, host Sebastian soon finds himself entangled in the secrets of the formidable biotechnology giant, the Augur Corporation, and a series of unexplainable events that may provide answers on the fractured memories of his past.
Sebastian records his investigations in quiet moments during his shifts at Night Shift Coffee, and as his discoveries escalate, the story delves into the unique sociopolitical climate of the world, which is populated by people with extraordinary abilities both natural and artificial.
Elements of mystery, science fiction, horror, and magic throughout.
About your Audition
Please provide 2-3 takes per line in an AABBCC format.
MP3 is preferred!
Feel free to apply for as many roles as appeal to you. If you have the vocal range, you may be cast as up to two characters.
Please feel free to audition for either or both roles. We are open to voice actors of any identity and are actively seeking a diverse overall cast.
No obligations to do so, but we would love to hear from you in a comment on your audition, introducing yourself, why you’re interested in the project, if you’d be open to other roles in the project if they come up, and where we can find you online (Discord IDs, Twitter handles etc).
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Femme, 18 - 35, Any Accent/Any Ethnicity
Ember is a Shade; an individual permanently biologically altered due to contact with the mysterious arcane Veil. Widely misunderstood, Shades struggle to find acceptance and are often vilified and feared. Many have unusual powers and all have physical mutations - Ember’s have manifested as protrusions of bone that grow from her forearms, which she saws off to appear less unusual.
She is a boxer at Martell’s, a gym that offers shelter for Shades, and is the right-hand woman to the gym’s owner. She is scrappy, tough, energetic, endearing, playful, with a protective streak.
Any accent is suitable for this role, and femme voices of any gender are welcome to audition. The story is set in the USA. If you are cast and would like to, you can help shape the character for our second season.
The fee for this role is $25 for the first 250 words and $1 per line for any additional lines beyond that. This role is ongoing and is set to become a minor character in season 2 for an increased fee.
“Hell yeah. If we can change things, let’s change them!”
“Everyone around here is buzzing about it. You are really going to rock the boat with those SRP assholes.”
“Martell’s been one for nearly eight years now, he’s not been in the shadows for so much as a second of it."
Femme, 40s - 60s, American/Any Ethnicity
Lisa is the adoptive and only family to our protagonist, Sebastian. Lisa is level-headed, tough, intelligent and strong-willed, but lacks maternal instinct, which has led to difficulties between them over the years and left their relationship strained. She cares for Sebastian and feels responsible for him, but keeps him at arms’ length. She carries a lot of guilt over the things he’s been through. In the past, her career has always come first and created a wall between them. Now she is retired, they rarely speak.
Any USA accent is suitable for this role, and femme voices of any gender are welcome to audition. If you are cast and would like to, you can help shape the character for our second season.
The fee for this role is $25 for the first 250 words and $1 per line for any additional lines beyond that. This role is ongoing and is set to become a minor character in season 2 for an increased fee.
“Sebastian. Where have you been? I haven't heard from you in a long time.”
“Since childhood, people always said you were… unusual. You used to talk about seeing things other people couldn’t.”
“Don’t use that tone with me. We can talk it through in person, figure it out together.”
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