Nym's Nebulous Notions - A Scifi Audio Drama Podcast

Nym's Nebulous Notions - A Scifi Audio Drama Podcast

Project Overview

We are producing a small, limited episode scifi audio drama about what happens when conspiracies take unexpected turns and the only clues left behind are without any of the context that made them.


We follow the adventures of Nym (short for Pseudonym, naturally!) as she investigates a strange signal she intercepted.  Is it aliens?  Clones?  The government?  All of the above?  Nym is determined to find out!

The show will be a total of approximately two hours long, split into 12 short episodes.  All the episodes will be released at once, netflix style.  It will be available on all podcast platforms, youtube, a website, and hopefully, also as an audio book.

This is a side project for everyone involved, so project completion isn't expected until early 2019.  We will expect turnaround from our actors to take no longer than four to six weeks, but of course sooner is always better.

The script is written by Jamie Drake, Asajii Reynolds, Morgan Junor and Erin Kyan.



Produced by Erin Kyan (erinkyan.com) of Passer Vulpes Productions (passervulpes.com).  Erin's other production work is the Love and Luck podcast (loveandluckpodcast.com), Australia's first LGBT audio drama podcast.  He is experienced in audio drama production and determined to see this project through to its completion.

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  • The show is live!

    Hello everyone! The show is now finished and available - all the episodes and details can be found at nymsnotions.com Thank you all again for your interest in the show, it's been a lot of fun working on it over the last couple of years.
  • A couple of frequently asked questions!

    Hello everyone! I just wanted to drop by with answers to a couple of common questions we've received. 1) "Does my audition have to be with the same mic I'll do the finished recordings on?" Generally speaking, yes. As well as your talent, if you're remote from us then we're also gauging your mic quality with your audition. There's still plenty of time until auditions close, so make a time to get together with your friend who has the good mic, and use it! (Feel free to re-audition with a better recording if you need to - I'm not sure how easy it is to delete auditions or reupload them, but I'm sure we can figure it out!) 2) "I'm trans, can I audition for [character]?" YES. From a meatspace perspective: I, the producer, am trans, and we are an all queer team that refuses to work with transphobes. We're thrilled to have trans folks audition for our show. From a story perspective: none of the characters in this show's trans or cis status is ever mentioned, and even if they were: trans or cis, don't feel that you have to be the same gender as the character you're auditioning for. It's acting, after all! 3) "Why hasn't my audition been heard yet?" Bias! We're very aware of how subtle bias can be in something like auditions. If we hear one audition a long time before another, or have to re-listen to one that we've heard a while ago previously, that affects our judgement of it. So we are waiting until auditions close before we listen to them, to make sure we're coming in the closest we can to equally fresh with each audition. We'll go through each character one at a time before moving on to another one for the same reason. I hope that helps you all out! If you have any other questions, of course feel free to contact me, either here on CCC or over on twitter, where I'm @Erinkyan. I'm very excited by the number of auditions we've received so far, I can't wait to go through them all and find the right actors! Thank you all for your interest!
Voice Actor
Voice Actor
Nym
closed
Unpaid
Role assigned to: Sjroach94

Nym is a young woman determined to build her journalism career starting with what she's most passionate about: conspiracies.  She wants to expose truths and see justice done.  However, she's having a bit of trouble being taken seriously.


Nym is very sweet and naive, despite trying her hardest to be a hard boiled investigative journalist.  During the show she grows to be more realistic, optimistic, and open minded.

We are looking for a bubbly and enthusiastic voice for Nym.  Someone with an excellent range, who can make the journey from naive and gullible to sensible and strong.

Ideally we would have the option to work with the actor over Skype or Discord for some rehearsals before finalizing performances.

People of colour are strongly encouraged to audition.

  • [DETERMINED]  "I don’t know who they think they’re fooling, but I am not taken in."

  • [SCARED]  "Oh god. [PAUSE] No. No, I’m not letting them scare me off. Come on, Nym. You can do this. [QUIETLY] I can do this."

  • [GENTLY, THOUGHTFULLY] "She must have locked the file so you couldn’t find it, I guess. She was hurting and lashed out at you. I did that a bit after my parents died. I still feel shitty about how I treated some people, I'd undo it if I could. She must have felt awful about it."

Voice Actor
Voice Actor
Al
closed
Unpaid
Role assigned to: millsy3

Al (that's A followed by a lowercase L) is an artificial intelligence.  It is very new to sentience, generally speaking, but its doing its best.  It is very compassionate and considerate.  It likes jokes, but its very bad at telling them.


We are looking for an androgynous and somewhat artificial voice for Al, but Al is constantly doing its best to learn human interaction, so don't get TOO robotic.

Ideally we would have the option to work with the actor over Skype or Discord for some rehearsals before finalizing performances.


People of colour are strongly encouraged to audition.

Please note: DO NOT filter your audition with any audio filters to "sound" robotic.  Any filtering will be done during production at our end.

  • [ANNOUNCEMENT] "Attention. Humans cannot return to a living state from a deceased state. Please remember to treat the private belongings of others with the proper respect."

  • "Making a joke does not mean I am not taking things seriously. It is in my nature, but so is friendship, I hope."

  • [CRESTFALLEN] "I am ninety-nine percent certain that that is not a good punchline.  [PERKS UP]  ]Let us try again."

Voice Actor
Voice Actor
Tyler Richards
closed
Unpaid
Role assigned to: KevinKGomez

Tyler is a conspiracy shock jock.  He has a very surfer-bro sort of affectation to his speech.


We are looking for an obnoxious, arrogant voice for Tyler. 


Ideally we would have the option to work with the actor over Skype or Discord for some rehearsals before finalizing performances.




People of colour are strongly encouraged to audition.

  • "Goooood morning and welcome to the Bro's Nest, the premier destination for a bird’s eye view of what is really happening in the world. I am your host, Tyler Richards."

  • [INSINCERELY] "Hey Parker - can I call you Parker? I just wanted to get in touch, to say I'm sorry. I was a little harsh earlier this year when I said your theories were bunk and your show is stupid, and your hair is frizzy."

  • [BORED, ANNOYED] "I'm happy to brollaborate ((collaborate)) with any of you, but you've gotta bring me something more concrete than, say, a garbled recording from a starship no one has heard of in a system that is empty of inhabitables."

Voice Actor
Voice Actor
Bea Jorgan
closed
Unpaid
cast offsite

Bea is a no-nonsense old lady with a lot of warmth beneath her bluntness.  She is Emery's mother, and a mechanic.


Bea has a very emotional moment late in her arc, so we are looking for a voice that is rich and evocative as much as it is familiar and warm.

Ideally we would have the option to work with the actor over Skype or Discord for some rehearsals before finalizing performances.



Please note - while the character is Australian, we would much rather have a non-Australian accent for them than a fake Australian one.  We are an Australian production team and do not wish to comb through inauthentic accents.  If you are not Australian, that is fine - just speak in your normal accent.  You'll still be considered.



People of colour are strongly encouraged to audition.

  • [TERSELY] "That's enough. We don’t know why the drive failed, there’s no use in being hysterical."

  • [QUIETLY, FIRMLY]  "I’m going to go check on him, and then I’m going to bed. Sort this out amongst yourselves."

  • [CALMLY, TIRED, CONTENT] "[SHAKY SIGH]  I’ve had a good life. A long one. It didn’t always happen the way I thought it would, but I don’t regret a moment of it."

Voice Actor
Voice Actor
Callum Riggs-Jorgan
closed
Unpaid
Role assigned to: awinterwonder

Callum is in his late teens and is doing his best to be as good of a young man as he can be.  He is extremely smart and tries his best to be patient and considerate.  He spends a lot of time with computers, writing code.


We're looking for a polite, thoughtful voice for Callum.

Ideally we would have the option to work with the actor over Skype or Discord for some rehearsals before finalizing performances.


Please note - while the character is Australian, we would much rather have a non-Australian accent for them than a fake Australian one.  We are an Australian production team and do not wish to comb through inauthentic accents.  If you are not Australian, that is fine - just speak in your normal accent.  You'll still be considered.

People of colour are strongly encouraged to audition.

  • "The speech recognition algorithm is going pretty well. I know there are better bits of software out there that do the same thing, but they're all proprietary and I don't want the Cortana Naval Fleet to come after us for infringement. [laughs nervously]"

  • [OMINOUSLY] "If you’re not dead, you will be soon. Landing here was a mistake, and you know it."

  • [ANGRY]  "Enough! [pause] [continues quietly] Part of our family is already gone, don’t any of you dare disrupt the rest."

Voice Actor
Voice Actor
Katie Riggs-Jorgan
closed
Unpaid
Role assigned to: adoxographist

Katie is a doctor.  She is married to Marc and Emery Riggs-Jorgan, and a parent to Cassie and Callum.

She is a little cold, but she's trying to be warmer.   Her professionalism just creeps into her voice even with her family sometimes.  Despite this, she has a very emotional moment in the show, and her actor will need to be able to achieve that with her character.

Ideally we would have the option to work with the actor over Skype or Discord for some rehearsals before finalizing performances.


Please note - while the character is Australian, we would much rather have a non-Australian accent for them than a fake Australian one.  We are an Australian production team and do not wish to comb through inauthentic accents.  If you are not Australian, that is fine - just speak in your normal accent.  You'll still be considered.

People of colour are strongly encouraged to audition.

  • [FACTUALLY]  "Everyone has acclimatized to the altered ship air and gravity, so there shouldn't be any problems transitioning to our destination environment."

  • [FACTUALLY] "She hasn't even been gone a month and you're already planning the rest of our deaths!"

  • [EMOTIONALLY DEVASTATED, RAMBLING] "They’re gone Al, they’re all gone!  How... [SOB] how am I supposed to...  I haven’t [SOB]... all of them, they’re all gone, I’m [SOB]... I’m all that's here and... [TRAILS OFF]"

Voice Actor
Voice Actor
Emery Riggs-Jorgan
closed
Unpaid
Role assigned to: hedonisticactor

Emery is a sweet and gentle man.  He is married to Katie and Marc Riggs-Jorgan, and a parent to Cassie and Callum.

We're looking for a soft and affectionate voice for Emery.

Please note - while the character is Australian, we would much rather have a non-Australian accent for them than a fake Australian one.  We are an Australian production team and do not wish to comb through inauthentic accents.  If you are not Australian, that is fine - just speak in your normal accent.  You'll still be considered.

People of colour are strongly encouraged to audition.

  • [SLEEPILY] "Hun? What are you doing up so late?"

  • "Recycling our waste only goes so far eventually the soil degradation will make growing anything impossible."

  • "Well, you know your sister.  She won't even tell Gma."  (Pronounced: Jee-mah)

Voice Actor
Voice Actor
Marc Riggs-Jorgan
closed
Unpaid
Role assigned to: Cymond

Marc is a teacher.  He is married to Katie and Emery Riggs-Jorgan, and a parent to Cassie and Callum.

We're looking for a kind but authoritative voice for Marc.

Please note - while the character is Australian, we would much rather have a non-Australian accent for them than a fake Australian one.  We are an Australian production team and do not wish to comb through inauthentic accents.  If you are not Australian, that is fine - just speak in your normal accent.  You'll still be considered.

People of colour are strongly encouraged to audition.

  • [FRUSTRATED BUT TRYING TO BE PATIENT] "Callum why are you in the garden?  You know full well it’s right below Cassie’s room."

  • [PANICKING] "There's a fire on the third deck, I think Emery is still down there!"

  • [OUTRAGED]  "Soil degradation? Emery, for the love of God, can you please think about what you're saying!"

Voice Actor
Voice Actor
Jian McKinnon
closed
Unpaid
Role assigned to: Simanda

Jian is a government bureaucrat, working a boring office job dealing with FOI requests all day.

We're looking for a professional, detached, and slightly bored voice for Jian. 

People of colour are strongly encouraged to audition.

  • "This is an automated audio recording of official correspondence provided in addition to text documents in accordance with the Government Correspondence Accessibility Act of 2034."

  • "Under section 37 -1 of the FOI Act, I neither confirm nor deny that any documents of the type you have requested exist in Austrochina Signals Directorate (ASD) records. "

Voice Actor
Voice Actor
Cassie Riggs-Jorgan
closed
Unpaid
Role assigned to: jinkiesbinx

Please note - while the character is Australian, we would much rather have a non-Australian accent for them than a fake Australian one.  We are an Australian production team and do not wish to comb through inauthentic accents.  If you are not Australian, that is fine - just speak in your normal accent.  You'll still be considered.

People of colour are strongly encouraged to audition.

  • [FRUSTRATED] "I know you're hiding something, but I don't understand why."

  • [FRUSTRATED, ANGRY] "I can feel how scared and angry you are! We're all stuck here together, stop pretending like we're not all in grave danger!"

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