Tales From The Aether is an anthology podcast where each season features a new, original fairy tale for modern-day audiences.
ABOUT
Season one is called The Witch of Rockwood Cove and although never disclosed, the series is implied to take place in New England before the Salem witch trials and somewhat recently after these pilgrims have settled the town. The story follows Kyna, a migrant witch who aims to stop the spread of rye ergot in the town of Rockwood Cove. Rye ergot is a blight hypothesized to be the cause of the visions and convulsions these “witches” were experiencing during the Salem witch trials.
This season does not include swearing or sex. It does include some violence and a same-sex relationship between Daisy and the main character, Kyna.
PERKS
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REQUIREMENTS
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Please feel free to submit to multiple roles.
Please submit to any role you are drawn to regardless of the age, gender, race or other qualifiers that are described and implied.
Once again, thank you all for auditioning! At this point, all roles have been filled. However, there is a season two planned so if you would like if this project interests you, you can follow Shared Manifest Entertainment on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter for updates and future casting notices.
Again, if you would like feedback on your audition, please don't hesitate to reach out.
Thank you for auditioning thus far! I really appreciate the time and effort you took to submit to this project and since I've started casting some of the roles, I'd be happy to provide you with feedback on your audition. If you're interested, please just direct message me that you'd like feedback and remind me which role you auditioned for.
I'm going to extend the listing of this casting call to February 2nd, so that if you'd like to audition again for any open roles, you have the opportunity to do so.
Please note that Woman, Mrs. Gray, Farmer Two, and Farmer Three have all their lines listed. So, if you'd like to submit to those roles, please do so with a wav file so that I can just download your audition and use it in the production.
Again, thank you so much. I've listened to every single audition with great admiration and I'm so grateful you took the time to record it.
-Jackie
Voice Actor
Daisy is a bubbly, charismatic innkeeper who falls in love with the main character, Kyna. The more time progresses in the story, the darker the situation surrounding this character gets and the more she finds the bravery to step out of her comfort zone to save the woman she loves.
Speaks 147 times (23%) for a total of 1558 words (20%).
PLEASE NOTE:
- Audition using any accent from the British Isles
- Natural, authentic acting is the top priority for this project
(playfully) Well, if you ever want to settle down and run an inn with a washed-up old maid, you're always welcome here.
(tense) I didn't say you could practice ... (hushed but emphasized) Witchcraft in my inn. We may be friendly, but we are god-fearing folk. If they find out what you're doing they will take us both in the night and hang us.
You're so beautiful in the moonlight. You're practically glowing.
Voice Actor
Judge Peters sees himself as a good, moral person, however, as the season progresses, his temper and jealousy continuously slip beyond his control. When he sets his sights on something he wants, he'll do what it takes to have things go his way.
Speaks 121 times (19%) for a total of 1604 words (21%)
PLEASE NOTE:
- Audition using any accent from the British Isles
- Natural, authentic acting is the top priority for this project
You know, I've been here for almost ten years. Back home, my kids were grown and moved out, starting their own families ... and then my wife died of apoplexy. I couldn't stand the empty house anymore and obviously a few other things about that life. But now, I enjoy a quiet night in, writing to my children. This town has healed me in many ways. I hope you, in turn, can heal it.
(furious) Enough! Enough of this talk, Kyna! I've had enough! (a deep breath) Now, let's have dessert.
(coaxingly) With the amount of time she spent at your farm, it is a possibility she has cursed you. But we can only help if you tell us what you saw.
Voice Actor
Minister Hughes is a curious and principled man of honor who wants to see the good in everybody but eventually turns to distrust and fear.
Speaks 45 times (7%) for a total of 699 words (9%).
PLEASE NOTE:
- Audition using any accent from the British Isles
- Natural, authentic acting is the top priority for this project
I don't say this to alarm anyone, but... visions? Convulsions? Does that not sound like the work of the devil?
Welcome everyone! Tonight we give thanks for the glory of God. For it is because of him that we have food on our plates this night and it is because of him that Kyna has come to reveal the devil himself hiding in the shadows.
Kyna! Come out and face us. No more of these little tricks.
Voice Actor
Agatha Hughes can be a bit of a gossip but, as the minister's wife, she is also a principled woman of honor.
Speaks 23 times (3%) for a total of 256 words (3%).
PLEASE NOTE:
- Audition using any accent from the British Isles
- Natural, authentic acting is the top priority for this project
(groans in pain) Not again.
I'm telling you, there's a strange glow and there's a strange figure in there. It's the devil himself.
We just need to show her the way. That whatever she's doing up there, with Daisy, it's a sin... but that doesn't mean it's not too late to be saved.
Voice Actor
Grace is a desperate widow hanging on to her livelihood by a thread now that she's left to run her husband’s farm. She'll do anything for her children, and as the series goes on, this becomes a source of fear for Grace in trying to protect them from what she sees as evil.
Speaks 25 times (4%) for a total of 412 words (5%)
PLEASE NOTE:
- Audition using any accent from the British Isles
- Natural, authentic acting is the top priority for this project
(voice cracking) John got sick and I wanted to curl up and die right there with him. He was the light of my life... but I love those kids too, so, so dearly. I just take it minute by minute hoping the next will be better. That's all I know how to do.
Now, I know it's not much, but the kids and I made you something. A little dolly, of potpourri. All we had was scraps of cloth.
(scared) Oh, God. My children! She couldn't have hurt my children, could she? I didn't think anything of it at first, but I found these strange symbols and stones in the dirt- in my field.
Voice Actor
A farmer who wants the aid of the main character, but eventually turns on her due to overwhelming fear.
Speaks 10 times (1%) for a total of 150 words (1%)
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- Audition using any accent from the British Isles
- Natural, authentic acting is the top priority for this project
Kyna, I'll inspect your work first thing in the morning. If I am satisfied, I, here and now, make it clear to the rest of you that Kyna is hired to tend to my fields next.
Hands behind your back, Daisy. I need to tie you up.
Stop it, damn it! This could be a passing moment in your life. It doesn't have to be the end of it. It's such a waste of your beauty-
Voice Actor
An innkeeper in episode three who mirrors Daisy.
Speaks 6 times (0%) for a total of 63 words (0%).
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- Audition using any accent from the British Isles
- Natural, authentic acting is the top priority for this project
I bought some supplies from this poor mother of two who has been struggling to sell her rye, so she told me. It wasn't the prettiest crop, but it gets the job done...
You fell off your chair. You must have hit your head.
Voice Actor
A miserable, drunken, demanding customer
Speaks 10 times (1%) for a total of 40 words (0%).
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- Audition using any accent from the British Isles
- Natural, authentic acting is the top priority for this project
Skip the bread. Something's off about it. Had me seeing stars.
(disgruntled) I'm telling everyone in Essex about this service.
I'll cheers to that!
Voice Actor
Speaks 4 times (0%) for a total of 34 words (0%).
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- Audition using any accent from the British Isles
- Natural, authentic acting is the top priority for this project
To think now I may be able to see my children have their own families one day. Bless you, Kyna.
Where will you go now?
Well, you're welcome back anytime.
Please do. Godspeed, Kyna.
Voice Actor
Speaks 1 times (0%) for a total of 4 words (0%).
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- Audition using any accent from the British Isles
- Natural, authentic acting is the top priority for this project
Fine Minister, and you?
Voice Actor
Speaks 1 times (0%) for a total of 3 words (0%).
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- Natural, authentic acting is the top priority for this project
And then me.
Voice Actor
Speaks 1 times (0%) for a total of 3 words (0%)
PLEASE NOTE:
- Audition using any accent from the British Isles
- Natural, authentic acting is the top priority for this project
And then me.
