Casting Call for We Are Here: An Audio Drama

*He's very kind, and sweet. He has a tendency to get nervous in unknown situations, and infodump a bit. Often reads into social interactions far more than he needs to.

*He struggles with social anxiety, fear of abandonment, and a whole host of other issues. He was abandoned by his biological parents when he was little, and his ghosts represent that trauma. Although his adoptive moms love him, and they have a really nice family dynamic, he's constantly afraid of being left by them anyway.

*Super afraid of letting other people get close to him, and takes a while to open up. He always wants to take care of other people, sometimes to the point of hurting himself.

*His whole character arc is about healing, and learning how to trust other people again, and all that good stuff.

* Sandy is Charlie's mom. She loves her daughter, but has a lot of her own baggage, and doesn't really know how to handle her, so often has left Charlie to raise herself.

*She got pregnant when she was pretty young (around 18 or 19), and married Charlie's dad, Jeremy. But their relationship quickly fell apart. They've been divorced for about a year now, but she's still struggling to figure out who is without him, and how to function on her own. Because she got married and had a kid so young, in some ways she's very mature, and in other ways, she never had a chance to grow up, and figure herself out separate of other people--and still feels a bit like a teenager.

*Her arc is about learning to be brave, and attempting to heal her rocky relationship with her daughter, and make up for how she's failed her in the past.

* Rob is Angelina's dad. He's very authoritative and controlling, and not a fun person to be around. He can be loving, but only when he feels like he's the one in charge of the relationship--and if other characters challenge that control, he quickly becomes cold and hostile, often punishing his daughter with the silent treatment when she's done something wrong. I imagine him with a very deep, booming voice.

• Anna is Scott's mom. She sees a lot of herself in him, as they both have experienced being left by close family. She desperately wants her son to have a better life than her, and to grow up in a healthy, safe environment, and she's willing to do pretty much anything to make sure he's happy.


• Her and her wife, Sadie, run a café together, and live in a small apartment above it.

• Pandora is one of Scott's two ghosts. She's what he imagines his biological mother was like, although in reality that's just a persona she takes on to freak him out. 


• She often scolds him, and talks down to him, manipulating him into believing that she's the only one he can trust, and that the people he loves are lying. I imagine her having a deep, overbearing mom type voice.


• Most of the ghosts have some kind of specialty, and hers is optical illusions. As the series goes on, she'll often freak Scott out by making everything go suddenly dark around him, so he can't see his loved ones, and is completely alone..

• So, for some background: ghosts are essentially projections from an alternate dimension called The Nowhere--essentially, it's a barren hellscape where the air is unbreathable, the ground is made of ash, and nothing grows. So ghosts are forced to feed off of the happiness, hope, energy, and general life force of their human hosts. But Auren is a bit different--he tried to bring his host into The Nowhere to kill them, but they managed to take power/energy from him, sever their connection, and disappear. Ever since, he's had to feed off weak, dying ghosts who haven't been able to take enough from their human counterparts, which has allowed him to come back much stronger than he was originally.


• Because of this, he's ruled over The Nowhere for as long as anyone can remember, and has been alive for thousands of years. He's very cautious and likes to keep everything more or less the same, terrified of losing his power and status.


• He's very composed for the most part, and isn't interested in flashy items or big parties, and keeps to himself. But he does want to keep absolute control over his subjects, and everyone around him.

• Gabriel is Scott's second ghost. He represents how Scott imagines his biological father--even though he has no connection to him in reality, it's just a form he takes on to freak Scott out. 


• He's a very typical intimidating dad--he doesn't talk much, but when he does it's usually some form of scolding or criticism. Where Pandora tries to have a bit of a lighter touch, sowing seeds of doubt and fear in Scott's mind, Gabriel usually just goes straight to yelling at him, since Scott gets really upset by conflict/confrontation.


• Him and Pandora are very closely tied to each other, as neither can really survive without the other. Where she specializes in optical illusions, he specializes in manipulating what Scott can hear. They don't particularly like each other, but they're stuck working together.

• Sadie is Anna's wife, and Scott's mom. She's not great at letting the people she loves know how much she cares, and often hides behind sarcasm and quiet gestures of affection, but she'd do anything for her family. 


• She's a Black woman.


• She's struggled with agoraphobia and depression since she was a teenager. She's mostly got it under control now, after many years of therapy and trying to find the right medication. But sometimes she still has bad days when it's hard for her to cope.


• Sometimes she gets overwhelmed with all her adult responsibilities, and worries she's going to let the people she loves down, but in reality, she's got things under control. 

• This is just a small role with a few lines in the first episode. That being said, because it's so minor, if you want to take on a more major role, or another extra role in later episodes, you'd be the first in line for that. :)

• Atlas is pretty quiet, and generally pretty gentle. He definitely gets nervous around other people and feels like he's gonna let them down, but he tries not to show it. I imagine him having a very soft, quiet, soothing voice.


• Atlas is Anna's brother and Scott's uncle. He's always been close to his nephew and his sister and is pretty involved in Scott's life. 


• He also teaches Charlie's English class. He's her favourite teacher and the only authority figure in her life who genuinely tries to look out for her, and make sure she's okay. He notices when she starts to act weird at school towards the end of season one, and has a good hunch of what she's gotten herself into.