Falling Birds | original audio drama
Briar_Z for Delilah
Delilah is spunky, fun, sarcastic, abrasive, loud, a massive drama queen, and filled with a rage and sadness she pushes down deep inside. As Kit's best friend and love interest, she tries her best to see the good in things like he does, but has never been able to keep her cynicism and regrets get the better of her. She dreams of being an artist like him, going with the flow, but is being pressured into a corporate future by unsupportive parents. She's never happier than when she's with Kit, making fun of him and his poetry in as many ways as possible.
We see Delilah through ages 18-22. Her actress should be able to deliver convincing exaggerated comedy beats, softness and vulnerability, as well as serious anger and spite.
Voice type:
Any pitch
Youthful, fun, sparky, energetic
(teasing, sarcastic, COMPLETELY over-dramatic) ‘Siphoning all the times that we have known, I spiral your outline in the sunlight.’ Alright, Shakespeare, calm down! Blah blah blah, ‘ship’… blah bLAAAAHHH WHAT IS THIS?! ‘Come to port in my sheets’ – ooh, so saucy! ‘I tug on the threads of you, and I am the one made naked’ - oh, this better not be about Sarah—
(quiet, wistful, daydreaming) Believe me, Kitty… I’d get on a plane tomorrow, if I could afford a ticket, and I’d go as far away as I could, and just hope. Walk through mountains, only owning myself, and raise an empty to all the memories I could make. I could stay so high with nothing but heaven in my headlights, and they’d lead me on to the next world and the next...
(sincere, soft, slightly sad) It’s very sweet. Very you. Pretty obscure dream, but if anybody can touch the sun, it would be you. (beat, then teasing) Oh my god, are you blushing?
This was wonderful
Thank you!
Thanks so much for this, really lovely work! You have a great playfulness in that first line, and I love the softness of the other two - the vulnerability felt very real. My only note is I think you could afford to play with pace much more, and especially on that first line - the tone is great, but it felt much too slow. She's very manic, has far too much energy, is impossible to shut up and I didn't quite feel that. I think the same could be said for the rest too - it's lovely emotion, but needs that extra speed for us to really engage with it, injecting just that little bit more life into it x
Thank you for the feedback! Pacing is something I’ve received feedback on since this audition so I have been working on it - would it be alright for me to have another try?
Yes, absolutely! Feel free to either upload here or DM me with a google drive link to your file if you're unable to upload a second :)