Spartans! is an 8-episode audio drama series of teen ghost stories told in a campfire style (think Are You Afraid of the Dark? meets 90s nostalgia and hauntings). Each episode is narrated by a different voice.

👉 The narrator for THE CORDS must also voice all dialogue, including Kevin’s best friend, the wagon driver, and the two girls he meets along the way. That means subtle differentiation between characters is essential. We don’t need big cartoonish voices—just enough tonal shifts, pacing, or texture to clearly distinguish each speaker while keeping Kevin’s narration consistent and believable.

The role calls for:

• Warm, intimate narration (Kevin, looking back on his 15-year-old self)
• Range to handle voices from cocky teen boys to eerie adults to tough but somewhat haunted girls
• Campfire-storytelling style—inviting, atmospheric, with the ability to build tension and dread

You can listen to part of THE CORDS, mocked up with AI voices, to get a sense of what I'm looking for in the voice performances in terms of pacing and tonality. Otherwise, please make it your own.

⚠️ Content Advisory:
This episode includes themes of sexual awakening, shame, and the hunger for connection. Rated PG-16 for mature emotional material and brief suggestive elements.

You can also listen to the first episode, THE JACKET, on YouTube to get a sense of the overall vibe of the series.

KEVIN (Narrator, 15, Catholic school sophomore)

• Voice: Warm, vulnerable, earnest.

• Tone: Confessional, like he’s telling us a story years later but still feels the raw ache of it.

• Needs to carry the whole piece—shifting between quiet shame, gnawing hunger, teen longing, and moments of terror.

• Think: A sensitive kid trying to sound tough, but you always hear the cracks.

• Feel: He moves through quiet shame, curiosity, desire, and flashes of terror.

GABE (Kevin’s best friend, same age)

• Voice: Cocky, playful, easy charisma.

• Tone: Fast-talking, teasing, brash.

• Underneath: A little more fragile than he lets on—his bravado hides fear.

• Needs: Can flip between snark and charm quickly.

WENDY (16-17, “Black Sabbath girl”)

• Voice: Fierce, guarded, sharp-edged.

• Tone: Smoky, a little scornful, but with moments where the armor slips and she sounds young, almost tender.

• Needs: Can shift between bravado and sudden vulnerability.

MARGE (16-17, “dark-haired Lydia-from-Beetlejuice girl”)

• Voice: Haunting, soft, distant.

• Tone: Flat, otherworldly at times, like she’s half in this world and half somewhere else.

• Needs: When she says “Dead, but not gone,” it should chill.

DRIVER (adult, creepy presence)

• Voice: Folksy but subtly menacing.

• Needs: Storyteller cadence; his Wendigo tale should be hypnotic and menacing, almost lulling the kids in.

NOAH (classmate, Kevin’s eventual girlfriend, late appearance)

• Just one line. Voice: Open, curious, earnest.