Elisha Mercer

LEAD ROLE — ELISHA MERCER

Elisha Mercer is the 19-year-old protagonist of World Shift. He's shy, sincere, cautious, insecure, and introverted. After convincing himself he'll never be good enough for his longtime crush, Maya, Elisha unexpectedly develops the ability to travel between alternate realities.

Elisha begins the series as a fairly normal, awkward guy. Around his best friend Leon he's relaxed and casual, while around Maya he becomes noticeably nervous and has difficulty expressing how he actually feels.

As Season 1 progresses, his fascination with reality shifting begins changing how he thinks. His curiosity develops into obsession, defensiveness, anger, and eventually regret.

Voice: Young adult male. Elisha should sound around 19. I'm looking for a natural voice rather than an exaggerated "teenager" voice or stereotypical deep protagonist voice.

Performance: This is an emotionally demanding lead role. The actor needs to convincingly handle casual conversations, comedy, nervousness, panic, fear, anger, arguments, exhaustion, and vulnerable dramatic scenes.

Elisha should NOT sound depressed or miserable all the time. He jokes around, gets excited, hangs out with his friends, and can be pretty relaxed. His darker emotional progression should feel gradual.

Chemistry with the actors playing Leon and Maya will be especially important.

Commitment: Elisha is the primary protagonist and appears throughout Season 1, which is currently planned for 7 episodes. Please only audition if you're comfortable committing to a recurring lead role.

This is currently an unpaid passion project. All voice actors will receive proper credit.