Casting Calls

13 new roles for Seminar!

Audition Details

These are unpaid roles for credit only, in a free podcast production.

Record several (three to five) takes of each line and save them all into one mp3 file per character. The filename should look like 'CHARACTER NAME_YOUR NAME.mp3'

If you have more than one audition (which is totally awesome and welcome) please zip them ALL in ONE folder.

Everyone, PLEASE follow the guidelines written here: FAQ | Pendant Audio. This may increase your chances of getting cast. If you have any questions, please email me at seminarpendant@gmail.com

Send your mp3s to seminarpendant@gmail.com!

Deadline for auditions is **APRIL 19!**

SCRIPT SUMMARIES and # of LINES

THREE APPLES IN THE BASEMENT
Action/horror short with some violence and cursing.
FATIMA 37
DOUG 37
RACHEL 30
PHIL 26

METABOLIZED HEROICS
Classic-styled science fiction short about the consequences of advanced scientific discoveries.
MORGAN 67
RANDY 49
INVESTOR 14
BARTENDER 6
CHAIRPERSON 3
LEE ROY 1
FIREFIGHTER 1
RESCUEE 1
SCREAMER 1

FEMALE ROLES:

FATIMA
Young and tough security guard. Kind of a smartass.

LINE 1: Phil? Where are...oh my God! Where’d all this fruit come from?

LINE 2: Yeah, I just got up to the chapter titled “None of Your Damn Business.” What's going on?

LINE 3: That is the scariest big red button I’ve ever seen.

RACHEL
Mid-forties physicist. Part of a mysterious scientific organization.

LINE 1: This tone severs the extra-dimensional connection. Temporarily, anyway. [sees PHIL] My God. I’m too late.

LINE 2: I’m Dr. Rachel Bernstein from the Grayson Institute. I’m here to fix a vital piece of the building’s infrastructure that is need of immediate repair. My name should be on the clearance list.

LINE 3: [sighs] I’m sorry. Like I said, we can’t let it leave this building.

MORGAN
Exasperated mid-twenties scientist looking for funding.

LINE 1: Investors, esteemed peers; good afternoon. Medical science has dramatically advanced over the last fifty years. Stem cells. Cloning. The Human Genome Project. Our species has a propensity for turning science on its head; the research I’m about to present might just do it again.

LINE 2: Damn it, Randy! They just restocked the vending machine!

MALE ROLES:

DOUG
Old, experienced security guard. Probably two months away from retirement.

LINE 1: I told you to knock off that spy crap! This ain't Mission: Impossible. You're a security guard!

LINE 2: All the lights are on. What's your problem? We can see you here on the monitors. Do your freakin' job!

LINE 3: I been on this job 16 years. Nobody ever told me nothin’ ‘bout a ‘dimensional field stabilizer.’ [under breath] If I’d ‘a known, I would’ve asked for hazard pay.

PHIL
New security guard. Just got the job. Still figuring things out.

LINE 1: I just...looked away for a second! I looked back, and there's another apple on the stack!

LINE 2: You're just messing with me, right? This is a joke you're pulling on the new guy?

LINE 3: Fatima! There you are! I don’t know! They just keep appearing whenever I’m not looking. First apples, then grapes. I don’t even know what those are.

RANDY
Mid-20s burnout. Basically lives (and eats) on a couch.

LINE 1: (Dismissive) We’ll see about that. I’ll be important someday!

LINE 2: This is the best thing that’s happened in my life, Morgan! Why aren’t you happy for me?

LINE 3: (Waking up) Whoa... I feel like a burnt clam.

ANY GENDER ROLES:

RESCUEE
Someone who’s just been rescued from a fire.

LINE 1: You saved my life!

SCREAMER
Also someone who’s just been rescued from a fire.

LINE 1: (*screams*)

LINE 2: You can FLY???

LEE ROY
Typical television newscaster.

LINE 1: Breaking news this hour. A fire broke out at the Locke Office Complex around ten PM this evening.

LINE 2: Stay tuned to this station for updates as they’re made available. I’m Lee Roy.

FIREFIGHTER
Brave, strong, knows how to fight fires.

LINE 1: We have a volunteer inside bringing folks down.

INVESTOR
Very serious business person looking to make a deal.

LINE 1: Doctor, a perfected version of your serum will help millions of people. If you would please reconsider…

LINE 2: (Excited) Doctor Hart, I’ll buy the entire project! Just name your price.

CHAIRPERSON
Someone who’s the chairperson because they have to be and they’re not happy about it. And they don’t have time for your crap.

LINE 1: Uh... Doctor Hart. Hey. Are you here to talk science fiction or show us a peer review?

BARTENDER
A sincere bartender who’s a good listener.

LINE 1: Welcome, welcome. What’ll it be, Miss?

LINE 2: So go on. What grand issue of life beckons you to partake of an ice-cold Boston Tea?

30+ new roles for Richard II!

Audition Details

These are unpaid roles for credit only, in a free podcast production.

Record several (three to five) takes of each line and save them all into one mp3 file per line. The filename should look like 'CHARACTERNAME_LINE###_YOURNAME.mp3'. So for example, if I auditioned for Richard II, my first file would be named RichardII_Line1_LandonBeall.mp3. The second would be labeled RichardII_Line2_LandonBeall.mp3. And so forth.

Please send all of your auditions in one .zip file to wildbillvarietyshow@gmail.com

As with all of Shakespeare’s plays, we put a focus on understanding and bringing the text to life. It truly comes alive when you understand what you’re saying and can relate it to the audience. Please read through the character descriptions and notes carefully. Please do not audition with a British accent unless it’s your natural accent. And please, do feel free to audition for as many roles as you can. Doing so gives us a better idea of which actors are best suited for a role.

There are 4 audition roles below, which we’ll be using to cast approximately 34 roles.

Deadline for auditions is **MAY 9!**

FEMALE:

Duchess of Aumerle (Adult)
Aumerle is the daughter of the Duke and Duchess of York. One of Henry’s trusty compatriots, Aumerle is secretly a member of the plot against the new King. She’s reserved, cautious, patient and fiercely loyal to her decision making.

Line 1: Princes and noble lords, what answer shall I make to this base man? Shall I so much dishonour my fair stars, on equal terms to give him chastisement? Either I must, or have mine honour soil'd with the attainder of his slanderous lips.

Queen (Adult)
Richard II’s wife and Queen Consort of England. The Queen is an amalgamation of Richard’s two historic brides. Deeply troubled by the political rumblings around her husband, she is ultimately powerless to change their fates.

Line 1: Who shall hinder me? I will despair, and be at enmity with cozening hope: he is a flatterer, a parasite, a keeper back of death, who gently would dissolve the bands of life, which false hope lingers in extremity.

MALE:

Richard II (Adult)
The King of England. Richard’s philosophy about Kings is that their God-given authority makes them immune to the whims of the people. This reservation stirs fear, injustice, and violence inside him; though he favors himself to be a good king, Richard refuses to recognize the faults that lead to his downfall.

Line 1: For God's sake, let us sit upon the ground and tell sad stories of the death of kings; how some have been deposed; some slain in war, some haunted by the ghosts they have deposed; some poison'd by their wives: some sleeping kill'd; all murder'd.

Line 2: I have been studying how I may compare this prison where I live unto the world: and for because the world is populous and here is not a creature but myself, I cannot do it; yet I'll hammer it out. My brain I'll prove the female to my soul, my soul the father; and these two beget a generation of still-breeding thoughts, and these same thoughts people this little world, in humours like the people of this world, for no thought is contented.

Henry Bolingbroke (Adult)
Henry is the future King of England. Banished into exile after a just dispute, Henry rallies the support of the northern Dukes to overthrow King Richard. He's cool, collected, taking life a day at a time and still coming into his own as a man. His philosophy is polar opposite to Richard's, but his ways and methods are hardly pacifist.

This is a recurring role that will feature in our productions of Henry IV, Part 1 and Henry IV, Part 2 in 2019. Please, only audition if you’re committed to returning to the role.

Line 1: O, God defend my soul from such deep sin! Shall I seem crest-fall'n in my father's sight? Or with pale beggar-fear impeach my height before this out-dared dastard? Ere my tongue shall wound my honour with such feeble wrong, or sound so base a parle, my teeth shall tear the slavish motive of recanting fear, and spit it bleeding in his high disgrace, where shame doth harbour, even in Mowbray's face.

Line 2: Welcome, my lords. I wot your love pursues a banish'd traitor: all my treasury is yet but unfelt thanks, which more enrich'd shall be your love and labour's recompense.

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13 new roles for Seminar!

30+ new roles for Richard II!