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 **FEBRUARY 28**
SCRIPT SUMMARIES and # of LINES
ARTIFICIAL IDENTITY
Science Fiction/Romance. A slice of life on a space station exploring the relationship between a human and an A.I.
HUMAN 92
A.I. 91
CHRYSALIS
Horror. A shy but hard-working office worker in a team-building exercise gets trapped in an uncomfortable place and starts pondering all that he’s endured. Includes profanity, violence, and childhood trauma.
STAN 38
MAY 28
RACHEL 13
MOTHER 1
FATHER 4
BOSS 9
CHRIS 26
NON-BINARY ROLE:
HUMAN (AGE: 20s-30s. Any age or ethnicity.) - PLEASE ONLY AUDITION IF YOU IDENTIFY AS NON-BINARY
Genial tech worker on a space station. Happy and sarcastic.
LINE 1: They really had us down in these nasty tunnels all the time- And I mean nasty. Like- like there was this report once, right? And it was like, something like, these geneticists went into the subway and they swabbed the seats and poles and stuff to run tests, and you know what they found?
LINE 2: We can still celebrate, right? You and me? I mean, this is huge! Signal's been busted for days!
LINE 3: What? No, of course I'm not gonna tell. I'm not... I mean, who else is gonna get me space beer, right?
FEMALE ROLES:
AI (AGE: 20s-30s. Any ethnicity.)
An AI on a space station slowly figuring herself out. First sounds like an emotionless machine. Then changes.
LINE 1: [computer-like] Communication signals have been fully restored.
LINE 2: [computer-like]I will inform the captain of this development in the morning.
LINE 3: [human-like] I feel aligned with that gender. Not the role of it, per se with all its presumptions of care-taking and biology. But it just... feels right.
LINE 4: [human-like] I want to have as many experiences as I can. And I would like to have them with you.
MAY (AGE: 20s-40s. Any ethnicity.)
A very ambitious and somewhat cruel office worker.
LINE 1: Move your ass or we’ll leave you behind! We’re not going to lose because of you!
LINE 2: He asked me to help with a project that he was sure would get him noticed by the boss. As if that would ever happen.
LINE 3: Stan? It’s May. You okay in there? (beat)Don’t worry, um, buddy, I’ll help you out. Got...uh...sidetracked. You know how it is.
RACHEL (AGE: 20s-40s. Any ethnicity.)
A very ambitious and somewhat cruel office worker.
LINE 1: Nope. Damn, that’s really weird, I could’ve sworn I heard something. Anything on your end, Mike?
LINE 2: (sniffs again) Your cologne, man. Did you take a shower in that stuff?
MOTHER (Age: 30s or 40s. Any ethnicity.)
Stan’s mother in a flashback.
LINE 1: By forcing him to sleep outside with no blanket? Honestly...
MALE ROLES:
STAN (AGE: 20s-40s. Any ethnicity.)
mild-mannered but hard-working office employee with not a small amount of trauma in his past.
LINE 1: Guys, please, this isn’t funny! Let me out!
LINE 2: (embarrassed) I-I just thought...you were so nice to me when you started..and we worked so well together...
LINE 3: (internal) I shivered alone in the dark, by myself. Heard the nighttime sounds of predators. Imagined myself with claws and teeth, stalking in the night. It was the only way I could keep from crying or wetting myself.
LINE 4: (internal) I...I wanted teeth and claws then too, Dad. (anger) I wanted to rip your throat out. (heavy breathing)
CHRIS (AGE: 20s-40s. Any ethnicity.)
A very ambitious and somewhat cruel office worker.
LINE 1: (softly) Hurry up! It’s called ‘Search and Evade,’ not ‘Get Captured Really Damned Quick!’ (beat) May, do you see Stan?
LINE 2: You’d soil yourself falling backward. Besides, it’s a good team-building exercise, Stanford. Right now you’re being less of a team member and more of a team dead weight, so move your ass. We want to win! (under his breath) And you wonder why people say you’re not hungry for success...
FATHER (Age: 30s-40s. Any ethnicity.)
Stan’s father in a flashback.
LINE 1: I’m gonna toughen that boy up or die trying!
LINE 2: You coddle him too damned much.. Did you ever think maybe by dropping him in the woods and forcing him to fend for himself, he might become a better man? A stronger man?
BOSS (Age: 50s - 60s. Any ethnicity.)
Typical office boss.
LINE 1: Stan, you’re a good employee. You’re diligent, intelligent, and very well-spoken... But you just don’t have the drive. You’re content to be where you are and I need leaders. So, that’s why I’m promoting Chris to supervisor. Maybe in a year’s time you’ll be ready to move up as well.
LINE 2: (shocked) Jesus, you really did want to win, didn’t you?
LINE 3: Not helping, May. Chris, he’s your direct report. You go in and find him.
