These are unpaid roles for credit only, in a free, all-volunteer podcast production.
Record your best takes for all lines and save them in one .mp3 file per character. Please do not clean or otherwise process your recordings.
Please name your files like so: CHARACTERNAME_YOURNAME.mp3.
If you have more than one audition (which is totally awesome and welcome) please zip them ALL in ONE folder.
Send to director.garan@gmail.com.
Deadline for auditions is **APRIL 27!**
NOTE: age ranges listed are for character voice/vocal tone, not the age of the actor.
ROLES FOR ANY GENDER:
Paz (30s-40s / Any ethnicity / Any accent )
One of the night-shift janitors at Sam’s Grocery, and a trusted employee—I’d hazard even a friend—of Sam’s.
LINE 1: (yelps in surprise) Oh! Jesus, Sam. You scared the life out of me.
LINE 2: You, uh… came for one last look at her?
LINE 3: Are you sure that’s smart? I mean, the idea was a clean break so you could still walk away from her before it was too late.
ROLES FOR WOMEN/NON-BINARY FEMININE:
Gemma (20s-40s / Any ethnicity / Any accent / cisgender or transgender)
Gemma is in charge of rolling small local grocery stores into the Shopwise fold; purchasing, reorganizing them to fit Shopwise's brand and management style, the works. She loves her job and could talk about it all day long.
LINE 1: It’s a nice place you’ve got here, Mr. Jones. Real local, “farm-to-table” kind of feel. I’m proud to be the one to make it part of the Shopwise Grocery Family.
LINE 2: Las Corazones here would be a food desert without this store. Well, and an actual desert, but that’s part of why it’s a food desert. Except for Sam’s Grocery there’s not a lot of places to get food around here.
LINE 3: (mid-conversation, on an excited roll) I wonder what causes the cold, though? It should be cooler down here, but this feels like I’m walking into a standing fridge. You know, I did a minor in Geology in college—
Susan (30s-40s / Any ethnicity / Any accent / cisgender or transgender)
Daniel’s boss, and is likely very aware of who and what he is. However, she’s a consummate professional: So as long as he behaves there won’t be a problem.
LINE 1: I was wondering how the Arizona RFP is going? I know we’re still two weeks out from the deadline, but there are a lot of S-M-Es who still need to sign off on our proposal. I’m hoping you can send a status update out to the group by C-O-B today letting everyone know where we are in the approval process.
LINE 2: Daniel? You seem very distracted.
LINE 3: (skeptical) Okay. Thanks, Daniel.
ROLES FOR MEN/NON-BINARY MASCULINE:
Daniel (20s-30s / White / N American, Boston preferred / cisgender)
Daniel is all of the entitled, racist, misogynist, toxic-masculinity tropes wrapped up in a corporate drone shell. ALL OF THEM. In short, he’s a real… piece of work. He also swears A LOT (as you’ll see).
LINE 1: (reading an email) “In order to foster a more inclusive environment for all of our colleague, we are pleased to announce the formation of a new corporate task force to improve representation and reduce disparities” and blah blah blah blah blah. God, I can’t believe this PC bullshit is even invading my fucking job.
LINE 2: (to radio) 453 and a half Commonwealth Avenue. All right you sons of bitches. I’ve got something for you.
LINE 3: You leftist, S-J-W assholes are gonna pay for all this character assassination you’ve been doing! I’m gonna take your asses to court and sue the shit out of you!
Mr. Kowalski (50s / Any ethnicity / Any accent / cisgender or transgender)
Mr. Kowalski is the kind of in-the-trenches executive that never leaves home without looking the part: expensive suit, fancy watch, perfectly shined shoes, and enough cologne so you always know he’s been there days after he left. He oozes corporate authority. Think JK Simmons crossed with Alec Baldwin.
LINE 1: Still working? Good. What were you looking at?
LINE 2: I seldom joke, Gemma. Especially on matters such as this. You’ve done excellent work, and it hasn’t gone unnoticed. I’ve even been authorized to take you out to dinner on the company account to celebrate.
LINE 3: Still. There’s nothing wrong with a little youthful wanderlust. You know what you should do? Take some time off before you start your new position. Take a road trop across America. See the people we serve. The beating hearts of towns that make this country great. It’s what I did and--
Sam (50s+ / Any ethnicity / Any accent / cisgender or transgender)
Sam’s Grocery is one of those business locations that has always been there, passed on from owner to owner for longer than anyone can remember. The businesses housed there change with each owner, but one thing that’s constant is their importance to the community. Sam, the current owner and name-sake of the store, has done his job for decades. Now it’s time to pass the reins on to a new owner…
LINE 1: Oh please, call me Sam, Miss Gemma, and I’m just happy that you folks called when you did.
LINE 2: I can’t do this anymore. I’m getting old. I’m tired. My kids don’t want to run the business. How are people supposed to eat if someone doesn’t take over?
LINE 3: Well that’s where we disagree, ma’am. I think having night janitors is very important, which is why I went to the trouble of making sure it was in the contract that you’d be keeping them on. (beat, Sam walks away) Read the contract!
