Harry Strange Radio Drama Casting Call (207-210)

Audition Notice:

Harry Strange 207-210

 (Stone Babies, Hell on Heels, Cells)

Recording:

Mp3 at 44.1Khz 128 bit rate

Record each line separately 

Label as follows: your name_character_line#.mp3

Send as a zip to harrystrangeauditions@gmail.com

In the email please include the following:

Your real name

Credits

Location

Phone #

Skype (Skype is a requirement for actors out of the Atlanta area)

Willingness to perform in front of a live audience (not a requirement, just a nice to know)

Characters:

Lilly/Pregnant Mother:

(Female)

Line 1:

It looks like a wonderful stroller, but I don't---(SHE FEELS A SHARP PAIN)--whoa--think a stroller should cost as much as--(GROANS AS A SHARPER LABOR PAIN HITS HER)

Line 2:

Listen needle dick, this baby is----(SCREAMS). Oh god, this can't be right. Something is wrong--it feels (SCREAMS--LOUDER). Don't just stand there--call--OH MY GOD!

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Clerk

(Male)

Line 1:

This is our top of the line model. Reinforced rubber wheels with all terrain tracking, a rugged steel lined roll bar and a special, patented bump absorption system so baby stays safe and comfortable regardless of the exterior conditions.

Line 2:

I can't. I mean you can't--we aren't sterile--

Line 3:

I think I see it's head. Oh god--I'm going to be sick.

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Misty (early 20s/Pregnant)

(Female)

Line 1:

(SCREAMS--IN THE THROES OF LABOR.)

Line 2:

I don't care if your name is Tilly the Clown--get this thing out of me!

Line 3:

My baby...please show me my baby...please, I need to see him...please (SHE TRAILS OFF AND PASSES OUT AGAIN).

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Dr. Moody

(Male - 60s)

(Episodes 207-208)

Line 1:

Mr. Strange, I have spent most of my time right in here in Haven. The receptionist you bullied past is the same receptionist I've had for the last 37 years. And I haven't had any caramel since I became a diabetic in 2000.

Line 2:

Anything...I would give you all the money I have. (REALIZATION) Wait--no, nothing. Get away from me.

Line 3:

I command you in His name to depart!

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Lorelei

(30s Female)

(Episodes 207-209)

Line 1:

It wasn't like that. He said 7 babies would be sacrificed. I didn't know they would be my neighbors. I figured Haven General probably has 7 miscarriages a week. I thought he would just take those.

Line 2:

(SCARED)

I won't answer it. They have nothing on me. I mean, what did Paul do? How can Harry Strange tie us to the dead babies? What can he do? Show them my Ouija board?

Line 3:

(SOFT, ALMOST ENJOYING) What are you doing? I can feel you inside me. 

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Doctor Melaine Chase

(Female)

Line 1

(chuckles)

That’s the liberal media for you.  The powers that be dismissed me because they couldn’t understand  my theories, my experiments. The big boys couldn’t deal with the 

fact that a mere female had bested them and developed a militarily lucrative plan.

Line 2

You, however, you’re not the average bear, are you?

Mrs Watson

(Female- 60s)

Line 1

My name is Emily Watson. Is Agnes home?

Line 2

(ANGRY) No. I want it!

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Beverly

(Female - 20s)

Line 1

Thank you. It was rather sudden.  She was buried only a few hours ago. (PAUSES) Were you a friend of Mom’s?

Line 2

You’re. . . choking me!

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Loretta

(Female - 30s)

Line 1

Beverly! Oh my God!

Line 2

I’m afraid not. Bev had some bad cuts on her head from landing on that table. I was trying to stem the bleeding. (LONGISH PAUSE) Can you help us, Mr. Strange? I know you deal with unusual crimes. I’ve heard tell that you’re tougher than the average private eye.

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Doctor Poston

(Male or Female  older)

Line 1

Yes, though we’ve given her some pain medication. I expect that she’ll be dropping off shortly. She needs her rest.

Line 2

She’s stable, though pretty well banged up. She has a mild concussion and two badly cracked ribs. She will heal, but it will take time.

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Mr. Watson

(Male - 60s)

Line 1

You some kind of cop?

Line 2

Someone broke into the house while I was at the hospital and ripped the old phone right off the wall. Geez. People nowadays. Can you beat that?

Auditions close 7/19

Table Read: 8/21 10 am - 2 pm Kennesaw State University

Recording: 8/28 10 am - 3 pm Kennesaw State University

Remote actors will need to Skype to the table read but not the recording

Please mail your samples, per the instructions above to harrystrangeauditions@gmail.com

Note that all material is Copyright (C) 2011 by Tony Sarrecchia.

Season 2 of Harry Strange...

...is almost underway. We are about 90% cast for the first 6 episodes so if you know someone who wants to do a little voice acting, send them this way.

This Sunday we do the table reads of 201-206. It's very exciting. This season feels a little odd because I know folks are listening. When we recorded S1, we hadn't any idea if anyone would listen. I am happy to say that many of you did: a couple hundred or so on the radio stream and another ~850 download each episode of the pod. Not bad for mostly word of mouth advertising and the 'Sigler Bump.'

So now that we know your listening and, based on the email I receive, enjoying the show, the pressure is on to perform better in S2. Will we? I think so. But we are counting on you to keep us honest.

Tony

Voice Actor Casting Call for the Harry Strange Radio Drama

aAn open casting call for Season 2  (episodes 1-6) of the audio-drama Harry Strange is underway.  Casting includes primary characters as well as secondary characters appearing the first six episodes.  

Harry Strange is a weekly radio drama stylized on the classic radio dramas of the 40s and 50s playing against a contemporary backdrop. It that tells the tale of a private investigator whose beat takes him into the supernatural. Set in the town of Night Falls, Harry fights demons, elder gods, vampires and the occasional renegade priest.  The show is up for several awards and currently airs on two college stations in the US and a nostalgia radio station in Canada.  Weekly episodes are also available as free downloads on iTunes, the Blackberry Directory, and other rss aggregators.

Compensation is in credit and samples. Completed audio CDs will be given to the cast and crew at the end of the of the season. 

Preferences are for local (Atlanta/Cobb) area performers, but all recordings will be considered. Recording sessions will be held at Kennesaw State University (Kennesaw, GA) on Sundays from 10:00 am - 3:00 pm.  The first session is July 31 and runs through  September 11 (with a week off for Labor Day/Dragon*Con).

Recording:

• Mp3 at 44.1Khz 128 bit rate
• Record each line separately 
• Label as follows: your name_character_line#.mp3
• Send as a zip to harrystrangeauditions@gmail.com

In the email please include the following:

• Your real name
• Credits
• Location
• Phone/Skype (Skype is a requirement for actors out of the Atlanta area)
• Willingness to perform in front of a live audience (not a requirement, just a nice to know)

Audition lines (These are in order of episode appearance, NOT (P)rimary or (F)eatured)

Lash (F)

Demon/Succubus - Leader of a team and Lilith’s right hand girl

No-nonsense

Line #1: 

Shut up worm boy.

Line #2

SILENCE! I have a proposition for you, Finny. Find Strange and call me. The girls and I will take it from there.

Line #3

Then I suggest you get busy. The girls and I are not happy when we don't get our way. And believe me, we're in a good mood tonight. Imagine what we do when we aren't happy.

Leather (F)

Demon/Succubus Sister to Lace

Sexy/Dangerous

Line #1

You should listen to her. She really enjoys using that whip.

Line #2

Lash is our leader, Lilith is our mistress. We have our orders. How many have you killed tonight?

Line #3

Not the apes, Lace--there is a archangel nearby. We need to go. Now.

Butcher/Mole-Man/Police Officer (F)

Male-Age Various

This is essentially a voice for ‘Red Shirt’ or male characters who have one or two lines per episode.  We will need a few of these.

Line #1:

Your best zombie grunt/moan

Line #2:

I will dine on the flesh of your women. I will drink the blood from their skulls.

Line #3

Dude, you gotta get off that diet, it’s making you crazy.

Line #4 (Early 20s, sexy male)

I've never met anyone like you.  Wow--if you can make me feel this way with just a kiss...

Brother Andrew (F)

Male-40s

Line #1

The rescue party who searched for him-found his organs suspended in the air on sticks and bones. The prisoners had rendered the rest of the monk and were eating his flesh.

Line #2

There are enough explosives under this building to leave a crater laced with holy oil and salt 15 stories deep. The catacombs go on almost forever-but it would be enough to seal them in.

Detective Smith (F)

Male- 20s-30s

Line #1

She's like the Sphinx sir. Not moving at all. 

Line #2

He and his men are in the video conference room on the first floor.

Macey (P)

Female - 30s

Spunky

Line #1

(SAD AND HELPLESS) Please, we don't want to die here.

Line #2

Well I'm not staying here Mister. I don't suppose you have another sword stashed anywhere?

Line #3

Friends? Tell these beasts to release me and I'll kill you myself. 

Martha (F)

Female - 20s

Line #1

He can handle more than than...oh my. He just tore off his shirt. 

Line #2 

Am I the only one who sees his chest? It's like it was chiseled out of stone. Even his ink is hot. What's your new friend's name?

Line #3

Fine, you get him first. I just want him to rub my--

Judy (F)

Female - 30s

Line #1

If you could point us to the door...we really don't want to go any further into this rabbit hole. 

Line #2

Martha! You do realize we may die down here? Right?

Cherub (P)

Angel- The most innocent and powerful of all angles.  Should sound innocent and child like with a hint of danger.

Line #1

How is it you speak to us with such impertinence? Of all the mortals and favorites, some far more pious and deserving than you--you are one of the few whose looked us in the eyes.

Line #2

You are confounded if you believe that you--Harry Strange--has the same right to free will as any other mortal. Everything in the cosmos has a cause and an effect. You, Strange, are no different. Your action or inaction has great consequence for races beyond just the mortals. You must do as ordained.

Auditions close 7/17/2011

Please mail your samples, per the instructions above to harrystrangeauditions@gmail.com

Note that all material is Copyright (C) 2011 by Tony Sarrecchia.

Harry Strange Episode 1 excerpt

In anticipation of the January 30 launch of the Harry Strange radio drama, here is an excerpt of the script for episode one.

Harry Strange 101-Comes a hero (Excerpt).pdf