CASTING CALL: The Way We Haunt Now

Auditions Due April 19th, 2020

CASTING EXTENDED: Auditions Accepted until April 25th

Alt Text: The Way We Haunt Now cover art (a ghostly phonograph on a turquoise brick background with waveforms of the same color).

OVERVIEW

Production Title: The Way We Haunt Now
Production Type: Independent Audio Drama
Writer and Showrunner: Courtney Floyd (www.twitter.com/cannfloyd)
Project Length: Season One will be 10 episodes, each 20-30 minutes long, and I’m planning at least one more season of about the same length – these parts are not recurring
Production Website: http://hauntnowpod.com
Email: contact@hauntnowpod.com (for questions only; DO NOT submit auditions to this address)
Location: Remote only (must have reliable access to a microphone of Blue Yeti quality or better, basic understanding of recording, and access to a quiet recording location)
Compensation: Bit parts are unpaid, but bit actors will receive a vinyl show sticker and will be prominently credited.

PROJECT DESCRIPTION

The Way We Haunt Now is a speculative fiction audio drama about female friendship, found

family, & fighting the narratives that try to define us—even in the afterlife. Oh, and ghosts. Did I

mention ghosts? It follows dual protagonists, Eulalie Reed and Frankie Summerson, on a

crash course toward self-fulfillment and friendship as they struggle to make the most of life and

what comes after.

KEY DATES

Audition Due Date: ~~April 19th, 2020~~ APRIL 25th, 2020
Callbacks: April 2020
Recording: May 2020
Season One Premier: October 2020

AUDITION INFORMATION

NOTE: All applicants must be 18 or older and

willing to sign a non-disclosure agreement (NDA) and a contract.

Microphone Requirements: 16-Bit Audio at 44.1kHz that can be exported to WAV and MP3 (Blue Yeti or Audio Technica AT2020 USB, for example)

Recording Availability: The Way We Haunt Now will be recorded remotely and, for bit parts, asynchronously.

Audition Instructions: Please submit a recording of no more than 3 minutes consisting of no more than 3 takes of the sides provided for the character. Note: Please only audition in your natural accent. Also: Actors with speech differences are welcome to audition for any role.

Please start the recording by stating the name of the character you’re reading. Please do not state your name, as casting will be anonymous. Note: Actors of all experience levels are welcome to audition! I’m new at this and excited to grow alongside the team.

Auditions will only be accepted through the form linked below, unless you have made other arrangements directly with me. If you have accessibility concerns, please do not hesitate to reach out via email (contact@hauntnowpod.com) or Twitter (www.twitter.com/hauntnowpod) to make alternative submission arrangements. Auditions submitted through any other means will be deleted unopened.

All audio should be submitted in WAV format. Please use the following naming format: yourNameCharacterName.wav

Accessibility: I encourage disabled actors to audition and am more than happy to provide alternative versions of sides (and, if you’re cast, scripts) and other materials to make this process more accessible. Please reach out (contact@hauntnowpod.com) if you have additional accessibility needs.

Representation: It is important to me to support diversity in media not just by writing diverse characters, but by casting diverse actors. I am especially seeking auditions from actors of marginalized identity groups for all of these roles.

Note: I want to be transparent that I am writing as a cis white woman. While I write about anxiety and depression from personal experience, I have sought feedback from a sensitivity reader in addition to conducting my own research for characters outside of my demographic.

AVAILABLE PARTS

THRIFT SHOP CUSTOMER

(striking up a conversation with a stranger) It’s a beaut, isn’t it? They don’t make ’em like that anymore.

(maybe a little awed or creepy) Sort of calls to you, doesn’t it?

THRIFT SHOP EMPLOYEE

(fake cheerful, think Garrett on Superstore) Find everything you needed?

(fake cheerful, think Garrett on Superstore) Hey, your lucky day. Green tag is fifty percent off.

BUS PASSENGER

(high AF) You okay, dude? ‘Cause I’ve got some bud if you need––

KAIA (student 1)

(joking) Let’s hear some Tay Tay!

(as if possessed): Remember me when I am gone away, / Gone far away into the silent land; / When you can no more hold me by the hand, / Nor I half turn to go yet turning stay. / Remember me when no more day by day / You tell me of our future that you plann’d: / Only remember me; you understand / It will be late to counsel then or pray.

MATT (student 2)

(freaked out, but trying to stay cool): I don’t know why I said that. Um. We were going to talk about Heathcliff?

ALEX (student 3)

Is that like, one of those old-timey music things?

THE GHOST OF THOMAS EDISON (ideally someone from NY or NJ – no exaggerated accents, please)

(proper but snippy) I’ll just be on my way, then. You summoned me away from my weekly checkers game with Nick. He’ll have taken an extra turn while I was away, so thank you very much for that.

(as if reading aloud) “Why should personalities in another existence or sphere waste their time working a little triangular piece of wood over a board with certain lettering on it? Why should such personalities play pranks with a table? The whole business seems so childish to me that frankly I cannot give it my serious consideration.” (Clears throat again)

BYSTANDER

(panicked, trying to save a life): Miss! Wait! The light changed! Miss!

DOCTOR

(clinical, urgent) She’s stable, but I don’t think it’s going to last. What’s the ETA on her next of kin’s arrival?

JON HARKER (RADIO HOST)

That was Actual Pants with their new single “Ghosts (Here’s the Thing).” I’m Jon Harker and you’re listening to K-B-O-O, where the music is all Spooky all the time.

If auditioning for more than one character, please complete a new form for each character:

Bit Casting Call (Now Closed)