Name Please will be an animated film based on a short Audio Drama that Jack J Ward wrote for his Wavefront Shorts in an episode called Name Please. The lines are almost identical however this has been modified to be animated, and a few extra characters have been added, along with dialog modified.
You can hear the original as part of this MP3.
Roles
Character Julia -- Female, Age 25 to 35. New to area. Lines:
- (emphasis on Librarian) Librarian Derrant I am not here to write a book.
- Starting to loose patience No! Mister Librarian, I came to read a book.
- No, but our family had a first edition hard cover for generations. I'm new to the area, never been to this library before.
Character Derrant -- Male/Female Age 60 to 70. Head Librarian Lines
- Very unusual... very unusual indeed. This author's flagged Special Notice #37. Have you ever seen this book in our Library?
- LONG PAUSE Miss, I've been a Librarian for over forty years and I've never heard of those names or authors.
- Will Shakespeare teach me to be a better citizen? Can your Milton show me how to operate the latest i-speaker? Explain to me how this... Pan details the benefits of service?
Character Kolved -- Male/Female Any Age. Controlling non human entity
- Welcome Julia, I've been hungry for a thinker just like you.
Pay
This performance will be volunteer only. However anyone who auditions for one of these roles will be considered for future rolls. Audition Future rolls will be paid if all goes well.
Auditions
To Audition please follow the following steps:
- All auditions must be recorded under the conditions (microphone, background noise) that you will normally record in.
- Auditions must be sent in an MP3 format with the following name: "Character's Name - Actor Last Name"
- Only one MP3 per character may be submitted.
- Each MP3 can only have 2 auditions for the same character.
- Auditions Due December 16, 2024
Please email auditions to [email protected]