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Casting Notice

UPDATE: This role has been filled! Thank you to everyone who auditioned or helped spread the word!

Award-winning scripted Fantasy Adventure podcast THE ONCE AND FUTURE NERD is looking to cast a recurring character.

The Character is a 16yo woman, strong-willed and independent bordering on arrogant, but very smart with a knack for learning and technology. (Actors must be 18+ to audition.) We are hoping to cast an Indigenous performer for this role. Great Plains/Canadian Prairies identities are preferred, but actors of any Indigenous identity will be considered. Other details:
• Must be able to do both a standard American accent, and a German accent
• We welcome any performer comfortable playing a she/her female character, but performers with voices in the high alto range will be prioritized for continuity purposes

We are hoping to record 1 “chapter” immediately, and then another 2-3 for the next ~year. You should assume recording will be remote for the foreseeable future. (If you do not have your own home recording setup that is to our specifications, one will be provided to you, if you are cast.) For this current chapter, you should assume ~1 hour to speak about the character/rehearse, and another hour to record. In general, you should expect a total time commitment of ~5 hours per chapter. The character will definitely appear in our next 3-4 chapters, featuring prominently in at least one of those. The role is likely to continue beyond that.

At this time, we’re able provide actors with a $25 honorarium per chapter.

You must be over 18 to take this role.

If you think this is for you, please email iordic.princes at gmail dot com with subject line “TOAFN B2C7E2 Casting” to request instructions for how to audition. We must hear from you by May 28 in order for you to be considered.

If this isn’t for you personally, please help us spread the word!

Casting Notice!

Award-winning scripted Fantasy Adventure podcast THE ONCE AND FUTURE NERD is looking to cast a major recurring role.

The Character (late 20’s/early 30s, female) is a very erudite mage with a strong moral core. She’s at a crossroads with respect to the prior assumptions of her faith, and her fraught relationship with her more provincial parents.

We are especially interested in hearing auditions from Black women for this role.

We are hoping to rehearse and record 1 “chapter” of our show roughly every 2-3 months once production resumes, which we intend to do in late March/early April. You should assume recording will be remote for the foreseeable future. (If you do not have your own home recording setup that is to our specifications, one will be provided to you, if you are cast.) You should assume ~5-10 hours of total work per chapter, which includes rehearsal and recording. At this time, we’re able provide actors with a $25 honorarium per chapter.

You must be over 18 to take this role. If you think this is for you, please email iordic.princes at gmail dot com with subject line “TOAFN Chapter 7 Casting” to request instructions for how to audition. We must hear from you by March 26, 2021 in order for you to be considered.

If this isn’t for you personally, please help us spread the word!

UPDATE: This role has been filled. Thanks very much to everyone who auditioned and who helped spread the word!

Paul is Crowdfunding a Feature Film!

Today, a conversation with Paul Notice (Nelson, Antonin Mooncrest, Ensemble) about WILLOW, an Afrofuturist, Womanist, Anti-Capitalist horror film that he’s currently raising money for.

If you want to help him make it, you can head to bit.ly/willowhorror, or head to thenoticeblog.com to see everything that Paul’s up to.

The full transcript of this conversation can be found here.

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For Your Audio Verse Consideration

Hi all! Nominations are open until September 30th for the 2019 Audio Verse Awards.

THE ONCE AND FUTURE NERD, Book 2 Chapter 5 – “An Impregnable Missive” is eligible as an Audio Play Production. If you think that our cast and crew are worthy of recognition, here’s who you can nominate:

Instrumental Composition in a Production

Tom Lee – Main Theme
Chris Montalbo – Theme from “Bission Bimpossible”

Action/Environment Sound Design in a Production

Matthew Boudreau – Pts. 1 & 3
Sarah Buchynski – Pts. 2 & 4

Writing of an Audio Play Production

Zach Glass, Ian Harkins, Shannon Harris & Christian T. Kelley-Madera

Vocal Direction of a Production

Christian T. Kelley-Madera

Performance of a Role in an Ensemble Cast for an Audio Play Production

Rhiannon Angell (Nia)
Garrett Armyn (Brennen)
Dan Dobransky (Ardel, Frederick)
Anya Gibian (Regan, Arlene, Bailey)
Ian Harkins (Narrator, Professor)
Shannon Harris (Mildred, Ensemble)
Riley Jones (First Snow)
April Ortiz (Steady River)
Paul Notice (Nelson, Ben, The Whisperer)
Juliet Prather (Gwen, Ry’y)
Frank Queris (Billy)
Julie Reed (Jen, Zyka’ad)
Gregory M. Schulz (Yllowyyn)

Thank you very much for your consideration!

Please Welcome our Newest Cast Members!

We hope you’ll join us in welcoming the newest members of our cast, Riley and April! They’ll be playing brand new characters that we’re very excited for you to meet in “An Impregnable Missive, Pt. 4” (coming out on May 5).

Riley Jones

Riley is a voice and stage actor hailing from Montana, where she is working towards her theatre degree at the University of Montana. When she’s not doing freelance art commissions and taking naps with her cat, she can be found onstage in plays like Cinderella, August Osage County, and a particularly thrilling summer camp recital of Les Miserables. She has performed on off Broadway stages and is currently working on another nerd podcast by the name of Inn Between.

April Ortiz

BROADWAY & NATIONAL TOURS: In The Heights: Daniela (1st National), Principal Standby (Broadway).  Cats: Demeter, La Cage Aux Folles: Swing. REGIONAL: TouchTones (Arden Theatre).  Medea Macbeth Cinderella (Yale Rep), Sunsets & Margaritas, Barrio Babies (Denver Center)
OFF-B’WAY: Tio Pepe/Somewhere (Public Theatre), The View Upstairs (Culture Project), Distant Thunder (Amas Theatreworks). 
TV & FILM: Father of the Bride I&II, The Majestic, Golden Girls, Everybody Loves Raymond, Instinct, Elementary, Fosse/Verdon.