Voice Acting Casting Call for "The Hidden Realm"
Casting voice talent for "The Hidden Realm", a new scripted podcast. Please find the details below. About the project: About the podcast: Written, produced, and directed by Peter Rouleau, The Hidden Realm is a political/historical thriller and an homage to vintage science fiction. The story focuses on the creator and cast of a sci-fi anthology radio show, also called The Hidden Realm. Set primarily in 1950-51 New York against the backdrop of McCarthyism, the Hollywood Blacklist, the arrest of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg on espionage charges, and the onset of the Korean War, the program explores the lives of the cast members as their past associations lead to their becoming ensnared in a web of political persecution. Each episode of the podcast will feature a “show within a show,” an episode of the radio program, which will allegorically dramatize the social issues of the time and the experiences of the characters. This series contains strong dramatic themes, including political persecution, war trauma, racism, reproductive rights, and moral conflict. Performers should be comfortable engaging with emotionally complex material. Rate: $125 per episode, paid electronically at the end of each production week, for a total of $1000. The program will be shared on all major podcast platforms and YouTube. Additional info: Previous voice acting experience is welcome but not required. BIPOC are encouraged to audition. Auditions will consist of readings from the script. Production: There will be eight episodes in total. Production will run from Monday, April 6, 2026, through Saturday, May 30, 202,6 with the following schedule: rehearsals on Monday and Thursday nights, 7-9 pm, episodes recorded Saturday afternoons, 2-5 pm. The podcast will be recorded remotely; cast members will be required to have access to a quiet, undisturbed place to record lines. A quality USB/XLR microphone is recommended. See the attachment for the Audition Sign Up doc. If you are interested, please apply.
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A self-educated, erudite and articulate actress from Iowa, Hanna moved to LA to pursue an acting career in 1932. After some minor roles, she got her big break when she was cast in the film version of Low Tide. She and Jack fell in love during the production and married in 1941.
Outwardly, Chet is the picture of success. An attractive actor originally from Nebraska, he rode the rails and worked odd jobs during the Depression before coming to New York to try his luck as an actor. He eventually worked with Jack on the FTP radio program. He later served with distinction in the Signal Corps during the North African and Italian Campaigns, then returned to New York where he married a woman named Tiffany and settled in a spacious New Rochelle home provided by her father-in-law
A Jewish girl from Brooklyn and the granddaughter of Russian immigrants who fled the pogroms in the 1880s, Elissa was Jack’s student and assistant when he taught at CCNY. Their relationship is entirely platonic; she is his creative muse, having introduced him to the science fiction genre and served as a creative consultant on his new books.
A Black man who fled from Georgia to Harlem with his family during the Great Migration in 1923, Alan is another veteran of the Federal Theatre Project, and an accomplished actor and singer. Like Elissa, he conceals the truth about his ethnicity due to the sensitivity of the audience, though he eventually comes to rebel against this.
A nisei woman originally from the San Francisco Bay Area, Reiko was an up-and-coming singer and voice actor before she and her family were moved into the Topaz,Utah internment camp after Pearl Harbor. Not wishing to return to her old neighborhood, she moved to New York to pursue her career.She also conceals her ethnicity and is credited as Rebecca Kenton.While a talented performer, she is emotionally distant due to the trauma of her experiences in the camps and the racial bigotry she still faces
An Italian American native of The Bronx, Mike worked with Jack and Chet in the Federal Theatre Project. After it was shut down, he joined the army and later served in Guadalcanal, where he was wounded in action. The experience still haunts him and eventually creates complications for the program. As previously noted, in addition to other scenes, the core cast will perform the “show within the show” in each episode.
Ensemble Each ensemble member should expect to perform in every episode, portraying one to four distinct roles. Alan’s younger brother, an embittered war veteran and civil rights and labor organizer, who criticizes his brother for accepting a role where he has to hide the truth about himself, chasing unrealistic dreams and ignoring the plight of African Americans.
Ensemble Each ensemble member should expect to perform in every episode, portraying one to four distinct roles. The radio network’s director of entertainment, who initially has a good relationship with Jack and grants him creative latitude but becomes more antagonistic as the anti-communist campaign heats up.
Ensemble Each ensemble member should expect to perform in every episode, portraying one to four distinct roles. Elissa’s father, who is proud of her achievements but dismayed by her concealing her Jewish identity.
Ensemble Each ensemble member should expect to perform in every episode, portraying one to four distinct roles. Reiko’s younger brother, who accompanied her to New York for support, but increasingly wishes to reunite with their parents.
Ensemble Each ensemble member should expect to perform in every episode, portraying one to four distinct roles. A radio news anchor who reports on historical events which provide context for the program.
Ensemble Each ensemble member should expect to perform in every episode, portraying one to four distinct roles. A squad of FBI agents who investigate the Hidden Realm cast.
Ensemble Each ensemble member should expect to perform in every episode, portraying one to four distinct roles. Some of the Hidden Realm’s regular radio listeners.
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