Paranatural Support Service Team: Roles for Auditioning
Content warnings for each character role will be listed below, in black (with a black background.) Copy-paste the text into a text file or some non-formatted text box (a search bar in your web browser, even) to read the CWs—this is to prevent spoilers.
Major Recurring Roles
Orsen
A kind, mysterious OPS employee that seems to have some authority over Raun, and meets the Agent by the water cooler. Orsen is well-spoken, empathetic, and charming—deep down, they want to enact realistic, reasonable change in the OPS. Oh, and they’re *very* attractive. At least, the Agent seems to think so.
CWs: [violence, gore, emotional manipulation, romantic situations.]
"It's a pleasure, Miss Agent. You can call me Orsen. With an e. ... Yep, my dad's idea. Raun's a hard worker, if you watch them closely enough. It's admirable, even if it is in undesirable directions. They get results, I guess, in some weird, unquantifiable way. Once, I caught them petting a stapler and crying softly in their office, I shit you not. But to work at the OPS, especially for your team... I guess you have to have a weird quirk. Or a dozen. ... Okay, fine, but you have to tell me yours too right after. Mine is this pen. Have you ever used one like this, with the tons of different colors? Probably in school, right? Well, I color code all my paperwork, and without one of these things, I'm kind of a dope and can barely fill out anything. So what's yours?"
Minor Recurring Roles
- None yet!
Callers and others:
Caller #2
An out-of-work electrician living in a mess of a suburban home. Life hasn’t particularly treated them well, so they grasp at any straws they have remaining to them. Anger issues? You bet.
CWs: [verbal abuse]Caller #4
A graphic designer in Indiana, Caller #4 lives in a small apartment building with one roommate. They’ve been working from home, paying rent, and generally living comfortably enough. Afraid of confrontation, Caller #4 believes that most bad things can be smoothed out with time.
CWs: [ infection, mind control, death]Caller #5
Parenthood is tough. Caller #5 is raising three children, and won’t hesitate to make that fact known. The family just bought their second home in Connecticut, and while life is busy for a full-time parent, they’re incredibly proud and protective of their young’uns—ages 8, 7, and 3. They do make a mess, though. And would it hurt for them to clean up after themselves?
CWs: [ family drama, parallels to queer issues]Musical Guests
Can you sing? There will likely be a role for you soon...
CWs: [death]
“No, you’re not listening. I didn’t touch a fucking thing. I turned off the TV. Then I turned it on. Then off. Then on. Then off again! Whatt’re you gonna tell me to do next, turn it back on? Shit, better call Mensa, ‘cause we got a genius over here on the phone. I know you’ve got a box over there, right? So why don’t you just flip whatever switch fixes my TV faster and then you can go back to being overpaid for this little job they’ve got you doing?”
“Right, I know, I know, it’s just that—it’s just that I can’t just tell them to leave. They’ve been my roommate for… five years I think? And I’ve never seen them act like this. It’s probably fine, you know—they said nothing’s wrong, nothing happened? But something did happen, I think, and I, um, It’s not them. I mean, it’s not like them.” If you could give me a fake cry too, that would be fantastic!
[off phone, to child. note: can substitute "mommy" with any parental title a child might use] "Honey? honey, come here, show me what you've got there. Ohhh, it's so cute, can mommy see?" [To agent:] "Do you know what I just took from little Morgan right now? A squirrel. Not a toy, but a live creature. He could have put it in his mouth; who knows what sort of diseases it could have?... no, it's holding still, it's acting calm, like a pet. This is wrong, I think it might be sick or something."
Once again, here's how to audition: Send an e-mail with the subject line "PSST Audition from [Your Name]" to psstpod@gmail.com and include the following:
- Your preferred name
- Pronouns
- Contact Information
- List of roles to be considered for
- Any content or topics that you'd like to avoid
- Audio files or links to audio files with your auditions
- Any other material that you think may help (a demo reel, examples of your voice work, etc.)
Thank you so much! I'm so excited to hear your takes. Even if you don't get a role, I'll hold on to your audition and may consider you for a later role.
