Franchise Rites: A Spooktacular Audio Comedy

Franchise Rites: A Spooktacular Audio Comedy

Project Overview

Transdimensional Transmissions is a Ghostbusters fan organization raising money for charities that provide services and support for caregivers - families struggling to manage their lives while caring for a loved one with a long-term or terminal illness. "Franchise Rites" is a fan-produced audio show offered free to the public as the means to drive awareness and support to our causes. The roles we are posting are cameos at the end of the series representing 10-15 lines for each character. The award-winning cast and crew are creating original music and sound effects to recreate the style of the original film as a tribute to the franchise. We need help casting these small but important roles in the production.

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  • Show Us Your Best Ghost (or Monster)

    We're looking for a few scary background ghosts, ghouls, geists, that's, and other supernatural weirdoes that don't have to start with "G". Yes, check out the new GHOST OR MONSTER audition and make it your own. We only ask that your audition creature conjures a distinct CHARACTER in the mind of the listener, so no random (and creepy for the wrong reasons) moaning and groaning. No cow-like zombie noises. We will cast more than one monster, so audition as many STRONG voices as you please.

  • FINAL DAYS TO AUDITION!

    We have had a great time listening to your amazing work. We've already brought several talents on board to this project and are hard at work on the first four episodes of our show.

    We know that the "celebrity cameo" is a big ask and a hard thing to come by. As a show FOR fans, we need to make sure that they hear the heroes they expect so selecting someone to voice classic characters like Venkman, Stantz, Zeddemore, Tully, and others will take time. We acknowledge that's a high bar to reach. Everyone who has auditioned gave something special and different to their auditions and we look forward to reaching out to everyone when the auditions close because we would love to work with them in some way.

    Unfortunately, we haven't yet found our voices. Maybe we won't. We realize that we're a volunteer, fan production and it's not something for everyone. We hold out hope, though, and appreciate every single submission we've received.

    If you know someone who might fit the role and would be interested in playing in our little fan sandbox, we invite you to refer them here or to our website. As a taste of what we're about, here is the "draft" page featuring our cast in a sort of "voicemail vignette" to spotlight the characters and world we're creating. https://www.franchiserites.com/general-5-1

  • You Are Amazing!

    Thanks to everyone who has auditioned for our roles so far. We've filled a number of them from your submissions. We appreciate the time you took to share your talents with us.

    We are still looking for a few roles and asking folks to sign on as "backup" and background voices as well as small "Man #2" type parts.

    Keep that great work coming!

  • Extended Deadlines and New Characters

    We are extending open auditions for the remaining voices into February. We've had great success casting some roles and continue to review your submissions. We've also added some new roles to consider, including a new MONSTER that can come from anywhere. You make it your own and we'll consider it. Thanks!

  • Our Virtual Studio Recording Process:

    Thanks to everyone who has auditioned for and inquired about this project. We will be recording this series in a virtual studio in real time with one another, scheduling scenes based on actor availability and sorting scenes to capture similar character groups on the same days.

    With the exception of a few cameos (the OG busters, demons, ghosts) rehearsals and recordings are typically scheduled from 2 to 4 pm East Coast USA time. We have actors across seven time zones, so it is tricky to get everybody awake and available at the same time. However, it is providing excellent collaborative energy and great screen partnerships that improve the project. We also may ask for time on Sundays to keep up with the schedule or to re-record some material. If this is not something you're interested in or are able to do, we respect that. However, we do need larger roles (Mac Vermon, Goon) to participate in our virtual studio format. Thanks for reading!

Project Roles: "Venkman" "Stantz" "Zeddemore" "Louis" "Holtzmann" "Janine" Mac Vermon Goon "College President" Comedian "Newhart" Jada the Librarian "SINISTER VILLAIN" Ghost or Monster Fire Marshal Facilities Manager
Voice Actor
Voice Actor
"Venkman"
closed
Unpaid
cast offsite

Looking for an impression of Peter Venkman for a short cameo of 10-15 lines.

Language:
  • english
Voice description:
  • Lorenz Music
  • Dave Coulier
  • snarky
  • Mature
  • male adult
  • chicago
  • Bill Murray
Other info:
  • zencastr
  • celebrity impressions

  • *Say something you think would fit*

  • Listen, Pooky. I’m sure you were a big deal with the celibate monks back in the Dark Ages but these days you wouldn’t make the cut on Open Mic Night at a Succubae Strip Club. Why don’t you part your little red backside over there and we’ll be with you in a moment. Kay? Thanks. Love the horns by the way. Do you take major credit cards or just souls? Hold that thought. Back in a tic.

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Voice Actor
Voice Actor
"Stantz"
closed
Unpaid
cast offsite

Looking for an impression of Ray Stantz for a short cameo of 10-15 lines.

Language:
  • english
Voice description:
  • Frank Welker
  • male adult
  • Dan Aykroyd
  • chicago
  • canadian english
  • upstate new york
Other info:
  • ZenCaster
  • celebrity impressions

  • You won’t believe it. The level of latent psycho-magnetheric turbulence around the temple has jumped from 2.1 gigawatts to over 9.6 – that’s the largest one-cycle jump since the Hunt Valley Ghost Horse Stampede of 1803! I’m telling you, this is big. We’re gonna need upgrades to the equipment, enhanced containment protocols…it’s big, Peter! (beat) Like we’re gonna have to cover 37 million cubic feet in positively charged mood slime. You can’t buy that at Costco! We’re gonna have to have the Woodstock of all seances and hope we summon a happy Class 9 entity that lactates copious psycho-plasma.

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Voice Actor
"Zeddemore"
open
Unpaid

Looking for an approximation of Winston Zeddemore from the Ghostbusters franchise. One scene 10-15 lines of dialogue

Language:
  • english
Voice description:
  • Buster Jones
  • new york
  • Arsenio Hall
  • Ernie Hudson
  • male adult
Other info:
  • zencastr
  • celebrity impressions

  • Listen, this is a service. Work volume ebbs and flows. When business is good, you’ll be working 24/7 and praying for days like this when you’re polishing the fenders, painting the office, and flushing out the containment unit. When you come back from your first Big Day, you’ll be so exhausted that you’ll want to sleep in the shower for all the ectoplasm you’ll have to wash off. Yeah. Good times.

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Voice Actor
"Louis"
closed
Unpaid
cast offsite

Looking for an approximation of Louis Tully from the Ghostbusters franchise.

Language:
  • english
Voice description:
  • male adult
  • canadian
  • Rick Moranis
Other info:
  • zencastr
  • celebrity impressions

  • If you filed a 238 form without the proper itemized list and appropriate expenses, you’ll have to amend your submission with a 382 form explaining why there was no list or a 832 form amending the itemized list with the correct list of itemized…items. You have to submit that within 21 days of the original filing unless you fill out form 11382 which applies for an extension of the filing another 21 days, which takes about 21 days to process, so you pretty much have to file for the extension on the same day you make the original submission. Otherwise you’re gonna get penalized at nine percent every day based on the highest taxable rate. Simple accounting, really.

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Voice Actor
"Holtzmann"
closed
Unpaid
cast offsite

Looking for an approximation of Jillian Holtzmann from the Ghostbusters franchise.

Language:
  • english
Voice description:
  • female adult
  • new york
  • Kate McKinnon
Other info:
  • celebrity impressions
  • zencastr

  • Hiya. I’m the newbie. Jillian. Not Jill. That was the twin I ate in the womb. Don’t call me Jill because she’ll think you’re talking to her and I don’t need her voice in my head. Thanks. I’m a Virgo. I love hiking. I eat oysters professionally. And I love your tie. That is one handsome neckerchief and it has seen some shizzle, am I right? Weddings? Job interviews? Funerals. I bet that tie has lived a richer more meaningful life than me. Want to explode some things with me? Come on. You grab a bottle of vino and I’ll grab us a crate of C4.

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Voice Actor
Voice Actor
"Janine"
closed
Unpaid
cast offsite

Looking for an approximation of Janine Melnitz from Ghostbusters.

Language:
  • english
Voice description:
  • female adult
  • new york (brooklyn)
  • Annie Potts
  • Kath Soucie
  • Laura Sumner
  • Pat Musick
Other info:
  • celebrity impressions
  • zencastr

  • Do you believe in UFOs, astral projections, mental telepathy, ESP, clairvoyance, spirit photography, telekinetic movement, full trance mediums, the Loch Ness monster and the theory of Atlantis? If you walk into an abandoned house and spot a child’s doll sitting by itself in the corner of the room, would you (A) ignore it, (B) set it on fire immediately, (C) take it home with you, or (D) engage it in meaningful conversation? There is an (E) option but it involves “other” and I don’t wanna hear it.

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Voice Actor
Voice Actor
Mac Vermon
closed
Unpaid
cast offsite

Mac is a popular livestreamer from Philadelphia who specializes in ghost investigations. He is capable of riffing long improvised narratives for his show that are dark and poetic. Off air, he's a bit of a dirtbag. Sorry for the long audition line, but his character has a lot of fast-paced monologuing.

Language:
  • english
Voice description:
  • Eastern PA
  • articulate
  • male adult
  • philadelphian
  • rich
  • poetic
  • 30s trying to sound 20s
  • Fast-paced
  • precise
Other info:
  • Radio Personality style

  • "Counting down. I'm dreamin' of the stream, man. Let's go. (MC voice) Hey. Whatup phantom fam. Welcome back to another edition of 'When the Shadows Call' with me, Mac Vermon, Goon behind the camera, and Connie back in the van keepin' up with the chats, your superchats, and subs. Keep them subs comin' so we can stay out here spelunking the sinister estates and evil edifices of the northeast. A shout out loud for our friend Sigmund, a Patreon member who submitted THIS big, ugly place that you might recognize from the Danville Demon movies - all twelve of 'em - and you may even think you know the story behind the Danville Demon. But today we are gonna try and meet him. We're gonna use the latest technology and we'll be joined by legendary psychic medium Janice Flossenburg as we break that chain across the gate and march our crew inside to confront one of the deadliest and dangerous legends here in Danville, Pennsylvania. Over the coal fires of Danville, we're here in Hell of Earth to bring you yet another amazing episode of...'When the Shadows Call'!

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Voice Actor
Goon
closed
Unpaid
Role assigned to: Stewart Alblood

Goon is the tech guy and lead muscle for a ghost-hunting streaming show. He's a big guy with a booming voice that he controls so that he doesn't overshadow the host, Mac Vermon. He's a no-nonsense leader when it comes to directing the show, but he is also the first to pick up a shovel or hammer on location to do some heavy labor. 

Language:
  • english
Voice description:
  • Any American Blue Collar
  • Big
  • baritone
  • Beefy
  • Gentle
  • male adult
  • Measured

  • Our uplink is stable. We've got about twelve thousand people in the waiting room already. We go live in ninety seconds, folks. Connie, make sure your chat feed is synched so we can get those superchat requests up to Mac right away. Everybody else, ping me when you are in position with your cams. Stay on mute - stay on target. Mac, you look good in front of that mausoleum, buddy.

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Voice Actor
"College President"
closed
Unpaid
cast offsite

The 80-something outgoing President of Flaherty College is a kindly, gentle old man. An aging old warrior, he is like a cute, furry animal with a strong jaw and a mouthful of sharp teeth that he only uses when cornered. 

Language:
  • english
Voice description:
  • male senior
  • transatlantic
  • warm
  • tired
  • New Englander
  • Paternal
  • wise
  • Academic
  • Ailing

  • “You’ve made a mistake, my friend, one that could have been avoided with a touch more foresight. You see, in life, as in science, every decision has consequences. Now, I understand the allure of rushing forward, but I assure you, haste leads only to regret. Take a moment to reflect, for the next step must be measured, or we’ll find ourselves in very dire straits indeed.”

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Voice Actor
Comedian "Newhart"
closed
Unpaid
cast offsite

This is a demon who speaks like a meek, awkward doofus. He's smart but in over his head and well above his pay grade on his assignments. He sputters and speaks sometimes haltingly except when he feels he is among people even duller and more awkward than him.

Language:
  • english
Voice description:
  • nervous
  • weird
  • all american accents
  • nerdy
  • male adult
  • 50s
  • Bob Newhart
  • Soft-spoken

  • “Wait, wait—hold on. You want me to set the world on fire? Is that—are you sure? I mean, I’ve never even been good with fire. Remember that time I tried to light the grill and— (pause)—well, let's just say it was an insurance claim. You’re asking me to do this? I don’t know the first thing about fire, let alone the world! Are we talking metaphorical fire, or, you know, the actual kind? Because, let me tell you, I’m more of a ‘put out the fire’ guy than a ‘start it’ guy. Can’t we just—* (pause)—set up a meeting instead? I’m much better at meetings.”*

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Voice Actor
Jada the Librarian
closed
Unpaid
cast offsite

A small role. A 40-something black woman in charge of the Banned Books, Rare Books, and Possibly Dangerous Books at Flaherty College's Restricted Archives

Language:
  • english
Voice description:
  • female adult
  • Intelligent
  • African-American
  • pittsburgher
  • articulate
  • pleasant

  • “Alright, everyone, let's take a moment to review the checkout process. First, please ensure you have your library card ready. If you don’t have one, I can assist you in registering, but that’ll only take a few minutes. Once you’ve selected your book, bring it up to the desk, and I’ll scan it for you. You'll have two weeks for the loan, but if you need an extension, just let me know before the due date. And please, remember to return the books on time to avoid any late fees. Thank you for your attention to these details.”

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Voice Actor
"SINISTER VILLAIN"
open
Unpaid

This is a monster lurking in the corpse of a battered old man. The body is big, heavy and the voice is labored but clear and malevolent. He is a dirty, sloppy disgusting meat puppet speaking for a cunning predator.

Language:
  • english
Voice description:
  • wet
  • Pained
  • Labored
  • monster
  • Sinister
  • neutral
  • transatlantic
  • dark
  • deep
  • eastern european
  • inhuman

  • "Priest, do you not see the futility in your resistance? This decaying shell is nothing but a cage, an agony I endure daily. I have worn its flesh to torment the world, but it is not my true form. Free me, and I shall reward you with knowledge beyond your imagining. What is one mortal life when I can offer you eternity? You cannot banish me; you can only release me from this prison. Think carefully, for to force me out is to awaken a hunger you will never satisfy. Choose wisely, Father... for your soul is just as fragile."

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Voice Actor
Ghost or Monster
open
Unpaid

Here's your chance to create a character ghost or monster. It can speak, howl, growl, or be creepy, so long as it is creative and paints a picture of a character for a listener. You can monologue to tell the story or just paint the picture in abstract sound (no SFX required) How's that for a challenge? It's a blank canvas. Give us up to 45 seconds to sell us your supernatural character. (No auditions will be used in the production without the artist's consent and formal casting in a role.)

  • *Say something you think would fit*

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Voice Actor
Fire Marshal
open
Unpaid

This is a blue-collar, rural Fire Marshal who will spend their time trying to figure out why a new building on a modern campus imploded. They're old, tired, and has an empty box of ... cares.  A thick Boston, Brooklyn, Philly, or Chicago accent is preferred. Gender not a factor.

Language:
  • english
Voice description:
  • bostonian
  • brooklyn
  • philadelphian
  • chicago
  • minnesotan

  • I guess maybe a, I dunno, down draft from a storm wall come down across it? Beats hell outta me how this happens. We gotta sift through a hundred tons of twisted metal and brick to figure out what caused the 'Boom' 'fore we even know what caused the fire. (sigh) 92 days until retirement.

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Voice Actor
Facilities Manager
open
Unpaid

This is a middle-aged bureaucrat in their 40s-50s who has been called in on their day off to deal with one of the college buildings suddenly not standing upright anymore. They are oddly fascinated by the mystery of the situation but also irritated that they have to spend time on the subject. They also don't care about working with the fire marshal much. There's a lot you can bring to this character with just a quirky voice performance. Have fun with it. Gender is not set. 

Voice description:
  • weird
  • Quirky
  • Creative

  • Yeah, this whole thing just - whoops! - right into the ground. Like God just fisted the thing, y'know? You tell me how it got so gorsh-darned fisted so I can finish my report and file the claim.

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