The Divided States: Stories from the Second American Civil War
10pt for Background Soldiers & Civilians
Various background characters, soldiers and civilians appearing in- or outside of battle. The exact contents of the sides are not as important as the tone and emotional delivery, so feel free to ad-lib and improvise where you see fit.
- all american accents
- adult
[Casual] Baker Charlie Foxtrot, this is, eh… echo one. We’ve got a few tanks broke down along the contact line. We’ve managed to drag them out of the reds’ artillery range, but they won’t move much further than that, copy.
[Sigh] [Very sarcastic] See Daniels, our job is not thinking out the plan but executing it. I assume from the mighty high peaks of New Orleans this brilliant centerpiece of military strategy all makes sense, and we’re about to roll over the RSA’s defensive line in a day. We’ll be home by Christmas!
[Angry] You tell command to man their own damn line if they want that ridgeline so much! I am not sending my men straight into machine gun fire without armor support. Those red bastards are dug in like ticks, the entire city is a goddamn death trap!
Hi 10pt- thanks for the audition! It's a good first try, but you are rushing through the lines very fast without articulating the minor emotions and affections that are natural to normal speech. It's hard to explain exactly, but it's the difference between 'reading lines' and truly acting a scene. Hope that helps, good luck with future auditions!