Casting Notice – Quorum – The Gambler’s Tale: All That Glitters

July 2012. After dealing with Las Vegas mobsters and other ambitious criminal elements, former online poker pro Jimmy Harmon has returned to his old haunts in Los Angeles.

Jabberwocky Audio Theater is continuing the tales from the Quorum. This second season (10 episodes) sees the return of the titular gambler, Jimmy Harmon, but moves the action to Los Angeles, a little over a year after the events of “Outstanding Debts.”

Many of the characters heard in season one, “Outstanding Debts,” will be heard, but, as before, there are lots of new characters and colorful atmosphere. Our goal is to get auditions in by Saturday, October 17th.

Recording Dates and Recording Location

We have two options for recording location, depending on how pandemic conditions unfold. Regardless, we will try and record between November 2020 and February 2021 based on people’s schedules.

Plan A would be to hold tables reads over Zoom or the equivalent (there will likely need to be more than one because of the 10 episode season). Then, we would record with one or two people at a time at Arlington Independent Media (AIM).

Plan B would be to still have the virtual table reads, but record at Bjorn’s home studio in Springfield one actor at a time.

This is the “Tulgey Wood Studios” location you may have heard referenced in episodes and which was set up before AIM was an option for up to six non-socially distanced people at a time. Now, we’d just have the actor, Bill masked at a distance, and Bjorn masked and serving as the engineer in another room.

In both plans, using the same location will allow us to have the same audio quality for each character — and make it easier to schedule all of you, including retakes as needed.

As the process above implies, we will have some flexibility in recording dates, though we expect the sessions to be Saturdays, Sundays, and some weeknights in most cases.

Our goal is to start recording in November 2020 and complete all recording by February 2021 for an anticipated October 2021 broadcast (we have learned to leave plenty of time for post-production).

Compensation

Like season one, the base rate will be $75 per recording session. However, since some of you would be coming in to record a lot more lines (i.e. longer recording sessions), we will likely figure out a way that those longer recording sessions pay more.

Cast of Characters

There are just as many characters and denizens as the last full season. Many characters are returning from season one, so you’ll see the actor listed, so we’re looking for the many characters marked “To Be Cast.”

Also, we’re hoping that everyone will be up for voicing some of the Colorful Atmosphere (who often have just one line).

Cast of Characters
The Key Figures
Jimmy Harmon
Cameron McNary		Male, mid-20s — our protagonist, a former online poker pro, now working his way up in LA (10 episodes)
Robin Freeman
TO BE CAST		Female, mid-20s — Jimmy’s ex-girlfriend, now working in the LA County Assessor's office (9 episodes)
Eleanor Wallis
TO BE CAST		Female, late 20s — a mysterious and extremely confident operative of unknown origin (8 episodes)
Anton Kreitzer
Pete Papageorge		Male, late 50s — a wealthy venture capitalist who dabbles in illicit activities (5 episodes)
Announcer
Marsha Rehns		Our vocal guide to the activities of the Quorum and the tales their actions inspire (10 episodes)
The Featured Players
Skitch
Mike Bernal		Male, 30s — a grifter and acquaintance of Jimmy’s from his Las Vegas days (2 episodes)
Malone
TO BE CAST		Male, 30s — an intimidating and nearly indestructible LAPD detective and hired gunman (6 episodes)
Margaret Florian
TO BE CAST		Female, late 20s — a confident manager and operator of a high-stakes private poker game (4 episodes)
Ken Ford
TO BE CAST		Male, 30s — an aggressive, extremely confident con artist who speaks with a pronounced cockney accent (2 episodes)
Glen Chambers
TO BE CAST		Male, 40s — a real estate speculator and (apparently) novice poker player with a skill for deception (4 episodes)
Parker Wells
TO BE CAST		Male, late 20s — an arrogant film star and notoriously ruthless poker player (5 episodes)
Farah
TO BE CAST		Female, mid-20s — Kreitzer's executive assistant, young but intuitive and ambitious (5 episodes)
Carl Pantusso
TO BE CAST		Male, 50s — wealthy restaurant owner at Margaret Florian’s private poker game (3 episodes)
Tom
TO BE CAST		Male, 30s — poker player and bettor at the Inglewood Park Casino and racetrack (10 episodes)
Racing Announcer
TO BE CAST		Horse racing announcer at the Inglewood Park Casino racetrack (10 episodes)
Paul
TO BE CAST		Male, 40s — racing tipster at the Inglewood Park racetrack (8 episodes)
The Ensemble
Wiktoria Sałkiewicz
Lydia Kraniotis		Female, 60s — a semi-legitimate old- school Vegas mobster, part owner of the Limelight Hotel (1 episode)
Wilmer Crick
Christopher Walker		Male, 30s — Wiktoria’s primary henchman, an ex-lineman prone to physical expression (1 episode)
Ben Marshall
Nick DePinto		Male, 30s — a quirky former Las Vegas homicide detective (1 episode)
Will Archer
James E. Lewis		Male, 30s — a friend of Jimmy’s, presumed killed in Las Vegas a year prior (1 episode)
Boyd
TO BE CAST		Female, late 20s — a drink server at an exclusive no-limit poker game, calm under pressure (2 episodes)
Joe Santoro
TO BE CAST		Male, 50s — the current LA County Assessor, involved in a larger plot (2 episodes)
Alphonse Gabriel
TO BE CAST		Male, 40s — a private driver and pilot, and trusted associate of Anton Kreitzer’s (2 episodes)
Drake
TO BE CAST		Male, 40s — server at Kreitzer’s private island resort (1 episode)
Loren
TO BE CAST		Male, late 20s — a studio script reader currently dating Robin (1 episodes)
Matt
TO BE CAST		Male, 40s — overconfident poker player at the Inglewood Park Casino (1 episodes)
Gittes
TO BE CAST		Male, 40s — poker player at Jimmy’s table at the Kreitzer estate (1 episode)
Dodge
TO BE CAST		Male, 50s — table player at the Inglewood Park Casino (1 episode)
The Chess Pieces
Mr. King
Pete Papageorge		Male, 60s - the head of the mysterious group known as the Quorum (2 episodes)
Mr. Queen
Joel Snyder		Male, 40s - the director of the Quorum's current operation, of Middle-Eastern descent (2 episodes)
Mr. Bishop
Brian Crane		Male, 50s - the chief statistician for the Quorum (2 episodes)
Ms. Knight
Anna Fitzgerald		Female, 50s - the Quorum's current finance officer (2 episodes)
Ms. Rook
Faith Potts		Female, 60s - the Quorum's senior-most and most skeptical member (2 episodes)
The Colorful Atmosphere
Betting Window Clerk
TO BE CAST		Clerk at the betting window at the Inglewood Park Racetrack (2 episodes)
Casino Dealer
TO BE CAST		Poker dealer at the Inglewood Park Casino (1 episode)
Casino Security Guard
TO BE CAST		Security officer at the Inglewood Park Casino (1 episode)
Cashier
TO BE CAST		Worker in the cages at the Inglewood Park Casino (1 episode)
Confident Poker Player
TO BE CAST		Poker player at the Inglewood Park Casino (1 episode)
Skeptical Poker Player
TO BE CAST		Poker player at the Inglewood Park Casino (1 episode)
Cranky Poker Player
TO BE CAST		Poker player at the Inglewood Park Casino (1 episode)
Excited Poker Player
TO BE CAST		Poker player at the Inglewood Park Casino (1 episode)
Police Officer
TO BE CAST		Patrolman investigating a motel homicide (1 episode)
Registry Security Guard
TO BE CAST		Security officer working at the LA County Hall of Records (1 episode)
Barista
TO BE CAST		Worker at a local coffee shop frequented by Jimmy (1 episode)
Clinic Clerk
TO BE CAST		Clerk at a small medical clinic in Little Tokyo (1 episode)
Voice Mail Announcer
TO BE CAST		Disembodied digital voice mail informational voice (2 episodes)
Phone Operator
TO BE CAST		Automated telephone message voice (1 episode)
News Anchor Gail
TO BE CAST		Los Angeles television newscaster (1 episode)
Weatherman Harvey
TO BE CAST		Los Angeles weather reporter (1 episode)
Casino Poker Player 1
TO BE CAST		Poker player at Jimmy’s table at the Inglewood Park Casino (1 episode)
Casino Poker Player 2
TO BE CAST		Poker player at Jimmy’s table at the Inglewood Park Casino (1 episode)
Casino Poker Player 3
TO BE CAST		Poker player at Jimmy’s table at the Inglewood Park Casino (1 episode)
Table Player 1
TO BE CAST		Poker player at Jimmy’s table at the Kreitzer estate (1 episode)
Table Player 2
TO BE CAST		Poker player at Jimmy’s table at the Kreitzer estate (1 episode)
Table Player 3
TO BE CAST		Poker player at Jimmy’s table at the Kreitzer estate (1 episode)
People of Los Angeles
ALL TO BE CAST		Assorted denizens of the greater Los Angeles metropolitan area

Sides and Submission Instructions

We have one overall PDF that has all the sides. Please plan on doing at least one take –and no more than three takes– for each character you’d like to audition for.

If you want to audition for Robin or Eleanor, please do reads of both their first 2 sides.

There is a table of contents in the document, but the sides are for:

Remember, we’re focusing on the Key Figures, Featured Players, and Ensemble, not including the announcer, who’s already cast.

If you’re a company member who just wants to join in for one or more of the characters in the “Colorful Atmosphere,” let us know.

Record yourself reading your preferred role (or roles) from the sides and upload the files to our Dropbox folder. You should not need any account with Dropbox to do so, just click on this Dropbox link. MP3s are perfectly fine

Label the audio file “[Character].mp3”. Dropbox should automatically add your name to it, so we’ll get a file called “Jane Submitter – Farah.mp3”

Please upload a separate audio file for each character. Separate takes may be in the same audio file or different files, whichever you prefer.

We’re trying to take our time with the casting, so please reach out with questions or to discuss particular characters or the story (though we may be silent about some of the plot twists). And, naturally, if you have questions about submitting, please drop us a line. The general email casting@teamjabberwocky.com works.

Again, please aim to submit your auditions by Saturday, October 17th.

We look forward to your submissions!

William R. Coughlan, writer/director
Bjorn Munson, producer/casting director