The Midnight Rebellion
Podcast
Non Union
In Earth’s hot and flooded future, two kids help a time-traveling girl search for her lost time machine, and together, they uncover larger truths about the planet and how to save it. THE MIDNIGHT REBELLION is an interactive audio adventure from WBUR, Boston's NPR Station that tackles climate change through a "choose your own" story format.
Roles For This Project
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Submissions Due:
12/24/2025
50 to 90-years-old. Storyteller with a dry wit and a sense of drama and whimsy. Treats darkness with humor. Our guide through this story and the voice we will hear the most, much like in an audiobook.
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Submissions Due:
12/24/2025
35 to 55-years-old, female. Harvard physicist and mother of Joule and Hartree Green. Brilliant and outspoken, she was a rebellious climate activist, and then left the life of protesting to seek scientific solutions. She can become obsessed with her work and put science before her family, but she car... [See More]
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Submissions Due:
12/24/2025
12 to 15-years-old, male. Child of immigrants. Street smart. Sarcastic, easily annoyed. Knee-jerk pessimist. Fierce defender of the (very few) people he loves. Tall and gangly, an effect of malnutrition and giving his sibling, Buggy, more to eat than him. He trusts almost no one. Nico believes the o... [See More]
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Submissions Due:
12/24/2025
35 to 55-years-old, male. Newscaster. Joule & Hart's dad.
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Submissions Due:
12/24/2025
10 to 12-years-old, non-binary. Child of immigrants. Buggy is an energetic, whiz-bang mechanical genius who loves adventure and makes friends quickly. Whip-smart. Unfailingly optimistic. Marches to the beat of their own drum. Slender and short, an effect of malnutrition. Asthmatic from growing up ne... [See More]
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Submissions Due:
12/24/2025
50 to 80-years-old, male. Just as brilliant as his younger self, but wizened and more cunning. He can read others’ emotions and play off of them. In one moment, he appears caring and protective, in another, he is taciturn or acerbic. His genius has earned him a spot as the right hand of Brutus Brigh... [See More]
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Podcast
$75/hr
Man, Non-Binary Pers...
Gender:
Man, Non-Binary Person, Trans Man
Seattle
30 - 50
Non Union
Podcast
Submissions Due:
12/24/2025
Crew member of the Midnight Rebellion, a group opposed to the Bright Corporation in the 2100s. Reports to Captain Cutthroat. **This is a singing part.
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Submissions Due:
12/24/2025
70 to 90-years-old, female. Wise senior woman. Blind or visually impaired.
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Submissions Due:
12/24/2025
A seagull. Loud yet endearing herring gull. Speaks only in squawks. Not quite a pet, but a faithful sidekick to Buggy and Nico. Loves squid.
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Submissions Due:
12/24/2025
30 to 50-years-old, male. Gruff leader of the Midnight Rebellion, a group opposed to the Bright Corporation in the 2100s. Vaguely resembles a pirate. He has survived hell on earth (the Second Civil War) and has no time for niceties. Yet he is an effective leader, focused on building a sustainable co... [See More]
More Roles For This Project
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Submissions Due:
12/24/2025
50 to 90-years-old. Storyteller with a dry wit and a sense of drama and whimsy. Treats darkness with humor. Our guide through this story and the voice we will hear the most, much like in an audiobook.
-
Submissions Due:
12/24/2025
35 to 55-years-old, female. Harvard physicist and mother of Joule and Hartree Green. Brilliant and outspoken, she was a rebellious climate activist, and then left the life of protesting to seek scientific solutions. She can become obsessed with her work and put science before her family, but she car... [See More]
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Submissions Due:
12/24/2025
12 to 15-years-old, male. Child of immigrants. Street smart. Sarcastic, easily annoyed. Knee-jerk pessimist. Fierce defender of the (very few) people he loves. Tall and gangly, an effect of malnutrition and giving his sibling, Buggy, more to eat than him. He trusts almost no one. Nico believes the o... [See More]
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Submissions Due:
12/24/2025
35 to 55-years-old, male. Newscaster. Joule & Hart's dad.
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Submissions Due:
12/24/2025
10 to 12-years-old, non-binary. Child of immigrants. Buggy is an energetic, whiz-bang mechanical genius who loves adventure and makes friends quickly. Whip-smart. Unfailingly optimistic. Marches to the beat of their own drum. Slender and short, an effect of malnutrition. Asthmatic from growing up ne... [See More]
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Submissions Due:
12/24/2025
50 to 80-years-old, male. Just as brilliant as his younger self, but wizened and more cunning. He can read others’ emotions and play off of them. In one moment, he appears caring and protective, in another, he is taciturn or acerbic. His genius has earned him a spot as the right hand of Brutus Brigh... [See More]
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Submissions Due:
12/24/2025
Crew member of the Midnight Rebellion, a group opposed to the Bright Corporation in the 2100s. Reports to Captain Cutthroat. **This is a singing part.
-
Submissions Due:
12/24/2025
70 to 90-years-old, female. Wise senior woman. Blind or visually impaired.
-
Submissions Due:
12/24/2025
A seagull. Loud yet endearing herring gull. Speaks only in squawks. Not quite a pet, but a faithful sidekick to Buggy and Nico. Loves squid.
-
Submissions Due:
12/24/2025
30 to 50-years-old, male. Gruff leader of the Midnight Rebellion, a group opposed to the Bright Corporation in the 2100s. Vaguely resembles a pirate. He has survived hell on earth (the Second Civil War) and has no time for niceties. Yet he is an effective leader, focused on building a sustainable co... [See More]
