Our Spring 2020 show has two segments, with the following voice roles available:
Plan 8 from the Outer Ether: A Steampunk Adventure
by Brian Rust
inspired by Plan 9 from Outer Space
NOTE: While the majority of the play will be held by the actors and read into microphones as happens normally in live radio plays, there are “unscripted” portions that are off book.
CHARACTERS
Suggested Part Distribution:
Narrator / Ship Voice
Auteur
Detective
Cardiff
Lawyer / Archbishop / Elf 2 / Clown 1 / Large Blobby Thing
Riley / Illuminus / Elf 1 / Clown 2 / Old Lady
Mendos / Elephant / The Brit
Zandex / Bubbles the Sea Monkey
Belle / Goldenmoon / Dog / Robot
(Sound Crew is referred to, and occasionally addressed, but has no lines until the very end when they get a Silent Bob moment)
Plan 9 from Outer Space
adapted by
Michael McAfee
from the original script by
Edward D. Wood, Jr.
| CRISWELL | ..... | an announcer |
| JEFF | ..... | a handsome airline pilot |
| PAULA | ..... | Jeff’s wife |
| LT. HARPER | ..... | a police lieutenant |
| COL. EDWARDS | ..... | an Army colonel |
| LARRY | ..... | a patrolman |
| KELTON | ..... | another patrolman |
| CLAY | ..... | a police inspector |
| EROS | ..... | a space commander |
| TANNA | ..... | Eros’s second in command |
| Small roles, doubled up with main cast: | ||
|---|---|---|
| VAMPIRA | ..... | the animated corpse of a dead woman |
| BELA | ..... | an old man, later zombified |
| RULER | ..... | an alien ruler |
| GEN. ROBERTS | ..... | an Army general |
| CAPTAIN | ..... | an Army captain |
| WOMAN MOURNER | ..... | a friend of Bela |
| MAN MOURNER | ..... | another friend of Bela |
| GRAVEDIGGER 1 | ..... | a gravedigger |
| GRAVEDIGGER 2 | ..... | another gravedigger |