SPECIAL: the Vanishing Act Part One: the Corkscrew

A Theatrical Disaster! A Disappeared Magician! A Pretentious Artist(s)! Obsessed with a 200-year-old historical footnote, Augie Eckhart grapples with the changing tide of 1930’s Berlin in the rehearsal room and at an ex’s birthday party--only to be brought face to face with a face from his past he’s only too happy to face…

Transcript here!

Cast:

Augie Eckhart - Sarah Price
Anton Hirschfelder - Laurence Stepney
Rudyard T. Codswallop - Sam Hubbard
Lilith Von Hitzler - Tina Muñoz Pandya
Jean-Jacquline Lemarque/Schwanzkoph - Chris Vizurraga
De Bour/Stagehand - Shawn Pfautsch
Zimmer - Jacob Mundell
Misha/Party Guest - Eric Eilersen
Stagehand/Flashback Voices - Jess Ridenour
Announcer - Ian Geers
Narrator - Lauren Grace Thompson

CONTENT NOTES

This episode contains scenes of peril and disaster, as well as sexual references, explicit language, some misogynistic language, and drug use. There are references to the rise of Hitler. Please see our FAQ section for a statement about the purpose of our use of this historical time and place.



Written and Directed by Ian Geers and Lauren Grace Thompson. Produced and edited by Lauren Grace Thompson. Sound engineered and designed by Daniel Etti-Williams. Original music by Baldemar. Additional bad white jazz piano by Nathan Dunn.





As we are on an active hiatus, we are substituting our monthly audio drama episode with the Vanishing Act's first episode!



Profanity censored (with permission). It includes some references to sex and recreational drug use.





The Vanishing Act

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