The Clerk and the Cocksman
Turning short films scripts into radio plays! First Read Radio is a beefed up table read professionally recorded with voice actors and sound designed by a team of top-notch audiophiles all while under the direction of an experienced storytelling team.
One man needs to get out of his slump with the ladies but the headquarters of his mind fall into chaos and the only one that can stop a dangerous coup is the lone neuron from the mail room.
Credits
Written by: Nick Coleman
Directed by: Gary Jones
Sound Supervisor and Editor: Ryan Gottshall
Produced by: Awfully Good Media
Cast
Narrator: Rayne Potter
Steve: Kyle Brady
Agent Cocksman: Sean Crampton
Wernicke: Brian Lally
Brent: Connor Green
Todd: William Gabriel Grier
Boca: Jeffrey Oliphant
Recorded at Spacewalk Sound
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Ticket To Ride
What happens when a store clerk and his show cat get in between two best friends and a 70 million dollar lottery ticket? Filmmakers Matt Allen & Travis Hicks answers that question by taking you on a wild ride highlighting what can happen when two middle-aged men plot revenge on their nemesis by kidnapping his prize cat and holding it for ransom.
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