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SECONDHAND SOUL: Em and Vi are a couple in love who just moved into a new house. When Em attempts to use Vi's Ouija board to come out to her dead mother, she finds herself bargaining to save her soul from what she accidentally summons instead.
Written by Ava Love Hanna
Directed by Jonathan Cook
Performed by Chelsea Glass as "Em", Amy Thorne as "Vi", and Evan Cook as "Damon"
SECONDHAND SOUL: Em and Vi are a couple in love who just moved into a new house. When Em attempts to use Vi's Ouija board to come out to her dead mother, she finds herself bargaining to save her soul from what she accidentally summons instead.
Written by Ava Love Hanna
Ava Love Hanna is a professional writer, published playwright, and award-winning speaker and storyteller. She is continually amazed by how often she is mistaken for a real grown-up. She is also the artistic Director and podcast co-host at Stories Found: https://storiesfound.com.
Directed by Jonathan Cook
Performed by:
Chelsea Glass as "Em", Amy Thorne as "Vi", and Evan Cook as "Damon"
Intro/Outro music: JK/47
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Jonathan Cook - Writer / Director (jonathanrcook.com)
Playwright / Voice Actor / Host
Jonathan Cook is heavily involved in the fine arts as an actor, writer, and filmmaker based in South Carolina. Many of his short plays have been produced in theatres around the World and and he is a six-time recipient of the Porter Fleming Literary Award in the playwriting category. Aside from playwriting, he has also written and directed several short films that have been presented in regional film festivals as well as distributed internationally on ShortsTV. He is also the host and producer of the radio theater podcast GATHER BY THE GHOST LIGHT. Launched in 2020, GATHER BY THE GHOST LIGHT is a collection of stage plays adapted to an audio only format performed by voice actors and edited with appropriate sound effects and music.
Voice Actor
Amy is an Augusta native with a passion for storytelling and a love of the stage. Despite her short acting resume, her performances in Le Chat Noir's Quickies short play festival and improvisational work make her stand out as an actress. After a run voicing This Week in Augusta and the Southern Soul and Song series on WACG, Gather by the Ghost Light marks her first podcast appearance.
Voice Actor
Evan W. Cook is an actor, playwright, and award-winning author with an MFA in Creative Writing and an MSc in space sciences. Since 2013, he has trained as an actor, writer, and director for film and theatre, with a specific interest in voice acting, and he currently works as a technical writer for the U.S. and European space sectors. His most recent roles include Prince Eric in The Little Mermaid (2023) and Lancelot/Knight of Ni in Monty Python's Spamalot (2023) at the Aiken Community Theatre and the director for Little Shop of Horrors (2019) in the UK.
Playwright
Ava Love Hanna is a professional writer, published playwright, and award-winning speaker and storyteller. Ava is the Artistic Director for Stories Found, a theatrical production company based in Austin, Texas, and co-host of the Stories Found podcast featuring funny stories, plays, and sketches by some of the most talented humorists in the country. She is continually amazed by how often she's mistaken for a real grown-up.
