The Current by Jared Rivet

Hey, it’s summer! And even we denizens of the subterranean Earbud lair like to get out for a bit even though it’s only at night and only to hear the screams of… well, that’s another story. Our barbecues are a little different. Anyway – all beside the point – what we’re here to celebrate is the release of a summer podplay extravaganza from Earbud stalwart, Jared Rivet! Jared has delivered a blockbuster for your ears. A giant-sized ‘double-issue’ of aural insanity! His latest story, THE CURRENT, is set on a the lake of small-town anywhere. A placid, pastoral setting – but a story that is anything but. Add the expertise of sound designer Craig Good and composer Brandon Moore, and you have a story that will blow you out of the water. So, wade in, float around a while, and try to avoid THE CURRENT.

Original release date July 10, 2018

The Current by Jared Rivet

Deputy Carly Jenson became a cop to make a difference, do some good in the world, do something that counted. She didn’t join the force to sit behind a desk for a year only to be given the most insipid field assignment imaginable. But she once got in over her head, messed up big time, and now here she is, stuck on a fishing boat at nightfall, bored out of her mind as divers troll the bottom of a dying lake for evidence of a bizarre small-town crime. Whatever the outcome, Carly’s not winning any commendations. Until the divers report in, that is. They found something at the bottom of the lake. Something that shouldn’t be there. Something they can’t explain. Something that will turn Carly Jenson’s boring night into a horrifying night of chaos and sheer terror.

THE CURRENT

Written and directed by Jared Rivet

Produced by Casey Wolfe, Jared Rivet and Craig Good

Featuring the voice talents of:
Clarke Wolfe as Deputy Carly Jenson
Marc Gottlieb as Evan “Cappy” Sherwood
Tracy Clifton as Debbie MacLachlan
Jared Rivet as Matt MacLachlan
David Pierce as Sheriff Dan Collins
Elissa Wagner as Victoria Kerns
Briana Caitlin as Theresa and Amanda
Eric Swartz as Travis

And Rozi Keller, Rachel Snyder, Alex Norwick and Brandon Norwick as the Rude Kids

Original music composed by Brandon Moore. Visit his website at brandonmooremusic.com.

Additional music by Kevin MacLeod, licensed under creative commons and available for download on Incompetech.com.
“Cantina Blues”, “Iron Bacon”, “Organic Grunge”
Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Sound engineering by Casey Wolfe
Sound effects, sound design and mixing by Craig Good

Spot art by Simeon Wilkins. Visit his website at robotoperatormanuals.com

[Stream/Download]

MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE TEAM!

Composer Brandon Moore grew up listening to film scores and performing music in his native Arlington, Texas. In 1999 he moved to Los Angeles to study film scoring at USC where some of his teachers were film composers Elmer Bernstein, David Raksin and Christopher Young.

Brandon has composed a variety of scores such as the Phoenix International Horror & Sci-Fi Festival winner, RAY BRADBURY’S CHRYSALIS (2009), one of three screen adaptations of the acclaimed writer’s stories for which Brandon has written original music.

His score to THE TABLE was nominated for the Gold Medal for Best Impact of Music in a Documentary category at the Park City Film Music Festival in 2011. Brandon also composed the score for the horror/comedy series KILLER SISTERS’ MIDNIGHT HOUR for Hulu.com.

Brandon recently scored the family sci-fi adventure film ALIENS ATE MY HOMEWORK for Universal based on the best-selling book series by Bruce Coville. The soundtrack was released by Back Lot Music in March.

Briana Caitlin is new to the Earbud Theater Stage. She is an American film and television actress whose interests consist of horror films, wine and snuggling with her puggle, Brodie. Her previous credits include “Oishi: Demon Hunter”, “Black-ish”, “Return of the Mac”, and “The Dawn”.

An actress, a host, and a big nerd, Clarke Wolfe is the face of FANDOM, and known as a popular correspondent for Nerdist, Collider, Skybound, Syfy, and more. She is the producer and co-star of SLASHED! THE MUSICAL which was nominated for Best Musical at the 2017 Hollywood Fringe Festival.

Craig Good worked over 30 years at Pixar, starting at Lucasfilm in 1982. He did a little of everything in the old days, and in the last half of his tenure specialized in virtual camera operation. He wrote the screenplay for the first Pixar University live-action short, “Violet”, co-directed the short “Calendar Confloption”, and did executive producer like duties on a few more shorts. He has provided voices for several films including “Toy Story” and “Cars”. His voice is still the one you hear on Pixar’s phone system. More recently he wrote the Earbud Theater episode, “911”. He now produces audiobooks and podcasts, teaches Visual Storytelling at the California College of the Arts, and does sound for short films.

David is an actor/writer. He has had recurring roles on Jimmy Kimmel Live, multiple sitcoms, theatre and numerous indie films. He’s currently shopping a comedy screenplay he wrote he refers to as a “catering Caddyshack”. He is thrilled to be working with old pal Jared Rivet on The Current. davidbpierce.com

Elissa Wagner‘s recent credits include: SLASHED! The Musical, and THE FULL MONTY (Residency in Reno, NV). Elissa performs burlesque around the Los Angeles area and will next be seen competing in the 2018 California Burypicks on June 30th at Fai Do Do.

Eric Swartz is a horror artist and voice actor residing in Hollywood, California. His paintings of monsters and the macabre can be found at Hyaena Gallery and Bearded Lady’s Mystic Museum in Burbank as well as The Dark Art Emporium in Long Beach. Eric has appeared in a short film by ‘Child’s Play’ director Tom Holland and a major motion picture by ‘Ghostbusters’ director Ivan Reitman. This is his first Earbud Theater appearance.

Jared Rivet is a screenwriter and voice actor. He has written, directed and acted in multiple episodes of Earbud Theater and his screenplay Jackals was produced and released as a feature film by Scream Factory in 2017. He contributed an essay to the recently released book My Favorite Horror Movie, and he co-hosts Dead Right Horror Trivia, a monthly horror trivia event held at Blast from the Past in Burbank. Twitter @jaredrivet1

Marc Gottlieb is a screenwriter, a DJ, and now, a voice actor living in Los Angeles. Trapped in a world he never made, he’s passionate about Italian horror films, Godzilla movies, extreme thrill rides, and the Pittsburgh Steelers. His new film TRIASSIC WORLD is available on VOD and iTunes. Twitter @crambeilttog

Tracy grew up in a small town in New Hampshire that no one has ever heard of, and now she lives in Los Angeles, which everyone has heard of. She’s been acting professionally since the age of eight, and she especially loves acting in horror, even though she literally cannot make it through watching all of Gremlins 2. When she’s not screaming into a microphone for Earbud Theater’s podplays, you can find her writing and starring in her own film projects, hiking, or sitting in her car, stuck in traffic.