Calgary to Byron Bay

Ashley can’t wait to leave home — and her overbearing mom, Carolina. She and her best friend, Britney, plot a hot Australian summer trip. Note: this podcast includes explicit language and references to suicide and trauma. This four-part series is an audio adaptation of the play Static: A Party Girl’s Memoir. Each episode starts with part of the play, performed by Ashley King as herself and Jaime Cesar as Carolina. Then, in the second half, learn more about this true story as Ashley talks to those who inspired the script. Guest interview: Bruce Horak, actor, playwright, and visual artist, and Chief Engineer Hemmer on Star Trek: Strange New Worlds. Static is produced by Ashley King and Meg Wilcox, with support from Inside Out Theatre, Chromatic Theatre, and the Community Podcast Initiative at Mount Royal University in Calgary, Canada. - Show notes: (00:00) Audio drama: Static, part one (22:36) Ashley King and Meg Wilcox introduce the podcast (27:58) Ashley interviews Bruce Horak (56:40) Reflections and episode wrap-up Click here for a complete episode transcript. - Music licensed under SOCAN 22C license. Royalty-free music:  Anthem of Rain, Rock This House (Instrumental) Maarten Schellekens, Salt Lake Swerve Royalty-free sound effects from Pixabay - Credits: Static: A Party Girl’s Memoir Written by: Ashley King Ashley King: herself, Britney Jaime Cesar: Carolina Additional voices: Jim Delaney, Meg Wilcox Podcast sound design, editing & production: Meg Wilcox Podcast voice coach: Michelle Brandenberg Dramaturg: Kodie Rollan Cultural dramaturg: Daniela Atiencia Disability dramaturg: Jess Watkin Director, stage version: Javier Vialta Sound designer, stage version: Miranda Martini