Deck the Halls of Berlin, Germany!

Fa la la la la, la la la la!

For another rambling absurdity!

Fa-la la la la, la la la la!

The Gang’s confused and causing uproars!

Fa la la la, la la la, la la la! 

Plus the year is 1944...

Fa-lah-lah-lah-lah, la la we're BACK!

Transcript here and at vanishingpod.com, where you can also find bios, more info, and links to our social media.

CREDITS

Written and Directed by Ian Geers and Lauren Grace Thompson. Sound designed by Hannah Foerschler. Produced and edited by Lauren Grace Thompson. Original music by Baldemar. 

The original song featured in this episode, The Christmas Kiss, was written by Ian Geers and Baldemar. Additional kinderchoir music composed by Ian Geers.

CAST

• Augie Eckhart: Sarah Price

CONTENT NOTES

This episode contains adult language, sexual innuendo, and continued references to WWII, including the portrayal of Nazis. Jewish characters in peril. Please see our FAQ section on our website for a statement about the purpose of our use of this historical time and place. 

The promo at the end of this episode was for Two Flat Earthers Kidnap a Freemason, an upcoming audio drama from Good Pointe Podcasts! A dark comedy of conspiracies and secret societies starring Zane Schacht as Randy Dunning, Lauren Grace Thompson as Gayle Kruger. Check them out at their website HERE and give them a follow on Twitter @TwoFlatEarthers!

The Vanishing Act will return with SEASON TWO starting on Monday, November 22nd! We pick up right where we left off, literally minutes after the events of season one finale--on Christmas Eve, 1944. These five episodes will tell the story of our ragtag bunch of misfits–Augie, Conrad, Lilith, Rudyard, and Devorah–and their journey to find out if they can take one last lifeline to become better people, better (best?) friends, and maybe (MAYBE) actual protagonists. 

Part 1: The Christmas Kiss premieres November 22nd, 2021. 

For more information, go to VanishingPod.com. 

CREDITS

Voices in this trailer: Lauren Grace Thompson, Sarah Price, Sam Hubbard, Laurence Stepney, Tina Muñoz Pandya, Daniel Millhouse, Robert Kauzlaric, Eric Eilersen, Daniel Etti-Williams, and Lydia Hiller. 

Sound design: Daniel Etti-Williams. Music composed by: Baldemar. Written by: Ian Geers, Lauren Grace Thompson. Edited by: Lauren Grace Thompson. 

CONTENT NOTE: adult language, Nazis 

Hello there from us here at The Vanishing Act! We are hard at work in post-production getting ready to bring you our second season in just under a month, but while we’re on hiatus, we wanted to bring you something special and introduce you to one of our favorite shows that we think you’ll absolutely love.

The One Stars, from Good Pointe Podcasts, is a comedic sci-fi show set aboard a spaceship called the Space Windu, where the suitably grumpy Negative Nancy and her only friend, Chatbot, bring you a regular selection of One Star reviews from across the multiverse. Excellently produced and written, genuinely laugh-out-loud funny, and winner of an Audio Verse Award for performance—in 2020—we think you’ll love the offbeat humor and colorful world of The One Stars.

Find them at goodpointepodcasts.com. 

Writing & Sound Design by Jeremy Ellett.

With performances from Emma Elizabeth, Blythe Renay, Garan Fitzgerald, Vin Ernst, Bruce Hennigar, Caroline Mincks, and Megan Konrad.

The "Ukulele Review" was written by Tal Minear.

Music by Prod Riddiman & Lee Rosevere.

Transcripts & Credits @ goodpointepodcasts.com

It's our Season 1 Q&A special! Which character would die first in a horror film? What is Conrad's Dunkin Donuts order? What is the deal with Devorah? We dive into the true emotional meat of the series with these very serious questions--and more! 

Transcript here. 

Featuring Ian Geers (Head Writer), Lauren Grace Thompson (Producer), Daniel Etti-Williams (Sound Designer), Sarah Price (Augie Eckhart), Tina Muñoz Pandya (Lilith Von Hitzler), and Daniel Millhouse (Conrad Webley Griffson), and YOUR questions! [NOTE: This episode contains SPOILERS for all of Season 1]

Season 2 will premiere on Monday, November 22nd, 2021 with Part 1: The Christmas Kiss. Leave us a review on any platform and we will send you a pack of original Vanishing Act stickers! 

Donate to the show at: https://ko-fi.com/vanishingpod

Content note: this episode contains strong language and spoilers for season 1. 

An Unseemly Show! An Unruly Crowd! An Untimely Finale! Augie, Lilith, & Griffson vex and vamp before a voracious van of vultures and vanguards as the show’s vow of vanishment vacillates between victory and vengeance!

Transcript here and at vanishingpod.com, where you can also find bios, more info, and links to our social media.

CREDITS

Written and Directed by Ian Geers and Lauren Grace Thompson. Sound designed by Daniel Etti-Williams. Produced and edited by Lauren Grace Thompson. Original music by Baldemar. 

CAST

• Augie Eckhart: Sarah Price

CONTENT NOTES

This episode contains adult language, sexual innuendo, and scenes of peril. There are references to the rise of Hitler, anti-German rhetoric, and antisemitic hate crimes. [The following content note contains specific SPOILERS] A character unexpectedly finds themself in Berlin in 1944, reveals that they are Jewish, and expresses fear for their safety being there. Please see our FAQ section on our website for a statement about the purpose of our use of this historical time and place. 

A Penultimate Gamble! A Late Night Allegiance! A Side Tangent! The night before Augie’s play our protagonists ponderously populate a place of Scientific progress producing for the primary time in this production, a perilous protagonist playdate. 

Transcripts here and at vanishingpod.com, where you can also find bios, more info, and links to our social media.

CONTENT NOTES

This episode contains adult language, sexual innuendo. A gun is fired at 4:42, 32:24, and 32:35. There are references to the rise of Hitler, anti-German rhetoric, and antisemitic hate crimes. Please see our FAQ section on our website for a statement about the purpose of our use of this historical time and place. 

CREDITS

Written and Directed by Ian Geers and Lauren Grace Thompson. Sound designed by Hannah Foerschler. Produced and edited by Lauren Grace Thompson. Original music by Baldemar. Saxophone by Shawn Pfautsch.   

CAST

• Augie Eckhart: Sarah Price

The trailer at the end of the episode was for Starfall. An audio drama about the Carouvel Traveling Acting Troupe and their new guardian. Premiering Summer 2021. Find them on Twitter @starfallpodcast, Tumblr @starfallpodcast, or on their website https://starfallpodcast.com/. 

A Cinematic Reckoning! A Tech Week Fiasco! A Callback Most Fowl! On the set of Conrad’s movie, feathers fly as forces of financial fortitude fulminate to foil the finishing fruits of the film, as Augie and Lilith finalize the figure they’re forcing under the footlights.

Transcripts here and at vanishingpod.com, where you can also find bios, more info, and links to our social media.

CONTENT NOTES

This episode contains adult language, sexual innuendo, and one scene of duck-on-human violence. There are references to the rise of Hitler, anti-German rhetoric, and antisemitic hate crimes. Please see our FAQ section on our website for a statement about the purpose of our use of this historical time and place. 

CREDITS

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.  

CAST

• Augie Eckhart: Sarah Price

The promo featured at the end of this episode was for Forgive Me by Rogue Dialogue Productions. A progressive young priest learns about the members of his new church through the most intimate means possible: their sins. Find them at https://roguedialogue.com/fm-about or on Twitter @ForgiveMeShow. 

A Horrifying Return! An Exhaustive Recap! An Overdue Reveal! Augie courts a continuous cavalcade of confrontations, culminating in a conclusion that casually causes consistent confusion.

Transcript here and at vanishingpod.com, where you can also find bios, more info, and links to our social media.

CONTENT NOTES

This episode contains adult language, mild violence, sexual innuendo, and one comedic scene of vague sexual intimacy. At the beginning of the episode, a Jewish character is approached by three Nazi officers at a bus stop, intimidated, and asked for papers (Timestamp: 1:20-5:54). In the final scene, they reappear and are scared away (Timestamp: 48:45-49.58). There are references to the rise of Hitler, anti-German rhetoric, and antisemitic hate crimes. Please see our FAQ section on our website for a statement about the purpose of our use of this historical time and place. 

CREDITS

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. 

CAST

• Augie Eckhart: Sarah Price

The trailer featured at the end of this episode was for The One Stars by Good Pointe Podcasts. Find them on Twitter @TheOneStars, Instagram @theonestarspodcast, and their website here. 

The Vanishing Act will return with ACT THREE (Parts 9-12) starting on Monday, June 14th! We pick up a few months after the events of THE APPLE, with Augie right in the middle of rehearsals for the collegiate theatre premiere of his play about Jean-Jacquline Lemarque (The Vanishing Act); Griffson and Maxine's movie, The Glorious and Mournful Sort, in full production; and Lilith barreling full-force into her attempts to remake Lemarque's Vanishing Box...at any cost. Will Augie's play succeed? Who is the notorious Polytech Slasher? Will Certified 10 Rudyard T Codswallop have his revenge on Griffson? And is that duck EVER coming back? You'll just have to join us in Part Nine: The Punchline! 

The Vanishing Act is a scripted comedy series, a heist, a con, a murder mystery, and a disappearing act all at once, finding a slew of off-color characters at odds with art, fame, magic, and history in the making. Episode nine premieres June 14th, 2021. 

For more information, go to VanishingPod.com. 

CREDITS

Voices in this trailer: Sarah Price, Jess Ridenour, Daniel Millhouse, Jan Blixt, Tina Muñoz Pandya, Chris Vizurraga, Sam Hubbard, Jan Blixt, David Blixt, Laurence Stepney, Brandon Wilders, Michael Morrow, Jay Donley, Maeve Devitt, and Lauren Grace Thompson

Sound design: Daniel Etti-Williams. Music composed by: Baldemar. Written by: Ian Geers, Lauren Grace Thompson. Edited by: Lauren Grace Thompson. 

CONTENT WARNING: adult language, Nazis 

A Scientific Breakthrough! A Deadly Curfew! A New Job! Griffson gallivants against a gallant gentleman from days gone by, while in the halls of California Polytechnic, Augie sniffs out a secret that’s securely secreted itself among seclusive secretaries.

Transcript here and at vanishingpod.com, where you can also find bios, more info, and links to our social media.

CONTENT NOTES

This episode contains adult language, sexual innuendo, and alcohol. There are references to the rise of Hitler. Please see our FAQ section on our website for a statement about the purpose of our use of this historical time and place.

CREDITS

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. 

Cast:

• Augie Eckhart - Sarah Price 

The show featured at the end of this episode was The Godfrey Audio Guide! Find them on Twitter @thegodfreyguide. 

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