A Gothic Mansion! A Backroom Deal! An Exclusive Dinner! A split screen evening unfolds for Augie and Griffson at the Bour Mansion where manners are manacled by a pair of maniacal mates who manifest a measure of mania.

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, and sexual innuendo. There is a scene of very slight suspense/horror, and a few characters arrive unannounced. There are continuing 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

SOUND EFFECTS

• Dropping Pans Sean by seanf

A Chance Reunion! A Former Adversary! A Mid-Season Reveal! The St. Francis Estate is in full swing as Augie and Griffson stumble and mooch their wayward way through wacky work wonders and wizened wives of wizard wordsmiths.

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, mild violence, and sexual innuendo. A character vomits at time stamp 8:18-8:22. 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.  Saxophone performed and recorded by Shawn Pfautsch.

CAST:

• Augie Eckhart: Sarah Price

SOUND EFFECTS

Small Clap by kellieskitchen

Angry Cat Roo by secondbody

Wick of Detonation Bomb by apolloaiello

The show featured at the end of the episode is The Green Horizon. Find them at https://www.buzzsprout.com/270233 or on Twitter @greenhorizonpod. 

An Extravagant Party! A Mysterious Figure! A Location and Time Jump! Flashing ahead to 1937 Hollywood, Augie battles boisterous boys and burgeoning backroom business as he brushes bones with the blue-blooded bourgeoise. 

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, mild violence, and sexual innuendo. 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.  Saxophone performed and recorded by Shawn Pfautsch. 

Cast:

• Augie Eckhart: Sarah Price

SOUND EFFECTS: 

Blowing Nose by JasonElrod

Steam Train Horn 02 by eliasheuninck

The show promo featured at the end of the episode is for GLASS LETTERS. Check them out at https://anchor.fm/glassletterspod or on Twitter @glassletterspod. 

A Magical Ruse! A Fleeting Romance! A Family Gift Shop! Augie and Griffson find themselves in an over-sized pot of theatrical hot water with The Globs, and a promised meeting with an expository ancestor answers some of the answers Augie’s been hoping to...answer?

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 references to antisemitism. There are references to the rise of Hitler, including the use of newsreel footage over the first 20 seconds of the episode. 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 Vanishing Act was recorded at Redtwist Theatre in Chicago, IL. 

A Defiant Plagiarist! A Country on the Brink! An Obligatory Brunch! Six months after the events of Misha’s party, the hangover that is Augie’s late-twenties amplifies during several chance run-ins that bring news ranging from bad-to-worse until, as chance would have it, he’s given a chance to choose a chancy chase.

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, and in one instance the portrayal of two Nazis. 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 Vanishing Act was recorded at Redtwist Theatre in Chicago, IL. 

SOUND EFFECTS

Horror Ambience 10 by klankbeeld

Footsteps Of Soldier On Ground by Medartimus

Angry Mob by unchaz

Fire Embers Large Campfire by Dynamicell

Fire Burning v2 by pcaeldries

Analog Camera Click Shutter by Eelke

Photo Clicks by phead

Camera Click by LS

Camera Click Nikon by Snapper 4298

Chimes Shop by Adrianac

In 1699, at the premiere of his newest masterpiece, renowned stage magician Jean Jacquline Lemarque caused the 2nd or 3rd greatest disappearance-related theatrical tragedy in history…

In 1932, a prickly German theater artist, an American conman, and an unfortunately-named mechanical engineer globetrot from Berlin to Paris to Hollywood, encountering artistic geniuses, secret societies, and plagiarists in an attempt to unfold the mystery of Lemarque’s Vanishing Act... or at the very least avoid doing any actual work.

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 one premieres July 6th, 2020. 

For more information, go to VanishingPod.com. 

CREDITS

Augie: Sarah Price. Griffson: Daniel Millhouse. Lilith: Tina Munoz Panyda. De Bour: Shawn Pfautsch. Narrator: Lauren Grace Thompson. 

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

CONTENT WARNING: adult language