A tale of queer love and mutiny on the high seas! Tune into the Voyage of the August, a nine-episode serial radio drama chronicling the final voyage of a merchant ship bound for England in 1717, whose crew takes their fate into their own hands. The story centers around the August’s first mate, Robert Maddox, a well-respected officer with frustrated ambitions; Dr. Leon de Isla, a surgeon with an unhappy past who follows Maddox to sea for reasons of the heart; and Sophia Montague, the willful daughter of the shipping line’s owner. Exploring 18th century nautical culture, queer history, and shipboard conflict, this work of historical fiction will be be released in nine weekly installments starting August 1st, 2020. Find episodes weekly on our website and also on the Electric Lite Collective Youtube channel.

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Cast (in order of appearance)

Caraid O'Brien as the Intro Voiceover

Sebas Ward as Robert Maddox 

Tiz Rome as Leon Francesca de Isla and Harold Blackwall

Daniel Haas as Richard Montague

CJ Humphries as Ambrose Teague

Minna Gorry-Hines as Cecil Laurence

Ernie Alugas as James Douglas

Memphis Washington as Sophia Montague

Katie Faust-Little as Silvia Montague

Special thanks to Jim Wald, Will Ryan, and Ezekiel Baskin.

Voyage of the August is written, directed, and sound designed by Wynn MacKenzie and Sean French-Byrne, with shanties arranged and directed by Wynn MacKenzie and acoustic tracks written and performed by Sebas Ward. Sound effects courtesy of the community of freesound.org. 

Full sound attributions below:

“Canadian Horse Carriage.wav” by vero.marengere (www.veromarangere.com) of 

Freesound.org  

“CannonFireFromAlamance.wav” by CLaforet of Freesound.org

“porto 22-05-14 waves during a storm, wind .1.wav” by bpayri of Freesound.org

“Waves and seagulls.wav” by justkiddink of Freesound.org

“03 Whales Slowing Down.aif” by listeningtowhales (Paul Knapp Jr. © 2011 Compass Recording) of Freesound.org