#theredactedunit

REDACTED is a horror comedy audio drama from Athan (The Grotto) and Jamie Petronis (The Cellar Letters).

The show follows Jacob, a struggling actor who, desperate for a fresh start, assumes the identity of his deceased twin, Jordan. Expecting a simple accounting job, he instead finds himself accidentally in an underfunded secret government agency called THE REDACTED UNIT, tasked with discreetly handling bizarre and often dangerous paranormal cases.

‍As Jacob settles into his role, he begins to unravel the unsettling truths around his brother’s death. What begins as an act of reinvention slowly becomes a desperate descent into a treacherous web of paranormal forces, secret agendas, and moral compromise.

WHERE TO LISTEN

Spotify: http://theredactedunit.com/spotify Apple: http://theredactedunit.com/apple Pocket Cast: http://theredactedunit.com/pocketcasts

TUMBLR TAGS

#THE REDACTED UNIT, #REDACTED PODCAST WE IGNORE: #KEEP REDACTED

THE CAST

Jamie Petronis (The Cellar Letters) as Jacob Kane (he/him)A failed actor assuming his dead twin’s identity to escape his embarrassing life circumstances. Jacob stumbles into a paranormal agency, where his struggle to do the right thing clashes with the lies keeping him alive

Athan (The Grotto, WOE.BEGONE) as Eli Reyes (he/him) Jacob’s closest friend and the team’s grounded tactician. Eli walks the line between loyal soldier and disillusioned leader, trying to protect his people while playing a dangerous game with the clandestine institutions giving the orders.

Ishani Kanetkar (The Strange Case of Starship Iris, Starfall, Second Star to the Left) as Hedy Hauksdottir (she/her) The unit’s scholarly heart, who provides critical intelligence while field agents face supernatural dangers. When not in the archives or monitoring comms, she can be found with oversized headphones, listening to goth music while conducting research that might save lives.

Kirsten Ria (Hollow Body, Darkness Through a Window, The Bunny Graveyard 2, Ladies Night) as Jo Valentine (she/her) A former aberration hunter fleeing a corrupt legacy. Wielding violence like second nature, her sharp wit and sharper weapons make her indispensable. Despite her tough exterior, she's fiercely loyal to the team that has become her chosen family.

Devin Steffens (Dead West) as Lucas Kipp (he/him) The team’s self-taught technophile, Lucas hides deep insecurity behind nervous energy and eager helpfulness. Brilliant but riddled with self-doubt, he’s constantly trying to prove he belongs - even when he’s already holding the team together from behind the scenes.

Joe Cliff Thompson (The Forgotten City, System Shock, Syntax, The Kingmaker Histories) as Maxwell Clark (he/him) A battle-worn veteran with more regrets than allies. Maxwell’s sardonic edge hides a deep grief and a fierce loyalty to the team. He knows how the game is played - and when it needs to be broken.

Ash Millman (The NoSleep Podcast, Playstation Access, WhatCulture) as Riley Fleming (she/her) The vibrant medical examiner who uses games and humor to balance her days of autopsies and dissections. The liveliest person in the room despite working exclusively with the dead, she finds whimsy in her macabre profession.

Nichole Goodnight (Slay the Princess, The NoSleep Podcast, Creepy, SCP Archives) as Evie Novak (she/her) Lev Rodriguez Shivers (Oxenfree II: Lost Signals, Annie and the AI, The Love Talker, Earth Eclipsed, Mayday Roleplay) as Nyx Novak (she/them) Sisters, speed demons, and the unit’s transport team. Nyx is blunt and brash, Evie smooth and professional; both adrenaline chasers with a fierce bond and no patience for rules they didn’t write.

Rebecca Hansson (BE NOT AFRAID) as Ignatius Thomas Barker (Bominable Bominations, A Boss in a Billion) as Ignatius The cleanup specialists who handle the aftermath of aberration neutralization. This enigmatic pair (Couple? Siblings? Both? Eww.) approach their work with zeal and mystery in equal measure.

Anusia Battersby (The Magnus Protocol, The Attic Monologues, Dracula: 2004) as Control The mysterious overseer of The [REDACTED] Unit who maintains strict operational standards from behind the scenes. To The [REDACTED] Unit, Control embodies the mysterious power structure they serve, deciding which cases get pursued and what resources will be allocated to the team's dangerous work.

David Ault (Shadows at the Door, Sonic Society, The NoSleep Podcast, WOE.BEGONE, everything else) as Silas Montgomery (he/him) Maxwell’s old partner who vanished mid-mission. Respected and well-liked by the team, Silas was meticulous, intelligent, and strategic. His fate remains unknown, as does his connection to a deeper conspiracy.

Billie Hindle (The Magnus Protocol, Secrets of a Wallaby Boy, Partial Veil, Octavius Theatre Company) as Eloise Thorne Eloise serves as a remote intelligence contractor who maintains communications through an old rotary phone. Working from an undisclosed location, she monitors police dispatches, emergency channels, and civilian reports to identify potential aberrant activity and provide cases to The [REDACTED] Unit.

Nathan Lunsford (The Storage Papers) as Jordan Kane (he/him) Jacob’s late twin and former leader of The [REDACTED] Unit. Coldly principled and emotionally distant, Jordan sacrificed relationships for the greater good… until the secrets he kept caught up with him.

Dylan Griggs (WOE.BEGONE, The Diary of Aliza Schultz) as 'Elevator Guy' (🤷/🤷‍♂️) He’s always there. Same elevator, same time, always mid-conversation on his phone. No one knows his name, role, or department. Any attempt to engage him is quickly shut down with an annoyed, “I’m on the phone!”

Lyssa Jay (The Grotto, 400 Words A Horror) as Sloan Summers Sloan is the Foundation’s PR specialist and resident “fixer,” expertly reshaping public perception whenever aberration activity leaks into the spotlight. Armed with sharp suits and a sharper smile, she crafts convincing narratives that neutralize panic, and turns near-catastrophes into harmless anomalies.

[REDACTED] doodle dump! ✨

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I started listening to [REDACTED] a comedy horror audio drama by Hush Studios and oh my goodness I love it!!!!

Here's a bunch of doodles I made yesterday and today

they're dumbasses your honor

Eli's been implied to be send out to field work a lot (consistently even), so I feel like he would be pretty fit. Jacob on the other hand, is not at all ready for this new job

TWITCH PARTNER ANNOUNCEMENT

So I've been streaming on Twitch for the last two years.

It all started from me waking up in the middle of the night and realizing "everything in my life is currently dependent on the grace of others". I had a relatively good job, decent side income, and things were going well, but there was this nagging thought in the back of my mind that told me I needed to build something for myself.

I didn't know what it was that I wanted to do, but I knew I'd need to start creating a platform for myself, specifically built around the idea of meeting other people and growing together. I didn't know what the end goal was, but something told me I had to do it.

Shortly after streaming, I met Dylan, creator of Woe.Begone - after chatting with him for a while, I ended up trying my hand at creating an audio drama... I didn't have any experience in this space, and by all rights nobody should have given me the time of day, but on Thanksgiving I stayed home and spent a 24 hour sprint creating The Grotto. This entire chain of events ended up changing my entire life.

As we close out the [REDACTED] Kickstarter, and The Grotto S3 is in full swing development, I am honored and proud to let everybody know that I HIT PARTNER ON TWITCH. It's because of the community we've built (or rather, the community I infiltrated), and I appreciate every one of you so much. I don't think many people are fortunate enough to see when to the day the trajectory of their life changed, but [REDACTED]s Kickstarter ending coinciding with getting Partner is I think very clearly when mine did.

REDACTED S1E7 - Forest Artist Credit @darhak