Beatrice Sommer is so excited to be back with Kidpod in Nightmare Planet! (You can find her in our previous release Rescues where she plays best friend, June French). She loves voice acting and stage performance, and has been in over 20 plays and musicals. Currently, Beatrice is in high school and hopes to pursue a degree in theater when she gets to college. 

Known best for her work on Disney’s “Hannah Montana” as Miley’s snobby socialite friend, Traci Van Horn. As a voiceover artist, Hiromi has spanned the networks, portraying characters for Nickelodeon, MTV, Disney, Warner Brothers, Lego and DC. She started her career in Seattle, where she was nominated for a regional Emmy as a teen reporter. Hiromi was born on an American naval base in Yokosuka, Japan.

Austin is an aspiring voice actor and life enthusiast with a great laugh.  His appearance as Declan in Nightmare Planet (And alod LEO in Monster’s Almanac!) marks his first foray into the world of voice acting.  Welcome Austin!

Hannah Choi is an actor, voice actor, and audiobook narrator based in Los Angeles. Some of her on-screen credits include ABC’s How to Get Away with Murder, General Hospital, American Housewife and TNT’s Animal Kingdom. She has narrated YA lit, short stories, and non-fiction titles available to listen on Audible. When not acting, Hannah loves to spend time at the pottery studio making ceramics.

IG: hannahjchoi

www.hannahjchoi.com

Jared Rivet is an actor, voice actor, screenwriter, producer, director, author, and trivia host. His acting credits include the feature films “Ape X Mecha Ape: New World Order,” “The Once and Future Smash,” “How to Kill Your Co-Workers and Get Away With it,” “Slashercise” and “Amityville Apartment.” He has also acted in numerous short films and voiced dozens of roles in audio dramas, feature films, and animated productions. He wrote the screenplay for the feature film “Jackals.” He has written, directed and acted in audio dramas for “Earbud Theater“ and served as a staff writer for Nickelodeon’s “Are You Afraid of the Dark?” as well as “Day of the Dead” for the Syfy Channel. He has co-hosted the popular Los Angeles event “Dead Right Horror Trivia” with Rebekah McKendry for a decade. He lives in Los Angeles.

www.jaredrivet.com

Instagram: @scribejr

Twitter/X: @jaredrivet1

Adelaide Riches is a voice actor and an aspiring writer. Nightmare Planet was inspired by a family tradition she started with her parents. She enjoys reading, playing softball, and spending time with her family when she’s not writing.

Shane Riches is a film and television writer and producer, as well as a comic book writer and publisher. As a writer and producer, he has had film and television projects set up at Walt Disney, MTV, Sony, Fox, Paramount, Amazon, MGM, SyFy Channel, CBS, Warner Bros., Dimension, and was a producer on the remake of John Carpenter’s The Fog. Shane has written and published multiple graphic novels and comic book series, including Her Name Is…Savage, Janet Montgomery’s  Scorched Earth, hA.I.ley, Borderlines,  Black Jackets, Afflicted, WWE Superstars, The Safest Place, Death Valley, His Name Is…Savage, and R.P.M. with Mick Foley.

In 2019, Shane launched the graphic novel company, Paper Movies, with Steven Grant and Jeff Davison. Paper Movies is dedicated to creating intellectual properties that enhance the graphic novel medium and draw in readers of all ages – new to the industry and old-school fans alike. Prior to launching his own company, Shane was a development executive for a production company on the Paramount lot. He has also worked with Lucasfilms and consulted on multiple film and television projects.

Katie Batchelor is a multi-platform writer who creates original content for graphic novels, film, television, and podcasts. She has also been a graphic novel editor, as well as a consultant for film and television series. Past works include creating and writing Her Name Is…Savage and editing Scorched Earth for Paper Movies.

Craig Good worked over 30 years at Pixar, starting at Lucasfilm in 1982. He did a little of everything in the old days, and in the last half of his tenure specialized in virtual camera operation. He wrote the screenplay for the first Pixar University live-action short, ”Violet”, co-directed the short “Calendar Confloption”, and did executive producer like duties on a few more shorts. He has provided voices for several films including ”Toy Story” and “Cars”. His voice is still the one you hear on Pixar’s phone system. He now teaches Visual Storytelling at California College of the Arts, and both teaches and performs improv. He has done audio post and sound design on multiple short films, including ‘The Dinner Scene”, “R&R”, and “Anya”. He did sound design, post, and mastering for Earbud Theater on most of their episodes since “This Monstrous Life” in December of 2014.