Nightmare Planet by Katie Batchelor and Shane Riches

Siblings can be a nightmare – in this case it’s literal. Adelaide is dealing with the usual things a pre-teen her age deals withschool, sports, crushes, a new sibling on the way, and another sibling whom she currently does NOT get along with – her little brother, Declan. But her world is about to change dramatically when events put Adelaide and Declan in the orbit of NIGHTMARE PLANET!!! What, you’ve never heard of Nightmare Planet? Well then, please hop aboard and come with us on our latest KidPod Theater adventure!

Nightmare Planet Cast and Crew!

Nightmare Planet Credits!

Written by Shane Riches and Katie Batchelor

Featuring the voice talents of:

Beatrice Sommer as Adelaide Marsh

Hiromi Dames as Snaggle

Austin Mosher as Declan Marsh

Hannah Choi as Michelle Marsh

Jared Rivet as Travis Marsh

Adelaide Riches as Mary

and

Conner Perry as Viggo

Additional Voices by Craig Good

Music by Kevin Macleod find out more about him at Incompetech

Original spot art by Daniele Nicotra

Beatrice Sommer – Adelaide

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. 

 

Hiromi Dames – Snaggle

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 Mosher – Declan Marsh

Austin is an aspiring voice actor and life enthusiast with a great laugh.  His appearance as Declan in Nightmare Planet marks his first foray into the world of voice acting.  Welcome Austin!

 

Hannah Choi – Michelle Marsh

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 – Travis Marsh

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 – Voice Actor

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 & Katie Batchelor – Writers

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 EarthhA.I.leyBorderlines Black JacketsAfflictedWWE SuperstarsThe Safest PlaceDeath 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.

Katie and Shane dedicate Nightmare Planet to their three amazing children!

 

Craig Good – Sound Design

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. 

Casey Wolfe

Director, Producer

Casey Wolfe is a producer with over twenty years of experience in the feature film business both as an indie producer and a studio executive at Walt Disney Pictures. 

In 2012 Casey created the scripted-audio anthology podcast Earbud Theater which has featured works from a variety of creators including Neil Gaiman. Casey has produced every episode, acted as sound engineer, and has written and directed multiple episodes including the 5-part serial “After The Haunting.” As of 2019 Earbud Theater has won several awards including “Best Anthology Production” from the Audioverse Awards and has over
half-a-million downloads.

Most recently Casey oversaw the creation of Brick Moon Fiction – an indie publishing company that focuses on the creation of speculative short fiction from diverse voices. To date BMF has published 15 anthologies, one novel, two novellas and owns the publishing and ancillary rights to over 200 short stories. In 2016, BMF launched its own narrative fiction podcast and boasts 95 releases and a Parsec Award nomination.

Jason T. Reed Producer

Jason T. Reed is a film and television producer and the owner of Jason T. Reed Productions, a company focused on producing high-quality film, television and digital content, as well as building integrated franchise worlds for a global audience. Mr. Reed most recently produced Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes and the live action Mulan for The Walt Disney Company. He also served as an Executive Producer on The Crossing, a one-hour drama series staring Steve Zahn, Sandrine Holt and Natalie Martinez for ABC, Of Kings and Prophets, a 10 episode event series for the ABC network, and Michael Bay’s Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles feature film for Paramount Pictures.
Before launching his producing career, Mr. Reed was an Executive Vice President at the Walt Disney Studios specializing in franchise management and cross platform development. While there he oversaw a wide range of successful films including Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland, Enchanted, Hannah Montana: The Movie, Deja Vu, Bringing Down the House, The Last Song, Calendar Girls, Kinky Boots, Armageddon, Pearl Harbor, and the National Treasure franchise. Mr. Reed also served as the General Manager of Walt Disney Studios International Production, a division focused on producing award-winning Disney-branded films in China, Russia, India, and the Middle East.

In addition, Mr. Reed co-founded and serves as the publisher of Brick Moon Entertainment, a media company that produces original science fiction short stories and audio dramas by working with writers from diverse backgrounds to explore the impact of technology and trends on human society.

Mr. Reed received degrees in Philosophy and Cinema-Television Production from the University of Southern California and lives in Los Angeles with his wife and two children.