Since the online audiobook pages have been updated, it’s official and I can post about it! 🎉

Last month, my audiobook producer at Penguin Random House reached out to look at the portfolios of potential narrators. She had chosen a few for each POV, and I was pleasantly surprised to learn I’d be getting a full cast (Caliste, Aria, and The Ghoul, who will also be narrating some of the epistolary elements in the story). Now that everybody’s is finalized, I’d love to introduce you to my amazing cast!

Voice of Caliste: Chantria Tram

Chantria is a Khmer-Krom Canadian Toronto-based actress, workshop facilitator and producer.
She is the recipient of multiple artist-in-residencies for research and creative development including an unprecedented project, 'Voices of the 1.5 Generation', a joint University-Community project funded by the Canada Council for the Arts. Her solo show, 'Someone Between', has presented on the Montreal, Hamilton and Toronto stages including at the Summerworks Performance Festival 2018.

She has spoken on several artist panels internationally and has been a delegate and speaker during the 2008 Forum for Indigenous Issues at the United Nations.

Learn more about Chantria’s work here

Voice of Aria: Rebecca Ho

Rebecca Ho is a half Vietnamese, half Chinese actor and VO artist who was born and raised in Brisbane, Australia. She is currently based in NYC.

A recent grad of Columbia University's MFA Acting Program, Rebecca continues to work on the New York stage and surrounding regional areas. She recently made her Off-Broadway debut in Dilaria at the DR2 theatre alongside Christopher Briney (The Summer I Turned Pretty). Her film Explaining Elizabeth was the opening feature and official selection for the Big Apple Film Festival 2024. Her first VO commercial for Bibigo Dumplings aired 2024, with another for StreetEasy shortly following after. Rebecca was also hand-selected to be in the 2024-2025 inaugural cohort of The Actor's Center Mentorship Program.

Rebecca is also a dialect coach, specialising in Australian, British RP and General American accents. 

When she's not acting, she can usually be found putting her 16+ years of dance experience to good use in her living room or reading her complete collection of Peanuts comics.

Learn more about Rebecca’s work here

Voice of The Ghoul/Narrator: Carolina Do

Carolina Đỗ is a theatre maker, community organizer, and proud descendant of Vietnamese freedom fighters and refugees. She's joyfully a downtown theater baby with a couple of Broadway and TV credits for health insurance and residuals. An alum of the Soho Rep Writer-Director Lab, JACKLabs, Fresh Ground Pepper Playground Playgroup, and Orchard Project Greenhouse Lab, Carolina’s work is a powerful blend of storytelling and advocacy. Carolina’s writing has been supported by residencies and fellowships at MACDOWELL, JACK, The Hearth, Fault Line Theatre, Piper Theater, and Naked Angels. Currently she is a Ma-Yi Lab Playground member and part of the Episodic Theater Project Writers Cohort. Carolina’s works have also been finalists for the Sokhary Chau Fellowship, Leah Ryan Fund, BricLab, and Bushwick Starr; and semifinalists for O'Neill, Playwrights Realm, Space on Ryder, and Princess Grace. As a Co-Founding Producing Artistic Leader of The Sống Collective and Creative Director of Mai House Studio and Betterfly Productions, Carolina is dedicated to fostering community through the arts. In her role as Associate Director for Community Engagement at PlayCo, she bridges the gap between performance and social impact. As a community organizer, her work is grounded in radical care and organizes where she's needed: e-sims for Gaza, anti-deportation work, community fridges, bailouts, jail support, undocumented communities, mutual aid, etc. Founding member of Asians4Abolition. BFA Brooklyn College

Learn more about Carolina’s work here

I will also be reading the dedication for the book so am also listed as part of the cast 😅 Throughout this publication process, my emotions have been mostly level. While pivotal moments like my cover reveal and getting ARCs were exciting, it wasn’t until seeing this listing of a full cast of SE Asian women that I did start to tear up. I feel so incredibly blessed to have my story told by these amazing actors.