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The Zeta Family
- Narrated by: Kevin Nealon, Natasha Lyonne, Amy Goodmurphy
- Length: 3 hrs and 17 mins
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Publisher's Summary
This entirely fictional (and entirely hilarious) immersive audio drama features performances by Kevin Nealon (Zeta Doug), Natasha Lyonne (Narrator), and Amy Goodmurphy (Katie).
Set on a large ranch in rural upstate New York, it’s early days for the eccentric group of people who call themselves The Zeta Family — quite possibly the next big cult phenomenon.
Our protagonist, Katie, is an aspiring reporter who has decided to infiltrate the compound, and her future success as a journalist depends entirely on her ability to win the confidence of Zeta Doug, the likable spiritual leader of the group.
He’s like a cross between Hunter S. Thompson and George R. R. Martin, with a little too much sci-fi in his head and acid in his blood stream. Like all good cult leaders, Doug is elusive and mysterious, and Katie quickly begins to wonder if this cult is truly just a gnarly collection of weirdos hanging out in the woods, or is there something else going on here?
The Zeta Family was created and written by Gretchen Enders and Produced by Kelly&Kelly.
Director - Chris Kelly
Producer - Michael Tanko Grand
Executive Producer - Will Rogers, Jim Colgan, and Pat Kelly
Production support by Jayme Catsouphes and Renée Vargas
Audio Editing and Sound Design team - Chris Kelly, Greg Ng, Jay MacMillan, and Paul Tedeschini
Recorded at Kelly&Kelly Studios and on location in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
This product features dynamic multi-cast performances, musical scoring, and immersive sound design.
Note: The Zeta Family contains explicit content.
About the Creator
Gretchen Enders is a television writer working in Los Angeles. Her credits include Amazon’s Gortimer Gibbon’s Life on Normal Street (for which she received a WGA Award for Outstanding Children’s Episode), Netflix’s Grace and Frankie and Marvel’s WandaVision (premiering on Disney+). Her other Audible credits include Bedtime Stories for Cynics and More Bedtime Stories for Cynics, hosted by Nick Offerman.
About the Performer
Kevin Nealon sets himself apart from other comedic performers with his unique sense of humour, dry wit and likeable demeanour. He is perhaps best known for his nine-year stint as a cast member of NBC’s Saturday Night Live, where he created some of the show’s most memorable characters including Subliminal Man and Hans and Franz. Quite notably, it was his reoccurring role as an anchor on Weekend Update that helped make the sketch a show staple. He also earned an Emmy nod as part of the SNL writing team. He received much critical acclaim for his role as Doug Wilson in the Showtime series, Weeds. He currently stars alongside Matt LeBlanc on the CBS-TV comedy series Man With A Plan, and he also hosts the YouTube series Hiking With Kevin. His 2009 Showtime stand up special, Kevin Nealon: Now Hear Me Out! aired to rave reviews, followed three years later by a second standup special for Showtime, Whelmed...But Not Overly. Other televisions credits include guest starring roles on Hot In Cleveland, The League, Soul Man, Drunk History, and Curb Your Enthusiasm. He is also a regular on the talk show circuit. On the big screen, Kevin starred alongside Adam Sandler and Jennifer Aniston in Just Go with It, and opposite Andy Samberg and Sarah Silverman in Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping. Other credits from his extensive film career include Anger Management, Blended, Eight Crazy Nights, The Wedding Singer, Happy Gilmore, You Don’t Mess with the Zohan, Joe Dirt, Walk of Shame, Daddy Day Care, Good Boy, Roxanne, and the cult hit Grandma’s Boy. Kevin continues to tour the country performing stand-up comedy, and he is currently working on his third, yet to be titled, stand-up special. In addition, he authored Yes, You’re Pregnant, But What About Me?—a comical look at the male perspective of pregnancy which is available in bookstores.
About the Performer
Four-time Emmy nominee Natasha Lyonne executive produces, writes, directs and stars in Netflix series Russian Doll, which she co-created with Amy Poehler and Leslye Headland. The show has received critical acclaim, garnering 13 Emmy nominations, including Outstanding Comedy Series, Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series, and Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series. Animal Pictures, Lyonne’s production company with Maya Rudolph, has a first-look TV deal with Amazon. Lyonne directed an episode of the upcoming final season of Orange Is the New Black, in which she stars as Nicky Nichols. She recently guest-starred in IFC’s Documentary Now and reprised her role on The Simpsons. In 2017, she made her directorial debut with the Kenzo short film Cabiria, Charity, Chastity, for which she also wrote the screenplay. The film screened at the Tribeca Film Festival. Lyonne is well known for her performances in Slums of Beverly Hills, But I’m a Cheerleader, and Everyone Say I Love You. Stage credits include Blood from a Stone, Tigers Be Still, Love, Loss, and What I Wore, and Two Thousand Years.
About the Performer
Amy Goodmurphy is the co-creator of the Canadian Comedy Award nominated sketch comedy duo The Ryan & Amy Show. She is the recipient of multiple Just For Laughs North West Comedy awards and has been performing and creating comedy for over 10 years. Amy has made several television appearances, including CW’s The Flash alongside comedic genius, Jason Mewes. Her wicked sense of humour has caught the ear of many festivals around the world. She has voiced characters for Adult Swim, CBC, and Audible to name a few. This wicked force has been featured on Funny or Die, World of Wonder, OMG Blog, and WhoHaha. She is a fiery comedian, actress, writer, director and horrifying chip addict.
About the Performer
Ryan Beil is an actor, comedian and writer based out of Vancouver, BC. He holds a BFA in Acting from the University of British Columbia and this makes him feel better about himself. If you are ever in Vancouver, you can catch him every performing improv comedy every Sunday with the legendary troupe The Sunday Service, which he co-founded. He is also on TV from time to time (selected recent credits: Twilight Zone, iZombie, You Me Her, Upload) when the powers that be allow it. He is incredibly proud to have been a part of The Zeta Family and hopes everyone enjoys listening to it.
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- Carsandgunns
- 2023-11-07
so funny and entertaining
absolutely love this, good acting and great humor please make more and people will listen!
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- Rocky Rhodes
- 2022-05-13
Worth the time.
Great voice acting and casting, middling story. Very satisfying ending strangely, even though I found most of the characters very annoying.
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- Gabriela Arrua
- 2022-03-01
Natasha Lyonne!!!
Love love love her!! Such a great narrative and an excellent story with memorable characters!
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- ilovelasvegas
- 2023-02-22
great fun
This is so well acted and entertaining. The story line is a bit thin but still worth listening to. I wish there were more audiobooks by this author but this is the only one I can find. Characters wrre so real, Natasha is amazing. Kevin Nealon too.
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- lilymom73
- 2024-09-29
Fantastic!
Really funny. Great characters. Great voice actors. Great story. I really enjoyed this. Highly recommend.
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- Jake L.S.
- 2020-01-04
Fun and a Good Story.
A fun audible story about a cult. A funny look into the cults and all the things go behind the scenes.
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- Jen
- 2022-07-04
"The Zeta Family" was futuristic and entertaining!
I was pleasantly surprised the way the story played out! Also, well done Natasha Lyonne! Well done! Fun to listen to as well.
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