May 28, 2025

THE OTHER ME starring Laura Bailey & Khary Payton

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THE OTHER ME starring Laura Bailey & Khary Payton

THE OTHER ME starring Laura Bailey & Khary Payton. Created by Jonathan Cook.
A therapist uncovers crucial evidence in a bizarre missing person case and soon finds that knowing the truth puts her life in danger.

THE OTHER ME written by Jonathan Cook starring Laura Bailey and Khary Payton.

A therapist uncovers crucial evidence in a bizarre missing person case and soon finds that knowing the truth puts her life in danger.

(00:00) THE OTHER ME Audio Play

(23:54) Interview with Laura Bailey - Voice Acting origin

(28:35) Laura Bailey - Difference in Videogame and Animation Acting

(29:21) Laura Bailey - Performance Capture and Motion Capture

(30:59) Laura Bailey - Playing Abby in Last of Us 2

(33:36) Laura Bailey - Noises, Grunts, and other Sounds in Voice Acting

(36:55) Laura Bailey - Critical Role to Vox Machina

(40:18) Laura Bailey working with Khary Payton

(41:08) Laura Bailey advice to aspiring voice actors

(43:19) Laura Bailey on THE OTHER ME and GBTGL

(44:30) Outro

Produced by ⁠⁠Jonathan Cook⁠⁠ & ⁠⁠Devon McSherry.⁠⁠

Directed by ⁠⁠Jonathan Cook.⁠⁠

Performed by Laura Bailey, Khary Payton, Devon McSherry, Eric Odom, Maisie Bailey, and Jonathan Cook.

Original audio production, sound design, and editing by Jonathan Cook.

Original score by ⁠⁠JK/47.⁠⁠

Cover art illustration by ⁠Sam Gilbey⁠ .

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Jonathan Cook

Playwright / Voice Actor / Host

Jonathan Cook is heavily involved in the fine arts as an actor, writer, and filmmaker based in South Carolina. Many of his short plays have been produced in theatres around the World and and he is a six-time recipient of the Porter Fleming Literary Award in the playwriting category. Aside from playwriting, he has also written and directed several short films that have been presented in regional film festivals as well as distributed internationally on ShortsTV. He is also the host and producer of the radio theater podcast GATHER BY THE GHOST LIGHT. Launched in 2020, GATHER BY THE GHOST LIGHT is a collection of stage plays adapted to an audio only format performed by voice actors and edited with appropriate sound effects and music.

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Devon McSherry

Playwright / Voice Actor / Co-host

Devon McSherry has been involved in the arts for as long as she can remember. Music and theater was what brought her parents together and shaped her love of the arts. So much so that she went to college for musical theater and graduated Summa Cum Laude with a BFA from Metropolitan State University of Denver. Wherever she went, Devon continued to perform but only began writing plays and short films a few years ago. After directing a short play in a festival and helping friends involved in the film community, she decided to go outside her comfort zone and write some short plays.

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Eric P. Odom

Voice Actor / Playwright

Eric Odom is a stage and voice actor from Augusta, GA. Eric can be heard in episodes of the Gather by the Ghost Light podcast. Notable stage roles include Charles Condomine in “The Blithe Spirit”, Albert Chang in “Rules of Seconds”, and Mr. Chu in “Akeelah and the Bee.”

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Laura Bailey

Voice Actor

Laura Bailey is an award-winning Los Angeles-based voice actor known for her roles in animation and video games, as well as the massively popular hit show and media brand, Critical Role.

Laura got her start in video games nearly 20 years ago and has since gone on to become one of the most prolific voice actors in the industry today, having worked on hundreds of titles. Some of Laura’s notable roles include Abby in The Last of Us: Part II, Kait Diaz in the Gears of War franchise, Spartan Vale in the Halo franchise, Jaina Proudmoore in World of Warcraft, Fetch in the Infamous series, Supergirl in Injustice 2, Eltariel in Middle Earth: Shadow of War, The Boss in Saints Row 3 and 4, Catwoman in Batman: The Telltale Series, and Fiona in Telltale’s Tales from the Borderlands, among others.

Laura also lends her talents to several animated series, including Marvel’s Avenger Assemble as Black Widow, Marvel’s Spider-Man as Gwen Stacy, Constantine: City of Demons as The Night Nurse, as well as roles in Rick and Morty, Pickle and Peanut, Guardians of the Galaxy, RWBY, The PowerPuff Girls, and others. Laura is also known for her work with popular anime studio Funimation, where she had roles in major titles including the Dragon Ball Z franchise as Trunks, Fruits Basket as Tohru Honda, Kureyon Shin-chan as Shin-Chan, Fullmetal Alchemist as Lust, Soul Eater as Maka Albarn and Yu Yu Hakusho as Keiko Yukimura.

Laura won her first BAFTA in 2021, being named Best Performer in a Leading Role at the BAFTA Games Awards. She is also the Best Performance recipient of the… Read More

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Khary Payton

Voice Actor

Khary Payton is an American actor. He is known for his roles as King Ezekiel on the AMC horror drama series The Walking Dead and Dr. Terrell Jackson on the soap opera General Hospital, as well as voicing Cyborg across various DC media and Kaldur'ahm / Aqualad in the animated series Young Justice.

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Maisie Bailey

Voice Actor