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May the Fourth Be With You

May 4, 2026 · 31 min

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Season 2 Episode 5, May the Fourth Be With You or "As my grandmother used to say, MahkCha! MahkCha! AAAH!"

In which the performers warm-up and eat Oatey Melts in the Green Room, the Scoobies figure out Whodunnit, and the MURDERER STRIKES BACK during the performance of Macbeth!

This month's non-profit is World Center Kitchen. WCK is first to the frontlines, providing fresh meals in response to humanitarian, climate, and community crises. Learn more and get involved at https://wck.org/

Thank you for using the force to be with us, Terrans. Special thanks to Cindy Kay, Audiobook Narrator and VoiceOver, and Carman Wilson Voiceovers! Want to learn more about our cast and crew? Follow us on Instagram, YouTube, Patreon and our website. This Season is made possible by our Associate Producers Magda Skrypichayko and author Roselyn Teukolsky. This project is made possible, in part, with SOS grant funding from the Community Arts Partnership of Tompkins County.

Post Production Team:

Sound Effects Designed by Tori Heyart and Finn O'Neill

Dialogue Editing by Rainey Alexiev

Mixing by Rohan Mahin Music Composition by Nick Trocea and Mason Bunn

Managed by Kalista Nevilles

Sound and Music Supervision by Christopher Plummer

THE CAST, in order of appearance:

Jesika Cooney as R.A.V.E.N.

Tai Bennett as Malku, R&D for Varkenvironment

Emily Babin as Junia Michaels, circus performer

JG Hertzler as Ambassador Bartok of WARF, the Water and Air Resources Foundation

Cheryl Holling as Quasan, team lead for R&D for Varkenvironment

Andrew Joseph Perez as Skip Tanner, R&D for Stanley K

Susan Cooper as Fred team lead for R&D for Stanley K

Shaun Scott as Jacelyn Mox, circus performer

Connor Fleming as Dadita, circus performer

Rebecca Jensen Uesugi as Nexia Xyrel WES oogi zeh RELL

Cindy Kay as Sergeant Boorsha

Carman Wilson as Chief Mate Weathers McQueen

Tai Bennett as Briggs, the Voice

Magda Skrypichayko, the sensible voice

Sanya Simmons as Purser Sammi Love

Charles Coats as First Officer Levi Archer

Jon Gardner as Hax Armand

Dee Alvis as Veek, the Delicious Knit

Carman Wilson, Yasmin Tuazon and the cast as the Worms

Loop Group Actors: Arthur van den Berg, David Seidel, Zane Long, Kimber King, Christopher Plummer, Kalista Nevilles, Nick Trocea, Jayden Palarz and Gavin Mackey

The Mysterious CHIRP is a monthly science fiction podcast written by Holly Adams and the cast of TMC and produced by Shearwater Productions and Christopher Plummer at Michigan Tech University.

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