| “ | So we were on this planet of big dreams and long shots for a couple of long shots of my own: first, to find Nureyev in a city-planet of ten million people; and second, to get some PI work for the first time in years. My name's Juno Steel. I'm a Private Eye. Again. And I always get my man. |
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Juno Steel and the Vanishing Act (Part 1) is an episode of the Penumbra Podcast in the Juno Steel series. It is the first Juno Steel episode of season 5, and the overall season premiere.
Overview[]
Hot on the trail of a certain missing thief and low on cash, Juno and Rita wind up on the night-life planet Lono. There they take a job from an old friend to prevent the theft of a valuable treasure... a treasure threatened by a thief with a style that seems just a little familiar.
Trigger Warnings[]
- Sudden loud noise
- Deception and gaslighting
- Use of firearms
- Depictions of imprisonment
- Enclosed dark spaces
- Violence and threats of violence
Episode Summary[]
On his search for Peter Nureyev, Juno Steel, following the Ruby Seven's lead, finds himself in the city of Lono. But with no creds to his name, he turns to Cassandra Kanagawa for help. Despite recently achieving her dream of running her Other Lives stream series, Cassandra has no money to offer as she'd been cut off by her family and instead offers Juno a job with producer Warner Jayne, who's got a "thief problem."
Upon meeting Juno, Warner further explains that the thief has left a calling-card, announcing the theft of the PrismaCrystal Chimes, a crucial part of Warner's vision for the play Freedom in Chains, to be on opening night. Juno then meets with the production's director Billie Dalton. As Billie introduces Juno to Carrie Gold and Clotilda Fairborough, who play the Baroness and Freedom respectively in Freedom in Chains, underlying tension between the cast and its risk of jeopardizing the play unfold.
Carrie leads Juno to the safe in which the PrismaCrystal Chimes will be kept until they're brought out on stage. Juno, noting that "there isn't a lock in the entire galaxy that can keep a thief out for good," decides to spend the night guarding the safe. Lost in thought while on guard duty, Juno's ambushed by the thief with a blaster and chases them through the building. He isn't able to catch them but finds a pawn shop ticket they dropped that narrows his list of suspects to the director and two actors of Freedom in Chains.
Cast and Crew[]
Cast[]
- Joshua Ilon as Juno Steel
- Kate Jones as Rita
- Leslie Drescher as Cassandra Kanagawa
- Cam Cronen as Warner Jayne
- Noah Simes as Peter Nureyev’s Echo
- Amanda Egbu as Billie Dalton
- Sarah Morin as Carrie Gold
- Stephanie Jeane Toussaint as Clotilda Fairborough
Crew[]
- Ginny D'Angelo as Head of Merchandise and Outreach
- Melissa DeJesus and Grahame Turner on the Script editing team
- Harley Takagi Kaner as Co-creator, Head of Episode Development, Director, and Sound designer
- Joelle Kross as transcriptionist
- Noah Simes as Production manager
- Kevin Vibert as Co-creator, Head of Operations, and Lead writer
- Ryan Vibert as Composer and performer of original music
- Jeff Wright as Graphic designer