THE HUMANS

Narrator Mark Meadows portrays the alien visitor at the heart of this fascinating story, adroitly vocalizing the creature's evolution. A native from the utopian planet Vonadoria is sent to Earth to take the place of a math professor and bury his discovery: the solution to a mathematical conundrum that promises to elevate humans--to the detriment of the rest of the universe. As voiced by Meadows, the ersatz professor, Andrew Martin, at first speaks with a clipped British accent as he describes what repulses him about humanity. But as he slowly goes native, his speech becomes, well, more human, including instances of slang and profanity. This production examines what it means to be human, and Meadows does a remarkable job of humanizing its extraterrestrial protagonist. D.E.M. © AudioFile 2014, Portland, Maine [Published: MAY 2014]