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[0:04] Dinah Levine: Dinah Levine agency, please hold.

[0:07] Unknown speaker: Hey, sorry about that. It's nuts here all of a sudden.

[0:09] Unknown speaker: It's okay. I'm just checking on you. How are you doing?

[0:12] Unknown speaker: Trying not to think about it. He's all over the news now. I still can't believe Noah has a girlfriend. How messed up is that?

[0:20] Unknown speaker: I don't remember him ever being with a woman before.

[0:24] Unknown speaker: I know. I know. He thinks he's building a brand now that he's gonna be a movie star.

[0:28] Unknown speaker: I guess he has to. Because his actual personality sucks.

[0:32] Unknown speaker: Okay, he's not that awful.

[0:34] Unknown speaker: No comment.

[0:35] Unknown speaker: Oh shit. I forgot these other calls. Can you hold for a sec?

[0:38] Unknown speaker: Yeah, but I have some tea to tell you. Don't move.

[0:42] Walt Mendez: Hi, thank you for holding. This is Walt.

[0:45] Carl Sunflower: Hey, Walt, I don't think we've met. It's Carl Sunflower at Sunflower Green Public Relations.

[0:49] Walt Mendez: Carl, of course I know who you are. Calling about Noah Pitt Gilford. Just wanted to jump in and offer our services. We'd love to handle his publicity for Jackrabbin.

[0:56] Carl Sunflower: I'm sure he'd love that too. Can you put me in direct touch?

[1:02] Walt Mendez: Nice try, Carl. Why don't you send over a proposal and I'll discuss it with my client.

[1:07] Carl Sunflower: Super. Thanks, Walt.

[1:09] Walt Mendez: Hey, sorry, Mandy. Uh, this is Gail Nevins from Deadline.

[1:14] Gail Nevins: We wanna do a feature on Noah Pitt Gilford.

[1:17] Walt Mendez: Terrific. Uh, this is his agent, Walt Mendez.

[1:19] Gail Nevins: Great. Does he have a publicist yet?

[1:21] Walt Mendez: Uh, working on it.

[1:23] Gail Nevins: Fabulous. Will you let me know when you have a contact?

[1:25] Walt Mendez: We'll do. Great. Thanks, Walt.

[1:27] Dinah Levine: Dinah, hi.

[1:28] Walt Mendez: Walt.

[1:29] Dinah Levine: I'm feeling tingles. And it's not Carpal Tunnel. We are about to start our first big negotiation together. So excited.

[1:35] Walt Mendez: Noah signed his agency agreement, right?

[1:38] Dinah Levine: I think so. He said he would, did he not?

[1:40] Walt Mendez: You should have that answer. You should have that right in front of you. Do you?

[1:44] Dinah Levine: Uh, no, not not yet.

[1:46] Walt Mendez: You better not be screwing us over.

[1:48] Dinah Levine: No, no, no way. He's definitely going to sign it. Get him on the phone now.

[1:57] Walt Mendez: Hey, I gotta take this. That's my agent.

[1:59] Noah Pitt Gilford: Hey, what's happening?

[2:02] Walt Mendez: Hey, um. Hi, it's Walt.

[2:06] Noah Pitt Gilford: Yeah, I know. What's up?

[2:07] Walt Mendez: I have Dinah Levine for you.

[2:09] Noah Pitt Gilford: Thanks.

[2:11] Dinah Levine: Noah. How are you, sweetheart?

[2:14] Noah Pitt Gilford: Really fucking good. I mean, I'm a freaking superhero. Who doesn't dream of that?

[2:19] Dinah Levine: Very exciting. You know, I represented a young George Clooney when he got his first big break on Facts of Life, and I have to say, this feels a lot like that.

[2:28] Noah Pitt Gilford: Whoa. I love Clooney.

[2:30] Dinah Levine: Well, you and the rest of the world. What a mensch he was until he left me. Anyway, I'm about to dive in negotiating your very lucrative contract. But first, we're gonna need the agency papers signed.

[2:43] Noah Pitt Gilford: Oh, yeah, sorry. I'll I'll totally get that to you. The thing is, I can't do the work for you until you commit to us, officially. You know, it's just boring legal details. You know, look, if it was up to me, a handshake would be enough, especially because you and Walter are lovers.

[2:57] Noah Pitt Gilford: Whoa, whoa. I I don't know who told you that. I have a girlfriend. Uh sorry, I haven't had the chance to update her.

[3:03] Dinah Levine: Update her? About what?

[3:05] Noah Pitt Gilford: Lily and I have been seeing each other for six months. But when I got you the audition, you and I were kind of uh what?

[3:13] Dinah Levine: We were what?

[3:14] Noah Pitt Gilford: Nothing. I guess I was just exaggerating to make Dinah feel confident in you.

[3:20] Dinah Levine: Well, I feel highly confident right now, I gotta tell ya. And I think I may have stepped into a minefield, so let's all agree that you and your girlfriend are very happy together.

[3:31] Noah Pitt Gilford: Right.

[3:36] Dinah Levine: Yeah, okay. Sophomore year in college. I lived with a girl, and we were intimate frequently. But then I got it out of my system, you know, people are not one thing. We contain multitudes. So just send me the papers and we're in business.

[3:51] Noah Pitt Gilford: I love talking to you. You're such a joy.

[3:53] Dinah Levine: Yeah, likewise. Wonderful. Walt will follow up. I really do feel good about this. Now call me any time. Don't be shy. I'm here for you.

[4:02] Noah Pitt Gilford: Great. Thanks. Bye.

[4:05] Walt Mendez: Is he off?

[4:06] Dinah Levine: Let me check. Yeah, he's gone.

[4:09] Walt Mendez: What is wrong with him? Is it not cool to be non-binary anymore?

[4:14] Dinah Levine: You don't mean non-binary, that's gender.

[4:16] Walt Mendez: No, whatever. Uh, I thought it was a good thing to have a shtick.

[4:19] Dinah Levine: You mean like your sexuality?

[4:20] Walt Mendez: Yeah, isn't that a selling point now? I mean, my ten-year-old grandnephew who has more pronouns and hair colors than I can count, is gonna be obsessed with him.

[4:29] Dinah Levine: Noah's parents are really religious. He's still trying to impress them.

[4:31] Walt Mendez: Ugh, Gentiles.

[4:35] Dinah Levine: What what what are they? Mormon?

[4:37] Walt Mendez: Something like that. Anyway, he thinks you need to be straight to play a superhero. What's gayer than a grown man wearing tights?

[4:44] Dinah Levine: Get the paper signed, okay?

[4:46] Walt Mendez: Oh, Tegan's calling. Should I take it?

[4:48] Dinah Levine: Oh bitch. What does she want now?

[4:51] Walt Mendez: Probably congratulating us.

[4:52] Dinah Levine: Yeah, this must be killing her. I love it. Call me back.

[4:56] Tegan: Teagan.

[4:57] Walt Mendez: Hey.

[4:57] Tegan: Hey, sexy.

[4:59] Walt Mendez: Hello.

[4:59] Tegan: Slick move. Slam dunking a chorus boy into a Marvel franchise. You're good. I didn't think he had it in you. When did you sign him?

[5:09] Walt Mendez: Uh, a while back.

[5:11] Tegan: Interesting. Because he said he didn't sign anything.

[5:14] Walt Mendez: What do you mean?

[5:15] Tegan: T again. I have Noah for you on line one. I gotta take this. Good luck, honey.

[5:24] Noah Pitt Gilford: Hey, it's Noah. You know what to do.

[5:28] Walt Mendez: Hey, it's me. Listen, I'm really sorry if I said something wrong. I just thought, since we were hanging out again, that it was okay to talk about it, but this was before I knew about Lily. So I guess now I know.

[5:42] Walt Mendez: So can we move past it and get a fresh start? I mean, as business partners, because I was just talking to Tegan at Vibe, and I could have sworn I heard you calling her, and I just I wanted to remind you how important you are to us as a client. So if you could just sign the papers, it would make my life so much easier and potentially save my job and this agency. And I did get you the audition, so I feel like that's the right thing to do. Isn't that how it's supposed to work with old friends?

[6:09] Walt Mendez: So anyway, call me. This is Walt, who's holding?

[6:15] Amanda: You realize you kept me on hold for 10 minutes.

[6:18] Walt Mendez: Amanda?

[6:19] Amanda: Oh my god, I'm so sorry. I had you on speakerphone and literally forgot. I think Noah's gonna leave the agency before we even get to make his deal. Isn't that insane? All this work and he's just screwing us over.

[6:30] Walt Mendez: That actually tracks perfectly for Noah. Did you expect loyalty?

[6:32] Amanda: I expected decency. All he talks about are his issues. It's so fucking boring. He could be talking to anyone. I just listen and validate him.

[6:43] Walt Mendez: Yeah. Oh my god, I'm doing it to you now, aren't I?

[6:45] Amanda: Yeah. I'm sorry. What did you have to tell me?

[6:48] Walt Mendez: Remember that hot dad. The carpenter?

[6:50] Amanda: We might have kissed in the parking lot at Houston's.

[6:54] Walt Mendez: Oh no way.

[6:56] Amanda: Mandy, that's amazing. And it was pretty damn good, too. It was so good. Even though it's been a minute for both of us. Like, wow, so cool.

[7:06] Walt Mendez: Uh amazing. And right before I pulled out in my car, he ran back for another. I'm just saying your girl's do Gaddy, period.

[7:12] Amanda: Shit. I'm sorry, Mandy. I I have to take this. Can you hold?

[7:15] Walt Mendez: I have class starting in like Dinah Levine Agency.

[7:18] Unknown speaker: Hi. Dinah Levine, please.

[7:20] Walt Mendez: I'm sorry, I don't have her. May I ask who's calling?

[7:22] Justine Wax: It's Justine Wax with the Manhattan District Attorney's Office. We're actually looking for her husband, Spencer.

[7:25] Walt Mendez: Oh, he should be in his office at Happy Smiles.

[7:29] Justine Wax: He isn't. Can I take a message? Let him know we filed criminal charges against him this morning, and if he doesn't comply, we may need to start extradition proceedings.

[7:37] Walt Mendez: Extradition? From where? And you probably should tell Dinah she's next in case she wants to get her own attorney.

[7:42] Justine Wax: Wait, where is Spencer?

[7:44] Walt Mendez: Shit.

[7:49] Walt Mendez: Hello. Hey, Spencer, it's Walt. Have you had a day truck?

[7:54] Spencer: We just polished off a beautiful bottle of San Sair.

[7:57] Walt Mendez: You and Dinah?

[7:58] Spencer: Me. I mean me. I'm at St. Park's.

[8:01] Walt Mendez: You're on vacation? Wow. Don't do a charity work with the underprivileged. Would you like another bottle of soap?

[8:08] Spencer: Sure, why not? Charge it on this one.

[8:10] Walt Mendez: Walt, I gotta go. But it's kind of serious, Spencer. The district attorney called any I can't hear you, honey.

[8:17] Spencer: Listen, I'll take care of it when I get back.

[8:31] Dinah Levine: Agency.

[8:34] Gail Nevins: Hi. It's Gail from Deadline again. I wanted to circle back for a comment from you.

[8:40] Gail Nevins: A Noah?

[8:41] Gail Nevins: Excuse me. Uh, on Dinah's husband. We hear there are criminal charges being filed.

[8:46] Dinah Levine: Uh, it's uh, no, no comment at this time. I'm sorry.

[8:50] Rashidra Scott: Hey, Walt.

[8:53] Walt Mendez: Um, question. Is everything okay over there?

[8:57] Rashidra Scott: Perfect. Why?

[8:58] Walt Mendez: Oh, okay, cool. I it's just that my husband's buddy works in the DA's office, and he heard something nasty.

[9:05] Rashidra Scott: I'm sure it's not true.

[9:07] Walt Mendez: Of course not. Sounded a little sketchy.

[9:12] Rashidra Scott: Yeah, I'll let you know if I hear anything.

[9:14] Dinah Levine: Walt! What is going on there? I've been calling for 20 minutes.

[9:18] Walt Mendez: It's been busy. Uh, have you spoken to Spencer today?

[9:20] Dinah Levine: No, I can't reach him.

[9:21] Walt Mendez: Right. Listen, you should probably know that the district attorney's office called earlier.

[9:25] Dinah Levine: About the audit?

[9:26] Walt Mendez: It sounded pretty serious. They said something about you getting your own lawyer.

[9:29] Dinah Levine: Oh, that idiot. He said he had it under control. I I'll call you later.

[9:34] Walt Mendez: Sure. Oh, Dinah.

[9:35] Dinah Levine: Yeah?

[9:36] Walt Mendez: Thanks. You really are doing a great job.

[9:39] Dinah Levine: New drugs?

[9:40] Walt Mendez: Yeah. Shit.

[9:43] Amanda: Amanda, I I'm so so so so sorry.

[9:46] Walt Mendez: Amanda?

[9:47] Amanda: Oh god. Mom, hey, you got the phone working.

[9:53] Walt Mendez: Oh, sweetie. I'm sorry to bother you during work, but it's important.

[9:59] Amanda: What happened?

[9:59] Walt Mendez: I got as far as Bakersfield, but the damn transmission gave out again.

[10:04] Amanda: Oh, what? We just paid to have it fixed.

[10:06] Walt Mendez: Well, it started working again, so I figured why waste the money.

[10:11] Amanda: What did you do with it?

[10:12] Walt Mendez: What?

[10:13] Amanda: The money.

[10:14] Walt Mendez: Oh, that. Um, I got the phone paid up.

[10:18] Amanda: You owed the phone company three thousand dollars?

[10:21] Walt Mendez: No, Philly. I donated the rest of the planned parenthood. They need it more than I do right now.

[10:29] Amanda: Honey, are you there?

[10:31] Walt Mendez: Yeah.

[10:33] Amanda: Where exactly are you?

[10:35] Walt Mendez: It's like Gibson and uh, Fruit Vale.

[10:41] Amanda: Okay, don't move. I'm sending a tow truck.

[10:45] Walt Mendez: Oh, you're the best, baby. I love you.

[10:48] Amanda: Yeah. You too.

[10:52] Walt Mendez: What?

[10:53] Tegan: Hi, I have Tegan Hughes for Dinah.

[10:55] Walt Mendez: It's Walt. What? Do you have Dinah?

[10:57] Tegan: No, but I do have a fucking migraine thanks to your boss.

[11:00] Walt Mendez: Um, I find your language very triggering.

[11:03] Tegan: Good! Then I finally did something right today. Put her on the phone.

[11:06] Tegan: Please hold for Tegan.

[11:11] Tegan: Walt, are you okay?

[11:13] Walt Mendez: I'm fantastic. How do you think I am? I just got a call from my friend Gail at Deadline asking for a quote about the charges against Dinah.

[11:20] Tegan: Alright, do you have anything to add, or are you just calling to rub it in my face?

[11:23] Walt Mendez: I'm calling about Noah.

[11:24] Tegan: Yes. He knows about the charges.

[11:26] Walt Mendez: How?

[11:26] Tegan: I might have told him. And out of respect to you, he wanted me to be the one to tell you that he's signing with me.

[11:32] Walt Mendez: I can't believe this.

[11:33] Tegan: Walt, you're on a sinking ship. If you want me to ask about jobs here, I can totally put in a word.

[11:39] Walt Mendez: Would you give us a minute, Chloe?

[11:42] Tegan: Between you and me, I'm gonna need a new assistant in two weeks.

[11:46] Walt Mendez: Oh. At least think about it. The options on the table. Gotta go. It's Ben Davis on the other line.

[11:52] Tegan: Who?

[11:52] Walt Mendez: Bye.

[11:56] Noah Pitt Gilford: Noah, what the hell?

[11:58] Walt Mendez: Hey.

[11:58] Noah Pitt Gilford: I spoke to Tegan. Is it true or not?

[12:01] Walt Mendez: I feel like shit.

[12:02] Noah Pitt Gilford: You fucking should. You're a piece of fucking shit.

[12:04] Walt Mendez: What am I supposed to do? Work with an agent who's in jail?

[12:08] Noah Pitt Gilford: Embezzling clients' money is a federal crime, dude.

[12:11] Walt Mendez: She didn't do it. Her husband did.

[12:12] Noah Pitt Gilford: Too much drama.

[12:14] Walt Mendez: Coming from you? You don't think I hate this as much as you do?

[12:17] Noah Pitt Gilford: All I wanted was for us to work together. Isn't that what we always talked about in college? Taking over the world, you and me.

[12:24] Walt Mendez: We're not done.

[12:25] Noah Pitt Gilford: What do you mean?

[12:26] Walt Mendez: You left me twice. Last night, around 3 a.m., I started looking at old pictures in my phone, and guess who I have more pictures of than anyone else?

[12:36] Noah Pitt Gilford: Yourself?

[12:36] Walt Mendez: Yes, but guess who's number two?

[12:39] Noah Pitt Gilford: You.

[12:41] Walt Mendez: All the way back to freshman year, I found this shot of us from the day we met in the common room. Do you remember?

[12:44] Noah Pitt Gilford: You set up your keyboard and played the entire score of In the Heights from memory.

[12:50] Walt Mendez: Oh my god, I was such a nerd.

[12:52] Noah Pitt Gilford: You were the most talented person I'd ever met. I was so jealous.

[12:57] Walt Mendez: Come on. Really?

[12:59] Noah Pitt Gilford: You blew me away. You still do.

[13:02] Walt Mendez: Please stop. I mean it.

[13:04] Noah Pitt Gilford: I love you.

[13:05] Walt Mendez: Well, you have a pretty terrible way of showing it.

[13:08] Noah Pitt Gilford: I know. You deserve better. But I cannot lose you.

[13:11] Walt Mendez: Just because we're not working together does not mean we can't still be together.

[13:17] Noah Pitt Gilford: How does Lily feel about that?

[13:19] Walt Mendez: Lily, yeah, I'm sorry. I just. My parents were on me about meeting someone, and I thought I could juggle it all, but then the movie happened, and now there are publicists and people watching and everything, so I...

[13:23] Noah Pitt Gilford: So where do I fit in?

[13:37] Walt Mendez: Where it matters. In my heart. Can we please see each other tonight?

[13:40] Noah Pitt Gilford: Don't know.

[13:42] Walt Mendez: I need you, babe. But you know you feel the same.

[13:47] Noah Pitt Gilford: Why do you have this stupid power over me?

[13:49] Walt Mendez: Because we're us. Marty's still in Berlin, so if you want to come over, I guess it's okay.

[13:56] Noah Pitt Gilford: Awesome. Oh, I almost forgot. My publicists are asking me about any surprises that might serve us, and I know you and Amanda are still tight.

[14:05] Walt Mendez: Yeah.

[14:06] Noah Pitt Gilford: So maybe you could kind of get her to delete that photo from college.

[14:11] Walt Mendez: The infamous photo.

[14:13] Noah Pitt Gilford: Yeah, thank you. They also have an NDA for you to sign, but it's no big deal.

[14:15] Walt Mendez: An NDA.

[14:19] Noah Pitt Gilford: Okay. So I'll bring it by tonight. I'm so excited to see you. Like, excited, if you know what I mean.

[14:27] Walt Mendez: That's so sweet.

[14:29] Noah Pitt Gilford: I was going for hot.

[14:31] Walt Mendez: I'll see you tonight. Love you, babe.

[14:34] Noah Pitt Gilford: Yeah.

[14:42] Amanda: Hi, you've reached Amanda and Starmaker's Youth Theater. Please leave a message.

[14:47] Walt Mendez: Mandy, I'm so sorry. It got crazy here. There's a lot to tell, but holy shit, you were right about Noah. And I think it's time to test your theory about the homecoming photo. I'm posting it tonight, and I'm tagging Marvel.

[15:06] Walt Mendez: Rolling Calls is written by Gordon Greenberg and Steve Rosen. Directed by Gordon Greenberg. Sound designed and mixed by Bart Fassbender. Dialogue edit by Brett Ashley. Produced by Dory Berenstein, Alan Seals, and Kimberly Garris for the Broadway Podcast Network. Line produced by Mary McGowan. This podcast is executive produced by Liz Armstrong and produced through Gotham Fiscal Sponsorship's Sound and Light Project. Special thanks to Open Jar Studios. Make sure to visit BroadwayPodcastNetwork.com for more radio comedies, dramas, and interviews with the biggest names on Broadway and beyond. Plus special behind the scenes, red carpet access, and more. Rolling Calls celebrated the entertainment community Fund and Broadway CARES Equity Fights AIDS and thanks them for all they do on behalf of the theater community.

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