# The Awakening — Booth Ready Package

**Author:** Kate Chopin (1899)
**Source text:** Project Gutenberg
**Format:** Booth Ready (DOCX + PDF per chapter)
**Engine:** BoothReady v5.2.1

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## Narrator Assignments

- **Mike Vendetti** — narration + all male voices
- **Female voice (TBD)** — all female voices

## Voice share across the full book

Total words across all 39 chapters: **49,117**

| Role | Words | Share |
|---|---:|---:|
| Narration (Mike) | 38,298 | 77.97% |
| Male dialogue (Mike) | 4,481 | 9.12% |
| **Female dialogue** | **6,338** | **12.90%** |
| **Mike total** | **42,779** | **87.10%** |

**The female voice covers ~12.9% of the book** (≈6,338 spoken words across 39 chapters). Concentrated in Edna, Adèle Ratignolle, Madame Lebrun, and Mademoiselle Reisz scenes — heaviest in Ch7, Ch9, Ch13, Ch16, Ch22-27, Ch33.

## What's in this package

- `pdf/` — 39 PDF files (one per chapter, recommended for Punch Track and booth use)
- `word/` — 39 DOCX files (one per chapter, for editing or alternate viewers)
- `character_sheet.json` — 20 speakers with assigned booth colors + voice-share stats
- `pronunciation_guide.json` — 50 pronunciations (French names, places, period vocabulary)
- `README.md` — this file
- `_missing_speakers.txt` — single-entry note re: Ch17 unnamed maid

## Formatting conventions (Main Street house style)

- **Body:** Georgia 18pt
- **Pronunciations:** Consolas italic 14pt, burgundy `#6B2C2C`
- Pronunciation appears **once per first occurrence per chapter**, narration only — **never inside dialogue**
- Each speaker's dialogue has a distinct pastel highlight fill so the booth narrator can see role changes at a glance

## Speaker registry (20 named voices)

**Male (Mike) — 10 voices:**
PONTELLIER (Léonce), ROBERT (Lebrun), MONSIEUR_RATIGNOLLE, VICTOR, MANDELET (Doctor), AROBIN (Alcée), MERRIMAN_MR, GOUVERNAIL, FARIVAL (Colonel), PARROT (Ch1 opener)

**Female — 10 voices:**
EDNA, MADAME_LEBRUN, RATIGNOLLE (Adèle), REISZ (Mademoiselle), MARIEQUITA, HIGHCAMP (Mrs.), MERRIMAN_MRS, MAYBLUNT, CELESTINE, MADAME_ANTOINE

## Pronunciation highlights

Key entries the narrator should review before recording:
- **Pontellier** [pon-tel-YAY] · **Léonce** [lay-AWNS] · **Lebrun** [luh-BRUHN]
- **Chênière Caminada** [shay-NYAIR kam-ee-NAH-dah]
- **Quartier Français** [kar-TYAY frahn-SAY]
- **Ratignolle** · **Adèle** · **Reisz** · **Mariequita** · **Alcée Arobin**
- **Mandelet** · **Antoine** · **Tonie** · **Gouvernail** · **Goncourt**
- Period vocabulary: **peignoir**, **friandises**, **soirée musicale**, **pirogue**, **Baratarian**
- Place names: **Iberville**, **Esplanade**, **Bienville**, **Chartres**, **Grand Isle**

(Full list with phonetic respellings in `pronunciation_guide.json`.)

## Production notes

- **Chapter 17:** Two lines from an unnamed Pontellier household maid ("Oh! you might get some of the glass in your feet, ma'am...") are left as narration with a brief voice shift, per house policy on incidental unnamed speakers. This is the only audit flag in the package and is intentional.
- **Chapter 39:** Ends at Kate Chopin's true closing line — "musky odor of pinks filled the air." Project Gutenberg's source file appends material from other Chopin works; that material has been correctly excluded.
- **All 39 chapters audited:** 38/39 [audit] OK + 39/39 [colors] OK on full rebuild.

## Spot-check result

The Awakening passed Booth Ready spot-check #7 — **ACCEPT** at standard quality tier. Production-ready.

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