Choose The Bear
Dramatized Science Fiction Series
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CHOOSE THE BEAR is a near-future sci-fi drama reimagining the myth of Callisto amid an accelerating climate collapse. As Earth’s resources vanish, the wealthy escape to Zenith Aerospace’s exclusive orbital “Communities,” marketed as humanity’s sustainable future.
When Zenith launches the Arcadia Project, disgraced Coast Guard aviator Callie Winter is hired as its off-world auditor—unaware she’s also a valuable test subject in a secret race to solve human reproduction in space. On Earth, engineer Diana Aimes becomes Callie’s sole lifeline.
As trust and intimacy grow between them, Zenith exploits that bond, forcing both women to confront consent, autonomy, and the true cost of survival in a manufactured utopia.
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S1E1 – CHOOSE THE BEAR – Episode 0 – Prologue – "AWOL" – Choose The Bear
Welcome to CHOOSE THE BEAR — a cinematic, immersive sci-fi audio drama set inside the ultra-mysterious walls of Zenith Aerospace, the most powerful private defense + space corporation on Earth. This prologue episode (“AWOL”) follows Lieutenant Callie Winter — a desperate, war-traumatized soldier with nowhere left to go — as she arrives at Zenith for a life-changing interview that could determine the future of humanity itself. The world is collapsing, governments are failing, and Zenith’s C-Suite is quietly selecting who actually gets to survive the incoming extinction event. This sci-fi thriller blends dystopian corporate satire, dark humor, psychological tension, and near-future worldbuilding. If you love Black Mirror, Severance, Foundation, The Expanse, or Mr. Robot — this series is for you.
CAST: Hannah Lee DeFrates (Callie), Steve Mize (Zed), Antonella Pérez Ferrero (Diana), Paul “Dela” Ross (Leland), JP DeGennaro (Rion), Bernie Horton (Pete).
Written by: Aly Kantor | Directed by: Helen May | Produced by: Jack Davis | Soundscape Engineered by: Bob Sawyer | Video + Scenic: Joe Swenson.
Featuring music: “End of the World” by Grand Hotel and Lex Music
This is Episode Zero — the beginning of a conspiracy, a survival lottery, and a morally impossible decision that will affect every human left alive. Turn your volume up, put on headphones, and step into Zenith.
This is how the end really begins.
