I will try to keep this more brief than the last call for this project as I got so eager I filled the page with so much information. All the interviews that you find here are all part of an optional paid extra that you will be offered to take part in too if cast. If you would like to read up on the first call of this project, that gave more information, please find it here.
The Purgatorians | Original and Ambitious 5 season audio drama | Casting Call Club
This project is for what i like to call the 'Prequel before the sequel' miniseries. I call it that because I had scripted up to episode 20 of the main show before deciding upon creating this one. This one was made so the story could be jumped into with barely any setup, and to show what the final few days of the deadly cycle entails. As well as showing what to expect from the main show too.
I will mostly be adding the cast interviews here, so the current cast can explain themselves their thoughts on the show and it's current progress. Firstly, what am I like to work with and is creative input allowed from the cast. Spoiler alert, yes it it.
https://youtu.be/zOeTCam-RrE
The main show is about stopping the cycle once and for all. The prequel miniseries shows the events just before, and during, the previous cycle taking place and how deadly it it. It's not only the cycle that is out to kill though. There is also deception, betrayal and murders from both the Asylum and the City. Nobody is safe, man, woman, or child, and the cycle will not discriminate on who it claims. Expect a lot of death,thriller, horror, drama, and emotional scenes as the miniseries unfolds. Here are the current casts thoughts on the scripts of the main show.
https://youtu.be/IhPm6NpemjI
As well as what will make viewers want to return to the show too.
This is a highly ambitious project and is due to run for many years. This will be my only project as all my stories will be poured into this show. I don't want to make a different show will the same stories being told. The prequel is the very beginning of this. If you can do different voices, you are more than welcome to audition for future roles too. All I ask is for clear audio and to be able to fit the characters, as well as meeting the deadlines for the scripts. Here are some of the casts thoughts when they originally found out how big the project actually was. It did surprise some of them.
What makes this show stand out from all the others already out there? My response is the sheer size and financial aspects of it. The show itself is costing £65,000 per season, miniseries not included in this figure, for voice cast alone. Then I need to pay musicians, singers, an audio engineer, thumbnail artists and more. I earn roughly £1000 per month, then take living costs from that. That means the show will be moving along slowly to begin with, maybe 1 episode every 2 months. If we get monetized, back pay will be paid to industry standards per line increasing the cost of the show much further. There are also the dark and gritty storylines, in which a lot of audio dramas fear to tread. I will let you hear in the current casts voices, their opinions on what makes this different from the other shows out there.
That is everything about this project as of now. Please take note before you audition that some stories may be offensive or upsetting to some. Please ask yourself if you could voice some very hard hitting stories before you audition. I honestly do not say that lightly. It will look good on your resume but the last thing I want to do is cause you any emotional distress or have you mailing me to say you're dropping out of the show. Recasting will ruin the viewers immersion. If you want to hear the casts thoughts on other aspects of the show, please see these links.
Thank you for reading, and as before, anyone who auditions will be given feedback. Please have good audio quality with only noise filters enabled to eliminate room noise and hiss/hums. The story is much darker than the trailer above too. That slap at the end is nothing compared to what poor six year old Mason has to endure over his time in the show. The adults fare far worse. I shall leave you with the other two trailers and the YouTube page link for more information.
I always ask for confirmation for the role first by those I choose to cast. I have sent all of these now, so if you could let me know by the end of Wednesday 1st January that would be great so I can officially cast you.
Maybe when your nursing the new years hangovers lol.
Sorry to those who were not chosen. Some of these were very difficult to choose from. More auditions to come.
Thank you everyone.
Thank you everyone who auditioned for this show, I really do appreciate it.
I am going through the final auditions that came in last night, then I shall be looking who to cast.
Please expect a confirmation DM here by the end of today, as of typing this, not when it gets sent to your emails. Please confirm at your earliest convenience.
Thank you everyone once again. More auditions to come at some point in the future for this large and ambitious audio drama, and I hope to see you there if not cast for this one.
We are in the final days of auditions now. They close at the end of December 30th UK time (GMT). If you would like to audition, I ask you do so as soon as you can. The later they come in, the less time you have to resubmit based on feedback if needed. I advise all new, last minute auditioners to look through previous auditions for the role you choose and look at my feedback to them as to what is right or not.
Once the auditions close, I will be going through them and seeing if anymore need shortlisting. If I mention audio noise in the feedback, these are immediately passed by.
Then I send confirmation emails on December 31st. This is just to make sure you agree with everything such as payment amount, as I can't increase this just yet but do want to move everyone to indie industry standards if the show does well enough to begin with, full industry standards if the show does exceptionally well, and asking you to confirm that you still want the role.
Once I receive confirmation you are added to the roles section and a welcome email/essay will be heading your way. Believe me, it's long but does have important things in there. Then you will be asked whether you want to take part in the optional paid extra for an interview, this is the same payment as an episode. You will be sent the scripts if you choose to do this and I ask you to read through them first as the interview asks you your opinions about the themes of the show, the story, your character. It is also the only interview that allows you to promote yourself by asking you of your past and current voice acting roles and where people can find you if they want to hire you.
The interview is done just as recording your lines are. You are sent a script, the interview questions are already recorded, and you answer the questions as though you are in a real interview. You can find some of the current interviews, cut down into some of the questions, on my project page. There are many more optional paid extras to come including more cast interviews, Q&A's, cast commentary for the episodes, outtakes and much more. All optional, all paid.
Good luck everyone and thank you.
The intro video throughout this month has been the third teaser. This has now been swapped out to the opening credits with the main theme.
The opening credits won't always actually have the main theme on it though. This will be a licensed song that reflects the 'previously on The Purgatorians' segment. As well as having licensed songs throughout the show, scene changes, playing on the radio etc, as well as the end credits. This will only be for YouTube since Spotify does not need end credits and this will be completely original pieces if I can afford to pay for them.
Also, the characters within this opening sequence may change to another, depending on who is in the episode.
Hello everyone. I want to give you my thoughts on AI when it comes to voice acting. Firstly, I do need to point out that the project image, the one that says The Purgatorians, is AI to the best of my knowledge but that's because all my money is going into paying the voice actors for their lines. A proper artist will be taken on for this if I can ever afford it. I always want to be 100% honest to those that work on, or want to work on, the show.
The current cast will be sick of hearing me speak of this, as will you if cast, but I am dead set against any AI usage or training when it comes to voice acting on the show. All voice actors will be real, paid human beings and I vow never to allow any training of AI with your voices if I have the power to stop this.
The show was also going to be uploaded to Twitter/X but their new AI policies have put an end to this. I will no longer be uploading there. I have toggled the switch off on YouTube that has been newly implemented that allow third parties to use content created to train their AI systems.
The UK government are totally for AI, and are currently discussing allowing copyright laws to be bypassed to train AI systems. There is an opt out and if this is to be done in writing I will be telling them that the voices are copyright to those who provide them and the files with lines received are also copyright owned by the voice actors and are merely licensed by me. Also, due to there being many overseas voice actors in the show, it would be unlawful to apply UK laws on their copyrighted content.
I vow to do my best to protect any AI stealing any voice actors voices that appear in this show. I did have someone on Twitter/X trying to sell me AI saying that it would save me thousands of pounds. I would rather scrimp and save my limited monthly budget to pay real voice actors, who can deliver real emotions, who have to pay real daily living costs. Not pay some company a fraction of the price for stealing others content and merging it together to create a so called new product.
Sorry for the long update but I really wanted to give you my thoughts on AI.
TLDR - I hate how AI steals others work and will never use it to voice lines and will never allow it to steal from those who work on the show if it's in my power to stop it happening.
Ronald is a very kind and caring father and husband. He also works very closely with the Overseer, who he considers his best friend. His life is about to fall apart in the worst way possible…
No over dramatic panto acting please. I'm looking for realism.
Accent allowed – American or British – Preferably with as little dialect as possible but not posh.
Age range – 32-40
Ronald needs to portray the most emotional range. He has compassionate scenes, upsetting scenes, fear, anger, love, friendliness. He will go through hell and the voice actor needs to be able to portray this through their voice.
Line 1 - Ronald has just discovered a gruesome scene and has gone to report it to the overseer. This needs some shock, some disbelief, some fear in his voice. Imagine you have just walked in to find someone stabbed to death.
Line 2 - You are breaking the worst news to two people. Their lives will be ended. He doesn't like doing this at all so discomfort in the voice please. Imagine you are breaking the worst news possible to a friend.
Line 3 - The cycle is ending, everyone's dying and your daughter is exactly where the explosives are to destroy the tunnels. This needs panic and terror as Ronald's daughters life is in very serious danger. Imagine your child, or someone else you deeply care about is in a very dangerous and deadly situation. How would you react to this?
There's blood on the walls and in the bathroom... He was slumped down near the... He had been stabbed. Multiple times. He was laying in a pool of blood. It most definitely wasn't an accident. We have a murderer roaming the city.
I have some bad news for you Mr Barker. The council changed their minds on your ruling. You are... (Sorrowful) You are to be executed this evening alongside Mr McDonald.
(Terrified) I'm here honey, I'm reach out your arm and... (Very, very terrified) Oh my God. The explosives. QUICK... (Extremely upset and terrified) SOPHIAAAAA.
Patricia is Ronalds’s wife and Sophias mother. She is a kind and caring woman who only wants the best for her family.
Accent allowed - American or British – Preferably with as little dialect as possible but not posh.
Age range – 32-40
Partricia needs to portray love, compassion, concern, fear, and should be able to create a believable, not anime, painful scream.
Line 1 - Say this with worry in your voice. Your husband is about to get involved in something very dangerous that could get him killed.
Line 2 - The city is being attacked, the ferals are trying to break the door down. This is a very scary and deadly situation. Patricia is terrified and is trying to protect her daughter. Think of if your life is in very serious danger right now and these moments could be your last.
Line 3 - I will regret this over this next month. A very pained scream as you are being ripped apart. It must be full of terror and pain.
(Worried) Please be careful. Don't let her know what's happened. I'm sure we're not the only ones who heard that broadcast.
(Calling out, Fear, Urgency) WE'RE UPSTAIRS. WE CAN'T GET OUT. THERE'S TOO MANY. I'M GOING TO LOWER SOPHIA FROM THE WINDOW. SAVE HER.
(Just give me a very pained, very frightened scream as you are killed. Realistic, not anime or panto style))
Sophia Anderson
Sophia is a typical child. She gets bored very easily and really dislikes school. She loves her parents and always tries to behave herself.
Accent allowed - American or British – Preferably with as little dialect as possible but not posh.
Age range – 8-10
Sophia needs to be able to portray love, warmth, friendliness, happiness, and fear.
Line 1 - This is to show me how you can immediately switch emotions. Excited to begin with into feeling down that you wish your dad could be there with you on Christmas Day.
Line 2 - Sophia knows her father is upset but has no idea why. She needs to show concern as a child would while trying to cheer her father up.
Line 3 - The cycle is ending and death is imminent. The winds are strong. Sophia is terrified and is holding on for dear life, if she lets go, she's gone for good and she knows it. This needs extreme fear and sadness in her voice. Her mums just died and now she may too. This scene needs to be very tense and dramatic.Think of a disaster movie when the disaster hits. Sophia needs to be extremely terrified as to what is happening. Crying, extreme fear. Put yourself in her shoes. How would your react as a child?
(Very happy) Yay, Christmas. I love Christmas.(A little down) I never see daddy at Christmas though, he works all day. I wish you could spend one of them here with me.
(Concern) What's wrong daddy. It's Christmas Eve. Nobody should be unhappy at Christmas time.
(Extremely scared. Calling out) DADDY. HURRY, PLEASE. I CAN'T HOLD ON. MUMMY'S NOT SMILING. WE HAVE TO MAKE HER SMILE AGAIN. HELP DADDY HELP.
Dieter Schmitt (Dee-Ter Sh-Mitt)
Dieter is a loving boyfriend of Toby Harper. They are very happy together and in love. Dieter will do whatever it takes to keep Toby happy.
You must be comfortable playing a gay character
Accent required – German but not too thick
Age range – 21-29
Dieter needs to be able to portray love, friendliness, compassion and pained talking.
Line 1 - Dieter is in love with Toby immensely and is a little scared and very nervous that Toby will refuse the proposal.
Line 2 - Dieter knows Toby has a worry and is troubled by it. Dieter needs compassion, a little worry and understanding in his voice as he is trying to make Toby aware that nothing could stop him from loving him.
Line 3 - Dieter has been stabbed and he is sure he is dying. He starts by trying to assure Toby this was not his fault and ends in what he thinks are his final words.
Alright, here goes... (Clears throat a little. Nervous)Toby Harper. Can I please request that you make me the happiest man alive and... I want to spend the rest of my life with you. I love you. Will you marry me?
(Compassionate) If something's being a burden, share it. Love isn't just about looks and sex. It's about helping each other through the tough times. Being there for each other through the good times and the bad. Please tell me Toby. I promise I won't think any less of you.
(Weak and in pain) How could you know?.. It came out of nowhere... If I don't make it... Always remember that... I love you Toby Harper.
Tony has been sentenced to death for trying to survive. He is confused as to why he got such a sentence and fears the day his execution arrives.
Accent required - British, Welsh, Irish, American, Australian - I would prefer none British or American but these are perfectly acceptable.
Age range – 25-40
Tony needs to be able to portray worry, concern, relief, fear.
Line 1 - Tony has just been told he has been given the death sentence, even though his ruling initially was a prison sentence. Imagine the fear going through your mind if this has just been told to you and your fate is imminent.
Line 2 - Tony has just been told that there is a chance the death sentence could be lifted and the prison sentence re-enabled. Imagine how you would feel having the weight of death being lifted from your mind. He still has some worries, but now also hope.
Line 3 - After being given hope to hang on to, Tony is now being escorted to his execution. Imagine the fear that floods your mind should this happen to you. Five minutes ago you were happy with a prison sentence, now death is looming.
(Angry, Scared and Upset) Don't you dare leave us here. You must be able to do something. You can't let them get away with this. Anderson... ANDERSON, ARE YOU LISTENING... ANDERSON!
(Hope) Yeah. Please Ronald, do whatever you can I beg ya. I don't deserve this. Send me back to prison. Anything but death.
(Terrified) No please. Please don't do this. I only wanted to live. I only did what I had to, to survive. Please don't let it end like this.
This is a very small part and more suitable if you only want a small role. If you can do different voices, you can still audition for other roles later down the line. If not, I may still be able to give you another role in season 4 or above once most people forget that this was the same voice as the guard.
Accents allowed – Any but try not to have too thick of an accent if not a native English speaker.
Age range – 30+
Both guards are not in it much at all and only serve to bolster the scene they are in and allow plot developments to happen.
(With authority) Miss Elena Stoneheart, You are to be arrested for the murders of Trevor Longstrom and Billy Castleton
(Urgency, Fear) The Purgatorians are attacking. There is an army close to our gates. We don't have much time.
This is the shortest role and more suitable if you only want a few lines. The payment is lower due to this. If you can do different voices, you can still audition for other roles later down the line. If not, I may still be able to give you another role in season 4 or above once most people forget that this was the same voice as the guard.
Accents allowed – Any but try not to have too thick of an accent if not a native English speaker.
Age range – 30+
Both guards are not in it much at all and only serve to bolster the scene they are in and allow plot developments to happen.
(Worry, Fear) I'm sorry Liberator. I bring news you urgently need to know. It's the new woman, the one you've been trying to break. She's escaped.
Billy is a friendly and polite young man, who is in love with Elena, it is totally one sided, but he can’t help how he feels. He works on the farm and is a hard worker.
Age range – 21-26
Accents allowed – British, Welsh, Irish, American, Australian.
Billy needs to be able to portray friendliness, joking, and ‘in love’ emotions
Line 1 - Trevor was terrified of Elena and Billy is mocking him in a friendly manner. Just imagine how you joke around with your friends.
Line 2 - Billy is very much in love and this line reflects this. He hopes one day they can be together and has never met anyone as beautiful as he finds Elena.
Line 3 - Billy has just seen a side to Elena that he really disliked that makes him think twice about his feelings for her. He is now torn between love and hate.
(Friendly mocking) Sit down and I'll tell you a recent story of how Trevor nearly wet himself in public.
(Loved up) She's not my girlfriend. I sure would like her to be though. I've never met such a beautiful woman with a personality like hers. She's wonderful. The perfect woman.
(Very disappointed, Unsure) I don't know what I think about her anymore. When she's kind and gentle, she's beautiful. I really didn't like that side of her earlier. She seemed so cold, as though she would've killed us there and then.
Trevor is a friendly and polite young man who fears Elena. He works on the farm and is a hard worker.
Age range – 21-26
Accents allowed – British, Welsh, Irish, American, Australian.
Trevor needs to be able to portray friendliness and nervousness mixed with fear
Line 1 - Elena is talking to them and Billy calls her by her first name. Trevor knows the council are strict and can be dangerous so this worries him about possible repercussions.
Line 2 - Farm work can be tedious and repetitive. The boredom in Trevor's voice reflects this.
Line 3 - Trevor is defending himself against Billy's mocking in a friendly manner. Just imagine a friend has mocked you in friendly banter and how your reply would come across. Don't come across as angry, make it sound friendly.
(shocked and a little scared) Billy! No, you can't call... You just called her Elena.
(Boredom) The same as everyday. Planting seeds and tending to the animals. Why do they need so many fields for so few people. We need more help here.
(Friendly, jokingly) I wasn't scared. I was cautious. There's a big difference. I'd like to keep my head on my shoulders, thank you very much.
Edward also works on the farm, but he often tries to find other duties to get out of doing the hard work, such as going for supplies or food and drinks. He does not like farm work much. He is a friendly guy however, who finds opportunities to mock his friends in a friendly way.
Age range – 25-30
Accent allowed – Scottish – Edinburgh
Edward needs to portray friendliness and mocking in a teasing friendly manner up to absolute terror and agonizingly pained screams that sound realistic, not over the top anime style
Line 1 - Edward has just discovered Trevor's dead body. Imagine how you would react if you found one of your friends murdered dead body.
Line 2 - Edwards head is in the guillotine as his execution is nigh. An attack has happened upon the city and ferals are killing all they come across. As help to rescue him failed, everyone has abandoned him to his fate. He knows death will be much more painful than the execution itself. He is absolutely terrified.
Line 3 - I will honestly regret this but I need to hear agonizing and terrified screams of pain as you are ripped apart by the feral's. Try to make it realistic, not anime or pantomime please.
(Upset and fearful) Oh my God. Trevor! What's happened. Answer me... He's stone cold. He's dead. I'd better go get some help.
(Extremely terrified) No, please don't leave me... Come back... COME BACK YOU TWATS AND HELP ME... HELP ME, DON'T LEAVE ME... NO, NO... NOOOOO.
(All I want here are agonizing screams of pain)
