Idyllia

Idyllia

Project Overview

An audio drama adapted from a play written by Jake Lewis and based on the story “Germelshausen," an 1860 story by Friedrich Gerstäcker concerning a cursed village that sank into the earth long ago and is permitted to appear for only one day every century. The protagonist is a young artist (Arnold) who happens to be traversing the area as the town appears. He encounters, and becomes smitten with, a young woman (Gertrude) from Germelshausen (aka "Idyllia"). The romantic tale ends with him leaving the vicinity just in time to avoid becoming entombed with the village and its denizens, but thereby being forever separated from his love. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germelshausen

This is the tale said to have inspired the musical, Brigadoon.  Actors' performances (with the exception of Arnold) should have a magical, fairy-tale quality to them.

My background is in theater and I tend to direct my VA projects pretty similarly to how I direct my theater projects.  Actors must be willing and able to participate in a few rehearsals prior to recording lines, although schedules and platforms are always flexible (Discord preferred).  I want to hear your best acting chops!

I do care about acting performance more than details of audio quality... but within reason.  All performances should be delivered with a decent quality microphone, free from background noise, clipping, or plosives.  I'm happy to help you with tech stuff if I can - feel free to ask!

PLEASE READ ALL INFO AND DESCRIPTIONS FOR BEST CHANCE OF BEING CAST - The info is included to guide you to deliver an audition that shows best fit, so be sure to heed it!  THANKS and break a leg!

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  • Thank you for auditioning!

    Thank you for auditioning for Idyllia! Auditions are now closed. I will be closing the roles on Casting Call Club and they will be marked "cast to offsite actor" but no roles have actually been cast yet. I expect it will take me a while to get through the 600+ auditions that were submitted (wow!). I may be contacting some of you for callbacks as I sort through the submissions, or asking you (without obligation) to read for a role you didn't originally audition for. Once I have made my decisions, I'll update the casting call to reflect the final cast. Thank you all for your interest in this project and for your creativity and hard work, and good luck!

  • New role added!

    Following a script edit, a new supporting role has been added - Elyssa, female, young adult, North American. Happy auditioning!!
Project Roles: Arnold Gertrude Father Stepmother Judith Mysterious Stranger Elyse Background Artist Composer
Voice Actor
Voice Actor
Arnold
closed
Unpaid
Role assigned to: HPlaggemars

Actors must be willing and able to participate in a few rehearsals prior to recording lines, although schedules and platforms are always flexible.  I want to hear your best acting chops!

 20s-30s. An explorer and painter, charming, polite and adventurous.  Arnold is from the real world (America to be precise), and so shouldn't sound fairytale-like in his delivery.  He has a fiancée (who is very "down to earth" and wants him to give up painting) but is fascinated by Gertrude and her strange village, so different from our modern world of technology, efficiency, and practicality, and so appealing to his artistic soul.  Neutral North American accent preferred.

  • [smitten] He would be foolish to give his word to someone as beautiful as you and then go back on it. He’d have to have a heart of stone [catches himself], which I’m sure he doesn’t.

  • [Speaking of his mother] 

    Her memory is failing her. Some days, she knows who I am. Others, I am my father, or a salesman she once bought a car from back in 1970-something.

    But it’s alright. I like that she at least has someone there with her, even if it isn’t me.

  • She, my fiancee, Elyssa, she’s been trying to get me to move past this desire I have to be a painter. She’s not wrong, of course. She wants to start a family, eventually. I need to be able to support them, and I can’t do that if I can’t sell my paintings. But…


    [GERTRUDE

    It’s not your path]


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Voice Actor
Voice Actor
Gertrude
closed
Unpaid
Role assigned to: celestielle

Actors must be willing and able to participate in a few rehearsals prior to recording lines, although schedules and platforms are always flexible.  I want to hear your best acting chops!

Early 20s, strong-willed but respectful of custom; ahead of her time, free-spirited and fresh.  A citizen of Idyllia - she lives in a magical village - her speech should sound somewhat old-fashioned and proper (think of Amy Adams from Enchanted but not so exaggerated - Gertrude isn't a princess, but she is from a different world). Citizens of Idyllia live in a village that only exists, as far as most people believe, in a storybook.  Accents are welcome but not required. Mid pitch.

  • Strangers are the opposite of uninteresting. What could be more fascinating than knowing nothing about another person? It’s only after getting to know someone entirely that they become boring. (Beat.) Perhaps that’s why Henry has not returned. I am no longer interesting to him.

  • I must let you go. But only because I care for you, I must send you away from this place.

  • Why the gloomy faces? Today is a holiday for only a short time more, one we have looked forward to for oh so long! Let us not spoil it, but rather rejoice!

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Voice Actor
Voice Actor
Father
closed
Unpaid
Role assigned to: stevey1986

Actors must be willing and able to participate in a few rehearsals prior to recording lines, although schedules and platforms are always flexible.  I want to hear your best acting chops!

Gertrude’s father, 40s-50s, large and imposing, but jovial and kind.  A citizen of Idyllia.  Delivery should sound somewhat old-fashioned and fairytale-like.  Citizens of Idyllia live in a village that only exists, as far as most people believe, in a storybook.  Accents are welcome but not required.  Voice reference is Mark Addy from Game of Thrones (although British accent not required) with a dose of Santa Claus sprinkled on top  :)

  • Welcome to Idyllia, young sir, wherever my daughter picked you up. But let us now fall to our heart’s content, and anything else we can speak of later.

  • I feel a little lightheaded, as a matter of fact. Must have been the dancing and the wine.

  • Sir, when a woman invites you to a walk, you should already have your hat on and your arm crooked for hers. 

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Voice Actor
Voice Actor
Stepmother
closed
Unpaid
Role assigned to: Janwelchvo

Actors must be willing and able to participate in a few rehearsals prior to recording lines, although schedules and platforms are always flexible.  I want to hear your best acting chops!

Gertrude’s stepmother; kind but blunt, a peacemaker when needed.  A citizen of Idyllia.  Delivery should sound somewhat old-fashioned and fairytale-like.  Citizens of Idyllia live in a village that only exists, as far as most people believe, in a storybook.  Accents are welcome but not required. Medium to low pitch.

  • Didn’t I say Henry wouldn’t come back?

  • I know what we need!  Wine!

  • Come now, Mr. Painter, you have rested your legs and my stepdaughter awaits your hand to continue the merry-making!

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Voice Actor
Voice Actor
Judith
closed
Unpaid
Role assigned to: Ki Garland

Actors must be willing and able to participate in a few rehearsals prior to recording lines, although schedules and platforms are always flexible.  I want to hear your best acting chops!

Gertrude’s best friend; kind and polite but protective of Gertrude, with Gertrude's same spirited nature.   A citizen of Idyllia.  Delivery should sound somewhat old-fashioned and fairytale-like.  Citizens of Idyllia live in a village that only exists, as far as most people believe, in a storybook.  Accents are welcome but not required.  Medium to mid-high pitch (but not anime high pitch...)

  • If I may say so, sir, your dressing is much more fitting of the holiday than the garb you previously wore.

  • Are you going to break her heart, too? Like Henry did?

  • Between now and tomorrow lies a very long night. Tomorrow -- you will understand what that word truly means when tomorrow comes.

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Voice Actor
Voice Actor
Mysterious Stranger
closed
Unpaid
Role assigned to: Wayne LeGette

Actors must be willing and able to participate in a few rehearsals prior to recording lines, although schedules and platforms are always flexible.  I want to hear your best acting chops! 

A fellow traveler in the windows, wise and eccentric.  Not a citizen of Idyllia, but knows of it and has spent time there.  Accents are preferred for this role - especially "exotic" accents that are difficult to place.  I imagine this being an older person, but not required – it’s more important that they sound wise.  Non-binary welcome and encouraged!

  • Idyllia, yes. Just that way in the swamp, where all those willows and alders now stand. Legend goes, it existed hundreds and hundreds of years ago, but for some reason, it sank into the swamp. No one knows why. But every one hundred years on a certain day, it is raised up again, God knows why.

  • Well, because you’d have been stuck there, of course! What seems like just the passing of a night to them would be a century gone here. I’d be one day older, yes, but everyone I know and love would be long dead. Imagine that! I’d be the oldest person who ever lived! But for what?

  • Let’s not say that name again, and let the dead rest, especially those who do not enjoy eternal sleep but keep on rising unexpectedly among us. But you look like the night in the woods has not sat well with you! You are white as a ghost! Hurry on now, and get yourself a bed at the hotel in Leaford. Just follow this path over that hill and you can’t miss it. (Beat.) Pinky promise.

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Voice Actor
Voice Actor
Elyse
closed
Unpaid
Role assigned to: PoisonBubble

Actors must be willing and able to participate in a few rehearsals prior to recording lines, although schedules and platforms are always flexible.  I want to hear your best acting chops!

The "real world" version of Gertrude.  Early 20s, smart, family is well-off; can be very sophisticated when needed but also can be very casual and fun.  Neutral American accent preferred.  Mid pitch.

  • Are you kidding me? While you were burying your face in the filet mignon, I was busy schmoozing with everyone - I had no time! 

  • [Admiring a painting]

    It’s a family heirloom. It’s been passed down from generation to generation. I’ve admired it ever since I was a little girl. This must be from Father. 

  • It’s what first attracted me to you, you know. That you’re an artist. It’s one of the many things I love about you. 

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Artist
Artist
Background Artist
closed
Unpaid
Role assigned to: Haley Sanders

Lookin for someone, or more than one person, to essentially create "scenery" for this audio drama production.  Examples may include landscapes, a town square, interior of a home or tavern, etc.  Please provide some information about yourself, your experience/training, your style, and links to examples of your work.  Pay is negotiable and will be paid per image used in the project.

  • Say something you think would fit

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Music Composer
Music Composer
Composer
closed
Unpaid
cast offsite

Looking for some original music for this audio drama.  The story is somewhat of a fairytale, so music should have a folksy, "ren faire" quality.  Please describe yourself and your experience/training and attach a sample and/or a link to samples of your work.

Examples of the style I'm looking for:  

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oSciEyzJSsM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2pCv7k_Hzvg

  • Say something you think would fit

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