Are You Watching? - MLP AU Audio Drama

I’m looking for one storyboard artist to work alongside me on the pilot episode of Are You Watching?, an illustrated My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic audio drama adaptation.

This role is focused on visual storytelling rather than polished final artwork. The storyboard artist will help translate the finished script into clear, expressive shots that establish composition, camera angles, character posing, reactions, scene transitions, and visual pacing.

I will also be storyboarding the episode, so this will be a collaborative role. We’ll work from the same script and visual direction, compare ideas, and refine the episode into a coherent storyboard before final artwork begins.

The pilot is intended to have frequent visual changes, so strong instincts for pacing, character expression, and readable composition are especially important. Rough sketches are completely acceptable; speed and clarity matter more than polished rendering.

Familiarity with My Little Pony characters and pony anatomy is helpful, but an exact show-style imitation is not required.

Please include examples of storyboard work, comics, sequential art, animatics, or rough character acting/posing if available. Finished illustrations are also welcome, but I’m especially interested in seeing how you communicate a scene quickly and clearly.

This project is currently in pre-production. The role is presently listed as unpaid because funding is not yet secured, though my intention is to compensate contributors if the project receives funding. Workload, deadlines, and compensation will be discussed before substantial production work begins.

I’m looking for artists to help create the finished artwork for Are You Watching?, an illustrated My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic audio drama adaptation.

Artists in this role will work from an approved storyboard, script, character references, and visual direction. The storyboard will establish the composition and action of each shot, and selected artists will turn those rough boards into polished final illustrations for the episode.

Artwork may include full scene illustrations, character-focused shots, expression variants, pose variations, background work, lighting passes, and other reusable visual assets.

The production is designed to feel visually active, with frequent image changes rather than leaving the same picture on screen for long stretches. Because of that, there will be a wide variety of art assignments, ranging from major full illustrations to smaller variants and character reaction shots.

You do not need to be able to do every type of artwork. Different artists may be assigned work based on their strengths, such as character art, backgrounds, coloring, lighting, expressions, or complete scene illustrations.

A strong understanding of My Little Pony character anatomy and expressive posing is preferred, but an exact imitation of the television show’s art style is not required. Consistency, readability, and the ability to follow storyboard direction are especially important.

There is currently no fixed limit on the number of artists who may be selected for this role. Multiple artists may be brought onto the project depending on applications, production needs, style compatibility, and workload. The number of available positions is effectively open until further notice.

Please include a portfolio or several examples of your work. MLP/pony artwork is especially helpful, but not required if your portfolio demonstrates strong character work, illustration, or visual storytelling.

This project is currently in pre-production. The role is presently listed as unpaid because funding is not yet secured, though my intention is to compensate contributors if the project receives funding. Workload, deadlines, and compensation will be discussed before substantial production work begins.

Twilight Sparkle is the lead character and primary narrator of Are You Watching?.

The story begins with Twilight at six years old and follows her as she grows through childhood, adolescence, and eventually adulthood. I am looking for one performer who can grow the voice naturally with her over the course of the series, rather than casting separate actors for each age.

The same actress will perform both Twilight’s spoken dialogue and her first-person internal narration. Her narration is not an older Twilight looking back on events; it should feel like Twilight’s thoughts happening in the moment.

Twilight is exceptionally intelligent, curious, literal-minded, intense, loving, stubborn, and frequently unintentionally funny. As the story progresses, however, the role becomes considerably more dramatic and emotionally demanding. The performer should be comfortable with comedy, quiet narration, wonder, frustration, anger, vulnerability, crying, and heavier emotional scenes.

A canon-inspired Twilight voice is welcome, but an exact Tara Strong impression is not required. Acting ability and capturing Twilight’s personality are much more important than perfect imitation.

For young Twilight, please avoid an exaggerated or artificially high “little kid” voice. She should sound young, but natural and intelligent.

Recording quality is very important for this project. Please audition using the microphone/setup you would realistically use for production. Audio should be clean, with minimal background noise or room echo, no clipping/distortion, and little to no heavy processing. A good USB microphone is perfectly acceptable. If cast, final recordings will preferably be delivered as clean WAV files.

This is a long-term recurring role and will have substantially more dialogue than most other characters because Twilight is both protagonist and narrator.

Sunset Shimmer is Princess Celestia’s personal student and one of the most important recurring characters in Are You Watching?.

When Twilight first meets her, Sunset is twelve years old: brilliant, confident, sarcastic, impatient, ambitious, and completely unafraid to challenge Princess Celestia directly. She is one of the first ponies Twilight meets who can genuinely keep up with her intellectually, and their relationship develops from rivalry and fascination into a real friendship.

Sunset is sharp-tongued and often funny, but she should never feel like a one-note “mean girl.” Beneath the confidence is someone who cares very deeply about Celestia’s approval and increasingly struggles with insecurity, frustration, jealousy, and the fear that she may never become what Celestia believes she could be.

As the story progresses, Sunset becomes increasingly obsessed with questions surrounding alicorn ascension and with what Celestia is withholding from her. Her later material becomes much heavier, eventually culminating in a major emotional confrontation with Celestia and her departure through the mirror.

I am looking for a performer who can handle dry humor, arrogance, warmth, vulnerability, resentment, anger, and emotional breakdowns while still making all of those sides feel like the same character.

A canon-inspired Sunset voice is welcome, but an exact Rebecca Shoichet impression is not required. Strong acting and capturing Sunset’s personality are more important than vocal imitation.

Recording quality is very important. Please audition using the microphone and recording environment you would realistically use for production. Audio should be clean, with minimal background noise or room echo, no clipping/distortion, and little to no heavy processing.

Princess Celestia is one of the central characters in Are You Watching? and the emotional axis around which much of Twilight and Sunset’s story revolves.

To most ponies, Celestia is ancient, graceful, patient, kind, and almost impossibly composed. She has spent centuries speaking to subjects, students, officials, and frightened children, so warmth and authority come naturally to her.

However, this version of Celestia is not emotionally untouchable. Beneath the polished royal exterior is a deeply loving but imperfect mare who becomes frightened of repeating past mistakes. Her relationship with Sunset Shimmer is extremely personal, and the loss of that relationship changes how she later responds to Twilight.

Celestia often believes that restraint, distance, and patience are forms of protection. Sometimes she is right. Sometimes she causes considerable harm without intending to.

The performer will need to handle gentle humor, maternal warmth, regal authority, quiet grief, guilt, fear, emotional restraint, and eventually complete vulnerability.

A canon-inspired Celestia voice is welcome, but an exact Nicole Oliver impression is not required. I am much more interested in a performer who can capture Celestia’s warmth, intelligence, age, and emotional weight.

The role also includes younger Celestia in historical/vision sequences.

Younger Celestia should still be recognizably the same person, but less ceremonially polished and less “royal” in her delivery. She can sound lighter, quicker, more openly amused, and somewhat closer to an ordinary young mare.

The goal is not to create an entirely different voice. Instead, the performer should be able to subtly remove some of the age, gravity, and centuries of practiced composure from Celestia’s normal voice.

Spike is Twilight Sparkle’s younger adoptive brother, closest companion, and eventually one of the most important emotional anchors in Are You Watching?.

He begins the story as a very young dragon, initially living at the palace while Twilight visits and gradually forms a sibling bond with him. As he grows, he becomes increasingly verbal, mischievous, sarcastic, affectionate, and perceptive.

By the time Twilight is sixteen, Spike is eight and has developed a much sharper sense of humor — something Twilight strongly suspects he learned from Shining Armor. Are you Watching?

Spike often provides levity, but he is not simply comic relief. He notices emotional things Twilight misses, understands people surprisingly well, and becomes increasingly capable of challenging her when she retreats into work, logic, or avoidance.

His relationship with Twilight should feel genuinely sibling-like: affectionate, annoying, funny, occasionally frustrating, and deeply important to both of them.

I am looking for a performer who can portray Spike from childhood into his older years while keeping the voice recognizably consistent. A canon-inspired Spike is welcome, but an exact Cathy Weseluck impression is not required.

Strong comedic timing, natural youthful delivery, emotional sincerity, and the ability to gradually mature the voice are more important than imitation.

Recording quality is very important. Please audition using the microphone/setup you would realistically use for production. Clean audio with minimal room echo, background noise, clipping, or heavy processing is strongly preferred.

Applejack is one of Twilight Sparkle’s recurring friends after Twilight moves to Ponyville.

Twilight initially meets her because Ponyville’s agricultural records are a complete mess, and Applejack rather quickly becomes one of the local ponies Twilight finds increasingly difficult to avoid.

Applejack is practical, hardworking, warm, straightforward, observant, and possessed of a dry sense of humor. She finds Twilight’s extreme literalism amusing, but she never treats Twilight as stupid or strange. Their personalities contrast naturally: Twilight wants everything quantified, scheduled, documented, and explained; Applejack is perfectly comfortable with things like “tomorrow-ish.”

Although Applejack provides plenty of lighter moments, this is not purely a comedic role. As Twilight’s situation deteriorates, Applejack becomes one of the characters willing to confront her directly. She can be firm without being cruel and emotionally perceptive without suddenly becoming sentimental.

A canon-inspired Applejack voice is very welcome, but an exact Ashleigh Ball impression is not required. A believable performance and natural accent are more important than imitation.

Applejack should have a warm, grounded young-adult feminine voice with a natural rural/country quality.

A Southern-inspired accent is appropriate, but please avoid turning it into an exaggerated caricature. I would much rather hear a lighter, believable accent than an extremely forced “cowgirl voice.”

Her voice should feel sturdy and relaxed. Applejack generally says what she means and does not waste much time dressing it up.

She has a playful, dry quality when teasing Twilight, but when a situation becomes serious, that humor disappears quickly.

Emotional scenes should generally become quieter rather than more theatrical. Applejack can be angry or hurt, but some of her strongest moments come from speaking plainly and making Twilight hear something she does not want to hear.

Performers auditioning for Applejack are welcome to audition for another Mane Five character as well. The same actor may potentially portray two recurring characters if the voices are sufficiently distinct.

Recording quality is important. Please audition using the microphone and recording environment you would realistically use for production. Audio should have minimal background noise, room echo, clipping, distortion, or heavy processing.

Rarity is one of Twilight Sparkle’s recurring friends after Twilight moves to Ponyville.

She is elegant, expressive, socially confident, generous, observant, and occasionally dramatic—but beneath all of that is a highly skilled craftswoman with a sharp eye for detail.

Twilight initially underestimates her somewhat, assuming Rarity’s expertise is primarily decorative. That changes quickly when Rarity notices a damaged book binding immediately and demonstrates a deep understanding of stitching, tension, restoration, and old materials. Their friendship develops partly through that shared appreciation for careful, precise work.

Rarity is naturally theatrical and enjoys being expressive, but she should not become a parody of sophistication. She is intelligent, capable, compassionate, and often surprisingly perceptive about what other ponies are feeling.

In more serious scenes, Rarity tends to become gentler and more careful rather than louder. She can recognize when Twilight needs to be approached delicately, particularly when difficult subjects like Sunset begin to surface.

A canon-inspired Rarity voice is welcome, but an exact Tabitha St. Germain impression is not required. Strong acting, natural elegance, emotional warmth, and comedic timing are more important than imitation.

Rarity should have a refined, cultured young-adult feminine voice with a polished, expressive quality.

A light theatrical or Mid-Atlantic-inspired sound is welcome, particularly if it feels natural rather than forced.

She should be able to move easily between sophisticated composure, dry wit, dramatic indignation, genuine excitement, and very soft emotional concern.

Rarity is expressive, but she is not constantly performing at maximum intensity. Her quieter moments should feel sincere and intimate.

When she becomes passionate about craftsmanship, her voice should sharpen with focus. When she is teasing Twilight or Spike, there should be warmth underneath it.

Performers are welcome to audition for another Mane Five role as well. One performer may potentially portray two recurring characters if the voices are sufficiently distinct.

Recording quality is important. Please audition using the microphone and recording environment you would realistically use for production.

Rainbow Dash is one of Twilight Sparkle’s recurring friends after Twilight moves to Ponyville.

She is energetic, competitive, confident, impatient, blunt, and extremely loyal. She likes adventure, action, speed, and anything that keeps her from being bored.

Twilight first gets to know her when Rainbow comes to the library looking specifically for adventure novels. Their friendship develops partly through Rainbow repeatedly borrowing books while pretending she is absolutely not becoming a regular library patron.

Rainbow is often funny because of how direct she is, particularly when paired with Twilight’s tendency to over-explain everything. She is quick to tease, quick to complain, and not especially interested in formality.

However, Rainbow is not simply loud or reckless. Loyalty matters enormously to her. When she trusts someone, she commits to that trust very strongly, which means betrayal or disappointment can hit her especially hard.

Later material requires genuine anger, hurt, fear, and emotional vulnerability, so I am looking for a performer who can move beyond the energetic/comedic side of the character.

A canon-inspired Rainbow Dash voice is welcome, but an exact Ashleigh Ball impression is not required. Strong personality, natural energy, emotional range, and comedic timing are more important than imitation.

Performers are welcome to audition for another Mane Five role as well. One performer may potentially portray two recurring characters if the voices are sufficiently distinct.

Recording quality is important. Please audition using the microphone and recording environment you would realistically use for production.

Fluttershy is one of Twilight Sparkle’s recurring friends after Twilight moves to Ponyville.

She is gentle, shy, compassionate, observant, and deeply knowledgeable about animals and their behavior.

Fluttershy initially becomes close with Spike because of her interest in dragons and animal care. Her friendship with Twilight develops more gradually, largely through quiet visits, tea, and conversations where Fluttershy’s patience contrasts strongly with Twilight’s need to analyze and explain everything.

Fluttershy is soft-spoken, but she is not weak or helpless. When an animal or friend is in danger, her uncertainty can disappear very quickly. She is capable of becoming focused, firm, and authoritative without suddenly turning into a completely different character.

She is also unusually comfortable with uncertainty. Where Twilight desperately wants answers, Fluttershy can sometimes simply accept that something is unknown, which makes her a surprisingly grounding presence.

A canon-inspired Fluttershy voice is welcome, but an exact Andrea Libman impression is not required. Natural warmth, sincerity, clear diction, and emotional subtlety are more important than imitation. Fluttershy should have a soft, warm, youthful feminine voice, generally in a mid-to-higher register.

Her delivery is gentle and sometimes hesitant, particularly around ponies she does not know well.

She may pause, stumble slightly over words, or become flustered, but please avoid making every sentence breathy, whispered, or painfully slow.

Fluttershy should still be completely understandable at normal listening volume.

When she becomes comfortable, her voice should loosen considerably. Around Spike, animals, or close friends, she can sound warmer, more conversational, and even quietly playful.

During emergencies, the softness remains, but the hesitation disappears. Fluttershy can become surprisingly direct when she knows what needs to be done.

Performers are welcome to audition for another Mane Five role as well. One performer may potentially portray two recurring characters if the voices are sufficiently distinct.

Recording quality is especially important for this role. Because Fluttershy often speaks quietly, the microphone and recording environment need to capture a soft performance clearly without excessive noise or room echo.

Pinkie Pie is one of Twilight Sparkle’s recurring friends after Twilight moves to Ponyville.

Pinkie is energetic, affectionate, spontaneous, socially fearless, unpredictable, and intensely enthusiastic about making other ponies happy.

Twilight initially finds her almost impossible to understand. Pinkie does not behave according to schedules, patterns, probability charts, or apparently any system Twilight can identify—which naturally drives Twilight slightly insane.

Beneath the chaos, however, Pinkie is remarkably attentive to other ponies. She notices when somebody is uncomfortable, remembers what people like, and gradually learns when enthusiasm is helpful and when someone needs space.

Her comedy should feel quick and natural rather than simply loud. Pinkie can jump from an absurd observation to something surprisingly perceptive without warning.

This role also contains quieter emotional material later in the story. I am looking for someone who can make Pinkie’s happiness feel genuine enough that the moments when the brightness disappears actually matter.

A canon-inspired Pinkie Pie voice is welcome, but an exact impression is not required. Strong comedic timing, warmth, vocal stamina, emotional range, and clear diction are more important than imitation.

Performers are welcome to audition for another Mane Five role as well. One performer may potentially portray two recurring characters if the voices are sufficiently distinct.

Recording quality is important. Please audition using the microphone and recording environment you would realistically use for production.

Shining Armor is Twilight Sparkle’s older brother and one of the most important members of her family throughout Are You Watching?.

He is seven years older than Twilight and begins the story as a thirteen-year-old big brother who spends much of his time teasing her, carrying her around when she is too small to see over crowds, and giving spectacularly unhelpful answers to her endless questions.

As the story progresses, Shining grows into a disciplined Royal Guard and eventually a knight, but the relationship between him and Twilight remains recognizably sibling-like. He can tease her mercilessly one moment and recognize exactly what she is feeling the next.

Shining is confident, warm, protective, good-humored, and emotionally perceptive without being overly sentimental. He knows Twilight extremely well and is sometimes able to see through her defenses before she is ready to admit what is underneath them.

This role spans Shining from his early teens into adulthood. I would prefer one performer capable of subtly aging the voice over time rather than separate actors.

Shining should have a warm, youthful masculine voice that gradually matures into a confident adult baritone or mid-range voice.

Younger Shining should sound like a believable teenage older brother: playful, slightly smug, affectionate, and occasionally exhausted by Twilight’s questions.

Adult Shining should gain more steadiness and authority as his military career progresses, but he should never lose the relaxed warmth he has around his family.

He is not a stereotypical macho soldier. His strength should come across as dependable rather than aggressive.

Around Twilight, there should almost always be a hint of older-brother familiarity, even when the conversation becomes serious.

A canon-inspired performance is welcome, but an exact impression is not required. Natural charisma, warmth, comedic timing, and believable sibling chemistry are more important than imitation.

Recording quality is important. Please audition using the microphone and recording setup you would realistically use during production.

Princess Cadance is Twilight Sparkle’s former foalsitter, close family friend, and later Shining Armor’s romantic partner.
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Cadance has known Twilight for years and occupies an unusual place in her life: she is older than Twilight, but young enough that their relationship feels much less formal than Twilight’s relationships with teachers or Princess Celestia.

She is affectionate, playful, emotionally intelligent, patient, and very comfortable teasing Twilight. She knows Twilight’s habits remarkably well, what foods she likes, how long she can safely disappear into a bookstore, when she needs to be pulled away from studying, and how to get through to her when logic alone is not working.

Earlier in Twilight’s life, Cadance was a pegasus. By the time she becomes more prominent in the story, she has only recently ascended into an alicorn and is still adjusting to what that means for her identity, her responsibilities, and other ponies’ expectations.

Cadance therefore should not sound like a second Celestia. She is younger, more casual, more openly affectionate, and easier for Twilight to approach.

At the same time, Cadance has a thoughtful side. Her own ascension gives her a perspective on expectation and approval that Twilight does not yet understand, and some of her conversations quietly foreshadow the emotional problems Twilight will face later.

Cadance should have a warm, youthful adult feminine voice, generally in a comfortable mid-to-higher register.

Her voice should be naturally affectionate and approachable. Unlike Celestia, Cadance does not have centuries of royal polish behind every word. She can laugh openly, tease Twilight, become embarrassed, and sound like an ordinary young mare.

There can still be a graceful or slightly princess-like quality, particularly as she grows into her new position, but it should never overwhelm the warmth.

When discussing serious subjects, Cadance becomes thoughtful rather than grand. She has a strong understanding of emotions but does not speak like a therapist or lecturer.

There should also be a subtle vulnerability around her own ascension. Cadance is grateful for what she has become, but she has not completely figured out what it means.

A canon-inspired Cadance voice is welcome, but an exact impression is not required. Warmth, sincerity, emotional intelligence, and believable chemistry with Twilight and Shining are more important than imitation.

Recording quality is important. Please audition using the microphone and recording environment you would realistically use during production.

Twilight Velvet is Twilight Sparkle and Shining Armor’s mother.

Velvet is loving, patient, practical, dryly funny, and extremely accustomed to raising an exceptionally intelligent daughter who has been asking complicated questions since she could speak.

She loves Twilight enormously, but she does not worship her intelligence or allow Twilight to intellectualize her way out of everything. She can meet a lengthy argument with a single sentence, insist that Twilight eat properly, recognize when she is overworking herself, and occasionally deploy the devastating authority of simply being Mom.

Much of Velvet’s early material is warm and comedic, particularly while Twilight is a child. As Twilight grows older, however, the relationship becomes more complicated. Velvet has to watch her daughter become increasingly independent, emotionally distant, and difficult to reach.

Later scenes require genuine hurt and vulnerability. Velvet does not want Twilight to solve every problem or prove that she deserves her family’s love—she simply wants her daughter to remain part of their lives.

I am looking for a performer who can balance maternal warmth, dry humor, patience, frustration, pride, worry, and quiet emotional pain without making Velvet overbearing or melodramatic.

Velvet should have a warm, mature feminine voice with a comfortable mid-range delivery.

She should sound maternal without becoming stereotypically “motherly.” There is intelligence, humor, and personality underneath the role.

Velvet’s comedy is often extremely dry. She has raised Twilight long enough that very little surprises her anymore, and she does not need to match Twilight’s frantic energy.

She can be firm without sounding harsh. When Velvet says something is happening, there is often a sense that the discussion has already ended even if Twilight has not realized it yet.

During emotional scenes, I would prefer restraint. Velvet is particularly effective when you can hear that she is hurt even though she is trying to remain composed.

A canon-inspired voice is welcome, but an exact impression is not required.

Recording quality is important. Please audition using the microphone and recording environment you would realistically use during production.

Night Light is Twilight Sparkle and Shining Armor’s father.

He is warm, patient, good-humored, and generally one of the more relaxed personalities in the Sparkle household. Where Twilight can turn virtually anything into a research problem and Velvet is perfectly willing to put an end to an argument with maternal authority, Night Light often responds with dry humor and lets the chaos happen around him.

He loves his daughter deeply but does not always understand the subjects she becomes obsessed with—and he is perfectly comfortable admitting that. When six-year-old Twilight desperately searches her family for an explanation of how Celestia moves the sun, Night Light’s contribution is simply: “I know less than your mother.”

As Twilight grows older, the role becomes more emotionally significant. Night Light is proud of his daughter, but like Velvet, he begins to feel the distance that develops between Twilight and her family.

He does not need Twilight to fix things, impress him, or prove that she deserves his love. Some of his strongest moments come from trying to make her understand precisely that.

I am looking for a performer who can balance fatherly warmth, understated comedy, patience, sincerity, concern, and restrained emotional material.

Night Light should have a warm adult masculine voice, generally in a comfortable mid-to-lower register.

His voice should feel approachable and relaxed rather than imposing. He is a father, not a stern patriarch.

Much of his humor is understated. He often sounds like a stallion who has spent many years watching his extremely intelligent family argue about increasingly specific things and has learned when it is wiser to simply drink his coffee.

He can tease his children, but the affection underneath it should always be obvious.

Serious scenes should remain restrained. Night Light does not need to become loud to communicate disappointment, fear, or hurt.

A canon-inspired performance is welcome, but an exact impression is not required.

Recording quality is important. Please audition using the microphone and recording environment you would realistically use during production.

Young Luna appears in historical sequences experienced by Twilight through the Concordance.

This is Luna centuries before Nightmare Moon and long before the version of Princess Luna familiar from canon.

She is approximately fourteen years old during the most important portion of her story and is initially a unicorn rather than an alicorn. She is brilliant, curious, mischievous, stubborn, adventurous, and deeply affectionate toward her older sister, Celestia.

Young Luna should feel like an actual teenager—not a miniature version of adult Princess Luna.

She jokes with Celestia, climbs where she should not, argues about completely unnecessary things, becomes smug when she solves something first, complains when experiments are postponed, and is enormously excited by the magical research taking place around her.

She also possesses an unusual instinctive connection to the Concordance. Where scholars attempt to mathematically understand its magical currents, Luna often seems able to feel how they interact.

That talent becomes central to one of the story’s most important historical sequences.

The role eventually requires significant dramatic acting, including excitement, fear, physical distress, panic, desperation, and an emotionally intense exchange with Celestia.

Please do not perform her as Nightmare Moon or as the extremely formal adult Luna from canon. Some archaic language is present because of the historical setting, but she should still sound youthful and natural.

Young Luna should have a youthful feminine voice, approximately early-to-mid teens.

She can have some of the richer or slightly lower qualities associated with adult Luna, but the voice should be lighter, quicker, and much less imposing.

There should be energy and mischief in her speech. She is highly intelligent and knows it, but she is not cold.

Her historical vocabulary occasionally includes phrases such as “aye,” “didst,” and “thou,” but please avoid an exaggerated Shakespearean performance.

She is a teenager who happens to live in an older era—not an actress performing a stage play.

During the Concordance disaster, all of that youthful confidence begins to collapse. The performer must be able to let Luna genuinely sound fourteen and frightened without turning the scene into melodrama.

A subtle resemblance to canon Luna is welcome, but acting ability and believable youth are much more important than an exact impression.

This is a multi-character supporting role for feminine-voiced minor characters and background characters throughout Are You Watching?.

Rather than casting every small character individually, selected performers from this category may portray a variety of characters across the series.

These may include:

• Canterlot and Ponyville residents

• Librarians and archivists

• Academy students and faculty

• Palace staff

• Royal officials

• Nurses and medical staff

• Merchants and shopkeepers

• Scholars and researchers

• Guards

• Parents and older adults

• Background ponies

• Minor named characters with relatively small speaking roles

Some characters may appear for only a few lines, while others may return occasionally across multiple episodes.

Vocal versatility is strongly encouraged. Performers do not need to create extreme “cartoon voices”; believable differences in age, personality, pitch, rhythm, accent, and attitude are often enough to distinguish characters.

If a performer is particularly well suited to a minor named character, they may become that character’s regular voice for future appearances.

There is no single required voice for this category.

I am primarily looking for performers who can create several believable and clearly distinguishable characters while maintaining natural acting.

Range can include young adults, middle-aged characters, elderly characters, formal professionals, casual townsponies, excitable students, stern officials, warm caregivers, and comedic background characters.

Please prioritize acting over exaggerated voices.

Canon-inspired performances are welcome where appropriate, but exact impressions are not required.

Please audition using the same microphone and general recording environment you would use during production. Clean audio with minimal background noise and room echo is important.

This is a multi-character supporting role for masculine-voiced minor characters and background characters throughout Are You Watching?.

Selected performers may portray multiple small characters across the series rather than each background or minor role receiving a separate casting listing.

These may include:

• Royal Guards

• Canterlot and Ponyville residents

• Scholars and professors

• Academy students

• Palace staff

• Government officials

• Merchants and shopkeepers

• Doctors and medical personnel

• Librarians and archivists

• Parents and older adults

• Background ponies

• Minor named characters with relatively small speaking roles

Some characters may only appear briefly, while others may return periodically.

Vocal versatility is strongly encouraged. The goal is not simply to change pitch dramatically, but to create characters that feel like different people through personality, rhythm, age, attitude, and delivery.

Strong performers may also become the regular voice of a recurring minor character if their audition fits particularly well.

There is no single required vocal type.

I am looking for versatile masculine performers capable of portraying several distinct supporting characters.

Useful ranges may include younger students, friendly townsponies, professional scholars, stern officials, soldiers, older stallions, nervous assistants, comedic characters, and more.

Natural acting is significantly more important than exaggerated vocal effects.

Canon-inspired voices are welcome where appropriate, but exact impressions are not required.

Please audition using the same microphone and general recording environment you would use during production.