Into the Dreamlands is an audio drama set in the city of Umbra-Vault. At one point in time, this was a city in the middle of the 20th century USA and was lost to the states during a testing of experimental, bleeding edge technology. Transported to the middle of the Dreamlands, a realm of reality that does not have rules, regulations, or laws of any kind that govern the stable reality they came from. Anything and everything could happen and it did. For about a decade it was chaos, then the Veilfield went up and there has been relative peace, at least from outside forces.
Overseer Nyx-Korrin, the one who rules over the city. They rule with an iron fist, and a cold heart, has been for many Dreamland Cycles, longest anyone can remember. Answering directly to them and masters of the arena are the Hollow Lords, six in total. They are a mix of high-ranking Umbra Corps officers, and Veilfield researchers who treat the arena as both entertainment and a testing ground for their cruel experiments. Current Champion of the Hollow Arena: The Gray Blade.
Then there are the Umbra-Corps, the primary enforcers of Overseer Nyx-Korrin’s rule, tasked with maintaining order and eliminating dissent within Umbra-Vault. The Umbra-Corps is lead by Commander Thren Arctis, overseeing divisions responsible for surveillance, patrolling, and quelling uprisings. Under Thren is the Mad Dog of the Umbra-Corps, Dren Volen, top Inquisitor of the Umbra Corps, responsible for interrogations, psychological warfare, and internal purges.
Next faction we have is the Sable Knives, a resistance group dedicated to overthrowing Overseer Nyx-Korrin and dismantling the Veilfield. Kessa Taan leads them, organizing their efforts into a coordinated rebellion along side the aid of Rykar, Veyl, Elira & Kaela. Viewed as heroes by those who dream of freedom but seen as terrorists by the authorities and their supporters.
IMPORTANT NOTES:
Only audition if you have a home studio/clear quality audio and a permanent recording space. Wardrobe and makeshift booth are cool!
.mp3 Format
ABCABCABC format is preferred but AAABBBCCB is allowed! (please do variations in accents, tones, stress of words, and improv is encouraged, though please read the lines as written in the first take).
18+ only . This project is SFW but includes mature themes.
This show contains sensitive and mature themes including fantasy violence, light torture, dehumanization, government oppression.
You may audition for more than one role if suitable. Read descriptions before auditioning!
ACCENTS: unless stated in the reference, the main accents we are going for is: Standard American, think Bladerunner/Cyberpunk 2077 for the tone of setting.
Demos are encouraged, but not required.
Label you Audition as Follows: charactername_audition_yourname.mp3
Any Questions: Email - brokenvoidproductions at gmail.com
Images: all images are reference images, not official art for the characters. Just something to help get you an idea of what I am thinking of when I am envisioning the character.
DEADLINE: June 30, 2025
As we are approaching the end of the month, we are approaching the deadline for the casting call. We've got a lot of great voices both on here and submitted to the google form. I'll be getting in touch with a couple of you as some of the characters have been hit spot on.
I will also be reaching out to a few of you to see if we can work on a can workshop the voice a little bit. Either way, really great work y'all and thank you so much for the interest.
- Cesar
Age: Ageless (Appears in their early 40s but has ruled for centuries)
Gender: Androgynous (they/them)
Voice: Calm, measured, and androgynous with a melodic undertone; every word is deliberate, like a professor delivering a eulogy.
Reference: Cate Blanchett as Hela meets David Tennant as Crowley (but restrained).
Tone Notes: Emotionally distant but commanding. When they raise their voice, it distorts slightly with Veilfield static.
Appearance: 2 Episodes
Audition Lines:
(calm, commanding)
I do not demand obedience. I engineer it. This city breathes because I allow it. Do not confuse silence with consent.
(low, analytical, almost kind, but condescending)
You mistake your rebellion for revolution. You mistake your suffering for purpose. What you call tyranny… I call containment.
(detached, cold)
Memory is malleable. Identity, disposable. If you insist on remembering the world before me… then you’ll forget how to survive in the one I’ve made.
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Age: Appears late 50s, true age unknown
Gender: Male
Voice: Deep, rumbling, and gravelly, each word feels like it echoes off cathedral walls.
Reference: Keith David or Ron Perlman in their most somber modes.
Tone Notes: Speaks slowly and heavily, like dragging a blade across stone. Quiet anger carries more menace than shouting.
Appearance: 3 Episodes
Audition Lines:
(grave, deliberate)
When the crowd forgets why they fear the blade… I remind them. Not with words. But with silence, and the sound of a life ending.
(low and cruel)
You were not chosen to survive. You were chosen to entertain. Die with some dignity.
(cold and ritualistic)
The match is over when I say it is over. And not a heartbeat sooner. Let the arena decide whose death is worth remembering.
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Age: Appears 40s
Gender: Female
Voice: Low, husky, feral, with sudden growls or laughs that interrupt mid-sentence. Unsettling and primal.
Reference: Claudia Black meets a more savage Cate Blanchett.
Tone Notes: When amused, her voice purrs. When angry it’s barked like a beast about to strike.
Appearance: 4 Episodes
Audition Lines:
(mocking, with a predatory grin)
Look at you, trembling already. You haven’t even bled yet. Shall we fix that?
(commanding)
Hesitation is the language of prey. Speak it again, and I’ll feed you to my pets myself.
(smoldering intensity, almost reverent)
Pain sharpens the blade. Fear tempers the soul. Only those who survive me are worthy of the title ‘champion.’
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Age: Appears ageless, mid-30s
Gender: Male
Voice: Silken, charismatic, and mischievous. Every word is a dare, every phrase a game.
Reference: Tom Hiddleston’s Loki meets Mark Hamill’s Joker, restrained, theatrical flair, sardonic charm, and love of chaos.
Tone Notes: Slides between tones easily—teasing, threatening, persuasive, or mocking—all in the same sentence.
Appearance: 3 Episodes
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Audition Lines:
(playful, smug)
Oh, I wouldn’t bet against them. But I wouldn’t bet for them either. That’s the thrill, isn’t it?
(taunting, leaning close like a whisper)
You thought the game was fair? My dear, the dice were rigged before you were born.
(amused)
Win or lose, bleed or break, it’s all the same to me. I just like watching the pieces move.
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Age: Appears 60s
Gender: Male
Voice: Cold, clinical, and precise. Like an AI trying to emulate compassion.
Reference: Benedict Cumberbatch as Khan, or Brent Spiner’s Data with a sinister twist. He speaks with eerie calmness, as though emotion is an outdated function.
Tone Notes: Often speaks in metaphors of engineering or biology. Every statement feels rehearsed, mechanical.
Appearance: 3 Episodes
Audition Lines:
(detached, clinical)
Fascinating. The pain threshold is lower than projected. I’ll adjust the formula for the next batch.
(calm, chilling)
You are not a person anymore. You are a possibility. And I will explore every outcome.
(icy, authoritative)
Do not speak of morality. Morality does not build perfection. Only sacrifice does.
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Age: Appears mid-40s
Gender: Androgynous (they/them)
Voice: Soft, low, weathered—each word carries a warrior's weight.
Reference: Carrie-Anne Moss or a subdued Christopher Judge. They speak with calm intensity, rarely raising their voice, but every word carries weight.
Tone Notes: Never shouts. Their calm is unsettling, even in chaos. When they say something comforting, it always sounds like a warning.
Appearance: 3 EpisodesAudition Lines:
(low, steady, reassuring)
Stay behind me. You may bleed… but you will live.
(grim, reflective)
I've killed monsters, rebels, dreamers… but the worst thing I ever became was theirs.
(harsh, coldly resolute)
Yield, or be broken. Mercy is not mine to offer twice.
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Age: 54
Gender: Male
Voice: Stern, clipped, with military precision. Rarely emotional, always in control.
Reference: Jason Isaacs or Giancarlo Esposito “calculating soldier-philosopher” with a veneer of absolute control.
Tone Notes: Barked commands, but never yells. When he gets quiet, that’s when people fear him most.
Appearance: 2 EpisodesAudition Lines:
(calm but firm)
You don’t need to understand the orders. You only need to follow them.
(cold and threatening)
Mercy is a concept for stable societies. We are not a stable society.
(stoic, quietly doubting)
If the Veilfield is failing… then everything we’ve done—every name we’ve erased—was for nothing.
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Age: Appears 40s (about 90-105 years old)
Gender: Male
Voice: Smooth but with a fractured, haunted undercurrent. Uncanny, like two voices layered together.
Reference: Hugo Weaving with a touch of Hannibal Lecter.
Tone Notes: Every word is laced with both superiority and sickness. He speaks as if remembering something painful, but enjoying it.
Appearance: 2 EpisodesAudition Lines:
(measured, almost gentle)
Tell me your truth… and I will show you what it feels like to forget it.
(rising intensity)
They scream in my dreams, you know. Every distortion. Every deviation. But I don’t mind… Their pain is the price of purity.
(soft, reverent)
Order is not built through mercy. It is shaped with steel… and silence.
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Age: 34
Gender: Male
Voice: Young, bright, and a little too eager.
Reference: Yuri Lowenthal or Josh Keaton should be earnest, youthful, and militarily disciplined.
Tone Notes: His voice is usually filled with resolve, but cracks under pressure—especially when his loyalty is questioned.
Appearance: 2 EpisodesAudition Lines:
(firm, reciting an oath)
By the will of the Overseer, I stand. By their light, I act. Doubt is a distortion… and I will not falter.
(frustrated, almost pleading)
You weren’t there! You didn’t see what I saw — the fear in their eyes. They weren’t insurgents… They were children.
(quiet, almost broken, muttering to himself)
If this is what peace looks like… why does it feel like we’re at war with ourselves?
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Age: Indeterminate appears in her late 20s
Gender: Female
Voice: Low, alluring, and steady, with an almost hypnotic rhythm-like someone always on the edge of whispering.
Reference: Shohreh Aghdashloo, but more dream-like, speaks like someone who knows a terrible truth and has made peace with it, or perhaps become part of it.
Tone Notes: Speaks with cryptic authority. Every word is intentional, soaked in unsettling calm and conviction. Even when angry, she never raises her voice-her fury is cold and patient. Think sermon more than speech.
Appearance: 2 EpisodesAudition Lines:
(serene, almost gentle)
You don’t have to fear the madness. It’s the only thing that’s ever truly honest.
(whispered, conspiratorial, barely restrained glee)
The Veil cracks, the Dreamlands bleed… and I? I will be there to greet the new gods as they step through.
(euphoric, reverent, nearly singing the words)
He spoke to me… not with words, but with colors, screams, and stars falling out of order. Tell me… have you heard the Crawling Chaos whisper your name yet?
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Age: 37 appearing (about 80-90 years old)
Gender: Female
Voice: Firm and grounded, with a voice that's been worn by command and battle. Slight rasp from years of yelling over chaos, but capable of quiet tenderness.
Reference: Rosario Dawson or Ellen Ripley, she’s raw, direct, and commanding, the kind of woman who earns loyalty and doesn’t ask for permission.
Tone Notes: Always sounds like she's in control, even when she's not. She's curt with her orders, deliberate in vulnerability, and has a soldier's natural rhythm to her words. When she talks about Bosco, her voice softens-but the edge is never far behind.
Appearance: 7 EpisodesAudition Lines:
(low, quiet, deadly serious)
Hope didn’t save Bosco. Hope didn’t stop the bullets. So unless you’ve got something better, pick up a weapon… or get out of my way.
(commanding, mid-battle tone, rallying her people)
They think we’re broken. That we’ll crawl back to our cages when they snap their fingers. Let’s show them what happens when cornered dogs learn how to bite.
(soft, restrained grief cracking through steel resolve)
He wanted peace. He believed we could build something better. I still believe that… but I’m not done burning things down to get there.
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Age: Appears 22 (Actually 45)
Gender: Male
Voice: Confident, clear, and sharp-every word calculated, but natural.
Reference: Matt Damon, Leonardo DiCaprio, charismatic, biting, and always a few moves ahead.
Tone Notes: Speaks with calm authority, even when irritated. There's a slight condescension in his delivery, as if explaining things to people who just won't ever get it. He's charismatic, but you get the feeling he's always three steps ahead-and a little tired of waiting for everyone to catch up.
Appearance: 5 EpisodesAudition Lines:
(fast, irritated, sarcastic)
You think I’m paranoid? No, paranoid would be not rewiring this kill switch. Paranoid would be trusting you to do it. Now shut up and hand me the calibrator.
(low, controlled fury)
You sold us out for a promotion? Wow. Hope that extra ration card keeps you warm when the whole damn system collapses on top of you.
(almost calm, slightly manic)
You want safe? Join the Corps. You want certainty? Die. But if you want change…
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Age: Appears 30 (Actually 66)
Gender: Male
Voice: Deep, gravelly, and resonant. Commands attention the moment he speaks.
Reference: Carl Weathers, Ron Perlman, Clancy Brown, with gravel, weight, and just a flicker of vulnerability beneath the steel.
Tone Notes: Heavy and grounded. Even in casual conversation, there's weight behind his words. When he's calm, it's like thunder in the distance-when he's angry, it's a storm. He rarely raises his voice, but when he does, it shakes the room. Carries both the exhaustion of a man who's fought too many battles and the strength to fight ten more.
Appearance: 4 EpisodesAudition Lines:
(calm, firm)
Fear’s not weakness. It’s proof you’re still human. Use it, or the Arena will use it against you.
(cold, threatening)
You lay one more finger on them, and I will remind you what the Arena made me into. And you won’t walk away from the lesson.
(soft, nostalgic, reflecting)
They pulled me from the pits, when I’d forgotten what freedom tasted like. I owe them my life. So if they fall… I fall beside them.
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Age: Appears 23 (Actually 49)
Gender: Male
Voice: Soft, thoughtful, maybe even a little awkward. Speaks like a man who’s been through more than he lets on.
Reference: Daniel Radcliffe, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Oscar Isaac, Dev Patel, or Rami Malek, someone with quiet confidence, a bit of charm, and flashes of emotional depth when it counts.
Tone Notes: Quiet confidence layered under uncertainty. Gets more animated when talking about hope or art.
Appearance: 5 EpisodesAudition Lines:
(playful, embarrassed, trying to downplay)
Sometimes… sometimes people stop. And they see it. And for a second, they remember what hope feels like. But… it’s not much, really. Just color and light on a wall…
(firm, passionate, arguing)
You want to blow something up? Fine. But when the dust settles, who’s left to rebuild? Rage can’t be the only brush we paint with.
(quiet, somber)
They tried to erase me. My name, my art, everything. But you can’t kill an idea. Not when it’s already etched into the walls.
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Age: Appears mid-30s
Gender: Female
Voice: Measured, scholarly, but with a subtle otherworldly echo—like two people speaking at once.
Reference: Tilda Swinton, Carrie Coon, Tilda Swinton, articulate, precise, but with an undercurrent of otherworldly tension.
Tone Notes: Sometimes pauses mid-sentence, as though hearing something the others don’t. Occasionally slips into flat affect.
Appearance: 1 EpisodesAudition Lines:
(calm, reflective)
I stepped between seconds... and came back wrong. I don’t remember where I went, only that something there remembered me.
(determined, challenging)
I’m not a weapon. I’m not a monster. I am the only one who still remembers what we’re fighting for.
(unnerved, whispering as if afraid)
The Veilfield isn’t holding the Dreamlands back. It’s feeding them. Every flicker of doubt, every lost name… it’s all by design.
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Age: 34
Gender: Female
Voice: Playful, sly, and occasionally biting. Sounds like she’s always five steps ahead.
Reference: Hayley Atwell, Stephanie Beatriz, Rosamund Pike, Jessica Chastain, or Rebecca Ferguson, confident, composed, and emotionally restrained, but able to cut deep with just a few words.
Tone Notes: Can pivot from flirtatious to deadly serious in an instant. Uses humor to deflect vulnerability.
Appearance: 3 EpisodesAudition Lines:
(cold, focused, interrogating)
You’re lying. Not well, but with conviction… I’ll give you that. Now tell me what I don’t already have on file.
(low and bitter)
I gave them my name, my blood, my loyalty. And the second I saw what they were hiding… they sent a bullet instead of a thank you.
(dry, half-joking)
There are two outcomes here: we get what we came for, or I add another name to the ‘people who tried to kill me’ list. Either way? Productive.
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Age: 27
Gender: Nonbinary (They/Them)
Voice: Fast-talking, impulsive, and brimming with energy. Sounds like they’re always on the edge of a decision.
Reference: Aimee Carrero, Mae Whitman, Hailee Steinfeld, Xolo Maridueña, or Hunter Schafer depending on your casting direction. Disk wears their heart on their sleeve, and every line should sound like they mean it.
Tone Notes: Sarcastic under pressure. Cracks jokes to avoid fear. Struggles to sound serious even when they want to.
Appearance: 2 EpisodesAudition Lines:
(frustrated, challenging a superior)
You all keep saying I’m not ready, but when is anyone ever ready? I’d rather die on my feet than rot in the shadows waiting for permission.
(vulnerable)
I just wanted to prove I belonged here… that I could be more than the loudmouth with a death wish. But maybe you’re right. Maybe I don’t get to make that call alone.
(breathless, excited)
Okay! That was not the plan, but it worked, kind of, and we’re still alive. So! Improvised brilliance or suicidal luck… jury’s out.
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Age: 28
Gender: Male
Voice: Deep, warm, and protective. Like a big brother trying to stay calm for everyone else.
Reference: Travis Willingham, Steve Blum, Dave Bautista, Winston Duke, or a softer Vin Diesel, strong, protective, with a quiet intensity that masks deep emotional vulnerability.
Tone Notes: Gentle when talking to Disk, authoritative when others are involved. His anger is quiet but heavy.
Appearance: 3 EpisodesAudition Lines:
(quietly furious)
Next time you throw yourself at a Veildrone like that… don’t expect me to just stand back and watch. I said I’d protect you. I meant it.
(firm)
I’ll follow orders. I always do. But if you send them into that deathtrap, you better be ready to step over me first.
(calm under fire)
Breathe. In through your nose, out through your mouth. We don’t panic. We move. Follow my lead, and we walk out of this together.
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Age: 23
Gender: Male
Voice: Young, enthusiastic, and slightly too confident.
Reference: Finn Wolfhard, Tom Holland, Justice Smith, or a more eager Ezra Miller, a mix of cocky genius and vulnerable idealist who hasn’t quite learned when to shut up.
Tone Notes: Talks fast when excited. Stammers a little when scared. Always sounds like he’s thinking three steps ahead, and might trip over step two.
Appearance: 5 EpisodesAudition Lines:
(excited)
Okay, hear me out. We hijack the transit grid, overload the surge regulators, and, boom! Blow a hole in the Veilfield big enough to drive a gunship through! …No? Just me?
(defensive)
You all act like I’m just some kid playing at war. But I’ve studied the Veilfield systems inside and out! I can crack it- I will crack it!
(under pressure)
Come on, come on, don’t do this to me now. You were working fine five minutes ago! If this thing fries, we all go with it, so please, just… work.
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Age: 25
Gender: Female
Voice: Rough, determined, and practical. Like someone who’s had to fight for everything.
Reference: Laura Bailey, Krystina Alabado, Zazie Beetz, Stephanie Beatriz, someone who’s been knocked down more times than she can count, but always gets back up, fists clenched.
Tone Notes: Doesn’t waste words. Gruff at first, but softens when she trusts you. Always sounds like she’s bracing for a fight.
Appearance: 3 EpisodesAudition Lines:
(defiant)
You want them? You go through me. And trust me- I don’t go down easy.
(snapping at someone)
I don’t need a badge or a speech to prove where I stand. I bleed for the Knives- do you?
(trying not to get emotional)
They threw me in the pits when I was fifteen. Thought it’d be funny to watch a kid die. But I didn’t. I made damn sure they remembered my name.
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Age: 27
Gender: Female
Voice: Cold, precise, and low. Everything she says feels like it’s been filtered through skepticism.
Reference:Felicity Jones, Emily Blunt, or Morven Christie, someone burdened by loss but still pushing forward with resolve and professionalism.
Tone Notes: Sometimes lets vulnerability slip into her voice, but masks it fast. Her silence says more than her words.
Appearance: 3 EpisodesAudition Lines:
(low, focused, reporting in, masking tension)
Five hostiles. Two on the roof, three patrolling ground level. If we move now, we’ve got a shot—but only once.
(snapping at someone)
You don’t get to play hero out here. One wrong move, and everyone dies. Do you want to be the reason that happens again?
(soft, reflective, quietly tormented)
I hear them sometimes… my old squad. Just echoes. But I still wonder… if I’d listened, if I’d waited… would they still be breathing?
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To Fill out bits and pieces here and there. Enjoy yourself here, there are just a few lines for you to read through.
Umbra Corps Members
[Tone: professional, commanding, or cold. Optional corrupted/detached delivery.]
(strict officer tone)
Sector Twelve is sealed. No one gets in without high clearance. Not even you.
(interrogator, calm menace)
Everyone breaks eventually. The only question is how loud they scream on the way down.
(disillusioned guard, muttered)
You ever wonder if we are protecting the city… or just keeping it asleep?
(battle command, shouting over chaos)
Lock down the perimeter! I want every building swept, every shadow burned!
Prisoners
[Tone: desperate, mocking, mad, or rebellious.]
(bitter, yelling at guards)
C’mon! Is that all you’ve got? You keep us in cages ‘cause you’re scared of what we’d do free!
(whispers, unstable)
The walls talk. I told ‘em to shut up but they keep laughing… laughing like him…
(resigned but defiant)
Let them send in their beasts. I’d rather die fighting than rot another day in this hole.
(mocking the Gray Blade)
Oh look, the silent butcher’s got a new pup. Let’s hope this one lasts longer than the last.
Sable Knives
[Tone: rebellious, sharp, fierce, or supportive.]
(sharp, hurried whisper)
You’ve got sixty seconds to decide: run with us, or die here with your doubt.
(quiet encouragement)
We don’t fight because we think we’ll win. We fight because someone has to remind them we’re still human.
(cocky saboteur tone)
Gonna blow their power grid sky high. Watch ‘em scramble like Veilbugs in a storm.
(furious grief)
They took everything from me… and now I’m gonna take it all back, one corpse at a time.
Citizens of Umbra-Vault
[Tone: fearful, exhausted, broken, or quietly hopeful.]
(tired, whispering)
Don’t look up. The lights might be watching. Just… just keep walking.
(suspicious, quiet rebellion)
They say the Knives are monsters. But I’ve seen more kindness from them than from the Corps.
(paranoid, muttering)
There’s something wrong with the rain. It burns. It remembers.
(hopeful, nervous)
Did you hear? Someone tagged the Dome again… ‘The Veil Will Fall.’ Maybe this time… they’re right.
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