
WHAT IS THE PURGATORIANS?
The Purgatorians is an original, highly ambitious, big budget, dramatic thriller, audio drama, with horror and romance elements. No AI is used in any of the episodes whatsoever. The voices are human, the artists are human, the musicians and Foley Artists, as well as the audio engineer and video editor are human too.
It takes place in a place called Serenetia, a place in which nobody willingly travels to, they just appear. After searching for a way home, they do as all the previous citizens have done and settle down there trying to make a new life for themselves. The problem is, they have no idea of the cycle that ends every 15 years, wiping the world clean of most the inhabitants, and beginning anew.
THE PREQUEL BEFORE THE SEQUEL MINISERIES
This consists of 5 episodes, showing the final 4 days of the previous cycle. Not only are the citizens aware of the upcoming extinction level event, they also have the council of 5 ruling by fear. As well as The Purgatorians themselves planning a very deadly attack upon the city, after one of the captives escape from the old asylum. This leads up to how deadly the end of the cycle actually is.
THE MAIN SHOW
Set 10 years after the prequel miniseries, Jamie Atkinson arrives in this new world, confused and scared. The first season follows him as he tries to find a way back home. Trying to navigate the rules of Serenetia, while trying to stay alive.
There are tales of a hero of prophecy who fits his description, who will put an end to the cruel regime and end The Liberators life, the leader of the old asylum, as well as to put an end to the cycle. He has the council and The Purgatorians out for his blood. He must be ended. However, he is an ordinary man, not good at fighting, no magical powers, so how can he stop them?
This world will have to break the man who came here down to nothing, in order to build him back up into a hero. How will it break him? Can he survive to fulfil the prophecy once and for all.
AUDITIONS
I have noticed a huge influx of people trying to sell their services here, since my last casting call a few months ago. VA's will be answered for any question they ask. Anyone trying to sell services or sending me a DM to contact them on Discord, with nothing else said, will be ignored. If I want another service, I will put a call up for it. Right now, this call is for voice actors only.
Please be aware that feedback in auditions are defaulted to opt in. If you do not want any feedback, please say you opt out of them in your file description. Please take note that many who are cast now listened to their feedback and resubmitted. One sounded too old to begin with, then too anime, their third was perfect.
Please do not read the audition to me, act it to me. I need to hear the character and how close you can get. Reading it alone does not allow me to hear the tones and emotions needed.
Feedback is there is guide you into my vision to give you the best possible chance at being cast. Also, take note of any reference videos there may be. The people in them were cast because they got close to my vision and that's what I'm looking for.
Poor audio will only be given feedback on that. So please be aware of background chatter or noise, such as if you have a fan on or the window open and cars are passing by. Also room echo and acoustic issues.
Finally, please read the character bios. At one time, we had people sounding in their 20's auditioning for Eliza. That won't work. I am trying to create a realistic sounding show. These will only get the feedback as being too young for the role, or too old in Toby's case if you sound as though you're in your 50's.
PRODUCTION
The entire show is funded entirely by me, no other funding or backing at all. The show right now is costing me over £100,000 per season, while I only get £1,000 per month, then living expenses need to be deducted. I have no savings or any other money to fall back on.
I told you that so you can understand why production is moving along so slowly. We have at least 5 seasons of shows to create, as well as Christmas Specials, Charity Specials, and 30+ Anthology episodes to create. At the moment, I can only afford to create one episode every month, or split into teams over 2 months.
If we ever get monetized and we get enough to allow this, this will increase to 4 episodes per month, so almost one full season can be asked for per year. Most characters don't last that long though, with exception to some secondary characters and the main ones.
Lines are given a one month deadline, if split into teams then 2 months for some. After all lines are submitted, I put together a rough draft to ask for retakes. Your scenes here are mandatory to watch and read the notes. Even if I haven't given you any retakes there, you must ask yourself 'Can I personally do better?'. One person did this, and the 10 retakes I requested turned into 50 minutes worth of them.
After all retakes are handed back in, I then swap them out from the original takes, and if all is fine, these then are handed to the audio engineer who puts together a finalized rough draft. This is what is used to time things such as panting if running, crying, screaming, etc. The audio engineer then makes a final cut with everything added, which is then passed onto the video editor.
PAYMENTS
Please do not make me have to embarrass myself by refusing anyone who wants more pay at this moment in time. This is not a low budget show and the budget is very stretched right now, close to breaking. Pay will increase in the future if the success of the show allows me to.
It's not only voice actors I need to pay. There's also.
Audio Engineer
Foley work
Musicians
Artists
Thumbnail Designer
Video Editor
Licensing costs for real songs
Subscriptions for software, Dropbox and other sites needed, as well as many more.
If the show does well enough to allow me to, payments will increase to £2 per line, with all backpay for previous lines paid too. If the audio drama continues to increase in success, allowing me to pay more, all future line rates shall also increase further to make it fair on you.
At the moment, my hands are tied to £20 per episode right now, and I honestly can't increase this at the moment without slowing down production even more. If I do that, the show will not go live until 2028 at the earliest. The main show has already been delayed into 2027 due to some cast members ignoring deadlines and not sending me their lines, hence these recasts.
IF CAST
In order to protect yourself and the show, you will first be asked to sign an AI Rider/NDA. After this, a welcome email is sent to you letting you know all you need to know, as well as the scripts, and information I need from you. Here is what it looks like, since someone thought an AI Rider/NDA stood for a TTS training module, not sure how but nothing is used for AI here, and this is to protect all of us.

Toby/Demonic Toby will be on an urgent schedule, which means episodes 2 and 3 will be required within 2 weeks so production isn't delayed. After episode 4 is submitted, you then play catch up with the main show.
Betsy and Eliza will be playing catch up with the main show for a short time, then may have a slight pause while we finish production on the prequel miniseries.
You will also have the option to join our Discord and be added to the cast channels, in which you will get all the news and updates there. If not, a monthly email is sent with all the important ones. Discord is optional, not mandatory.
We also have an IMDb where you can be credited if you wish, once your lines are sent to me. Credited names must be realistic. They can be an alias but I'm trying to make this look at professional as possible, so Creedence Cleverpants will not be accepted. To be credited in the show, which is mandatory, it must be a realistic sounding name.
CONTENT WARNING
Please be advised that this is a dark and gritty show. I want to highlight the darkness in our world that needs to be stopped. I don't want to tread on eggshells as if these do not matter. I do not tread lightly around these issues at all, so please make sure you are comfortable voicing in such a dark show.
On the plus side, it will show your range to other potential directors. They may reach out to you and offer you more work. I would like the cast to use this show as a stepping stone to more prestigious projects.
The content warning is there for a reason, and I highly advise you watch the video linked before you consider auditioning. I would rate this show a 15 without proper visuals, but an 18 if it had. There are no sex scenes at all in this show, but there are talks of them, consensual and none consensual acts.
IN CONCLUSION
This is one of the most ambitious shows you will see here on Casting Call Club. The cost, the amount of characters, 50+ to begin with alone, the size of the show and the longevity of it.
There are many more videos on our YouTube channel, as well as many cast interviews and concepts there too, if you would like to take a look.
https://www.youtube.com/@SerenitySoloStudios
Thank you all for reading, and I hope to see you in the auditions.
Serenity Solo Studios