Before I give you a synopsis of the show, I just want to speak of the preview video and a plea. This video is taken from the rough drafts and is to give you a look at how the retakes process works, as well as giving you a look to see if this is something you would feel comfortable acting in. I'm not making it a NSFW call as there is no sex or nudity in this show, and I don't want to get lumped in with that.
Now, a plea. We first put up a casting call for this project two years ago. Since then, we have not completed one episode. Most of the cast we have are great, but we have been plagued with unproffessional voice actors who ghosted us. Not for days. Not for weeks. Not for a month. Most of these ghosted us for three or fours months before I had to fire them. Some left the project without telling us. Please, make sure you are serious about being a VA before auditioning. We honestly can't afford to keep hiring people who go silent. Two years of nothing but rough drafts is far too long.
You will be asked to sign an AI Rider/NDA before scripts are sent to you. Payments are made through PayPal. However, if you're from the UK, I am also open to doing bank transfer should you wish to. Only UK cast as I can't afford too many overseas charges. Credited names must be real or a real sounding alias. I am trying to make the show look as professional as possible, so no Voiceactor21932, BernardGrimesVA or anything like that please. The VA can just be taken off from the end though.
The Purgatorians is an Isekai, which I had never heard of until a cast member told me, in which people arrive in this world from our own world. They have no idea how they got here, or why they are here. Once all the help from the rulers have been proven to be lies, they submit to their fate and settle down here. The one thing they don't know is that every 15 years, the cycle will come to an end. There's a 99% chance they may not survive this.
Between the start and end of the cycle, The Liberator is claiming souls in order to take the land by force. Sending his trusty right hand man to do the claiming, or the killing, getting them in the old asylum and forcing them to go through retraining, or torture depending on how you look at it, until they submit. Once submitted, they become one of The Liberators army. If they don't submit, they risk becoming fodder for The Purgatorians and become feral.
A look at what retraining actually is, and to hear the main antagonists, in the video below. Once again, viewer discretion advised.
https://youtu.be/YlyGcBRI2m0
Meanwhile, in the city. The so called leader of Serenity is fighting a lost cause as the council members keep forcing him to do their bidding by always making sure the votes fall in their favour. The leader is a man who wants the best for his citizens. The other council members prefer to rule in fear. The problem is that one of them knows some of the leaders closely held secrets that he can't afford to allow the citizens to find out. This could ruin him. However, one of the council members know these truths. She can and will hold these against him to make sure he does exactly what she demands.
The Purgatorians is a dramatic thriller audio drama with horror and fantasy elements. It does contain some scenes that some people may find offensive or distressing. The prequel is more condensed, 5 episodes, so things move faster. The main show is 5 seasons of 52 episodes each. This moves a lot slower so character development can take place and storylines set up so they aren't rushed. It can be seen as more of a soap opera/serial drama with horror elements added in.
At the moment, we have over 50 cast members set over the main show and the prequel. Crew are on standby to create original music for the show, as well as an audio engineer to make it sound the best it can. Unfortunately, due to the ghosting problems we have had since day 1, the crew hasn't had anything to do yet. Many more characters will come and go over the course of the show, so we will always be looking out for new talent.
I can't add the proper pay rates to the call as CCC doesn't allow me to. Here they are.
Main cast - At the moment, this is set to £20 per episode. If the show does well enough to allow me to do so, all previous episodes will be back paid to £2 per line. All future episodes will then be paid at £2 per line and increase to a maximum of £5 per line as and when the show allows me to do so.
If any extra lines are added, these are paid at an extra £2 per line regardless. I don't believe the cast members should be punished for my mistakes.
For extras - These start out at £2 per line, just so I don't get confused if I can pay back pay. The extras will have already been paid this so will recieve no back pay. Mostly, there will only be possibly 5-10 lines for extras. However, at times there may be slightly more. This will always be £2 per line regardless.
I will add the first three concept teasers here. All of these are taken from the rough drafts, and the first two will give you some context to what takes place in the preview video.
https://youtu.be/ch_8YgMbbxk - Concept teaser 1
https://youtu.be/uUWaYzOcJiA - Concept teaser 2
https://youtu.be/qUIK66DJ_kc - Concept teaser 3
Please take note that Elena is in the show for quite a while. She is prominent in the prequel. Takes a slight back seat in the early stages of the main show, although still in many episodes. Then becomes more prominent later down the line. To avoid any confusion, the Elena you hear in the teasers is the one who is no longer with us. This is the role you will be taking. I did like her voice and tones for the maunipulative and/or calm parts though, so please try not to stray too far from this as that is how Elena is meant to sound.
AI will never be used at all in any episode of The Purgatorians, but I need to make a full admission to be transparant with you all. When the show first began prodution, I needed a placeholder image until I could afford to pay an artist for an actual image as all of my money was going on paying the cast for their lines.. Two years ago, someone came to me with one and I accepted it. I had no idea how bad and unethical AI was back then. As people started to see it, they started educating me on how wrong it was. I then put lines from the cast on hold for a month so I could pay for an artist to draw a proper one for us. The placeholder was discarded immediately, swapped out with the logo of the show alone, and replaced.
To try to make sure no AI was used in any creation, I do ask anyone that creates music or artwork for the show to send me a signed written declaration saying this was their own work and AI wasn't used to create it. The cast declare this when signing the AI Rider/NDA.
I fully admit this to you as most of the cast interviews, which were recorded in the early days, still has the placeholder image. The image you see in the preview, as the scenes change, is the replacement that shall be used. I have learnt from the mistake I made 2 years ago, and I honestly vow to never use this again now I understand the wrongs of AI. I have made plenty of anti AI posts on Twitter/X, but I never try to hide that I made the mistake in the first place.
Any questions. Please let me know. If you don't want feedback, please let me know when uploading your audition.
