WITCHPUNK Season 2 Casting Call

WITCHPUNK Season 2 Casting Call

Project Overview

  • All roles are unpaid.

  • Auditions open July 29th to noon (Irish time) August 15th 2026. 

  • Roles will be offered before end August.

  • Role recording during September, completed by October 4th at latest.

  • Recording will be remote and asynchronous.

  • Script status: Season 2 script complete.

  • VA’s will be credited in end episode titles, episode descriptions and on our webpage.

  • For fairness, submissions won't be reviewed until after the closing date.

Witchpunk Series Description (3 Seasons)

The climate ain’t what it used to be and neither is the future. Betrayed and hunted by rogue corporations and religious ideologues across storm- and militia-haunted, crumbling 22nd Century America (where street witches wield quantum technology on the floating markets of Manhattan and the rich flee Earth for the new orbitals), the bickering crew of the semi-legit landship, the Strega, must stop the mysterious Foucault Engine from activating: at stake is not just their own lives, but a fight for who controls the future. Witchpunk is a gritty cyberpunk epic told in three seasons of six episodes each.

Season 2 (6 episodes)

The crew reluctantly work for Iraklis as he claims both to be able to fix Alice and to have information on Devereaux. This involves them in his wider schemes while they at the same time try to work out who Iraklis is. In season one the crew were mostly reacting to events; now in season two they seek to actively take control. This path will take them from a cyber heist in Salt Lake City, via facility infiltration in Orlando during a heat bomb, to the Gaiaista encampment in Kansas as they prepare to go under Storm Mother…

(Storm Mother is a key part of the Season 2 plot and is mentioned in several role descriptions. Think of her as a vast witchy permanent storm slowly grinding Kansas to dust. The Gaiaistas are sort of neo-pagan-hippies who follow Storm Mother around and worship her as Gaia. Long term proximity to Storm Mother has strange mental effects on people, including hallucinations and a death wish desire to go under her)

Auditioning

We are looking for grounded, naturalistic performances. If you’ve listened to season one, you know the style we want. We are looking for VA’s who can embody a physical presence in their performance suitable for the scene location. Your character may be talking in a noisy vehicle or desperately running for cover while talking and shooting. The tone of the show is serious but some of the characters bring at times a lightness to the proceedings. This humour is written to be emergent from the script rather than that they are played comedic.

  • All experience levels welcome. 

  • You can audition for multiple roles.

  • 18+ only.

  • Auditions open July 29th to noon (Irish time) August 15th 2026. 

  • Auditions should be uploaded to this form or submitted via our Google form (see our social media).

  • Please provide two to three takes (third one can be your own free take on the character if you want to). 

  • Our preference for episode recording will be for ABCABC rather than AABBCC but either is fine for auditioning.

  • Audition audio should be a mp3 file with a file name of CHARACTERNAME_yourname.mp3

  • Recordings should be 48KHz and 24 bit or higher.

  • Auditions should be done in the space you will use to record in, with the equipment you intend to record with (all cast VA’s will be recording their lines locally on their own equipment).

  • We will be looking for good quality original audio with minimal background noise and echo, as the less processing, the better the end product.

  • Apart from editing the file down to the lines you are submitting, no additional processing should be done to the file. We will take care of denoise, reverb etc.

The role descriptions are of the character, not the voice actor, so feel free to audition for any role that you consider you can do well, irrespective of gender, age etc.  For accents that are not specified, we encourage  voices from anywhere in the world.


Note on Content

There are no sexually explicit dialogue scenes. There is no sexual violence, though a single-episode character in season two has a backstory of sexual exploitation. You will need to be okay with strong language (swearing). Characters swear when under stress (Franklin swears all the time). Gun, blade and vehicular violence is present throughout the series. It is treated matter of factly and the script does not dwell on gore etc.

Feedback from Season 1 Casting Call

These points are made here in the spirit of helping you put your best foot (or is that voice?) forward:

Follow the instructions! The less speed bumps you put between us and your audition, the more receptive we will be to it. We’re only human.

Submit the sides for the role(s) you are auditioning for. You can submit a voice reel as well if you want, but if you only submit a voice reel, we’ll ignore you.

We will use RX 11 amongst other tools to clean up your audio. Do not process your voice. We will take this into account when listening. We want to hear it raw, as that is what we will be working with during post.

You may make your voice sound worse if your process it without knowing exactly what you’re doing. Being suspicious that an actor is processing their voice? See the first point above!

Don’t submit an AI voice!

It’s ok to add the little nonverbals - sighs, umms physical breaths etc - that can add life to a line reading. Obviously don't overdo it!

You’ll notice that we refrain from giving physical descriptions (‘gravelly’ etc) of characters voices. We found that it encouraged actors to lean on the adjective for their performance, often ruining it. Inhabit the character.

If you’re doing an accent that is not your own, unless you are absolutely sure you are really good at it, please do the first take in your own accent. A submission where we can’t separate the actor from their terrible attempt at an accent is no use to you.

Don’t submit in bad Irish accents just because we’re Irish.

Yes it’s science fiction but avoid cartoonish or OTT accents or voices. We want naturalistic. Season one is your guide.

Most roles were cast in line with what we expected/hoped for, but not all - so if you think you can bring a different perspective to what our description is, go for it. Just don’t get silly with it!

We will clean up low grade noise and reverb as a matter of course. However, a very noisy background or excessive reverb will count against you. If we really like your performance, we might run it through a clean up process to see how it can be improved, or ask you to re-submit, but most likely we won’t - we’ll look for the VAs in control of their environment.

Loudness (this point will not count against your audition so don’t worry if you don’t know what we’re on about, we understand that you’re a VA not a sound designer): We got many auditions that were quite loud or too quiet, sometimes risking our monitors and eardrums as we switched between submissions. The dialogue stem in Witckpunk episodes averages around -18.5 LUFS, ranging between -16 and -20 LUFS depending on the scene energy. So if you want a guide for your recording input level, use these numbers. Please don’t run your recording through a leveller to hit these numbers - see our point about no processing!

Role List

FEMALE CHARACTERS

Lucy, Corporate Mage, 20’s, any accent except Irish or English. 53 lines.

Maria, Street Witch, 50’s-70’s, American (New York ideal but not required) 57 lines.

Devereaux, ex-Strega crew, 40’s, any accent. 19 lines.

Spiral, Combat Witch,  20’s-30’s, any accent. 38 lines.

Dr Wilson, Doctor, 30’s-60’s, American. 141 word monologue

Shepetton, Corporate, 30’s-50’s, any accent. 3 lines (incl. monologue)

Esther, Street Witch, any age, any accent. 3 lines.

Gaiaista, Synthesiser, 20’s-30’s, any accent. 6 lines.

Zenamatics Engine Tech, Corporate, 30’s-50’s, any accent. 11 lines.

Iraklis_1, another version, any age, any accent. 4 lines.

Aurore, combat witch, 30’s-40’s, any accent. 3 lines.

MALE CHARACTERS

David, Alice’s partner, 40’s, Australian. 39 lines.

Galvin, Technical, 30’s, any accent except Irish. 55 lines.

Iraklis_2, another version, 20’s, any accent. 20 lines.

Jeffrey, ex-corporate, 40’s-60’s, any accent. 29 lines.

Calab/Zenamatics Scientist, Corporate, 40’s-60’s, American. 20 lines.

Carl, Corporate, 30’s, American. 5 lines.

Zenamatics Technical, Soldier, 20’s, any accent except Irish. 10 lines.

Daniels, street tech, 40’s-60’s, any accent. 6 lines.

Big Guy, Gaiaista leader, 30’s-50’s, any accent. 12 lines

Additional minor roles (x3), 20’s-40’s, American.

Dominionist, Orderly. 3 lines.

Dominionist, Sergeant. 3 lines.

OlsenSAT Security Chief, Corporate. 2 lines.

ANY GENDER

Redford, Corporate Manager, 30’s-60’s, any accent. 14 lines.

Marty, TV Guest, 30’s-50’s, American. 10 lines.

Radio & TV Presenters (x5), any age, any accent. Monologues.

Con, maker guard. 20’s-30’s, any accent. 5 lines.

Gaiaista Dealer, Drug dealer, any age, any accent. 2 lines.

Zenamatics Security Chief, Corporate, 40’s-50’s, any accent. 4 lines.

Zenamatics Security, Corporate, 20’s-30’s, any accent. 4 lines.

OlsenSAT Guard, Security, 30’s-40’s, any accent. 4 lines.

StaySafe Guard, Security, 30’s-40’s, American. 2 lines.

Waiter, Waiter, any age, American. 2 lines.

TV Shooter, audience member, any age, American. 3 lines.

Aero AI: 30’s-40’s, American. 6 lines.

Project Roles: Lucy, female, 2 episodes, 53 lines. Corporate Mage, 20’s, any accent except Irish or English. Maria, female, 1 episode, 57 lines. Street Witch, 50’s-70’s, American (New York ideal but not required*) Devereaux, female, 3 episodes, 19 lines. Ex-Strega crew, 40’s, any accent. Spiral, female, 1 episode, 38 lines Combat Witch, 20’s-30’s, any accent. Dr Wilson, female, 1 episode, 141 word monologue. Doctor, 30’s-60’s, American. Shepetton, female, 1 episode, 3 lines including a 370 word monologue. Corporate, 30’s-50’s, any accent. Esther, female, 1 episode, 3 lines. Street Witch, any age, any accent. Gaiaista, female, 1 episode, 6 lines. Synthesiser, 20’s-30’s, any accent. Zenamatics Engine Tech, female, 1 episode, 11 lines. Corporate, 30’s-50’s, any accent. Iraklis_1, female, 1 episode, 4 lines. Another version of Iraklis, any age, any accent. Aurore, female, 1 episode*, 3 lines. Combat witch, 30’s-40’s, any accent. David, male, 1 episode*, 39 lines. Alice’s partner, 40’s, Australian. Galvin, male, 1 episode, 55 lines. Technical, 30’s, any accent except Irish. Iraklis_2, male, 1 episode, 20 lines. Another version of Iraklis, 20’s, any accent. Jeffrey, male, 2 episodes, 29 lines. Ex-corporate, 40’s-60’s, any accent. Caleb/Zenamatics Scientist, male, 2 episodes, 20 lines. Corporate, 40’s-60’s, American. Carl, male, 1 episode* 5 lines. Corporate, 30’s, American. Zenamatics Technical, male, 1 episode, 10 lines. Soldier, 20’s, any accent except Irish. Daniels, male, 1 episode, 6 lines Street tech, 40’s-60’s, any accent. Big Guy, male, 2 episodes, 12 lines. Gaiaista leader, 30’s-50’s, any accent. Additional minor male roles (x3), 20’s-40’s, American. Dominionist, Orderly. 3 lines. Dominionist, Sergeant. 3 lines. OlsenSAT Security Chief, Corporate. 2 lines. Redford, any gender, 1 episode, 14 lines. Corporate Manager, 30’s-60’s, any accent. Marty, any gender, 10 lines. TV Guest, 30’s-50’s, American. Con, any gender, 1 episode, 5 lines. Maker guard. 20’s-30’s, any accent. Gaiaista Dealer, any gender, 1 episode, 2 lines Drug dealer, any age, any accent. Zenamatics Security Chief, any gender, 1 episode, 4 lines. Corporate, 40’s-50’s, any accent. Zenamatics Security, any gender, 1 episode, 4 lines. Corporate, 20’s-30’s, any accent. OlsenSAT Guard, any gender, 1 episode, 4 lines. Security, 30’s-40’s, any accent. StaySafe Guard, any gender, 1 episode, 2 lines. Security, 30’s-40’s, American. Radio & TV Presenters (x5), any gender, multiple news monologues. Any age, any accent. Waiter, any gender, 1 episode, 2 lines. Any age, American. TV Shooter, any gender, 1 episode, 3 lines. Audience member, any age, American. Aero AI, any gender, 1 episode, 6 lines. Vehicle AI, 30’s-40’s, American.
Lucy, female, 2 episodes, 53 lines. Corporate Mage, 20’s, any accent except Irish or English.
Voice Actor Voice Actor
Lucy, female, 2 episodes, 53 lines. Corporate Mage, 20’s, any accent except Irish or English.
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Unpaid

*Lucy will also appear in at least one episode in S3 and probably more (she may end up joining the crew).

Lucy is young, smart and educated, but has lived the sheltered life of corporate kid brought up in a corporate world. She is way out of her depth when she becomes involved with the crew (they blackmail her)  but she is gamely trying to brazen it out as her life spirals out of control. Her well spoken, corporate background contrasts with the street background of the crew.

Settings for sides:

SIDE 1

The crew may have caused your current problems but they’re also your only way out. The facility is under attack, but you need to explain to them what they need to do to get access to the Engine.

SIDE 2

Same situation as above but you’re trying to persuade the crew to take you with them. Your fear and fright is coming through but you clamp down on it by the end.

Voice description:
  • female adult
  • You cut the power, it’ll be emergency lights only, as the back-up is mostly for the Engine and its support apparatus. Roya will be able to access the EMP controller when it switches over to the UPS.

  • You don’t get it do you? You think you’re playing Carl and me. He’s playing all of us. He’s using you as a diversion. And the witch is right. The Engine is nearly spun up and then the company will be back in control. Of everything.

Maria, female, 1 episode, 57 lines. Street Witch, 50’s-70’s, American (New York ideal but not required*)
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Maria, female, 1 episode, 57 lines. Street Witch, 50’s-70’s, American (New York ideal but not required*)
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Unpaid

*if you’re not from NY and intend doing a NY accent, please also do a take in your own voice - we got quite a few over the top NY accents last time.

Maria mentored Alice when she was a child on the streets, took her under her wing as a kind of big sister. The betrayal that Alice alludes to in S1 on the plane with Roya is by Maria. Maria obviously doesn’t see it that way. To her Alice is still the ungrateful teenager who wrecked Maria’s life. These two live rent-free in each other’s head and can’t help niggling each other, even as they try to achieve their different objectives in this meeting: Alice to get info; Maria to stall them long enough for help to arrive so that she can avenge herself.

Be careful not to play Maria as a scenery chewing villain - sure she’s a bitter violent woman who uses other people, but in her mind she’s the one who was wronged, she’s the victim here.

Setting for sides:

SIDE 1

You’re meeting with Alice and her friend. It’s home territory so you’re feeling relaxed (or you would be if the urge to strike out at Alice wasn’t so strong). You’re dragging out your story to delay them.

SIDE 2

As above but they’ve finally worked out it’s a trap. You can’t help gloating.

SIDE 3

You can’t help sparring with Alice, all that bitterness at her betrayal of you.

Voice description:
  • female adult
  • We calmed Foxton down - said we'd take it up with Trent first thing in the morning. Personally I'd no intention of doing so as I wanted to get paid and get out of there alive.

  • You know, I'm glad it was you who came.

  • Still running that smart mouth of yours off. Our Lady, you were such a cocky shithead of a kid.

Devereaux, female, 3 episodes, 19 lines. Ex-Strega crew, 40’s, any accent.
Voice Actor Voice Actor
Devereaux, female, 3 episodes, 19 lines. Ex-Strega crew, 40’s, any accent.
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Unpaid

This isn’t really Devereaux but Henry’s image/memory of her. She appears to him alone and talks to him (It’s a side effect of being near Storm Mother). To Henry, Devereaux was a mix of captain, mentor and cool aunt. Play her as a sympathetic authority figure - remember this is what Henry wants Devereaux to be, not the real Devereaux.

Settings for sides:

SIDE 1

Mock exasperated at the modifications that have been made to the Strega.

SIDE 2

Nonchalant, offhand when Henry asks where you’ve been all this time (he has of course been looking for you).

SIDE 3

Henry is looking for praise for the successful drive under Storm Mother. Andy why not? You’re proud of him!

Voice description:
  • female adult
  • Seriously Henry? You dress my girl up like a crock of shit?

  • Oh, here and there, doing this and that.

  • Gold-plated balls of steel, Henry. You danced with Storm Mother herself. You're an absolute legend.

Spiral, female, 1 episode, 38 lines Combat Witch,  20’s-30’s, any accent.
Voice Actor Voice Actor
Spiral, female, 1 episode, 38 lines Combat Witch, 20’s-30’s, any accent.
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Unpaid

Spiral is a putative replacement for Alice. She is a competent, no nonsense combat witch, who doesn’t lose her cool when the plan starts going badly wrong.

Setting for sides:

SIDE 1

The hotel lobby hex perimeter was your job, but Galvin going badly off plan distracted you from it. You’ve just noticed and have got in touch with Henry and Roya via comms.

SIDE 2

It’s the middle of a gunfight, Galvin is being attacked from the Maybe by a priest but won’t shut up telling you what to do. You’re replying to him while also running through in your head the various algorithms and tactics you’re about to use.

Voice description:
  • female adult
  • Guys, we've got a problem. Someone tripped my perimeter in the lobby while we were dealing with Galvin's bullshit.

  • Shut up. I’m thinking. I’ll only get one shot at jumping him in the Maybe. He’s there but not there… But he won’t expect a mere witch to be able to track him back to his body.

Dr Wilson, female, 1 episode, 141 word monologue.  Doctor, 30’s-60’s, American.
Voice Actor Voice Actor
Dr Wilson, female, 1 episode, 141 word monologue. Doctor, 30’s-60’s, American.
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Unpaid

Doctor Wilson leaves a long voicemail for Alice about the results of her tests.

Play her no nonsense, professional.

Voice description:
  • female adult
  • Hello Alice, this is Dr Wilson from Boise Medical Clinic. We got your results back today. The good news is that the latest brain scan also shows no growths or tumours. Not so good is that the anomalous activity in your hypothalamus appears to have spread to your striatum.

Shepetton, female, 1 episode, 3 lines including a 370 word monologue. Corporate, 30’s-50’s, any accent.
Voice Actor Voice Actor
Shepetton, female, 1 episode, 3 lines including a 370 word monologue. Corporate, 30’s-50’s, any accent.
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Unpaid

The bulk of Shepetton’s lines are her side of a phone call while she is being stalked by Galvin. The monologue eventually fades under Galvin’s dialogue.

She is fielding calls about an ongoing cyberattack against the company while she walks down a hotel corridor. She is pure middle management: as different people dial in on the call, she veers from aggressive to sycophantic.

SIDE setting:

You’re on your way to meet with the cybersecurity chief as this absolute shitshow unfolds when you should have been getting ready for a glitzy corporate event. You’re surrounded by incompetents.

Voice description:
  • female adult
  • I'm on my way up now, Peter, oh hang on, Paris office is calling. (BEAT) If any of you fuckers talk to any governmental bodies before we have assessed the damage, I will personally fly over and fire every single fucking one of you, toot fucking sweet. (BEAT) Peter, me again. Are we containing it? Good. Shit, it's the C- Suite calling me now. (BEAT) Director, how are you? (BEAT) No I realise that, yes sir... yes sir. I'll make sure to tell him. (BEAT) We've got the situation under control, sir…

Esther, female, 1 episode, 3 lines. Street Witch, any age, any accent.
Voice Actor Voice Actor
Esther, female, 1 episode, 3 lines. Street Witch, any age, any accent.
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Unpaid

A lackey of Maria, she has three short sentences during their ambush of Alice, before the latter kills her. Play her vicious.

SIDE setting:

Three against one, it shoulda been easy getting the jump on the witch, now suddenly it’s two against one.

Voice description:
  • female adult
  • (1) Bitch! You killed him. (2) Can I stick her? (3) Shut up.

Gaiaista, female, 1 episode, 6 lines. Synthesiser, 20’s-30’s, any accent.
Voice Actor Voice Actor
Gaiaista, female, 1 episode, 6 lines. Synthesiser, 20’s-30’s, any accent.
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Unpaid

She’s one of many synthesisers in the Gaiaista camp who make the drugs that allow one to function without succumbing to Storm Mother’s madness. Alice meets her in the Big Tent to buy some of those drugs.

Play her chill, slightly vague, distracted (she’s on her own product) but try to avoid a stereotype stoner dude.

Side settings:

SIDE 1

The music’s loud so you raise your voice to be heard.

SIDE 2

She’s a bit old but definitely your type, so you make a half hearted pass at her as she leaves.

Voice description:
  • female adult
  • Sure, sure. I take digital only, Afriqs or Euros. Indexed American dollars I can do but heavily discounted.

  • You don't want to stay and dance, beautiful lady?

Zenamatics Engine Tech, female, 1 episode, 11 lines. Corporate, 30’s-50’s, any accent.
Voice Actor Voice Actor
Zenamatics Engine Tech, female, 1 episode, 11 lines. Corporate, 30’s-50’s, any accent.
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Unpaid

A corporate mage working for Zenamatics; in her brief appearance she still manages to twig and badly disrupt the crew’s plan by bluffing Roya. She’s an ordinary office worker trying to do the right thing for the company.

Side settings:

SIDE 1

You wheeled your office chair over beside this intruder who’s busy messing with the engine and pretending to be a tech like you. She doesn’t seem to have a gun. You don’t have kinetic hexes but she doesn’t know that.

SIDE 2

As above. Now you’ve contained the situation, time to ring for security.

Voice description:
  • female adult
  • Good, you know what a fingernail kinetic is. Those fingers pressed against your neck? Probably rip your throat out.

  • Security, this is the Engine room, tell Dr. Morrison I’ve found the other one. Get someone over here.

Iraklis_1, female, 1 episode, 4 lines. Another version of Iraklis, any age, any accent.
Voice Actor Voice Actor
Iraklis_1, female, 1 episode, 4 lines. Another version of Iraklis, any age, any accent.
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Unpaid

Iraklis continues to use cut-outs to contact Alice, this time it’s by unwanted phone call.

Maker her sound fake solicitous.

Voice description:
  • female adult
  • It's been two months since New York, Alice. How are you feeling?

  • I wasn't lying, Alice, I can help you. Come work for me, I can fix you.

Aurore, female, 1 episode*, 3 lines. Combat witch, 30’s-40’s, any accent.
Voice Actor Voice Actor
Aurore, female, 1 episode*, 3 lines. Combat witch, 30’s-40’s, any accent.
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Unpaid

*she may reappear in season three.

A Gaiaista witch that Alice rides shotgun with, when the crew provide security to the Gaiaista convoy.

Sides settings:

SIDE 1

It’s dusty, engines revving. The Gaiaistas are pestering Alice now that they think the witch is a holy one. Time to get her out of there.

SIDE 2

As above. Alice says she thought you were a Gaiaista too. You respond enigmatically.

Voice description:
  • female adult
  • C'mon sister, let's get you away from these fools pestering you.

  • I'm on my own path to the goddess.

David, male, 1 episode*, 39 lines. Alice’s partner, 40’s, Australian.
Voice Actor Voice Actor
David, male, 1 episode*, 39 lines. Alice’s partner, 40’s, Australian.
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Unpaid

*likely to also appear in one Season 3 episode.

David’s invested a lot in making a go of it in the US after he and his young son, Gabriel, fled the Brisbane 1 floating mining city - in being part of the Valley’s maker culture and in a life with Alice. He loves her, understands that she is not ready to settle down and give up the trill of being a combat witch, but hopes she will - fearing the day she doesn’t come back, that job that was one job too far.

In other circumstances David would be well disposed towards Roya, but with his concerns that Alice is hiding an illness from him, his hopes that she is finally hanging up her boots - well, all he’s feeling now with Roya and Henry’s arrival, is a terrible churning fear and anger that he’s trying to keep bottled up for Alice’s sake.

Side settings:

SIDE 1

On a cosy phone call to Alice who’s out high up on the mountain side.

SIDE 2

Outside, calm day. Walking with Roya who’s just arrived. You’re trying to play it cool but that fear and anger keeps threatening to rise up, even if you clamp down on it quickly.

Voice description:
  • australian
  • male adult
  • I'm waving up at you - or at least where I think you are.

  • Me and Alice, we've got a good thing together here, Roya. Gabriel likes her, silly sod's in awe of her really. And I just know, I just know that you fuckers are going to drag her back out into that fucking life that's like a drug to her. And then you'll slouch up here one day, red eyed and offering con-fucking- dolances, and I'll have to explain to Gabriel how he's lost another mother.

Galvin, male, 1 episode, 55 lines. Technical, 30’s, any accent except Irish.
Voice Actor Voice Actor
Galvin, male, 1 episode, 55 lines. Technical, 30’s, any accent except Irish.
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Unpaid

Galvin is a putative replacement for Franklin as the crew’s technical. He thinks he is better than Henry and Roya and ideally wouldn’t have to work with their sort. He’s also a misogynistic psychopath. Nervy to begin with (Henry thinks it’s drugs), he goes completely off the rails as the plan comes under risk of discovery, if Shepetton gets to her hotel room while Henry’s still in there. In case you’re wondering from the sides, Shepetton gets away.

Sides settings:

SIDE 1

Henry keeps needling you, he thinks he so much better than you.

SIDE 2

You’re in the stairwell, loaded on combat drugs, parkour-ing you way down at brutal speed, and on comms to Henry and Roya.

SIDE 3

You’re almost on top of Shepetton, who’s at her room door. Henry says he’s going to open it, blow the job. The man is weak. You’ll show him.  Said quietly so Shepetton won’t hear you on comms, but matter of  factly.

Voice description:
  • male adult
  • You got a real attitude problem, Henry. Anyone ever tell you that?

  • I'll show you how the pro's do it. What floor is she on?

  • That's okay, Henry. I'll take her when you open, we can hide her more easily.

Iraklis_2, male, 1 episode, 20 lines. Another version of Iraklis, 20’s, any accent.
Voice Actor Voice Actor
Iraklis_2, male, 1 episode, 20 lines. Another version of Iraklis, 20’s, any accent.
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Unpaid

This is the third version of Iraklis we meet (the others being the revenant, the phone call), in this case where he has telepresenced into the Medium*. His voice should be of a youngish man but his tone and attitude should be of an older man who expects his authority to be respected.

*The Medium has high end ‘puppet-ware’ in him, allowing users to run artificial personas or even themselves in his body. In theory, the young men and women exploited like this experience these moments as a blackout but the reality is they all end up catatonic like the Medium. Their pimps then dump them or pass them on to someone like Daniels. It’s the nasty underbelly of cyberpunk, but from the voice actor’s point of view, they are playing Iraklis_2, not the Medium.

Side settings:

SIDE 1

You’re getting tetchy with Alice. So many questions. Has she never heard of need-to-know?

SIDE 2

Roya at least is a professional, though someone else is trying to crash the party.

Voice description:
  • male adult
  • Okay, Alice, here's the thing, you don't get to know me or who I am. That is not necessary. I am simply your current employer.

  • By the way Roya, your cut-outs are very good but I'm almost all the way through them. Are you seeing this other network activity?

Jeffrey, male, 2 episodes, 29 lines. Ex-corporate, 40’s-60’s, any accent.
Voice Actor Voice Actor
Jeffrey, male, 2 episodes, 29 lines. Ex-corporate, 40’s-60’s, any accent.
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Unpaid

Jeffrey’s wife and daughter are somewhere under Storm Mother and he’s going to find them, teaming up with the crew to do it. What Franklin calls ‘a death wish wrapped up in a fantasy’. He used to be an engineer with a mining corp, now he’s a bundle of guilt and shame that Storm Mother has gotten her claws into. He’s educated, data focussed, still has a little flair for the dramatic presentation from his corporate powerpoint days, but he’s also exhausted. The crew are his last hope (and he is unable to admit to himself the futility of his search).

Side settings:

SIDE 1

It’s a meeting in an old bus turned office. You’ve got the crew’s attention, you need to sell them a story, make them realise you can help them.

SIDE 2

Your voice cracks a bit when you talk about your wife, Imani. You can’t bring yourself to talk of her in the past tense.

Voice description:
  • male adult
  • Okay this is the classic image everyone knows of the inside of Storm Mother. Once you're past the rain curtain, which by the way, makes it sound way more benign than it is, you enter a vast windswept open space with a monster tornado in the middle. (BEAT) Complete bullshit of course.

  • Imani called them FCE's because that woman loves her acronyms. Fast-moving Cyclonic Events. To you and me - tornadoes on steroids. This now, is a partial composite of her radar images.

Caleb/Zenamatics Scientist, male, 2 episodes, 20 lines. Corporate, 40’s-60’s, American.
Voice Actor Voice Actor
Caleb/Zenamatics Scientist, male, 2 episodes, 20 lines. Corporate, 40’s-60’s, American.
open
Unpaid

The first time this character appears, we think it is just a generic Zenamatics scientist. The second time, we realise his importance. He runs the Zenamatics operation and enjoys being in charge, bossing others around.

SIDE 1

An experiment. First bit formal as if reporting/logging. Second bit conversational as if talking to a colleague.

SIDE 2

Zenamatic Lab. It’s under attack but you’ve caught one of the infiltrators (Alice).

SIDE 3

Alice has got the jump on you. She might kill you. She’s talking about someone you haven’t thought about in years, not least because you stole their work and killed them.

Voice description:
  • male adult
  • Ward two is ramped and stable. Initialisation failure. Powering down. (BEAT) Shit man, I really thought that was going to work.

  • Keep your gun pointed at her. Smart of the Dominion to try and infiltrate with a witch. Not what I expected at all.

  • That was a long time ago, a different life. Who are you?

Carl, male, 1 episode* 5 lines. Corporate, 30’s, American.
Voice Actor Voice Actor
Carl, male, 1 episode* 5 lines. Corporate, 30’s, American.
open
Unpaid

*will appear in one Season 3 episode.

For such a tiny part, he ‘off camera’ kicks off a chain of events that leads to the tragic conclusion of season 2. So yeah, the crew will want some time with him in season 3.

Carl is Lucy’s senior and handler - last thing he should be doing is preying on the junior staff - this creates an opportunity for the crew to catch them together and blackmail them. Carl is only interested in one thing: himself.

Side settings:

SIDE 1

You haven’t yet realised that the two people with guns who broke into your hotel room aren’t trying to rob you, but you’re trying to establish some authority over the situation.

SIDE 2

Henry and Roya give you conflicting orders which annoys you but you’re also alarmed at how Roya’s waving her gun around wildly.

Voice description:
  • male adult
  • You'll regret trying to rob us.

  • Jesus Christ. Pick one or the other.

Zenamatics Technical, male, 1 episode, 10 lines. Soldier, 20’s, any accent except Irish.
Voice Actor Voice Actor
Zenamatics Technical, male, 1 episode, 10 lines. Soldier, 20’s, any accent except Irish.
open
Unpaid

This guy is young and wired to the hilt - exactly the sort of killer Franklin knew he’d run into someday. Technically he beat Franklin, but that’s no consolation if you’re dead.

Franklin knocks out the rest of his team so they go at it one on one. As far as he is concerned, Franklin got lucky and is just some has been old geezer who needs to be put down. Play him overconfident to the point of arrogance. A lot of this is the Technical on top of Franklin, slowly driving a knifepoint down towards his eye, as Franklin strains to throw him off. Requires a constrained but physically intense read.

Side settings:

SIDE 1

You’re inside a warehouse squaring up to the old guy. You draw your knife.

SIDE 2

It’s the classic - you’re straining down with the knife, he’s straining up against you. Except you’re stronger.

Voice description:
  • male adult
  • I'm going to enjoy this. You old timers never know when to retire.

  • Don't worry, old man. We're nearly there. It'll all be over soon.

Daniels, male, 1 episode, 6 lines Street tech, 40’s-60’s, any accent.
Voice Actor Voice Actor
Daniels, male, 1 episode, 6 lines Street tech, 40’s-60’s, any accent.
open
Unpaid

Daniels is the Medium’s hander (see Iraklis_2 for more info). You can be like Roya and think he is exploiting a very damaged young man, or more pragmatic like Henry, who reasons that without Daniels, the Medium would be dead in an alleyway long ago. Play him soft, polite, to maintain that ambiguity. Daniels puts on a professional front anyway, the crew after all are his clients.

SIDE setting:

You can sense the crew’s unease with using the Medium as a means of communication and how that  manifests in their attitude towards you. You been here before.

Voice description:
  • male adult
  • I need to be nearby to monitor the medium, but I'll be wearing isolation headphones. I have no interest in whatever you are going to discuss, believe me. Interfacing... now.

Big Guy, male, 2 episodes, 12 lines. Gaiaista leader, 30’s-50’s, any accent.
Voice Actor Voice Actor
Big Guy, male, 2 episodes, 12 lines. Gaiaista leader, 30’s-50’s, any accent.
open
Unpaid

Like all the Gaiaistas, Big Guy is doped up on synthetics. He speaks in a slow, distracted, vague manner (he has Storm Mother swirling inside his head as well), but also with the authority of knowing that he represents both the Gaiaistas and Storm Mother (he considers himself her shaman). Try to avoid a stereotypical stoner dude voice.

Sides settings:

SIDE 1

Exterior, Camp Gaiaista, the wind is very loud. You’re negotiating with Henry over the terms of your deal.

SIDE 2

Exterior, windy. The bodies on the ground around you are remains of an earlier ambush. You are prophesying to Alice about the crew’s journey under Storm Mother.

Voice description:
  • male adult
  • Okay, okay, I like it. You provide convoy protection all the way to Valesworth, we'll run the decoy for you.

  • All this... She will take up these sacrifices, and all the ones to come.

Additional minor male roles (x3), 20’s-40’s, American. Dominionist, Orderly. 3 lines. Dominionist, Sergeant. 3 lines. OlsenSAT Security Chief, Corporate. 2 lines.
Voice Actor Voice Actor
Additional minor male roles (x3), 20’s-40’s, American. Dominionist, Orderly. 3 lines. Dominionist, Sergeant. 3 lines. OlsenSAT Security Chief, Corporate. 2 lines.
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Unpaid

Dominionist, Orderly. 3 lines.

Dominionist, Sergeant. 3 lines.

OlsenSAT Security Chief, Corporate. 2 lines.

Do any two sides, we’ll use them to match you to a role.

Orderly.

You’ve interrupted One-Eye’s meeting with what you hope is important news. Otherwise you’re in trouble.

Sergeant

You’re moving through a hotel lobby with your men, taking it quietly.

OLsenSAT Security Chief

You’re frazzled by this cyber attack. About time Sandra turned up.

Voice description:
  • male adult
  • Ritual Assets has had an unsolicited approach – it tripped a whole folder of keywords your office flagged for immediate action.

  • You two secure this area, the rest of you are with us.

  • Sandra. Get in here and see this fucking shit...

Redford, any gender, 1 episode, 14 lines. Corporate Manager, 30’s-60’s, any accent.
Voice Actor Voice Actor
Redford, any gender, 1 episode, 14 lines. Corporate Manager, 30’s-60’s, any accent.
open
Unpaid

Redford is the manager of the StaySafe facility Franklin and Alice visit. Franklin wants the sales pitch so he can discreetly release a micro drone, and Redford is happy to oblige. They are proud of where they work. Redford’s scene happens as the three walk through a huge warehouse.

Side settings:

SIDE 1

You’ve heard all the quips about some of your longer stay clients, that they are Stay Behinds or ‘hikikomori’, but you’re not going to rise to the bait.

SIDE 2

Alice has asked if there are children in the facility. You want to make sure she understands that this is a safe environment for them. Cosier is pronounced Cosy-ay.

  • We prefer to call them residents, if you please. Indeed, the analogy is rather poor as many of our residents do have visitors. This is not a prison.

  • Oh yes. That unit you pointed out - a family has been living there for the last five years. Two lovely young children. Came in as a precaution when it looked like Cosier Syndrome was accelerating to epidemic status in Nuevos Angeles.

Marty, any gender, 10 lines. TV Guest, 30’s-50’s, American.
Voice Actor Voice Actor
Marty, any gender, 10 lines. TV Guest, 30’s-50’s, American.
open
Unpaid

Marty’s an advertising psychologist, which is why they’re on The Gary and Dr Bob Show tonight. They’re dry and a bit of a bore, a straight arrow,  but also unafraid to interrupt Gary (unheard of!). Marty’s similar enough to Dr Bob that they almost cut Gary out of the conversation.

Sides settings:

SIDE 1

You interrupt Gary who’d interrupted Bob when he was making a good point about a particular media’s audience.

SIDE 2

You were responding to a comment on how social media dumbs people down, not making a joke, so why are people laughing?

  • A good example Bob. There would be different versions depending on whether you were for or against the climate.

  • Yes, it's why dating these days is so tedious.

Con, any gender, 1 episode, 5 lines. Maker guard. 20’s-30’s, any accent.
Voice Actor Voice Actor
Con, any gender, 1 episode, 5 lines. Maker guard. 20’s-30’s, any accent.
open
Unpaid

A valley guard, not really a fighter, who comes across Roya when she crash-lands.

SIDE

Trying to sound in charge, tough.

  • My friend over there? He's got a gun trained on you. Try anything stupid and you'll know about it

Gaiaista Dealer, any gender, 1 episode, 2 lines Drug dealer, any age, any accent.
Voice Actor Voice Actor
Gaiaista Dealer, any gender, 1 episode, 2 lines Drug dealer, any age, any accent.
open
Unpaid

Unlike the other Gaiaistas we meet, this one isn’t as drugged up. They’re hanging around, waiting to make a deal, and have a brief chat with Alice.

SIDE

Ext, noisy with wind and dust. This woman doesn’t seem like a typical Gaiaista but then you never know.

  • Word of advice, sister. You ever get a day when you think you won’t bother with your medication? That’s when you hightail it, as far and fast as you can from Storm Mother.

Zenamatics Security Chief, any gender, 1 episode, 4 lines. Corporate, 40’s-50’s, any accent.
Voice Actor Voice Actor
Zenamatics Security Chief, any gender, 1 episode, 4 lines. Corporate, 40’s-50’s, any accent.
open
Unpaid

The lab’s under attack but they’re gonna organise a defence as best they can. A no nonsense security professional, but stressed out by the poor situation.

SIDE

You’ve got lab rats hanging around like idiots asking what’s going on, and bad guys shooting their way down Route One.

  • (TO LAB TECHS) Talk to your team leader. Now get inside the damn lab. I’ll write you up later. (TO THEIR MEN) Okay guys I want a checkpoint set up here. Shoot anyone who comes down Route One.

Zenamatics Security, any gender, 1 episode, 4 lines. Corporate, 20’s-30’s, any accent.
Voice Actor Voice Actor
Zenamatics Security, any gender, 1 episode, 4 lines. Corporate, 20’s-30’s, any accent.
open
Unpaid

A well trained Zenamatics security officer.

  • Sir, they’ve caught the system tech.

OlsenSAT Guard, any gender, 1 episode, 4 lines. Security, 30’s-40’s, any accent.
Voice Actor Voice Actor
OlsenSAT Guard, any gender, 1 episode, 4 lines. Security, 30’s-40’s, any accent.
open
Unpaid

It’s a boring job but someone’s gotta do it.

SIDE

Everybody’s supposed to have evacuated the facility but you thought you heard someone.

  • Hello? Everyone's supposed to evacuate.

StaySafe Guard, any gender, 1 episode, 2 lines. Security, 30’s-40’s, American.
Voice Actor Voice Actor
StaySafe Guard, any gender, 1 episode, 2 lines. Security, 30’s-40’s, American.
open
Unpaid

It’s a boring job but someone’s gotta do it.

SIDE

You’re talking to Franklin, who’s pulled up in a car and shown his ID.

  • Thank you. Welcome to the Cincinnati Stay Safe Facility. Follow the signs to reception and park up there.

Radio & TV Presenters (x5), any gender, multiple news monologues. Any age, any accent.
Voice Actor Voice Actor
Radio & TV Presenters (x5), any gender, multiple news monologues. Any age, any accent.
open
Unpaid

Do the side as if you’re a radio news presenter. These excerpts will be used the same as was done in season one.

  • In its report published yesterday, the congressional committee on the Manhattan Incident commended Mickey Corporation for its proportionate response to the threat of a terrorist AI being released into the wild. The committee refused to condemn the widespread deaths during Mickey's incursion, stating that 'the terrorist gangs of New York got what was coming to them.'

Waiter, any gender, 1 episode, 2 lines. Any age, American.
Voice Actor Voice Actor
Waiter, any gender, 1 episode, 2 lines. Any age, American.
open
Unpaid

You get to serve lunch to Roya and Henry in a crowded bar.

  • I've got two of Kansas City's finest beef burgers, one with no pickle, fries, and a couple of beers.

TV Shooter, any gender, 1 episode, 3 lines.  Audience member, any age, American.
Voice Actor Voice Actor
TV Shooter, any gender, 1 episode, 3 lines. Audience member, any age, American.
open
Unpaid

They’re in the audience waiting for their chance, the gun in their pocket. Gary & Bob’s bad financial advice caused the death of their partner and they’re going to make them pay.

  • You killed my partner, you bastard! Die! Die! Die!

Aero AI, any gender, 1 episode, 6 lines. Vehicle AI, 30’s-40’s, American.
Voice Actor Voice Actor
Aero AI, any gender, 1 episode, 6 lines. Vehicle AI, 30’s-40’s, American.
open
Unpaid

A calm, uninflected voice; think of digital assistants like Siri etc.

  • Warning! Reserve power depleted. Warning! Emergency glide procedure initiated.

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