These are unpaid roles for credit only, in a free, all-volunteer podcast production.
Record your best takes for all lines and save them in one .mp3 file per character. Please do not clean or otherwise process your recordings.
Please name your files like so: CHARACTERNAME_YOURNAME.mp3.
If you have more than one audition (which is totally awesome and welcome) please zip them ALL in ONE folder.
Send to abvoiceartist@gmail.com.
Deadline for auditions is **MAY 26!**
Trans/non-binary actors are welcome to audition for all roles!
NOTE: age ranges listed are for character voice/vocal tone, not the age of the actor.
ROLES FOR ANY GENDER:
COPPER (20s-50s, Any ethnicity/any accent/cis, trans, nb)
A relentlessly optimistic mechanoid (sometimes sickeningly so), Copper’s trying to keep on keeping on to avoid embracing reality.
Line 1: Rise and shine everybody! It's day three thousand forty-nine of the end of the world and I am feeling *fine*.
Line 2: Pushy? I'm just to trying to keep a routine. I'm trying to keep things the way they are.
Line 3: Nice. How can the end of anything be nice?
PAT (any age, any ethnicity/any accent/cis, trans, nb)
Survivor of the apocalypse, tough, lonely, and desperate for a stroke of good luck.
Line 1: Please don’t start!
Line 2 :You haven’t been able to sync your clock, either, because the Internet ISN’T THERE ANY MORE! So you are just going to have to trust me that you were out for, I dunno, at least two years. And if you could LOOK in the wine cellar, as I did as SOON as you mentioned you had one and suggested that I grab a Pinot Noir my first night here –
Line 3: - for the discerning wine enthusiast, yes, so you’ve told me at least once a day since then.
LUX (any age, any ethnicity/any accent/cis, trans, nb)
An artificially intelligent wine bottle opener. Cheerfully helpful even though there are in fact no bottles of wine left to open.
Line 1: I see you are opening a jar of peanut butter. May I congratulate you on finding such an excellent source of protein and sugars. Nutty flavors are best complemented with –
Line 2: As the LUX model 9000, I am the most advanced wine bottle opener ever invented –
ROOMBA 3000 (any age, any ethnicity/any accent/cis, trans, nb)
A take-charge, “can-do” little vacuum cleaner.
Line 1: Oops. Really wish they would have come out with just one more software update so I wouldn't be stuck running into rocks for eternity.
Line 2: Hey! Kicking isn't very nice.
Line 3: I was not using my humor function. Only. Eliot. Comes. In.
ROLES FOR WOMEN:
GAIA (20s-50s, Any ethnicity/any accent/cis, trans, nb)
Line 1: (pleasant) You are welcome, Alexander. I am here to guide you into a brighter future.
Line 2: Hello! I’m Gaia, your personal digital assistant.
Line 3: I will lead you into a brighter future (Malevolent laughter (NOTE: Not cartoon supervillain laughter, give a laugh with real malice))
VELUX (20s-50s, Any ethnicity/any accent/cis, trans, nb)
A pragmatic mechanoid, Velux is trying to accept things for what they are despite Copper’s best efforts.
Line 1: It's not my turn, T. Why do you keep trying to make it my turn?
Line 2: Responsibility? You know who should take responsibility? You! You're the one sitting right beside—
Line 3: Bread? No, Copper, he can't. There hasn't been bread on this planet for six and a half years. You burned out Convoy's motor telling him to go out and look.
ROLES FOR MEN:
RYO (“Rye-oh”) (30s-50s, Any ethnicity/any accent/cis, trans, nb)
Brother of King Alexander, Ryo is the Viceroy of one of the provinces. Unlike his brother, he is more take-charge and ready to confront problems head-on…by force, if necessary.
Line 1: My lord Alexander, I bring greetings from Ohwyo and good tidings for your ascension to High King.
Line 2: That is incredible. I can’t believe you have a direct link to the gods on your wrist!
Line 3: I never took you for a coward.
ALEXANDER (30s-50s, Any ethnicity/any accent/cis, trans, nb)
High king of the provinces, he is wise, regal, and always seeking a peaceful resolution.
Line 1: Viceroy Ryo (“Rye-oh”), I accept your good tidings with appreciation. What brings you so far? I wasn’t expecting you.
Line 2: The Great Calamity took many things from us, but the ancestors wove their knowledge into the air. This talisman is the best link to their wisdom.
Line 3: Guards! Take my brother to quarters. He can cool off and speak to me in the morning…with greater respect.
T-SQUARED (20s-50s, Any ethnicity/any accent/cis, trans, nb)
A practical mechanoid, T-Squared is just trying to get through the day without getting too annoyed with Copper’s relentless optimism.
Line 1: Because you keep trying to squirm out of your responsibility.
Line 2: You asked, Cop, but you have to admit, sometimes you get a little pushy.
Line 3: We're not useless, Cop. We're just running out of time.
ELIOT (20s-40s, Any ethnicity/any accent/cis, trans, nb)
A guy just trying to survive the zombie apocalypse, he’s very “go with the flow.”
Line 1: Nice to meet you Roomba 3000, I'm Eliot. And that's Charlie.
Line 2: I...uh...listen Roomba 3000 seems to set the rules here so I'm gonna just-
Line 3: Hurry! I think we're almost to the safe zone.
CHARLIE (20s-40s, Any ethnicity/any accent/cis, trans, nb)
Also trying to survive the zombie apocalypse, except he’s very skeptical that a robot vacuum could be his salvation.
Line 1: Cheeky little guy. Can't believe you're still running.
Line 2: Why are we wasting time talking to a dumb hunk of metal?
Line 3: Ohhh now the talky vacuum is pretending it has GPS! Is it going to make us a coffee when we get there?
