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 genesisavalon@gmail.com
Deadline for auditions is **JULY 19!**
We especially want to hear some POC and LGBTQIA+ voices!
We always make sure to keep a list of people who are interested in being part of the show, so even if you don’t get cast for this episode, you never know when you might get an email asking you to play another role.
NOTE: We are using auditions from the roles below to cast more roles than listed here.
ROLES FOR MEN (these are LEAD roles):
John Pellson/Patriot (40s-50s sounding/Black/Any Accent/cisgender or transgender (he/him))
A man on the run, John is an academic turned freedom fighter with his son. After suffering under the Steward takeover of the United States in season 4 of Genesis Avalon, he has been gifted mysterious powers of strength and durability. Deeply complicated individual who tried to play the game of being a model citizen and has now swung wildly back to seizing justice when it's not given. He's brilliant and very skilled in leveraging personalities against each other. Being powered up as Patriot gives his voice more power and gravitas than when he's John in other scenes. LEAD role.
This role is for Black voice actors only. Please do not audition if this is not you.
LINE 1: (John voice) The truth has been out there the whole time for everyone to see! People pointed out every time a law was broken or bent by the Stewards and their trumped up media circus. “This is a violation of personal liberties” “This is unconstitutional” “The Stewards are an illegal paramilitary force” but idiots still voted them a second term.
LINE 2: (Patriot Voice) We’re doing this my way now. (Addressing a crowd) Everyone! This former House of Justice has been corrupted by the facist regime who has stolen our government and violates our constitution! We have the freedom to speak out against the government without fear of retribution!
LINE 3: (John/Dad voice) Benjamin Pellson, do not cut that attitude with me. You want to criticize how I do things, fine. Critique makes us stronger. But if you’re just gonna be insubordinate...
Benjamin "Ben" Pellson/Minuteman (young teen sounding/Black/Any Accent/cisgender or transgender(he/him))
John's son, Ben is sharp, optimistic, witty and also wants to seize justice when it's not given. A young teen all too accustomed to being treated as the bad guy already, he still has his sense of hope that the country hasn't gone completely down the drain. As Minuteman, he has the unique ability of superspeed, limited super-strength and an ability to inspire. He is destined for greatness, even if he doesn't realize it yet. Think Miles Morales or Static Shock. Being Minuteman doesn't change his voice drastically, but he's more confident. LEAD role.
This role is for Black voice actors only. Please do not audition if this is not you.
LINE 1: You hear that, dad? (deepening his voice comically) I'm a man now.
LINE 2: (Mounting frustration) Getting into the court with fake IDs was my idea, beating people up and stealing their passes wasn’t. We’re supposed to be heroes, not give the news more reason to make us the enemy.
LINE 3: (So much sarcasm) Yeah, you know, going and attacking the Stewards would have been better ‘cause then it would have been covered on the State News feed. “Steward Forces
defeated the dangerous vigilante criminals known as Patriot and Minuteman today during an attempted attack on a Steward Resettlement Camp.”
LINE 4: (Minuteman voice) So help us show the world you’re here. That you’re not invisible just because they’ve forced you out of towns and into the woods. We need to take over the Stewards’s surveillance towers. We can patch them out to the Internet. But we need to find the system hubs where all the towers connect. Any of you folks IT Engineers? Cable dudes? TV engineers?
RECURRING ROLES FOR ANY GENDER:
Steward Captain (any age/any ethnicity/any accent/any gender)
Take-no-crap goosestepping paramilitary jerk.The enforcers and the sole point of authority in the United States, they're exactly the kind of secret police you should be afraid of. Since the takeover six years ago, they have become the reigning authority. Recurring role. Several actors will be cast as the "pool" of Stewards.
LINE 1: It’s them! That Patriot guy and Minuteman! Open fire!
LINE 2: How the hell are you so fast? When'd you get back in here! (gets whomped with something) Ow!
LINE 3: We just intercepted a communique of illegal immigrants attempting to cross the Canadian border. They didn't go through customs. So they had something to hide. And now, we are going to verify every. Single. Person’s documents.
State News Reporter (any age/any ethnicity/any accent/any gender)
The most obnoxiously State News-type misinformation-spilling news anchor you meet. Has to be able to spit the most spurious lies without hesitation. Recurring role.
LINE 1: In related news, Former Harvard University president Charles Lowell, who long opposed the Collegiate Education department and the movement for government oversight on higher education, faces sentencing at 1 pm today for his participation in Anti-American activities and the violent mob attack that occurred last May on the historic Harvard campus.
LINE 2: It's good to know there will be closure on those riots, and justice for those brave peace officers injured in the attacks. (short pause, changing subject) President Kramer threw the first pitch out today for the opening of the twenty -
