You must have the ability to record your lines and save them as a WAV, MP3 or WMA file. OGG and other formats are acceptable for auditions, but my editing software hates OGG, so if you plan on participating in the production, we'll need to have one of the first three formats.

Your filename should follow one of these formats:

Audition: A_(Role Name)_(Line Number)_(ActorName).MP3 (or extension)
or "A_Becky_1_HGarrison.mp3" (H Garrison's audition for Becky: Line 1)

Production: HGW(episode#)_(Role Name)_(Line Numbers)_(ActorName).MP3
or "HGW01_Becky_1-15_HGarrison.mp3"

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Some of the lines are directly from Episode 1. Some are not. Please record at least one take for each line. You may do multiple takes in different styles.

TODD - Already Cast

RUBY - Older, Sassy businesslady (minor, recurring)
Line 1 - "It's good to play by the rules, just like in school. If you're a gold-star citizen, you're a happy citizen!"
Line 2 - (low) "I don’t want to alarm you, but you’re probably the first new person anyone’s seen in months. They’ll want to know everything right away, they’ll be a little…forward with their questions, very insistent. I know it might seem intimidating and overwhelming."

BARBARA - Already Cast

CONSTABLE JEB - Thick, brutish security thug (minor, recurring)
(He models his speech on professional wrestlers - low, smoldering intimidation and over-the-top threats)
Line 1 - "I told you! Told you, told you, TOLD YOU! You do NOT talk to this woman. That does not mean to do what I told you NOT to do. This is NOT opposite world!! Do you get me, asscracker?"
Line 2 - "There is a place upstairs -- a dark, hard place where nobody goes but me and the people I don't like. And when we get there, it's a love affair. When we're together, you will never get close to anyone again without thinking about chains and blades and blood."

MAN (Garrison) - Desperate (minor, short term but IMPORTANT)
Line 1 - (grieving) "I remember the moment I knew. I remember the look on her face. I was sure the night had gone badly, but then she kissed me."
Line 2 - "She called me and said they were in the back of an Army truck heading for some extraction site. They were going into the Kulschruck tunnel. I could hear Connor crying in the background. I didn't hear James. Carole told me her battery was dying, that she loved me and we'd see each other again. Then I lost her signal."

WOMAN - Chorus
Line 1 - "How do you get blood out of denim? How about silk?"

MAN 2 & 3 Chorus
Line 1 - "You just don't drink that kind of wine without Prema-crisp crackers! You just Don't!"

THE MAYOR - Grandfatherly, yet mysterious "leader" of the village. (major, recurring)
Think Richard Attenborough
LINE 1 - "Yours is a sad, sad tale. Even sadder is the fact that everyone here has suffered something similar. If we can take comfort in anything, it is that you are no longer alone and we are here to help."
LINE 2 - "Please, everyone! Rejoice in the sunshine and the fresh air. Today we plant and we dance and we sing because we LIVE! Your hard work means many more of these days to come!"
Line 3 - "The scientists who know about such things gave them the pretentious title of 'necroambulates' or walking dead. We prefer the more accurate and simple term 'Eater'. That's all they do. Rotting shells run on whatever it is that fuels the fires of hell."

MANAGER JACK - A self-absorbed retail manager, a little lecherous and a lot creepy (minor, recurring)
Line 1 - "It's good to have a friend in the red name badge. It's good to have someone to come to who has your best interests at heart. A friend. A mentor. Someone to trust."
Line 2 - "Ruby, you know me better than anyone here. You know I would do anything for you. And you know that when I do anything for you I expect something to be done for me in return. I don't ask for much. You have needs and so do I. Symbiosis. So stop pretending you have any dignity or honor or...CLASS...and do what I tell you."

DAVID - The Lead Hero. An anti-hero. (Principal Character)
LINE 1: "Which of you red-aproned jackasses scheduled me for four straight shifts? What am I, an ER resident?"
LINE 2: "Well, the work here is pretty simple. You point this end out that way, look through this thing, squeeze this trigger and BOOM goes the dynamite. Rock the shoulder, reload, repeat."
LINE 3: "This is my world. Up here on the roof, looking out over the valley. This is the real world. I don't know WHAT you got down there, man. Beats the hell out of my old job, that's for sure. You want me to give that up and head out there with the itty-bitty Indian lady and crazy Jeb? Are you kidding me? What's in it for me?"

RADAR - The voice of the site on radio and PA (minor recurring)
(Not overly-enthusiastic PA announcer)
Line 1 - (urgent) "Security to Section 22C. 2 Eaters spotted at the fence! Security to Section 22C."
Line 2 - (common) "Attention citizens: Tonight's entertainment at Town Hall will be the HG World Children's Chorus singing uplifting songs of hope and promise. Juice and snacks will be served to all citizens in good standing. Please come and share the music and fun."
Line 3 - (common) "Good evening, citizens. Tomorrow morning Security's Jerry Reever will hold a smithing course on blademaking. Bring your own scrap metal and take with you a custom, lethal Eater-killer. Class starts at nine and there is room for 20 students."

MILITARY ZOMBIE - Low snarling creature
HOMEWRECKER ZOMBIE - Carnal, hungry female zombie
The point here is to create a feral, zombie character with a specific theme. Specific zombies are different than "moan-groan" chorus characters. The audition should take the form of a zombie behind a fence, blocked from attacking nearby prey. Record a few seconds of impatient snarling, grunting and groaning culminating in your best "death" rattle.

JAMES, SECURITY - A tough Drill Sergeant type (brief role)
Line 1 - "I do not see you. I see meat. I see cattle! Get your bovine ass to the back or I will BRAND you."
Line 2 - "That is OUTSTANDING work. That is exceptional work. I want to find a woman just like you and make you have outstanding, exceptional babies to replace all the prick-bricks in this unit. Good god that makes me so happy I might just give you the night off. But I can't because I know whoever takes your place will just fuck things up!"

FRANK, SECURITY - A bitter, overwhelmed guard (brief role)
Line 1 - "No. Wait. What are you saying? I don't understand this process. It is so convoluted that I don't even think YOU understand what you want us to do."
Line 2 - "Listen! One at a time! If you push and shove, I'm just going to shut the gates and you can bitch to the Eaters how much you want inside!"

HANK - The Village Redneck Pimp (major, recurring)
Line 1 - "Well, you are a spicy little pocket rocket aren't you? Well, here's something real important you need to know: Everybody here needs something. When they need, I provide. I got a system here that keeps the gears greased."
Line 2 - "It's a holistic service. Everything and everyone is connected, you know? If something you have is something someone needs, I'll make that happen and make it worth your while to help. If you don't play ball, you mess up the system and it can't be holistic anymore. That means when you need something - be it medicine or something extra for that woman's monthly thing – you pay a higher price for it. It’s like an exclusive, members-only club."

JENNY JOE - Already Cast

CHIEF KUROK - Shatnerian Power Plant manager (major, recurring)
Line 1 - "Status report, Mr. Lewis? We've got fifteen minutes before Power-Train 7 shuts down. If we lose 7, that's three PT's down total. Unless we restart them, the pressure will open the spill gates and we'll have to go outside and close them manually. That's NOT going to happen."
Line 2 - "We have to keep the plant running. We don't know how many people are still on the grid. We're the only plant in the county and lives depend on us. Not just the 439 lives downstream, but the scared families huddled in their basements or the people on the road looking for shelter. We keep it running. We WILL keep it running."

DEPUTY HAYES - Power Plant Assistant (minor, recurring)
Line 1 - "Power-Train 1-5 are running at 78%. PT #6 is down. PT #7 is at 32% and dropping. I expect complete failure of #7 in about an hour."
Line 2 - "That part of the fence is electrified. Zombies don't mind bullets, knives or cold, but they HATE the electric fence."

Additional roles (these characters to not appear outside this episode)

~~CARL, a middle-aged gas station clerk, a little slow with a 4-pack a day habit. (Think "Sling Blade")
~~CAITLIN, a 17 year old girl, rural "popular girl", a bit flighty.

Exchange: Caitlin is trying to scam Carl for a carton of cigarettes by flirting with him while her boyfriend is shoplifting elsewhere in the store.

CARL I reckon you ain't 18 yet.
CAITLIN I am, so.
CARL you ain't got the eyes for it.
CAITLIN What's that mean?
CARL You got little girl eyes.
CAITLIN I'm 19, Carl!
CARL What year ya born in?
CAITLIN 1991, July 3rd.
CARL Huh. One day 'fore Fourth o'July.
CAITLIN That's why mommy used to call me her little firecracker.
CARL Huh huh. You ain't so li'l no more, I reckon.
CAITLIN Uh...well..no..I guess not...so, how about those cigarettes?

~~GRAY, 18 year old - classic horror movie a-hole.
GRAY 1 You dumbass, I’ve got a case of beer in the trunk and a lid of weed in the glove box, plus Screaming Mimi here just tagged three cartons of smokes, so if you wanna stay here, FINE!

GRAY 2 Caitlin, it's CARL. He's clinically fuggin' retarded. Just flirt with him a little, lean on the counter, show the puppies, and tell 'em you ain't got any ID. No big deal! Jesus!

Good luck and have fun!