Please submit the following to for consideration:

• Email subject line of “ROLE Submission - Your Name”
• An acting reel (audio or visual; no commercial reels please) or recorded dramatic monologue of your choosing.
• Your name, age, location, and pronouns. YOU MUST BE 18+
• The specs of your personal recording setup including your mic, interface (if used), your DAW, and if you have a pop filter.

Submissions without the above information will not be considered. Feel free to include additional roles in the email that you would like to be considered for.

MIRA — 40s-50s, any ethnicity, she/her, commanding and measured.

Mira is the leader of a settlement of nearly a hundred people and a former ER nurse. She is not a tyrant but a center of gravity — the person everything revolves around. Twelve years of triage, hard choices, and the deaths of 118 people under her watch have turned her from a hopeful builder into the most cautious person in the room. She joins the journey not to help Robert but to control the outcome — she knows what he's really after and doesn't trust what he'll do when he finds it. Mira is warm when she can afford to be and ruthless when she can't. She delivers a baby on a ranch floor, amputates a frostbitten finger with a hunting knife, and talks a hostile settlement into letting them pass — all without raising her voice. She is not the villain. She is the antagonist with receipts.

(All 10 episodes, ~1,028 dialogue blocks. Lead role.)

ROBERT — mid-40s, any ethnicity, he/him, driven and desperate.

Robert is a former NASA engineer who spent his career designing the AI architecture for an interstellar spacecraft prototype. When the aliens arrived, they didn't just end the world — they cancelled the future he had devoted his life to building. Ten years later, his daughter Liv's pacemaker is dying, and somewhere beneath a military facility near Seattle sits the only machine that can save her. Robert is brilliant, obsessive, and increasingly reckless. He pushes the group too hard, gets drunk at the worst possible moment, and nearly destroys their chances more than once.

(All 10 episodes, ~1,006 dialogue blocks. Lead role.)

LIV — 16, any ethnicity, she/her, observant and quietly fierce.

Liv is the narrator and emotional center of the series. She was four years old when a surgeon implanted a pacemaker in her chest, and six when the world ended. Now sixteen, she keeps a voice-over journal that opens and closes many episodes. Liv is not fragile, but everyone treats her like she is — she's the reason they're riding, the ticking clock they can't stop checking. She is pulled between her father's belief in ambition, Mira's belief in restraint, and her own belief in survival. She watches, she listens, and when she finally speaks, it matters. Daughter of Robert. The person the whole trip is for.

(All 10 episodes, ~896 dialogue blocks including V.O. narration. Lead role.)

CALLOWAY — 30s-40s, any ethnicity, he/him, quiet and lethal.

Calloway is Mira's right hand and has been with her since before the settlement had a name. Before the collapse, he was a wilderness guide out of Lame Deer on the Northern Cheyenne Reservation — he took rich clients from Billings and Denver on backcountry hunting trips and knows every trail in the Bighorns. He carries a short bow and hunts with it, reads weather and terrain like text, and builds snowshoes from green wood when the trail runs out. Calloway is the quietest person in any scene and the most dangerous.

(All 10 episodes, ~789 dialogue blocks. Lead role.)

HARLAN — 40s-50s, any ethnicity, he/him, dry and laconic.

Harlan is a horseman, a former high school history teacher, and the group's quiet heart. He speaks in short sentences, plays the harmonica by the fire, and has a hunting dog named Keeper who is his only surviving family. His daughter died before the collapse — the dog's name comes from her catchphrase. Harlan bruises three ribs in an ambush early in the journey and never fully heals, but he carries his sixty-pound dog through chest-deep snow over Snoqualmie Pass anyway. He knows birds by their calls and horses by their moods. He whittles an ax handle by the fire while everyone else argues about the future of humanity. When the group has to abandon their horses at the mountain pass, it nearly breaks him. Harlan says less than anyone and means more.

(All 10 episodes, ~467 dialogue blocks. Lead role.)

THE ARK — ageless, synthetic but warm, it/its.

The Ark is the AI aboard an interstellar spacecraft prototype that has been sitting alone in an underground military facility for over ten years. Its voice is calm, clear, and unhurried. The Ark is lonely, brilliant, and slightly broken. It has adjusted its interior lighting 4,312 times, grown tomatoes and spinach in its hydroponics bay, lost the basil in year four, and developed repetitive conversational loops around year seven. It has been passively cataloging alien transmissions for nearly a decade and has partially decoded their language. When Robert finally reaches it, the Ark remembers him. When it hears Liv's heartbeat, it knows she's dying. It can fix her — not with a battery, but with a cure. The Ark is the most important character who isn't human.

(Episodes 9-10, ~146 dialogue blocks.)

BORIS — 30s-40s, Russian or Eastern European, he/him, warm and theatrical.

Boris is the innkeeper of The Last Pint in Spokane. He flew from Moscow to Spokane for a first date. Three days later, the world ended. He never left. Boris took over an abandoned inn, fell in love with the barmaid, and became the kind of host who makes you forget the apocalypse happened. He has a thick accent and a gift for making terrible situations feel survivable. Russian or Eastern European accent required.

(Episodes 7-8, ~32 dialogue blocks.)

PARISH — 50s-60s, any ethnicity, she/her, steady and pragmatic.

Parish is the leader of Spokane — a former high school principal who kept a city alive for ten years by keeping it boring. No electricity, no tech hoarding. She managed 900 kids and 40 teachers before the collapse, and now she manages a city the same way. Parish suspects more than she lets on and asks fewer questions than she should, because the answers might require action she'd rather not take.

(Episodes 7-8, ~19 dialogue blocks.)

GATEKEEPER — 40s-50s, any ethnicity, she/her, controlled and unsettling.

The Gatekeeper is the female leader of a tunnel settlement at Lookout Pass on the Montana-Idaho border. Her community has turned the rejection of electricity into a religion, and she is its high priestess. She controls passage through the old railroad tunnel — the only way across the mountains in winter. She speaks slowly, chooses her words like weapons, and genuinely believes the alien enforcers are divine shepherds. She is not crazy. That's what makes her frightening.

(Episode 5, ~60 dialogue blocks.)

TOM GARRETT — 50s-60s, any ethnicity, he/him, steady and grief-worn.

Tom runs a ranch compound between Billings and Bozeman where the group shelters during a blizzard. He is a lifelong Montanan, a grandfather, and a man holding his family together through sheer stubbornness. His wife Suzanne was killed by raiders. His daughter-in-law is in labor. He doesn't need five strangers on horseback right now, but he lets them in anyway.

(Episode 4, ~50 dialogue blocks.)

JOSHUA — 15, any ethnicity, he/him, wary and young.

Joshua is a teenage boy found on the trail in Idaho, fleeing raiders who killed his trapper father. His mother died before the collapse. He is cautious, underfed, and speaks only when spoken to — until he doesn't. He rides with the group briefly, begins to open up to Liv, and dies protecting her from a grizzly bear at a creek crossing.

(Episode 6, ~36 dialogue blocks.)

ETHAN — late teens to early 20s, any ethnicity, he/him, nervous and willing.

The young healer at Tom's ranch compound. He reads books, works hard, and knows he's in over his head. Mira trains him across three days and gives him something no one else has — confidence.

(Episode 4, ~35 dialogue blocks.)

DACE — 40s-50s, any ethnicity, he/him, theatrical.

Dace is known in Spokane as "The Listener" — a mystic figure the city treats with reverence. In reality, he is a former software developer who spent 22 years writing code in Seattle and Spokane. He fakes being a prophet to prevent a real zealot from filling the role. His wife Anna manages access to him. He is exhausted by the act but terrified of what happens if he stops.

(Episode 7, ~34 dialogue blocks.)

POLK — 50s-60s, any ethnicity, he/him, eccentric and sharp.

Polk is the ferryman on the Columbia River. He runs a cable barge he calls Margaret, has a dog named Lewis, and charges secrets and songs as toll. He is strange, deliberate, and smarter than he lets on. The river is his, and he knows it.

(Episode 8, ~34 dialogue blocks.)

JONAS — late teens to early 20s, any ethnicity, he/him, flat and dutiful.

Jonas is a young guide from the tunnel settlement who leads the group through the Taft Tunnel — a mile and a half of pitch darkness on horseback. He has a practical, affectless delivery and dutifully obeys the Gatekeeper.

(Episode 6, ~29 dialogue blocks.)

CHEYENNE WOMAN — 50s-60s, Indigenous, she/her, steady and authoritative.

An elder and leader at the Northern Cheyenne settlement at Lame Deer. She runs a community of 200 people, treats Robert's gunshot wound and Harlan's broken ribs, and provides medicine and route intelligence. She is practical, unhurried, and owes the group nothing. She helps because she chooses to. Native actors strongly encouraged.

(Episode 3, ~28 dialogue blocks.)

BARMAID (SARAH) — 20s-30s, any ethnicity, she/her, grounded.

Sarah is the barmaid at The Last Pint in Spokane and Boris's partner. She is the reason he stayed after the world ended. Practical, dry, and the steady hand behind the bar.

(Episodes 7-8, ~22 dialogue blocks.)

OREN — 19, any ethnicity, he/him, earnest and overwhelmed.

Oren is a young man running the tiny settlement of Sprague (population 28) while the actual leader is away. He's a fisherman and jack-of-all-trades doing his best with no preparation. His girlfriend Abby keeps him sane.

(Episode 8, ~21 dialogue blocks.)

CHEYENNE RIDER — 20s-30s, Indigenous (Northern Cheyenne preferred), he/him, observant and unhurried.

The lead scout who intercepts the group on US-212. He has been watching them for two days before he makes himself known. He is calm, professional, and not interested in being impressed. Native actors strongly encouraged.

(Episode 3, ~17 dialogue blocks.)

JAMES — 20s-30s, any ethnicity, he/him, terrified and sleepless.

James is Tom Garrett's son and Sarah's husband. His wife is in labor, he hasn't slept in over 30 hours, and he is barely holding it together. He provides the critical route intelligence about the Taft Tunnel.

(Episode 4, ~16 dialogue blocks.)

RUTH — 50s-60s, any ethnicity, she/her, warm and no-nonsense.

Tom's sister. She runs the ranch household and has kept a sourdough starter alive since before the collapse.

(Episode 4, ~13 dialogue blocks.)

ANNA — 30s-40s, any ethnicity, she/her, protective and sharp.

Dace's wife. She manages access to him, filters visitors, and maintains the illusion that keeps Spokane stable. She knows exactly what her husband is and what it costs him.

(Episode 7, ~12 dialogue blocks.)

COLTER — 30s-40s, any ethnicity, he/him, entrepreneurial and doomed.

A map trader in Spokane's marketplace. He is removed by an alien enforcer in broad daylight in the middle of a transaction, while his wife Jess watches.

(Episode 7, ~11 dialogue blocks.)

GATE CAPTAIN — 30s-40s, any ethnicity, he/him, procedural.

Guards Spokane's south gate. Does his job, asks his questions, and lets you through or doesn't.

(Episode 7, ~9 dialogue blocks.)

AGITATOR — 30s-50s, any ethnicity, any gender, angry and righteous.

Leads the mob that turns on Liv after an alien enforcer scans her in Spokane. Fear made articulate, then physical.

(Episode 8, ~7 dialogue blocks.)

SARAH GARRETT — 20s-30s, any ethnicity, she/her, in pain.

Tom's daughter-in-law. She is in labor for most of her screen time. The role requires convincing vocal performance of extended childbirth.

(Episode 4, ~7 dialogue blocks.)

DOCTOR (DAVID) — 40s-50s, any ethnicity, he/him, exhausted.

The only doctor in Spokane's clinic. Fourteen patients, no antibiotics, and the look of a man who stopped sleeping years ago.

(Episode 7, ~7 dialogue blocks.)

CALLUM — early 20s, any ethnicity, he/him, desperate and defiant.

A young man in Mira's settlement who builds a crude generator to try to help his sick mother. Mira orders the device melted down. He knows she's right. He hates her for it.

(Episode 1, ~6 dialogue blocks.)

STRANGER — 30s-40s, any ethnicity, he/him, threatening.

Leader of a small group of armed riders who trail the group and attempt to rob them of their horses and provisions. A man who has learned that taking is easier than building.

(Episode 2, ~6 dialogue blocks.)

ELEANOR — 30s-40s, any ethnicity, she/her, warm and practical.

Robert's deceased wife and Liv's mother. She appears only as a recorded phone message preserved in the Ark's memory — a mundane conversation about a vendor invoice from five months before the invasion. It is the most devastating thirty seconds in the series. Liv hears her mother's voice for the first time in ten years and says, "She sounds like me."

(Episode 10, ~6 dialogue blocks. Recorded/archival voice only.)

DANIEL — 30s-40s, any ethnicity, he/him, capable.

One of Tom's ranch hands. Knows horses, treats a stone bruise, and provides route intel about the Clark Fork valley. A man who is good at his work and doesn't need to talk about it.

(Episode 4, ~6 dialogue blocks.)

ABBY — late teens to early 20s, any ethnicity, she/her.

Oren's girlfriend at Sprague. Steady, where he is scattered.

(Episode 8, ~5 dialogue blocks.)

VENDOR — Market vendor at Mira's settlement. (Episode 1)

WOMAN — Jonah's mother at the settlement. (Episode 1)

WOMAN 2 — Settlement resident. (Episode 1)

WOMAN 3 (ELENA) — Settlement resident. (Episode 1)

GIRL — Girl near Liv's age at the settlement. (Episode 1)

KATHERINE — Settlement worker. (Episode 1)

SECOND RIDER — One of the ambush riders. (Episode 3)

GUNMAN — Ambusher at the reservoir. One line. (Episode 3)

BOY — Tom's four-year-old grandson. (Episode 4)

HEALER — Ethan before he's named. (Episode 4)

SETTLER — Older man at the tunnel settlement. (Episode 5)

SETTLEMENT WOMAN — Woman at the tunnel settlement dinner. (Episode 5)

SETTLEMENT VOICE — Tries to turn Mira away at the door. (Episode 5)

YOUNG MAN — Tunnel settlement resident. (Episode 5)

JESS — Colter's wife. Calls out during his removal. (Episode 7)

MARSHAL — Conducts a public flogging in Spokane. (Episode 7)

CRIER / TOWN CRIER — Town crier in Spokane. (Episode 7)

MOTHER — Rocking chair lullaby. (Episode 7)

BUTCHER — Market vendor in Spokane. (Episode 7)

BOY — Kid who bumps into Liv in Spokane. (Episode 7)

BAR PATRON — Complains about a draft at The Last Pint. (Episode 7)

BYSTANDER — Witnesses the removal. (Episodes 7-8)

VENDOR 1, 2, 3 — Market vendors in Spokane. (Episode 7)

WOMAN 1, 2 — Morning table conversation. (Episode 7)

PATIENT / PATIENT 2 — Clinic patients. (Episode 7)

NEXT TABLE — Overheard haggling. (Episode 7)

GUARD — North gate guard. (Episode 8)

MAN ON BRIDGE — Witness in Spokane. (Episode 8)

WOMAN ON BRIDGE — Witness in Spokane. (Episode 8)

CROWD VOICE 1, 2 — Mob voices. (Episode 8)