I respectfully disagree, as a VA I totally understand the frustration but I prefer to know that the role was already cast rather than people finding a way around an enforced site feature. Just because a project is left open until the deadline doesn't mean that each VA will be considered if the Casting Director already found the voice they want for the role. Forcing Casting Directors to have an immovable deadline can be very limiting and doesn't make sense, especially as they are the ones offering roles. We want them to post more roles on the platform for us to participate in right? There are many times that I have been reached out to prior to the posted deadline via non CCC methods email/Discord/messages as they have already narrowed down the talent pool. There are also many roles that I applied for that I have not gotten as they already made a choice or I was too late to get my audition in. I get that it's hard, competitive and feels unfair... part of that is just the audition process and the fact that we will not always be the voice they want for the project regardless of whether they follow their posted deadlines or not.

This is still incredibly bad. Some creators are so impatient. It is SO FRUSTRATING to see a project open for auditions and then see all the good roles were gone within a few days of the audition opening.

I actually do like to submit auditions to roles that have closed. I get an email when projevcts I have auditioned for have closed and it reminds me to check again to audition for roles I've missed :). Sometimes the creator hasn't gotten to the auditoins by then anyway.

It is true that people keep getting cast WAY before the deadline. And I have found that I can submit way after. Sometimes it IS frustrating because it means I've wasted my time auditioning for a role that's long been cast. Along with that I would like to see it forbid the creator from casting someone if they haven't listened to all of the auditions yet. I have no problem with the creator casting someone ahead of time or early in the process but they really need to prevent people from having their time wasted.

That feature would actually be a great feature to include. Casting before the deadline is a massive problem on CCC as there has been multiple incidents where I’ve found a role worth auditioning for only to realise that the role has been closed before the deadline and none of the other roles of that project would fit my voice range or when I see a role I save for later and then find out someone else was casted for the role before the deadline. It’s honestly an unacceptable move for the casting director to make as it can affect the growth of potential supporters for the project in a negative way because they won’t be able to audition for a specific role.

I'd love for this one to be done asap! Ran into this problem just the other day: Project ended on Oct. 9 but got shared around (I think on Twitter) either right around the deadline or just after. The poor project creator got flooded with another 25+ auditions submitted days AFTER the fact.

I find it really unfair to the HUNDREDS of other people who had taken the time and effort to get their entries in on time. I can only hope that those additional auditions won't be considered when casting, otherwise a lot of people are going to leave frustrated by the callous disregard of boundaries/deadlines.

Good example. A casting call was posted this afternoon with a January 20 deadline. I recorded 3 takes and took the time to edit so it sounded as clean as possible. When I went to upload my file, someone had already been cast for the role. This is super disrespectful of the actors' time, as we're misled into believing that the deadline is further away than mere hours.

AKA - would disallow 'instacasting'. I'm all for this.