Introducing Castora: Cast Without the Chaos

The audition process is broken

Ask any casting director what their biggest time drain is and the answer is rarely "watching auditions." It's everything else — the scheduling, the room bookings, the confirmation emails, the rescheduling, the no-shows, and the frantic coordination that comes with getting dozens of performers into the same room across a handful of available slots.

Meanwhile, performers are travelling hours for ninety seconds of stage time. Agents are juggling clashing windows. And entire teams are making decisions based on who happened to be available on a Tuesday afternoon, not who was genuinely the best fit for the role.

We built Castora because we believe the industry deserves better.

What Castora is

Castora is a professional async audition platform designed for casting directors, talent agencies, and production teams. Instead of scheduling individual audition slots, you publish a brief — describing the role, the material, and the deadline — and performers submit their audition on their own time.

Your team reviews submissions together, scores against defined criteria, and makes confident casting decisions — all from one platform, without chasing a single calendar invite.

How it works

The workflow is built around three simple steps:

Publish your brief. Describe the role, upload supporting material (scripts, sheet music, reference recordings), set your deadline, and share a link with performers or agents.

Collect submissions. Performers record and upload their audition whenever they're ready. They can review their work before submitting and access all your attached resources alongside the brief.

Review and decide. Your panel watches submissions at their own pace. Score against your criteria, leave timestamped comments in the Audition Room, discuss in threads, and reach a verdict — without needing to be in the same room or even the same time zone.

Key features

Async by design — Performers submit on their time, you review on yours.

Live when you want a room — Run audition days with bookable slots, optional pre-tapes before a performer can request one, rescheduling and waitlists, online or in person.

Collaborative scoring — Define criteria, assign reviewers, and aggregate scores with configurable weighting.

Audition Room — A shared review space with timestamped comments, threaded discussions, and clear verdict tracking.

Resource Drive — Attach scripts, sheet music, and reference material directly to your briefs.

Smart notifications — Automatic alerts when submissions arrive, feedback is shared, or deadlines approach.

Why now

The performing arts industry has been rethinking how auditions work for years. Remote submissions accelerated during the pandemic, but the tools haven't caught up. Most teams are still cobbling together workflows from email, WeTransfer, spreadsheets, and group chats.

Castora replaces that patchwork with a single, purpose-built platform that handles the entire process from brief to callback.

Opening soon

Castora is in early access with a small group of casting professionals, and opens to everyone soon. There will be a free Basic plan with everything you need to run your first audition. No credit card required, no time limit, no catches.

For teams running regular audition cycles, the Starter and Team plans will unlock more auditions, more storage, and the full suite of collaborative tools — with a 14-day free trial to see if it fits your workflow.

We built Castora for casting teams who want to spend less time on logistics and more time discovering exceptional talent. We can't wait to show you.