VOICE OVER MASTERCLASS: 6 Week Advanced V/O Class with Rebecca Yarsin, CD, House Casting - Andy Roth, Independent V/O Casting Director and Rachel Reiss CSA, CD, Liz Lewis Casting Partners

Thursday, October 1, 2015, 7pm ET / 4pm PT

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For Advanced V/O Talent Only!

Our NEW voice over masterclass will give you all the tools you need to connect and make firm committed choices to BOOK more V/O jobs! You'll work on a variety of V/O commercial copy that each guest will be bringing in as well as some specific areas that each guest will tailor for their classes.

Our scheduled V/O guests for the 6 weeks include:

Rebecca Yarsin, CD, House Casting - Week 1 and 2 Andy Roth, Independent V/O CD, Sound Lounge and more - Week 3 and 4 Rachel Reiss, CD, Liz Lewis Casting Partners - Week 5 and 6

Not for the beginner, this class is for the experienced V/O actor who is auditioning but not booking, or even successful actors who simply want to book MORE.

Limited to 12 Experienced Voice Over Actors

Rebecca casts national and regional commercials(both on-camera and V/O) and industrials as well as hosts for TV entertainment programs. Formerly a theatrical CD for Broadway and Off Broadway, she really has an eye for talent and loves trained actors! Some of her current clients include Apple, ESPN, Actonel, Campbell's, Progresso, Bank of America, Charles Schwab, Dove, Wendy's, Time Warner, Cablevision, Verizon, Clean and Clear, Microsoft, HP, Walmart, Hersheys, Secret and Mastercard.

Specializing in voice over, Andy Roth is a casting director with over two decades in the entertainment business. After many years as the in-house casting director for CESD, one of the country's top commercial talent agencies, Andy struck out on his own. Since then he has been working for many of the biggest advertising agencies, casting houses and production companies in the world. In his casting career, he has served as casting director on thousands of projects ranging from commercials, animated films and television series, to documentaries and video games. His teaching resume boasts 3 of The Hollywood Reporter's top-rated college acting programs; including NYU's Tisch school where he is currently on staff. His unique approach to VO training has given hundreds of artists the ability to successfully assess, quickly and easily, any copy in any situation.

Rachel Reiss casts film, TV, voice-over, and commercials nationwide. Rachel's career started primarily in TV where she cast shows for numerous networks including Bravo, Lifetime, Oxygen, A&E, Spike, and Discovery. Most notably she cast 11 seasons of Chopped on the Food Network.

At LLCP, Rachel has moved more heavily into scripted projects, while still employing the think-out-of-the-box formula and story producing mentality that she honed in the unscripted world. She has worked on voice overs for clients such as AT&T, Phillips Grooming, Zicam, and Bacardi, and over 100 commercials including Skinny Cow, Publix, Time Warner Cable, Coke, Samsung, and Kindle. She recently cast the feature film Wifed Out and is currently working on several more films. Rachel has been a panelist for Casting Commercials for the New York Women in Film and TV and Creating Commercials for the SAG Foundation.

TESTIMONIALS:

"As always, I'm a huge fan of Actors Connection and this class was pretty awesome! Total professionalism on all parts with each guest." -Christian Rosselli


If you missed this event, try another of our New York voice over class opportunities!

Rebecca Yarsin

Rebecca casts national and regional commercials (both on-camera and V/O) and industrials as well as hosts for TV entertainment programs.

Formerly a theatrical CD and stage manager for Broadway and Off Broadway, she really has an eye for talent and loves trained actors! Some favorite credits include: Bart (Short Film; Sundance), The Collective (Web Series), #thatsharassment (David Schwimmer), National and Regional Commercials and Voice Overs include: Apple, Time Warner, At&t, T-Mobile, Bank of America, TD Bank, Chase, Verizon, Lay's, Old Navy, Gillette, Macy's, Ketel One, Bacardi, McDonalds, Dunkin Donuts, Nike, Dr Scholls, Kit Kat, Reese's, Accuvue, Dos Equis, PS3, Call Of Duty, Grand Theft Auto, Coke, Beats by Dre, Heineken, Hilton, NY Lottery, Planters, Bridgestone, Gap, Subway, Dr Pepper, Breyers, Lowe's, Lincoln, Samsung, Humira, Crestor, etc. Music Videos: Danny Brown's "Grown Up", Lorde, Florence and the Machine, Madonna's Bitch I'm Madonna, Taylor Swift's "Blank Space".

Rebecca has also worked with directors Derek Cianfrance, David Gordon Green, Matt Aselton, James Mangold, Mike Maguire, Neal Brennan, Ken Kwapis. She has directed multiple shorts, a web series, as well as numerous plays in and around NYC. She has Stage Managed even more, ranging from Festivals to Broadway.

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The following disclaimer is provided specifically at the request of and in accordance with SAG/AFTRA: Seminars or classes are for educational purposes only and will not secure or provide opportunity for employment in the field or representation by an agent or casting director.