VOICE OVER MASTERCLASS: 6 Week Advanced V/O Class with Stacy Seidel Tea, Casting Director, Broadcasters, Andy Roth, Independent Casting Director, and Rebecca Yarsin, Casting Director, House Casting

Wednesday, November 6, 2019, 6:30pm ET / 3:30pm PT

For Advanced V/O Talent Only!

Our 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:

Stacy Siedel Tea, Casting Director, Broadcasters - Week 1 and 2

Andy Roth, Independent Casting Director - Week 3 and 4 

Rebecca Yarsin, Casting Director, House Casting - 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 improve their booking rate.

Stacy Seidel Tea been casting for Radio and VO (and On-camera) for over 20 years and has cast many award-winning commercials. After years of working as a top casting director for other companies, like Liz Lewis Casting, Stacy (along with her business partner, Lisa Fischoff) founded their own casting company, "Broadcasters" in 2006. Since then, Broadcasters has grown to be the premier casting company for voice-overs in New York City. Stacy brings a grounded approach to directing actors in the audition process. She is an expert at getting actors to break out of habits and tendencies and find their "best read" through physical movement, facial expression, and other unconventional techniques. Many of the top VO talent in the country will attest to her ability to bring out their best work, and some even credit her for the very existence of their career. Stacy has discovered unknown actors who have gone on to have tremendous success in television and film as well as voice-overs. Recent clients include: Little Caesars, AT&T, Chipotle, Geico, Clairol, Twix, Infiniti, Nationwide, Wendy's, JP Morgan, Pepsi, Travelocity, Reebok, Bud, and Bud Light to name a few.

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.

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.

Limited to 12 Experienced Voice Over Actors

Please update your headshot and resume as needed in your online account upon registration.

Always bring a hardcopy of your headshot/resume to each class with a different instructor for feedback purposes. 

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