Penny Abshire : The Characters In My Pocket

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Penny Abshire : The Characters In My Pocket

Join Voice Over Expert Penny Abshire as she introduces you to "The Characters in My Pocket”. Discover how to create your own set of core characters that are used as a basis for developing new characters on the fly when an agent or casting director comes to call; an invaluable skill that all voice actors should develop.

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Podcast Episode

Penny Abshire, Voice Acting, Characters, Character Voices, Art of Voice Acting, VOICE, Voice Overs.

Links from today's show:

Penny Abshire's Voices.com Website

Your Instructor this week:

Voice Over Expert Penny Abshire

Penny Abshire, A.S.G. is a born performer, a professional speaker, a creative copy-writer, a classically trained pianist… and a former professional belly dancer. She is also a skilled paralegal and office manager. But her true passion is performing as a voice-actor. In the mid 1990’s, Penny was working as a paralegal and presenting Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus seminars, having been personally trained by John Gray. Then she discovered voiceover! Penny was already a highly skilled performer and speaker, and this new area opened up many new doors and literally changed her life.

After a few short years of studying the craft of voice-acting, she left her job as a paralegal to assist James Alburger in the daily operation of The Commercial Clinic. She now co-teaches The Art of Voice Acting workshops and seminars, and is the Creative Director a Producer/Director for The Commercial Clinic. Together James Alburger and Penny Abshire co-write and produce humorous dialog commercials and other projects for audio CD, radio, and TV, as well as work as voice talent for radio, TV and audio book projects.