In Solvang, California
Join Randy Thomas for The Voice Over Mastery Retreat: A rare educational and insightful weekend event with an elite group of voice over professionals who are in the unique position to share their experience and wisdom with you.
| Character Acting / Commercial | Animation | Video Games | Audiobooks | Promo | In-Show Narration | Radio Imaging | Live Announce |
Each of our coaches is uniquely qualified to take you inside the world of real working actors and whose depth of knowledge will blow your mind.
America’s premiere female live voice announcer Randy Thomas made history as the first woman to announce
The Academy Awards©, The Emmy Awards©, The SAG Awards©, The AFI Awards©, to name a few. As the nine-time announcer of The Oscars©, and nineteen-time Tony© announcer, Thomas has been winning accolades and opening doors for female voice artists for over 20 years in addition to experience as a radio personality in New York, Los Angeles, Detroit, & Miami.
David Alden has been directing promo voices at CBS for over 20 years. First David was an actor, voice actor, VO coach & VO producer. David’s intention is to share and bring forward his unique perspective and wisdom of the VO creative process. He has directed voice-over sessions for numerous theatrical trailers, as well as, over 50,000 Network Promos... and counting! David clearly understands the actor mentality and the ever-unfolding acting process. His technique and knack for knowing what the biggest shows in television need in a read, from dramatic, to comedic to sexy, millennial and youthful read that book today. He is taking you through the paces in the world of Network Promo.
Debi best known as Jimmy Neutron, and now F is for Family on Netflix, is an actor who has done everything from stunt riding a whale in Free Willy to touring the country singing and playing her children’s songs and more recently working with her band Honey Pig. Luckily for us, she chooses to live in the world of character acting for animation, video games and commercials and generously shares her knowledge and secrets with her students.
Paul is a real triple threat. A Broadway Dancer, Singer, Actor, and now luckily for all of us Paul’s main focus for the past decade has been to coach voice actors on acting for the microphone. His acting technique for commercials, audiobooks, and narration is “simple” and profound!
With over twenty years as a professional voice actor, J. Michael Collins has worked with some of the biggest companies, brands, sports leagues, and organizations on the planet. In addition to his work in the classic, agency-based world of VO, J. Michael has established himself as a leading authority in the online casting marketplace and has become recognized as an industry leading talent coach and demo producer as well. J. Michael is a 10-time Voice Arts Award winner as a voice actor, demo producer, script writer, and casting director.
You are about to embark on a magical adventure as we take you away from your daily life into the beautiful hills of Solvang wine country to set you up for a total shift in your professional life.