Current Jobs – Emmy® award-winning director and two-time Annie Award nominee; casting director; voice actor

Previous Jobs – remedial reading coach, church caretaker/janitor,
house renovator/painter, baker for a house of ill repute, graphic artist, nude model

Credits – A partial list of directing credits include: animated TV series—over 500 hours of animated shows including “Shark Hunters” with Dustin Hoffman, nine seasons of the Emmy®-award winning “Rugrats,” “Rugrats: All Grown Up,” “Spawn,” and most recently,
“The Replacements,” and the “Emperor’s New School;” full-length feature films—“Jimmy Neutron,” all “Wild Thornberrys,” and “Rugrats” films, and the direct-to-video “The Nutty Professor” featuring actors such as Bruce Willis, Lynn Redgrave, Patrick Stewart, Jerry Lewis, Martin Short, Susan Sarandon, John Lithgow, and Whoopi Goldberg, and the national tour of “Rugrats Live.” As a voice actor, Charlie has appeared as a regular in over ninety animated series, and played many memorable characters including “Buster Bunny” from “Tiny-Toon Adventures;” “Cow,” “Chicken” and “The Red Guy” from “Cow & Chicken;” “Silverbolt” from the original “Transformers” series and “Starscream,” in the recent films; and now, the nefarious “Dr. Doom” on Marvel’s “The Super Hero Squad Show.” On Broadway, he succeeded Harvey Fierstein in “Torch Song Trilogy,” and later toured in the national company. His critically acclaimed one-main show “There Used To Be Fireflies” won him a Dramalogue Award For Best Actor.

Current Jobs - Audiobook producer, director, sound editor, teacher, jazz musician

Previous Jobs - Audio post-production engineer, audiobook casting director, sweatshop seamstress, seafood restaurant waitress

Training and Education - BA degrees in English and music, undergraduate degrees in radio and television production and operations

Credits - Recent audiobook titles include Lee Child's "Worth Dying For" (read by Dick Hill), Madeleine L'Engle's "And Both Were Young" (read by Anne Marie Lee), and Jonathan Stroud's "Heroes of the Valley" (read by David Thorn), amongst many others

Current Jobs – Senior teacher of the Alexander technique and specialist in vocal tension release; Co-director Alexander Educational Center in Berkeley, a teacher-training facility for The Alexander Technique

Previous Jobs – Alexander teacher in Europe and US; actor

Training and Education – Studied for several years with some of Europe’s finest voice and movement teachers—including National Theatre voice coach, Kate Fleming, and Florence Norburg (whose past pupils included Rex Harrison, Vanessa Redgrave and Kiri Te Kanawa).

Credits – John was a professional actor in his native England for 10 years playing leading roles in TV plays, BBC series and film, and performing with many regional, touring and national theater companies, including England’s National Theatre and Citizens Theatre. An Alexander teacher specializing in work with performing artists, John has taught extensively in Europe and in the U.S., and has developed special workshops, and training programs for such diverse organizations as Google, San Francisco Ballet, and the Sundance and Esalen Institutes.

Website: www.johnabaron.com

Current Jobs – Voice actor; on-camera actor; teacher

Previous Job – Supervising Special Agent, California Department
of Justice

Training and Education – BA, MA Political Science/Criminology; Teaching Credential, San Jose State University; Voicetrax SF; Improvworks; ComedySportz Improv; Full Circle Productions

Credits – Voice and on-camera credits include: SF Giants 50th Year Anniversary Special, Tropicana Orange Juice, Mechanics Bank, SEGA Games, Yahoo Hot Jobs, Biltmore Estate audio tour, Tri-Counties Bank, Round Table Pizza, PG & E, Fremont Automall (two year campaign), 24-Hour Fitness, MVP.com, Omnisky.com, San Francisco Ballet, Kodak (IMAX) Stone Mountain Georgia, ProAim Golf TV Infomercial, Sunsweet Prunes, HIV/AIDS Media Campaign, Charles Schwab, H-P, Safeway, Seagate, Credit Suisse First Boston Bank, American Pharmaceutical, Novellus Systems, Meta-TV, EDS Financial Services, Mobile 365 Systems, Symantec, 3-PAR Storage Systems, Advanced Micro Devices, Robert Mondavi Wines, Rockwell Collins, McKesson, Medtronics, CEMEX, Delicato Wines, Proposition 86, California Department of Justice, “Virtual Cop 3,” Robot “Geldoblame,” Batman: “Rise of Sin Tzu;” and numerous medical & industrial narration projects.

Website: www.albedrosian.com

Current Job - Emmy Award-nominate Director, Casting Director, Voice-actress

Credits - Susan has directed over a thousand episodes of animated projects that include television series, theatrical releases, direct-to-video releases and video games that have earned her nine Emmy nominations. Her animated television projects include such high profile, critically acclaimed and successful shows as The Land Before Time, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Curious George, The Magic School Bus, Transformers, Spiderman as well as the Star Wars series. In the feature realm, her credits include Stuart Little III, Brer Rabbit and Clifford The Big Red Dog, Land Before Time VI-XI as well as the direct-to-video release of Superman: Strange Allies. Highlights of her video game credits include Surf’s Up and Open Season. As a voice actress, Susan was a series regular on a variety of animated shows including such classics as The Smurfs, Scooby Doo, Gem, The Transformers and Ghostbusters. She lent her voice to the role of The Pillsbury Dough Girl amongst hundreds of voice-over commercials. On stage her credits include theater tours with starring roles in The Unsinkable Molly Brown, The Desert Song and The Boyfriend as well as many night club appearances with her one woman show in New York and Los Angeles. In front of the camera she’s appeared as a guest star in episodes of Three’s Company, The Bob Newhart Show and Knight Rider.

Current Jobs - Voice-actress, Quality Assurance - Genentech, mystery evaluator for upscale restaurants, spas and hotels

Previous Jobs - Various Biotech Industry jobs ranging from process science and development to manufacturing management

Training and Education - B. S. in Integrative Biology, University of California, Berkeley; Voicetrax SF; Blupka, Inc.

Credits - TV commercials for Foodmaxx and Sales Genie, IVR for AT&T and Virgin Mobile Music ID, Video Games for Sega – Too Spicy and Dinosaur Kings, Edios – Escape from Bug Island and Sierra – Pet Vet II, Radio spots for Foodmaxx, Kelly Moore, First Republic, Nature’s Cure and in-store ads for Mervyn’s.

Current Jobs – Director; on-camera and voice actor; teacher; coach

Previous Jobs – Director; actor; teacher

Training and Education – Kent State University and John Carroll University, Ohio; Acting & Directing training in New York and Los Angeles with David Le Grant, Paul Richards, Viola Spolin and Stella Adler

Credits – Frank’s credits are many and diverse. Producing and directing credits include: “The Power of a Promise: Ninety Years of Girl Scouting,” ARCO Arena, Sacramento; over 50 theater productions around the country in venues such as the Paper Mill Playhouse in New Jersey, Theatre Under the Stars in Houston, 5th Avenue Theatre in Seattle, and the San Jose Stage Company, The Magic Theatre, 42nd Street Moon, Lamplighters and Theatre Artists of Marin in the Bay Area; and staff director at WCTV-Los Angeles. As an actor, Frank has appeared in the motion picture “The Buddy System;” on numerous TV shows including the new NBC series “Trauma,” “Nash Bridges,” “America’s Most Wanted,” “The Newhart Show,” “Soap,” “The Judge,” and “Jake and the Fatman;” and in Broadway, Off-Broadway and regional theatre productions such as “Fiddler on the Roof,” “No Place To Be Somebody,” “Wanted.” “A Look At The Fifties,” and “Love’s Labour’s Lost.” Frank is also an in-demand acting and speaking coach, with on-air news anchors, corporate executives and professional actors among his many clients.

Current Jobs – Lead sound designer at Antenna Audio (part of Discovery Communications); voice director for independent films, promotional spots, podcasts; music composer for film, art installations and multimedia

Previous Jobs – Permanent Exhibits Project Manager, California Academy of Sciences; rock star

Training and Education – San Francisco State University; Friedman Technical Institute; UC Extension

Credits – Ten years with Antenna Audio, casting and directing voice talent for audio and multimedia tours. Peter has produced audio for all major American museums and attractions, including the Metropolitan Museum in New York, the Art Institute of Chicago, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Graceland, Ellis Island and the Biltmore House. He has also won multiple AAM (American Association of Museums) and NAI (National Association for Interpretation) awards for various productions including the California Academy of Sciences multimedia tour, the Kara Walker exhibit at the Whitney Museum, the Ansel Adams exhibition at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, and “High Societies” at the San Diego Museum of Art. Peter’s independent film credits include “The Cockettes,” “Alaska Far Away,” “Ambient Medium,” “A Refugee,” “Stop the Spinning World” (currently in post-production), and “1984”. As a guitarist and singer, Peter can be heard on: “Pearl Harbor and the Explosions (Warner Brothers);” “Modern Rocketry (Megatone);” and “Debora Iyall/Romeo Void (415/Columbia).”

Current Jobs – Voice and on-camera actor; theater and voice
director; coach

Training and Education – member of Second City and Spolin Players improv companies

Credits – Jeannie has starred in numerous TV cartoon series including “The Oblongs,” “The Misadventures of Maya and Miguel,” “As Told By Ginger,” “Jackie Chan,” “The Addams Family,” “Quack Pack,” “Dennis the Menace,” “My Little Pony,” “Zorro,” “Jumanji,” “Richie Rich,” “The Pink Panther,” “Super Mario Brothers,” and “NASCAR Racers;” and the anime series, “Bleach,” Naruto,” and “Blood+.” She has also provided voiceovers for animated films, including “Over the Hedge”, “The Wild” and “Beverly Hills Chihuahua;” and hundreds of television and radio commercials, tutorials, and video games such as “EverQuest,” “X-Men,” “Dead To Rights,” “James Bond,” “Mass Effect, I and II,” and “Jak X.” Her on-camera credits include feature films such as “Mr. Saturday Night,” and “Blind Date;” a recurring role on “St. Elsewhere;” and guest-starring roles on “Seinfeld,” “Touched By An Angel,” and “Empty Nest.” In addition, Jeanie has directed animation and theater, and coached voiceover and theatrical actors for years.

Current Jobs - Voice-actor, Director, Script Advisor

Previous Jobs - Young theatrical actor, working as supernumerary at the Lyric Opera of Chicago

Training and Edcuation - B. A. in Theater from Williams College, and M. F. A. in Theater from Columbia University

Credits - In the world of anime, credits include Hellsing, Naruto, Ghost in the Shell, The Big O, Final Fantasy: Advent Children, Wolf’s Rain, Witch Hunter Robin, Chobits, Blood+, Last Exile, Revolutionary Girl Utena, Slayers, The Irresponsible Captain Tylor, The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya & Miyazaki’s “Howl’s Moving Castle”. Video game credits include Superman, Iron Man, Dr. Manhattan, Legolas, as well as Will Turner from Pirates of the Caribbean. Animation credits include the Spectacular Spider-man series where he played Electro and Wolverine and the X-men where he played Multiple Man. Crispin has presented voice acting workshops at anime and comic book conventions around the country including San Diego Comic-Con. He’s taught internationally in Germany, Australia and New Zealand. In April of 2009, Crispin partnered up with the Japanese Visualmedia Translation Academy (JVTA) to offer an entire range of classes.

Website: www.crispinfreeman.com

Current Job – Vice-President, Production, World Wide Wadio

Previous Jobs – Casting Director, Bert Berdis & Company; Talent Agent, Abrams-Rubaloff & Lawrence

Training and Education – BS, Broadcasting and Film, Boston University; Directing Actors for TV and Film, UCLA

Credits – Jeff has been involved in the casting, direction and/or production of thousands of radio commercials and promos, including numerous award-winning spots. He’s produced audiobooks for Leonard Nimoy and John de Lancie’s Sci-fi company, including “The Invisible Man,” “Journey to the Center of the Earth,” “The Time Machine,” and “The Lost World;” and at one time was the “Extras” casting director for “Moonlighting,” “Cagney and Lacey,” “The Wonder Years,” “Matlock,” “Robo-Cop,” and “The Running Man.”

Website: www.Wadio.com

Current Job – Voice actor; instructor; Voicetrax utility player

Previous Jobs – morning show producer and sidekick; afternoon disc jockey; Production Manager; Creative Services Director

Training and Education – Chemistry BA, University of Virginia; Voicetrax

Credits – Most recent credits include: TV ads for Northern California Honda Dealers, Ubisoft “Battle of Giants: Dragons,” San Francisco Chronicle and Enzyte Male Enhancement (which, in case you were wondering, was not for “Ubisoft”): radio ads for IdentityGuard (produced by Pond Radio), T-Mobile and F’Real Milkshakes; narration for “The Alamo” audio tour (Antenna Audio), Gizmo6, Cisco, and Pulco Citronnade; and numerous video games including Leapfrog’s “Green Eggs and Ham;” Sega’s “Sands of Destruction;” and “Order of War,” “Assassin’s Creed,” “Tesla,” “Shattered Horizons,” “Emerald City,” “Majesty 2,” and “Valerie Porter,” all for Somatone.

Current Jobs – Voice and on-camera actor; voice director, casting director, producer and acting coach; marketing consultant

Previous Jobs – Financial consultant; department head

Training and Education – Voicetrax; Cliff Osmond’s Actors’ Studio; Full Circle Productions; CSU, East Bay, BA, Political Science; Università di Firenze (Florence) Law School

Credits – Voice and on-camera credits include: LucasArts/Telltale Games’ “The Tales of Monkey Island,” EA Games’ “The Godfather,” San Francisco Chronicle, Valley Medical Center, TeleNav, Sun Micro, Intel, Wal-Mart, Clorox, Union Bank, CNET, Lexmark, Papa Murphy’s Pizza, audio tours and educational games. Other credits include creating and developing the on-line casting site Voiceyenta.com; voice casting for games, reality series, commercials, industrials and multimedia; directing and producing voiceover for various multimedia projects.

Current Job – Actress, singer, screenwriter and coach

Previous Jobs – Acting coach in LA for The Voiceover Connection, Spolin Players and Richard Klein

Training and Education – BA in Dramatic Arts from UC Berkeley; studied with Del Close and Viola Spolin, two legends in the world of Improv

Credits – ADR for film and TV including “The Hangover,” “Funny People,” “2012,” “Evan Almighty,” “21,” “Talladega Nights,” “World Trade Center,” “Beerfest,” “Borat,” and “24;” and commercial voiceovers for University Hospital, McDonalds, Delta, Farmer’s Insurance, Associated Bank, and Dish Antenna. Anna also played “Alice Mitchell” on the “All-New Dennis the Menace” cartoon series; and currently performs improv with the Spolin Players, and the likes of Dan Castellaneta and Ryan Styles at the Second City Alumni Jam. Notable on-camera roles include “Irene” in “Domestic Import,” “Saint Anne” in “Mary, Mother of Jesus,” and “Sister Stephanie” in “Mother Teresa.”

Current and Previous Jobs – Voice actor; voiceover coach

Training and Education – UCLA, BA in Psychology; Thom credits Bill Bell, Kiva Lawrence and Sonny Mathias for the rest of his training

Credits – Promos: CBS Evening News, 48 Hours, CW Network, Sirius Radio and numerous television stations across the country including KRON-TV, since 1995. Commercial campaigns include: Staples, Pacific Life, Norton 360 Software, Raley’s and Nob Hill Markets. Documentaries: Travel Channel, Smithsonian Channel and National Geographic Network. Audiobooks: The critically acclaimed reading of “The Little Book of Common Sense Investing.” Fun Stuff: Commercial spoofs on “Real Time With Bill Maher.”

Website: www.thompinto.com

Current Job – Senior Dialog Coordinator, Sony Computer Entertainment (SCEA), Santa Monica

Previous Jobs – Dialog Coordinator; Project Manager, SCEA

Training and Education – BA, Electronic Media, University of Cincinnati, College Conservatory of Music

Credits –“SOCOM: Tactical Strike,” “SOCOM: Combined Assault,” “SOCOM: Fireteam Bravo 2,” “God of War: Chains of Olympus,” “Lair,” “Uncharted: Drakes Fortune,” “Dead Rising,” “Onimusha,” “Resident Evil 4,” “Marc Ecko’s Getting Up,” “Forgotten Realms: Demon Stone,” “Area 51,” “Hot Shots Tennis,” “NBA: The Life 2007 – 2009.”

Current Job – Voice actor; “home grown” Voicetrax instructor

Training and Education – Voicetrax SF

Credits – Brian’s credits include TV ads for Best Buy, Pine Sol, SF Opera, and AFLAC; radio spots for Comcast, Yahoo, Subway, First Republic Bank; and narration for H-P, Visa, Sun Micro, Sprint, EBay, and the LA Angels of Anaheim, but character roles remain his passion. He’s been cast in scores of video games, and more often than not, is featured as the bad guy (which is ironic given that Brian was once a Bay Area cop) in such games as Sega’s “Phantasy Star Universe” and “Rambo;” Backbone’s “Death Jr. 2;” Flagship’s “Hellgate London;” Blizzard’s
“Diablo III;” Autumn Moon’s “A Vampyre Story;” Microsoft’s “Rise of Nations;” City Interactive’s “Chronicles of Mystery;” Big Fish’s “Return to Ravenhearst;” Ubisoft’s “Assassin’s Creed;” and Telltale Game’s “Sam and Max” and LucasArts/TellTale Game’s “Tales of Monkey Island.” An avid Disney fan, Brian can be heard as the voicemail greeting at the Disney Gallery and Disneyanna shop, as well as on numerous Disneyland Fan Podcasts. Because Brian is a Voicetrax alum, he always likes to remind students who aspire to work professionally…“It can be done, I am living proof.”

Website: www.briansommer.com

Current Job - Partner at Somatone Interactive Audio, and audio production company specializing in interactive media including games and online marketing

Previous Job - Music Engineer and Musician with Sony Music.  Nick engineered and mixed records for Celine Dion, Carlos Santana, Destiny's Child, Ricky Martin and Jessica Simpson.  Nick left the pop music scene to follow his long-held dream of opening an audio production company

Credits - As Partner and Producer at SomaTone, Nick has worked with all the heavy hitters in the industry including Electronic Arts, Ubisoft, DreamWorks, Sony, Warner Bros., Nickelodeon, Microsoft, Nike, Disney and hundreds more worldwide. SomaTone’s gaming credits are too numerous to list in totality, but include League of Legends, Gods and Heroes, Pirates of the Caribbean, Warcraft 3, World of Warcraft, Charlotte’s Web, Assassins Creed, Iron Man 2, Call of Duty, Spongebob SquarePants, Superman and Transformers. Pop into SomaTone any day of the week and it’s likely you’ll see a Voicetrax student recording a session.

Website: www.somatone.com

Current Job – Voice casting director and owner of Voices Voicecasting in Los Angeles, for 19 years; voice actor, voiceover coach

Previous Job – Casting associate at VoiceCaster in LA; voice talent agent; producer

Credits – Mary Lynn has cast thousands of voices for TV, radio, animation, film, games, ADR and audio books. Her recent casting clients include: Chrysler, Sprint, Chevron, Cadillac, Motrin, Barilla, Seven-Eleven, Coke, Jeep, KIA, Chiquita, Kodak, H-P, PBS, Adidas, Stouffer’s, Nickelodeon, Discovery Channel, Mattel, Sony Playstation, Kraft, Kleenex, Chevrolet, Brita, Prevacid, and Elizabeth Arden. As a mentor and coach to voice actors for the last eighteen years, she has also nurtured and guided hundreds of voice actors, from across the country, into the world of voice-overs.