About the Class

Voice Over: Audiobook Narration is a focused training course designed to help you master the art of long-form storytelling. You will practice effective vocal techniques, modulation, and tone, ensuring proper articulation while working directly with professional audiobook texts in class. The curriculum also helps you discover best industry practices for recording, editing, and promotion, while teaching you new techniques to create engaging, honest characters that resonate with listeners.

Tuition

$300

Duration

3 hours, 3 sessions

Capacity

Maximum of 12 students

Find Your Session

2 sessions available

06/14-07/26

Sunday

(2:00PM - 4:00PM)

Taught by Kira Rockwell

08/13-09/03

Thursday

(10:00AM - 1:00PM)

Taught by Hannah Chiclana

Meet the Teachers

Kira Rockwell is an Atlanta-based playwright and educator, originally from the heart of Texas. Selected plays include OH TO BE PURE AGAIN (world premiere production: Actor’s Express); HOLY CHICKEN SANDWICH (upcoming world premiere production: Horizon Theatre); WICKED BITTER BEAST(S) (development: Alabama Shakespeare Festival); THE TRAGIC ECSTASY OF GIRLHOOD (workshop production: Boston Playwrights' Theatre). She holds commissions from Ensemble Studio Theatre, Actor's Express, and Theatrical Outfit. Her work has been developed with The Kennedy Center, NNPN, Great Plains Theatre Commons, and more. Her writing awards include the Judith Royer Excellence in Playwriting Award, Second Place Recipient of the Paula Vogel Playwriting Award, Fellowship with the Mass Cultural Council, and the Genre Gabriel Moore Playwriting Award. She holds a BFA in Theatre Performance and an MFA in Playwriting from Boston University. Currently, she teaches Dramatic Writing for the Stage and Screen at Georgia State University.

Hannah Chiclana is a co-owner of OSYS Studios. Since working in the Casting Department at CBS in NYC, she has loved finding the right voices for each role and working with actors to make sure their performance is the best it can be. She continues this work as the Director of Performance at OSYS. Hannah is also a working actor in the Southeast. She received her MFA in Performing Arts from Savannah College of Art and Design and her BA in Theater Studies at The University of Central Florida. Her bread and butter is audiobooks; she's narrated over 60 audiobooks. When she's not in her booth or on stage, she is working with her agent, JPervis, on commercials, voiceovers, and all the other fun TV and Film things. You might have heard her voice in commercials like Bed, Bath, and Beyond, Tally, and more! She loves being a teaching artist and has been teaching for 15+ years starting at The Orlando REP Theatre and currently at The Alliance Theatre.