Carl Wawrina - character, friendly, accents, cartoon, flexible

character, friendly, accents, cartoon, flexible

• Carl Wawrina is registered with Voice123 since Oct 08, 2006.
• Carl Wawrina started his/her voice over career in 2007.
• Currently Carl Wawrina is a Premium subscriber.
• Auditions and proposals submitted through Voice123 during the past six months: 3
• Carl Wawrina was last active on Voice123 3 days ago

Voice Description

My natural voice is generally warm and friendly, however it is very flexible. Modifying my tonality, pacing (including very fast), etc. I can sound harsh, soft, cartoonish, older, feminine, gravelly, ethnic, etc. I take direction very well.

Voice Genders and "Ages" I Can Perform

• Young Adult Male
• Middle Age Male
• Senior Female
• Senior Male

Language(s) of Which I Am a Native Speaker:

• English - North American

I Offer my Services for these Recording Purposes

• Commercials
• Promos
• IVR, voicemail, phone systems, and on-hold messages
• Training, business presentations, sales, and web sites
• Audiobooks
• Videogames
• Documentaries
• TV shows and movies
• Movie and game trailers
• Podcasts
• Others (on-camera, infomercials, live announcers, spokespersons)

Jobs I Am Willing to Take (Union-wise)

• Non-Union Jobs

• Jobs for AFTRA (US) signatories

My Union Affiliations and Memberships

None

My Recording and Delivery Capabilities

• I will go to any designated studio in my area

Pre-, Post- and Production Services I Offer

None

My Home Base

Los Angeles, California, United States

Accents, Impersonations, Characters and Dialects

British (RP), Australian, American English, Californian, Cajun, American Regional, Texas, Bronx, New York, New England, Eastern European

My Voice Experience

I served as dialect coach for two plays in which I also performed: a proper British accent for Patrick Hamilton's "Rope," and a slightly modified New England accent for Thornton Wilder's "Our Town." More recently, I used a German accent for the role of psychiatrist Dr. Feldman in "Duet for One." My first VO was as a war radio announcer for "Mister Roberts" which was used in two consecutive community theater productions.

My Training

Acting and improv classes at South Coast Repertory in Costa Mesa, CA.

Private and workshop instruction with Lori Tritel; class instruction with Michael Bell. Over 30 years of self-taught vocal characterizations.

My Studio Equipment

My home studio includes Sonar 8.5 Producer Edition, Athlon XP 3000+ CPU, 8 GB RAM, Windows 7 Professional 64-bit, Tascam US-144 MKII Audio Interface, Rode NT-2A large diaphragm mic with shock mount, stand. Sonar includes built-in effects including compression, gating, reverb, time-based effects (chorus, phase, etc.)

Additional Skills

Member of the Long Beach Shakespeare Company (LBSC) since March 2007, for which I've appeared in over 20 productions, including Richard III, Romeo & Juliet, A Comedy of Errors, The Maltese Falcon, Merry Wives of Windsor, Othello, Alice in Wonderland (staged reading where I performed 25 unique voices), the company's live staged recreation of classic radio shows including Orson Welles' 1958 broadcast of the War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells. I portrayed the Stage Manager in "Our Town," and also served as the dialect coach. I was favorably reviewed in Backstage Magazine for my portrayal of Dr. Feldman, a German psychiatrist in a two-person play, "Duet for One," by Tom Kempinski.