Joyce Schiavo

Born in Philadelphia, raised in the suburbs I have a great Philly as well as Main Line accent.

I study acting with Kenneth John McGregor and I had been an operator and customer service representative with Verizon for 13 years so I am very conscious of controlling and using my voice in different ways depending on the circumstance. I have just created a demo tape so that I may apply for jobs in the voice over industry. I have been training with Leonard Dozier Addy Award-Winning Voice Over Expert, on a weekly basis I participate in an Acting: Masters class with John McGregor at the Walking Fish Theatre. I am quite happy to begin by helping students in low budget situation in order to build my resume. AT2020 UB MIC with filter, Sony MDR7506 headphones and I use Audacity online services. Working with Verizon as an as Operator, Customer Service Rep and Maintenance Administrator on an incoming call basis I was dealing with all personality types and had to respond accordingly to satisfy the customer without face to face contact. In acting we use our voice in a variety of ways to better advance the character through the scene. I also worked in a elementary school reading to the children acting out characters for their amusement, to obtain and hold their interest.