Steven Spraragen - Educated, High Energy, Warm and Real Voice Talent

Educated, High Energy, Warm and Real Voice Talent

• Steven Spraragen is registered with Voice123 since Oct 19, 2006.
• Steven Spraragen started his/her voice over career in .
• Currently Steven Spraragen is a Standard subscriber.
• Auditions and proposals submitted through Voice123 during the past six months: 0

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Voice Description

I bring to the table a warm, intelligent, and educated vocal quality with a sophisticated sense of humor and irony. Formerly an instructor of accents and dialects at NYU, I offer a wide range of foreign and domestic accent and dialects.

Voice Genders and "Ages" I Can Perform

• Teenage Boy
• Young Adult Male
• Middle Age Male

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

• English - British
• English - North American

I Offer my Services for these Recording Purposes

• Commercials
• Promos
• IVR, voicemail, phone systems, and on-hold messages
• Audiobooks
• Documentaries
• Movie and game trailers
• Podcasts
• Others (on-camera, infomercials, live announcers, spokespersons)

Jobs I Am Willing to Take (Union-wise)

Unknown - Click here to ask Steven Spraragen

My Union Affiliations and Memberships

None

My Recording and Delivery Capabilities

• I have Phone Patch in my studio
• I can record and then upload the audio files via FTP

Pre-, Post- and Production Services I Offer

None

My Home Base

Oakland, San Francisco, United States

Accents, Impersonations, Characters and Dialects

Unknown - Click here to ask Steven Spraragen

My Voice Experience

Audiobooks/Periodicals:
Ten years recording the weekly newspaper THE WORLD TRIBUNE for blind members of the SGI-USA.
Three years recording books and periodicals for the JEWISH BRAILLE INSTITUTE.
At the age of 12 I recorded all three Star Wars novelizations for my own amusement. I've got a thing for audiobooks. To access my audiobook demo, please follow the link at the bottom of this page.

Narration/Announcer:
ART-21 for PBS

Educator/Instructor:
14 years of experience teaching various techniques of Voice, Speech, Accents and Dialects at NYU, Playwrights Horizons Theater School, CAP-21, and the School for Film and Television, all in New York City.
Recently contracted as a guest Speech instructor for the Spring 2007 semester in the BFA and MFA programs at the California Institute of the Arts.

My Training

BFA in Drama from NYU/Playwrights Horizons 1992
Coached in Voice-Over technique by Peter Rofé at PDR Voice in NYC
Journeyman work as a voice and speech teacher with the likes of Chuck Jones, Charlotte Fleck, Susan Finch and others in NYC.

My Studio Equipment

Unknown - Click here to ask Steven Spraragen

Additional Skills

I'm a perfectionist, with a strong motivation to please. I operate a small recording studio in my home, so I can produce voice over work rapidly and of the highest quality.