Erika Smallen

"Put-on" or exaggerated: French British (cockney), Spanglish-Speaking New Yorker, Southern (American), Rastafarian or Caribbean, Russian, New Yorker, American upper crust, valley girl, and teenager. Alien, robot, sexy robot, Cruella-de-Ville-like, cartoon frog, fish, princess, and troll.

I'm new to the VO game but have plenty of experience as a dancer, choreographer, and stage performer (primarily as a drag king or faux-drag queen). I have been teaching Cuban and Brazilian Dance for the past 10 years. Addtionally, I have hosted radio shows on college and community radio in New York and Colorado. I have done four educational language CDs for Language Truck in Santa Rosa, CA June-August 2012. Voice Over Training at Radio Magic, Sonoma, CA. College radio at Binghamton University, Binghamton, NY, 1990-4. Community radio in Boulder, CO, 1995. Dance instructor, performer, and choreographer from 2002-present in Santa Rosa, CA. I have taught dance in a wide variety of venues such as: community colleges, day programs for adults with developmental disabilities, and non-profit organizations. Additionally, I have worked as a massage therapist, food service worker, non-profit program coordinator to prevent sexual assault among children and teens.