Karen Manarolla

Accents: French, Italian(standard and uneducated), Spanish, standard British English. Dialect: Country drawl of the West.

Most recently, I have been recording audiobooks for the blind at the local library. I'm working on my fourth novel, and in this one I create voices for a curious little girl, her insensitive father and her distracted mother, a fun non-conformist uncle, a witty fairy and a complicit narrator. I have taught French,Spanish and Italian at middle school, high school and university for many years. I lived in Rome, Italy several years where I taught Italians how to speak English with a British accent, due to the phonetic method of teaching used at that particular school. As a child I spent many a summer on my uncle's ranch in Wyoming riding and listening to stories. Last year I taught line dancing in Nanjing, China. BA in Italian and French, and MA in Italian from the Univ. of Washington Teaching Certification. Classes at Freehold Theater in Seattle: Acting I Voice Over I studied piano and voice until I was 18 years old. I practice yoga and dance. I have access to a professional studio here in Seattle. It has a high quality sound system. I have been a language teacher, dance teacher, salesperson, waitress, and I have sung in choirs and danced in recitals. I enjoy recording audiobooks and I hope to work on documentaries. The creative process of matching my voice to an idea and/or image intrigues me.