Craig Crumpton

Specialize in US Southern dialects: Alabama, Georgia, Texas, Arkansas, Mississippi, Tennessee. Other regional US dialects: New Yorker, Bostonian, Chicago, North Dakotan, Minnesotan, Southern Californian, etc. International accents and dialects: English (British, Liverpoolean, Cockney), Scottish English, Irish English, Canadian English, Ukrainian, Swedish, Russian, Hispanic (Mexico), and et cetera. Craig is constantly challenging himself vocally--studying accents and dialects as a hobby in order to incorporate them into his repertoire. Craig has had recent auditions for Afrikaans, Russian, and "stuffy British" dialects.

Since 1994, Craig has primarily performed for live events as Emcee/Host as well as an award-winning singer, stand-up comedian, and storyteller. Some of Craig's clients include: Gwinnett's Most Talented (Duluth, GA) US Jesco (Atlanta, GA) Shawn Brown's Super Fun Show (Atlanta, GA) Dream Friends (Atlanta, GA) Frankie & Gina's Comedy Wedding (Duluth, GA) Stone Mountain Park (Stone Mountain, GA) Bass Pro Shops (Lawrenceville, GA) Smyrna's Got Talent (Smyrna, GA) Gwinnett County Schools (Atlanta, GA) Gwinnett County Public Library (Norcross, GA) The Atlanta Braves (sang National Anthem) Acappella Ministries (Nashville, TN) The Daybreak Quartet (Stockbridge, GA) Georgia Power & Associates (Atlanta, GA) The Campus Church of Christ (Norcross, GA) 12:11 Youth Retreat 2007 (Anniston, AL) H.O.P.E. Ministries International (Washington, D.C.) And this doesn't even include the hundreds of other performances at churches, schools, and summer camps all across the U.S. Craig has been incorporating his experience as a live performer into that of a voice talent mostly doing live radio but is beginning to do more recorded voiceovers and is getting regular auditions since landing representation with a few talent agencies. Craig also has experience as a volunteer doing reading for the blind on public radio, storytelling for children at various public and private schools and public libraries, and has voiced multiple characters for radio dramas. COLLEGE Communications: Commercial Writing, Broadcasting Pensacola Chrs. Col., 1991-1996 - classes in: Broadcasting 101, Copy Writing/Editing, Writing for Publication, Broadcast Production (TV and radio), Speech, and was involved in several stage shows, radio shows, and TV productions. CLASSES & WORKSHOPS Animation Voiceover Workshop: Bob Bergen Voiceover Workshop: Bill Holmes Voice Acting: Patrick Fraley; James Alburger TV Commercials: The Actors Scene Cold Read: The Actors Scene Sitcom & Soap: The Actors Scene Monologue: The Actors Scene Monologue Workshop: Mari Lyn Henry TV Commercials Workshop: Barry Shapiro Acting Workshop: Debra Lynn Findon Audio Books Teleclass: Susan Berkley Singing/Voice: Scott Berry (classical); Amy Thornburg (contemporary) Microphone: Sennheiser e835 Mixer: TASCAM US-122 USB Interface Recording/Editing: Primarily Audacity, but also have some experience with Cubase LE, GigaStudio 3.0, and ProTools. Craig has a keen sense of character, pacing, comic timing, and storytelling which has given him the ability to give color, emotion, nuance, and life to any copy. Craig has been studying voice acting and cartoon voice actors as a hobby since he was a child, and as a result has developed a solid skill for mimicry, character voices, and assimilating regional accents and dialects. Craig takes direction very well--can vocally deliver pretty much anything the director needs or asks. Excellent problem-solving skills: if a read or character isn't working, Craig is quick to offer suggestions, alternatives, and resolutions for the issue.