Lawrence Kaiser

Accents/dialects: Bronx/Brooklyn; Boston; Chicago/mid-west; general Southern; R.P English, middle class English, Cockney, Midlands; Irish (Dublin); Scottish; French; Russian. Character: Well-to-do American and working class American (Bronx/Brooklyn and rural American).

I first undertook voice over training in 1992 and soon after did a narration job. it was a long script that took several days to record and required me to create about a dozen distinct voices. Unfortunately, a copy of the narration that was promised me was never sent. I went into college teaching a short while later and am only now , retired from teaching, returning to pursue voice over work. My undergrad degree was in English and i graduated Summa Cum Laude, Honors English with a GPA of 3.9, then was a awarded a full fellowship from Stanford for their Ph.D. After three years there, I entered UC San Diego's professional actors training program where i earned an MFA in Theatre. I have worked as a professional stage actor for more than 30 years and have been a member of Actors Equity since 1998. I work primarily as a classical actor with close to 15 Shakespeare productions along. Additionally, I'm a classically trained bass singer, having sung in close to 100 classical concerts and a dozen operas. I am also a poet and fiction writer, and, along with having taught literature and writing for 22 years, I am particularly sensitive to language as well as using voice to express it. . . . . Voice over training began with Dan Duckworth in the late '80s followed by a ten week class with Charles Michel and for past two years with Steve Harris, who produced my two voice over demos. All three teach in NYC. I have a simple home studio: The ICS Blueball mic, a mic recording acoustic isolation shield with a pop filter, and I use Audacity recording software on my home computer. As noted on my acting resume, and demonstrated on my character-accent-dialect demo, I excel at accents and dialects and have sung classical choral music/opera in 11 languages. As I said above, as a writer and former college writing teacher, i am particularly sensitive and attuned to language and what words and voice can do.