Patricia Shanks

My straight-ahead read resembles Annette Bening and several unnamed PBS and NPR announcers. Add a little hubba-hubba and you get a dash of Marilyn Monroe tinged with Mae West. Accents: Jewish, Southern, Mid-Atlantic-British-Gypsy, other. Hear Character Demo.

Pre-recorded and live announcer. Intros for Larry Jordan’s Digital Production Buzz and his Las Vegas NAB Show announcements. The regular voice of A.L.I.S. Hotels Chain and American Career College. Lobby and Kiosk ads and announcements for PacificCare, Ramada Resorts at Disneyland, Orly beauty, and Wilshire Home Entertainment. Films, Radio, and TV. Live audio description for the visually impaired for FOX SPORTS and WWE Friday Night Smackdown, AD for Paramount feature films. Jazz radio show host for an NPR affiliate. Host, writer, producer for an arts and entertainment weekly TV news segment. Property descriptions for Canaday Real Estate TV show. Commercials for all outlets. I’ve voiced quite a diverse range of commercials for TV, radio, and the Internet. Here is a representative list. American Career College, Suzanne Somers Women’s Health Radio, Dr. Amen, Dr. Kotis, Relationship 911, Maverick Investments, Colonial Buffet, California State University Fullerton. Documentaries and Informercials and other long form. MyNutrition Store, UCI Center for Citizen Peacebuilding, Oceans Alive, Water 101, Yamaha AW16G Music Mixing Board Demo, Crossroads Computer Art DVD poetry reading and product description. Training Videos. Honda, Mitsubishi, a major freight transportation company (NDA), Zeiss, various medical (NDA), United Airlines, Sun Microsystems, Federal Express, Rockwell. Others. Emmy Award-winning writer. I have a BS in Business with extensive coursework, training and professional experience in music education (including teaching voice and voiceover for Orange County School of the Arts and Young American College of the Performing Arts), music performance, acting, journalism, scripting programs, video and television producing. Voice (singing) pro with Opera Pacific, LA Music Center Opera Assn., soloist for the former Crystal Cathedral Hour of Power Choir. Former Los Angeles Daily News arts and entertainment columnist. Familiarity with foreign language pronunciation in several languages, performing and visual arts terms and knowledge, and medical and technical pronunciations. Sennheiser MK4, Warm Audio 87jr, Adobe Audition On-camera, live announce, presenter, writer, producer, singer