*Teens ages 12-17

Got voices in your head that are just dying to come out? Rick Zieff is coming to Boston to help get them out!

Rick is an Emmy-nominated LA-based voice actor (TV: “Tom and Jerry”, “Clarence”, "We Bare Bears", "Bunnicula"; Video Games: “Final Fantasy”, “World War Z”, “Fallout”, etc.) He is also a busy voice director (directed all 52 episodes of Nickelodeon’s “Get Blake”, the current YouTube Original hit “Sherwood”, and co-directed the video game version of “The Walking Dead”) and VO casting director (animation, commercials, industrials).

In this fun and informative animation/videogame workshop, Rick will offer insight into:

• what producers, casting directors and voice directors are listening for in an audition
• developing character voices and making them competitive
• The importance of text analysis
• what you can do to make your work stand out in order to book the job!

Those of you who have worked in film, TV or theater know about “typecasting”—or, simply put, you are what you look like. The luxury of voice-overs is that we can’t see you! Age, ethnicity, and body type are all hidden behind the cloak of invisibility. You can be cast as whatever you can SOUND like!

Come and work out with one of Hollywood’s top voice-over coaches, and see what kind of magic he can help you bring to the microphone!

*BONUS: students will get an audio file of their work from class!

About Rick Zieff:

Rick Zieff has been immersed in the entertainment industry for over twenty-five years. He has produced, directed, cast, written, and acted. Rick’s experience spans all media– film, television, radio, and the internet.

Rick has received critical acclaim for his voice direction of Otomo’s masterpiece “Steamboy”, starring Sir Patrick Stewart, Alfred Molina and Anna Paquin. On the small screen, Rick voice-directed and starred in the animated series "Get Blake" on Nickelodeon, and voices roles on “Clarence”, “Space Racers”, “Yo-Kai Watch”, and his longest running role is Spike the dog on "The Tom and Jerry Show", for which he received an Emmy Award nomination in 2017. Other projects include casting and directing a “motion comic” for Cie Studios and developing many animated pilots. Cartoon Network was the home of the “Gundam” series Rick directed (and starred in) for two seasons. Rick also wrote and produced TV promos for full seasons of WB shows, such as “One Tree Hill”, “Third Watch”, and “Gilmore Girls”. Rick has become the go-to man for Alternate Reality Game (ARG) casting and voice-directing. Among his numerous credits are the online games for “The Dark Knight”, “The International”, “Pirates of the Caribbean”, “Tron: Legacy”, and “Dig”. Rick also helped voice-cast the pioneering web series “The Soul Patrol”.

In a world of branding and viral marketing, Rick Zieff’s clients, such as Sony, Disney, Dreamworks, G4, Activision, Sunrise, Bandai, Pioneer, Nitto, Jell-o, Hasbro, Microsoft, and Leap Frog, keep him busy with a variety of marketing and promotional projects.