Zoom: VOICE-OVER CONNECTION - Meet THREE Top NY VOICE-OVER Agents Online all in ONE Night!

Tuesday, November 12, 2024, 6:30pm ET / 3:30pm PT

Our VO Connection is a MUST for all voice-over actors currently seeking agency representation or wanting to bump up to a new career level.

The format will be a Q & A where you'll have YOUR chance to ask specific questions all about the voice-over industry, followed by meeting and showcasing your work one at a time to our panel of three agents.

Advice and verbal feedback will be received and will immediately affect your audition results!

Scheduled guests include:

- Christian Sparks, CESD

- Ed Batchelor, Arcieri & Associates

- Keegan Monti-Kewley, The Osbrink Agency - New NY Agency!

*Please note that Guests are subject to change.

EVENT OVERVIEW:

The afternoon of the event, you’ll be given your appointment times in EST.

The event will start with a 30 minute Q&A with everyone in the room. Then you will be admitted one by one and get 5 minutes in the room with the guests, including your performance. After your time slot you are free to leave for the evening (hit “Leave Meeting” button).

Please show up at least 5-10 minutes before your scheduled time, and please be aware that technical issues can occur but your host will keep you updated while you are in the waiting room.

We kindly ask that you do not request to alter your appointment time.

-The host will open the ‘room’ at least 30 minutes before the start of class. You’re welcome to arrive during this time to run your scene with the host.

-Actors will be automatically sent to the ‘waiting room’. The host will admit the actors as they arrive. 

-The host or the guests will give the spiel on how the class will run with any special notes, and begin the lesson plan.

WHAT TO PREPARE:

Please choose one piece of 30 second Commercial Voice Over copy that you connect to and prepare it for this event. 

Please follow the procedures listed below:

• Please update your headshot and fill out the MY INFO section of your AC account upon registration.

• The room will be open 30 minutes before the event is scheduled to start. Please arrive at least 10 MINUTES before your event begins as your host will give important information about the event at this time.

• Instructions and the ZOOM link for access to this online event will be emailed to you in advance. If you have not received the link by one hour before the event, please reach out to registration@actorsconnection.com.

Additional Information:

Our online office hours are 9am-6pm Monday-Friday

If you have an emergency for a class you are participating in outside of these hours, please email help@actorsconnection.com and your host will be able to respond.

**No recording of any kind is permitted by participants during class.**

**Actors Connection classes and programming are for ADULTS (18+). Unless it is disclosed above, with permission, some teens (14+) are allowed to take adult programming. To inquire about getting permission, please send an email to: info@actorsconnection.com**

**Please keep in mind that all programs at Actors Connection are for educational and professional development purposes. Participating in any class or event is not a promise of employment.**

 

TESTIMONIALS:

"I attended Voiceover Connection and got great feedback from all of the panelists and had a meeting with a few of the agents. I wanted to let you know that I recently SIGNED with Stewart Talent for Voiceover! And not only that, but I also recently BOOKED my 1st Union VO job! Thanks to you and the Actors Connection for helping me to jumpstart my VO career." -Carl James

"Actors Connection seems to know no limits to doing the right thing and doing everything right. Your VO Connection last evening was so professionally done... it moved along so quickly and smoothly. A deep bow to your hostesses, Jo and Kylie for that. Many thanks for having such professionals available to us as you did last evening." -Tom Murphy

"Last night was my first Actors Connection, and I want to thank you all so much for a great event! The Q&A with agents offered good insight into their world, and I got some great, helpful feedback after being in the booth." -Melineh Kurdian

"I just attended your new Voice-Over Connection event and it was AMAZING! Top agencies were represented and I walked away with invaluable information. The agents spoke, listened, and critiqued. The feedback was excellent!  Jenny Brown from Abrams had just called me in for a VO audition that very same week! Thank you Actor's Connection for helping me to live out my dreams!"-Tonya Canady

"I attended the V/O Showcase last night at Actors Connection. It was my first showcase with you guys, and I first just want to say thank you for making it such a smooth and stressless evening. It was informative and enjoyable and much appreciated! -Lauren McCune

"Just wanted to thank you for putting together AC's first Voice-Over Connection. It was well planned and I thought the format was terrific!"-Phil Schaefer

"Voiceover Connection was an amazing experience and I walked away feeling that I invested wisely into myself and my craft and got my money's worth. Thank You!" -Patricia Willis

Christian Sparks

Christian Sparks entered the talent representation world from production and has worked in the voiceover department at CESD since 2017.

As an agent, he works directly on all things commercial, and has become finely attuned at harnessing an actor’s full potential as voiceover artists.

Ed Batchelor

Ed Batchelor is a voiceover agent with over a decade of experience in the voiceover industry. 

He started his career as an assistant in the commercial voiceover and promo department at Paradigm and later promoted to commercial voiceover agent. He has most recently booked clients on national TV and radio spots for Nissan, Milk-Bone, Flonase, Ikea, Chick-fil-A, Marshall’s, and Cigna to name just a few.

Ed is currently a voiceover agent at Arcieri and Associates.

Keegan Monti-Kewley

Formerly at A3 Artists Agency, Keegan recently joined the new NY office of The Osbrink Agency, a well known LA agency. He represents talent for commercial voice-overs.