1st Saturday Workshops

Together, these stand-alone, two-hour online classes form a comprehensive narration performance program. Feel free to take one, all or repeat!

Each meets on the first Saturday afternoon of the month. (See Events for details on dates and times.)

With a class limit of ten participants and a low cost, these classes are an economical opportunity to improve your acting skills with one of the industry’s best.

Expect:

• Interactive workshop where you’ll engage with the material, getting valuable feedback

• Intimate, collaborative, and supportive atmosphere

• Practical advice designed to streamline your process, saving you time and energy

• Participants receive a script chosen specifically for them, helpful handouts, and a complimentary copy of the video.

The nine workshops integrate together but can be taken separately to meet your needs.

1. Asking the Right Questions - Tools for discovering and communicating character, subtext, and motivation in audiobook narration

2. Embodying Character: Physicality and Feeling - Discover the connection between physicality and emotion

3. Creating Character: Voices and Choices - Explore Shannon’s unique “vocal layering” technique for developing character

4. Self-direction for Narrators - Explore the self-directing process for narrators

5. 1st-Person POV Challenges - Handling tone and dialogue

6. 3rd-Person POV Challenges - Handling tone and dialogue

7. Historical Fiction - Dive deep into immersing yourself in the context

8. Scary Stories - Dive deep into thrillers and horror

9. Far-Out Stories - Dive deep into fantasy and science fiction

Go to the Events page for additional class details and to sign up.

Audit and post-class video options available.