Crafting Character: An Audiobook

Performance Master Class with Shan

For inspired audiobook narrators ready to take their work to the next level, this eight-week acting intensive is limited to ten participants.

Expect:

  • Eight Zoom workshops (approximately two hours each), culminating in two new professionally produced demos for you (You’ll need your own recording space and equipment.)

  • Intimate, collaborative, and supportive atmosphere

  • Lecture and lab components, combining theory with practice

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

  • Homework assignments for mastering the material

  • Access to The Actor’s Toolbox, filled with tips and tricks

  • Access to the Script Library

Classes begin 9/2/25. (See Events for details.)

Curriculum

Unit 1 - The Actor Master physical and vocal technique for extending range and choice options when creating characters, and learn to maintain vocal health; techniques from Grotowski

Unit 2 - The Character Learn text analysis skills to deepen the process of character discovery; techniques from Uta Hagen, Meisner, and Stanislavsky

Unit 3 - The Director Internalize and master the process of crafting characters in your narration; learn to suspend self-judgment and turn your inner critic into an effective inner director

Unit 4 - The Entrepreneur Learn best industry practices to utilize a growth mindset to help your business succeed.

Course Price: $897

Payable in three installments