I have been blessed to do both straight, solid narration for industrials (Dollar Rent-a-Car), wacky cartoon voices (HeartSoft Educational Software), spokesperson and character voices for numerous TV and radio commercials (from L'Oreal to the Tulsa State Fair's Singing Cow! - numerous nationwide spots for award-winning Cloud 9 Studios in Tulsa, OK 1991 to present), audiobooks, cartoons (Impact Productions), radio station liners (the voice of the Oasis Radio Network), plus DVDs for Harvest House Publishers.
I've been a professional actor, author and playwright for over 25 years ().
Studied Theater Arts, Speech and Voice at:
New York University
Circle-in-the-Square
Herbert Berghof Studios
University of London
University of Nevada, Reno
I have taught Theater and Voice at:
Northeastern University
University of Central Oklahoma
Bartlesville Community Arts Center
1993-present - A Touring Artist & Teaching Artist funded by and on the Rosters of:
Oklahoma Arts Council
Mid-America Arts Alliance
Recorders:
Alesis ADAT
ProTools:
Digi001(pc)
Digi003(mac)
mbox2 (for mobile)
Console:
Vintage Yamaha MC 2404
Microphones:
AKG 3000B
Sterling Audio ST 55
SM 57s (3)
SM 58S (2)
beta 58S (2)
Sennheiser MD 421
AKG D112
Samick CO2 (2)
Nady RSM2 Ribbon mic
Outboard:
DBX 166 Compressor
Behringer T1953
Software:
ProTools
Waves Diamond Bundle
Reason
Melodyne Studio
Computing:
Custom built PC 1.3Mhz 1.5gb of ram
1.6Mhz PowerMac G5 4gb of ram
46" Samsung SyncMater Monitor
Amps:
'58 Gibson Skylark
Vox AC-15
Fender Deville
59' Fender Harvard
Orange Tiny Terror(head)
Custom tuck-n-roll 100
Guitars:
'62 Harmmony hollow body
'66 harmony(dual humbucker)
epiphone les paul
standard strat
'56 Tusca (airline style)
Martin DXCE-1
'78 Alverez dreadnought
Fender P Bass
Processing:
boss ds-1 distortion
boss digital delay(dd-6)
(dd-3)
fuzz face
fulltone fulldrive 2
dod 250
keyboards and organs:
'68 Hammond A105(B3) w/122 Leslie Rotating speaker
'67 Hammond CV w/Hammond Tone Cab
Fender Rhodes 73 (silver top)
'20's Baldwin "Monarch" Upright
'71 Jen syn1000(monophonic analog synth)
'79 Lowry Tennie Jeanie organ
'59 Yamaha Electone
Air organs(3)
Casio SK-1
Concertmate 570
145 Leslie Rotating Speaker(old single-speed)
Drums:
'60's Gretsch 28" kick drum
'70's Slingerland 28" kick drum
'60's Apollo kit(20", 12", 16")
'60's Lido kit(slingerland copy)(22" 14" 16")
'76 Ludwig Acrolite snare
Mapex mars-pro (22",13",14",16")
Mapex maple snare
cb snare
Saibian AAX studio hi-hats, and matching 16" crash
Saibian Hand Hammered 20" ride
'40's 12" sizzler (Ludwig/Paiste)
I am a published author with Harvest House Publishers, so I can assist in the area of copywriting.
As an award-winning actor and playwright, I present one-woman shows (from historical to hysterical!) at theaters, universities, conferences, schools, churches, corporate events and retreats.
I have performed for US troops with the USO in Asia, over 500,000 students, on board the Delta Queen for the Smithsonian and for the President and nation's Governors at the National Governors' Conference.
As the director of DoveTale Productions since 1993, I have directed and performed in over a dozen original plays and musicals, including the 12-week summer production I wrote for the Cherokee National Museum and Heritage Center, "Under the Cherokee Moon," now in its third season.
I have two television shows, one of which has been sold to TBN, the world's largest television network. "PraiseMoves Kids!" on their Smile of a Child Network, is the first faith and fitness show for children, reaching 100-300 million people globally. My daily "Fitness for His Witness" nugget is heard on radio networks throughout the U.S.
Not that it would help with voice-overs, but I'm also a ventriloquist (but how could you tell on v/o?).
I have produced 10 DVDs of my material for Harvest House Publishers and through my DoveTale Productions company, including Fitness, Drama and Teaching DVDs.
I created the PowerMoves Kids program/curriculum, the first Character Education & Fitness program for the classroom, now being used in PK-8 schools in the U.S. and Canada.
I have worked extensively as a presenter, spokesperson, keynote speaker and workshop leader in the following settings:
educational (PK thru university)
corporate and club-related events
entertainment (stage, film, TV, radio)
church conferences and retreats
news media (radio and television)
fitness centers
literary conferences and libraries