SYNOPSIS
This class will focus on the technique of audiobook narration and the shifting styles of narration within different genres. In addition there will be a discussion of the audiobook industry as a whole and the ins and outs of a career within it. Most importantly the focus will be on finding the individual actor’s voice within the craft of narration.
PLEASE NOTE: This is a 2.5 hour class. It will end at 8pm.
REQUIREMENTS
Please bring and prepare a 1-2 minute audiobook selection of your choice. Choose any genre you feel you are best suited to, and prepare it to the best of your ability. Cold reading is acceptable as well.
INSTRUCTOR BIO
Gabra Zackman is a New York City based actress, audiobook narrator, teacher, and writer. She has performed off Broadway, in regional theaters across the country, several Shakespeare festivals, and also did a stint in the theaters of Denver, Colorado. She has been seen on TV in “Law and Order," “Law and Order: SVU,” and “AMC,” as well as a few small film roles.
Gabra has worked in audiobook narration for over 15 years, having relationships with studios in the New York area, Denver, and wherever she has performed around the country. She has recorded over 400 audiobooks to date in many major New York production houses as well as in her home studio in Queens. She started working in all genres, wound up voicing a large amount of romance and chick lit, and added to it with a great following in sci fi and fantasy. She is passionate about all genres but particularly loves memoir and all things Dystopia. She has won several awards for her work, Including a 2018 AUDIE award for the multi cast Sadie.
Gabra’s audiobook career has also led to her writing her own books. She is the author of The Bod Squad Series (Simon and Schuster’s Pocket Books 2015/2016), and co producer of the multicast recordings of her books through audible.com. She is currently at work on another series of novels as well as coproducing a serialized romance made for audio. At this point Gabra likes to call herself a “multidisciplinary storyteller.”
