Crushing Your Animation Audition with Ben Giroux

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Crushing Your Animation Audition with Ben Giroux

Saturday, March 15, 2025

Begins at 11:00 AM PDT | 2:00 PM EDT
Check-in begins at: 10:45 AM PDT | 1:45 PM EDT

1 Hour 30 Minutes

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Synopsis

Join celebrated actor and voice talent Ben Giroux for a Zoom workshop that will explore how to handle an animation audition from the moment it is received in your inbox until you hit send on your MP3. In this ninety minute session, Ben will demonstrate his process by guiding three pre-selected actors from cold read to finished product. Along the way, Ben will share his inside tips & tricks on how to effectively break down copy, make specific creative choices, integrate improv, and authentically embody a character to deliver bookable animation auditions. This  session will conclude with a lengthy Q&A period where everyone present will have the opportunity to ask questions and benefit from Ben’s decades of experience as a voice talent, content creator, actor, and director.

Important: This Saturday session will be a lecture and a demonstration with a Q&A. Participants will not read for the instructor. 


Instructor Bio

With 5 million fans on social media, Ben Giroux is a prolific actor, voice artist, director, and content creator whose viral work has amassed hundreds of millions of views – including his hit music video Back to the 90s. On camera, he’s best known as The Toddler in Nickelodeon’s Henry Danger franchise, with notable roles on The Big Show Show (Netflix), Coop & Cami Ask the World (Disney), Will & Grace (NBC), NCIS (CBS), Bones (FOX), House (FOX), Psych (USA), 2 Broke Girls (CBS), Sam & Cat (Nick), Anger Management (FX), Family Tree (HBO), and many more. As a voice actor, Giroux stars as Nate Wright in Nickelodeon’s Emmy-nominated Big Nate, Robin in Batman vs. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Warner Brothers), Jimmy Olsen in DC Superhero Girls (Cartoon Network), Mikey Munroe in Bunsen is a Beast (Nick), and Casey in The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners (Skydance). He has voiced roles in Love, Death & Robots (Netflix), Rick & Morty (Adult Swim), Invincible Fight Girl (Adult Swim), Rocky & Bullwinkle (Amazon), The Loud House (Nick), Max & The Midknights (Nick), Blaze & the Monster Machines (Nick), and many more. Behind the camera, Giroux directs and produces commercials, television, and music videos under his Small Red Cape production banner. Currently, he is actively developing multiple optioned television projects with his writing partner, Arnie Pantoja.