SAG-AFTRA young performers ages 11-17 are invited to participate in this special event. Read the synopsis completely and if interested see "Participant Information" at the bottom of the page.

Synopsis: 

V.O. veteran Lynnanne Zager will help teen actors learn the ins and outs of commercial voiceover auditions and instruct them on how to use their acting chops to book voiceover jobs. In the SAG Foundation’s state-of-the-art recording studio, performers will record copy while Lynnanne offers direction and coaching, so come prepared to show her what you can do.

Check-in begins at 10:45am and the workshop will be from 11:00am-1:00pm. 

About our guest instructor:

Lynnanne Zager is one of the voiceover community’s most respected actors, teachers and casting directors. After receiving her BFA and MFA from NYU Tisch School of the Arts she became Talent Coordinator of Hanna-Barbera Studios with 29 cartoon shows on the air including Scooby Doo, The New Flintstones, Richie Rich and Super Friends and was part of the producing and casting team for the original cartoon series, The Smurfs.

She has been a voiceover actor for over 25 years. Lynnanne's voice has been heard in more than 500 feature film and television programs. She is the Narrator in Investigation Discovery’s Deadly Women, just completing its eighth season, voice of the computers - G.I.N.A. in Extant, PINN in Transcendence, Men in Black 3, ABC’s LOST, Star Trek, The Movie and Fantastic 4 movies.

She is proud to be one of the California Cheese Happy Cows, the cold open of the WWE’s Extreme Rules and in the trailers for the video game Watch Dogs. She has most recently cast young actors’ voices for SPROUT and ADR Voiceover for The Book of Life, Mr. Peabody and Sherman, Game of Thrones and the upcoming Penguins of Madagascar for Dreamworks.

She is very proud to be mentoring and teaching voiceover acting in all genres to young actors and to be a part of the SAG Foundation’s Don LaFontaine VO Lab and now the EIF VO Lab in New York – having a passion for passing it on to the next generation (as Don LaFontaine did with her!) http://lazager.com.

Participant Information:

If interested in attending, please emailnrajendran@sagfoundation.org with the following information about the perfomer in the subject window:

First and last name – Age – SAG-AFTRA / Example: Justin Beiber – 14 - SAG–AFTRA 

Next steps will be emailed to the performer and/or guardian upon receipt of your email and we will move quickly to process and register those interested in attending.  Your consideration with this intial registration process is appreciated and will make it easier for young performers to participate in future VO Lab events.