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Thank you, MAGFest, for inviting me and my fellow Super Smash Opera creators, Liz Rishel and Marjorie Rishel, back as part of “MAGES: The Music and Gaming Education Symposium” at Super Magfest 2020 in DC. We are excited to lend our expertise to discussions on games, writing, composition, balance, and more! Learn more about MAGES #voiceacting #vo #gameaudio #music #gameaudiodev #podcast #audiodrama

I got to voice three spacey characters (“Female Soldier”, “Robot” and “Alien”) in “Galactic Blast”, the latest game by LuckyLand Slots. You can also catch my speaking (and singing) voice in one of their other recent games, “Power of Ra”. Thanks, Gina Zdanowicz, of Serial Lab Sound, for bringing me on board for these. “To Big Wins, and Beyond!” #vo #game #scifi #audio #voiceacting

New episode of “The New Adventures of Red Riding Hood” (in spaaaace!) is finally up. My regular role of “Clank” is not in this episode, but this time I got voice a killer fighter robot named “Matilda”. (Listen to the latest episode here on Podcasts.com,  on Youtube, and more updated soon!) Continue reading →

I have been nominated for “Best Performance of a Leading Role in an Audio Play Production” in this year’s Audio Verse Awards! Very exciting to see our project, “Call of the Flame”, nominated in multiple categories this year! Do you have great audio drama/ podcast/ spoken word/ radioplay? Throw your hat in! Actors, writers, composers… so many categories. Nominations close Sept 30th! #audio #vo #audiodrama #radioplay

Excited to announce the first episode of Codename Blank! I play the role of villain “Aida Sanantonio”, a wacky and crafty dame full of evil plans, and maniacal laughs, and she’s been a blast . You get a taste of her in this first episode. Listen on Spotify, on this Free libsyn player, and coming soon to Apple Podcasts! #vo #podcast #audiodrama #detective #comedy #CodenameBlank

I am part of a panel proposal for SXSW 2020 along with fellow industry experts Alexander Brandon and Jeff McMillen. Our talk, titled “Breaking Barriers and Working with Game Developers”. Talks for SXSW are chosen by a voting system. Check out our description and if you like our idea, please vote for our proposal today! 🙂 #gamedev #SXSW2020 #audio #techtalks #collaboration

Excited to join the cast of a new #audiodrama detective series, “Codename: Blank” in the roles of “Aida Sanantonio” and “various voices”. This project was a joy to audition for, many fun characters and scenarios await;) Their Twitter and Facebook are up now, website with full cast bios and more coming soon:) #audiodrama #radioplay #vo #audio #podcast

Thank you, Game Worlds Camp, and Alicia Andrew, for having me as a guest speaker and ‘industry expert’ judge for your awesome video-game-making summer camp for kiddos this summer:) I had a great time sharing my love of sound design in all it’s noisy and beautiful glory with the class. They got a kick learning how audio can be created anywhere (ie. fun with potato chip bags). Continue reading →

Was so nice to be back at my alma mater, lecturing last week at the Mary Pappert School of Music at Duquesne University for the City Music Center’s “Music Tech Summer Intensive” workshop. Through my three-day presentation series we covered many aspects of #audio for #games, Continue reading →

Evenings in Quarantine: The Zombie Opera my first original production, co-created with the fabulous Liz Rishel, is almost 10 years old!!!! Very proud of my creative, tech, and performing team members… oh and our 100+ filmed backdrop extras and volunteers from all corners of the City of Pittsburgh:)  We ARE planning a special performance/show/ something for October 2020 to celebrate! Continue reading →