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by Debbie Irwin
BEFORE “VOICE” ACTING If you know me you know my background is in theatre. As a young girl, I sang and danced around my living room to the score of various Broadway shows Finian’s Rainbow, Dr. Doolittle, My Fair Lady, and best of all, West Side Story. When I got cast in the Chicago All-City […]
by Debbie Irwin
Or, as in this case, a blog post I’d written in 2011 was kept by someone who enjoyed reading it, and reached out to tell me so 5 years later. I wrote about etiquette. It’s something I think about, in a variety of ways. Take self-promotion; for some reason, in our business actors are […]
by Debbie Irwin
“…’tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow’? One tomorrow would suffice, but it’s the other two that have made the thing immortal.” E. B. White, the guru of the written word, responds to a query of conciseness. He addresses the eternal conflict between precision and flourishes. To add words, or not to add, that is the question. […]
by Debbie Irwin
Through hearing how each of these women got to this point, and sharing my own journey, we both got and gave advice, and I think we’re the better for it. All in all it added up to an empowering experience.
by Debbie Irwin
We recorded for 30 hours (3 hours per day, 5 days a week, for 2 weeks), where I sat and read phrases from a computer screen — over 6,000. And contrary to most voice acting, this work required a “flat” read — the acting and emotion had to be kept out of the voice.
by Debbie Irwin
Welcome to the Gig Economy. Artists, designers, actors, coders, cab drivers, construction workers, independent contractors, etc., we all live from gig to gig. We are freelancers and we’re a growing force in NYC and across the country and freelance isn’t free. Making History In December I joined New York City Council Members, labor leaders, and […]
