MARK BENNINGHOFEN arrived from New York in 1984 to join the acting company at the
Guthrie Theater where he's worked on and off for 28 years. After a fun stint in
L.A. where he was featured on everything from Frasier to Chicago Hope,
Mark and his family made their way back to Minneapolis to be real people in a
real place. His voice has appeared in thousands of radio and television
commercials and he is president of Shout Creative Advertising in Minneapolis.
GARY BINGNER started his voiceover career at the tender age
of 8 when he bought a small tape recorder with his allowance and "went all John
Cameron Swayze" on his siblings. (Wiki that
dated reference!) Since then, his face has never been far from a microphone.
Known for his natural, regular guy sound and his lighthearted interviewing
skills, Gary has recorded skads of voiceovers for clients coast to coast. From
the Florida Department of Citrus to the Kansas Lottery to a restaurant in
Anchorage, Gary's wry wit and natural delivery have earned him assignments from
big time clients like Target, Best Buy, Comcast and General Mills. Among his
proudest accomplishments were recording the first man-on-the-street radio
commercials for Chipotle (Mexican Grill) and being the on-camera host and
interviewer for a video used at Kennedy Space Center. Gary would tell you more
of the hundreds of clients he's done voiceovers for, but bragging kind of
embarrasses him. In his spare time, Gary is President, Creative Director and Chief
Copywriter at his own Minneapolis advertising boutique, Quasimodo Advertising.
MARK BRADLEY has been acting on Twin Cities stages for more than 35 years, in such familiar venues as the Guthrie (1776, A View from the Bridge), Chanhassen (State Fair, The Sound of Music, Annie Get Your Gun, Greater Tuna, On Golden Pond), and The Ordway (The Music Man, Oklahoma). He has been a longtime fixture on the Old Log stage, appearing in 34 shows in the last 22 years, including Moon Over Buffalo, Arsenic and Old Lace, Beau Jest, The Odd Couple, and 18 children's shows. His film and TV credits include The Mighty Ducks, The Comeback, and Vernie, and he has performed on camera and voice-over in local, regional, and national radio and TV commercials and non-broadcast projects. He is a graduate of Dartmouth College and the University of Minnesota. His principal claim to fame is that he once directed Meryl Streep in a bad one-act play.
CHRIS CARLSON has been performing on stage, screen and microphones for over 20 years. Among the more than 30 stage productions include work at the Guthrie (Nice Fish, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, God of Carnage, Circle Mirror Transformation, The Falls), Frank Theatre (The Pillowman), the Jungle Theater (The Swan, On the Verge, Macbeth), the History Theatre (To Kill a Mockingbird), Children's Theatre (Prom, Cloud 9), Pillsbury House Theatre (Bug), and Park Square Theatre (Rock 'n' Roll, Julius Caesar). His more than 20 film credits include Jimmy P: Psychotherapy of a Plains Indian (2013), Thin Ice (2011), Profile of a Killer (2012), Ticket Out (2011), Peacock (2010), Killer Movie (2008), Older Than America (2008), Factotum (2005), Justice (2004), Here on Earth (2000), The Chromium Hook (2000), and Drop Dead Gorgeous (1999). Chris also co-founded Thirst theater, practices immigration law, teaches at Hamline University School of Law, is the Guthrie Lead Teaching Artist for Corporate Training and runs NarrativePros.com, a story training and consulting business.
In 2009, PATRICK COYLE completed
work on his second feature film, INTO TEMPTATION, starring Kristin Chenoweth,
Jeremy Sisto, and Brian Baumgartner, which he wrote, directed and acted in. INTO TEMPTATION premiered at The Newport
Beach Film Festival where Jeremy Sisto won a best acting award. The film played theatrically in seven cities,
has been released throughout North America by Millennium Entertainment, and is
currently playing on Showtime. His first
feature film, DETECTIVE FICTION, based on his award-winning stage play,
premiered at the 2003 Sundance Film Festival and won awards at the Newport (RI)
International Film Festival and the Minneapolis/St. Paul International Film
Festival. Coyle wrote the screenplay, directed,
co-produced and acted the lead role.
DETECTIVE FICTION was released theatrically by Landmark Theatres and
played for two years on the Sundance Channel.
Coyle also writes plays and screenplays, winning the McKnight
Screenwriting Fellowship for his original script, THE PUBLIC DOMAIN. He acted as artistic director of The Original
Theatre Company from 1999 to 2005, directing three new plays and two festivals
of original one acts. He can be heard
coast to coast as a Voice Talent and has been the Voice of several national
campaigns including H&R Block, Air Touch Cellular, and Hamburger Helper (yes he was the voice of the talking hand!) He was most recently the on-camera face of the "Vote No" campaign in
Minnesota and has been the voice for Excel's in-house media for ten years. Coyle studied English Literature, Dramatic
Arts and Creative Writing at The University of Nebraska/Omaha and graduated
with a BA in 1984. He lives in
Minneapolis with his wife, playwright Lily Coyle, and their two daughters.
JC CUTLER often referred to by fellow artists as 'the actor's actor' JC has performed in the Twin Cities and around the country, as well as Russia, Ireland and England since 1985. He has been seen in 33 productions at the Guthrie, and is currently the yearly Scrooge for their production of A Christmas Carol. Adept at playing all kinds of characters, of various ages and backgrounds, he brings this wealth of experience to his work as a VoiceOver artist. Known for having a rich deep, resonant sound, his down to earth, natural, everyman quality has often attracted clients to use him as an announcer who sounds sincere, open, and honest. He has been praised often for his ability to take direction in the studio and adjust quickly and expertly to what the client might want. Playing characters, of course, comes naturally as well. He is warm, generous, funny, and brings a collaborative air into the studio. He has twenty years of experience in Radio and television voice work.
STEVE HENDRICKSON was born in upstate New York and raised in Minneapolis, New York City, Long Island, New Jersey, Baltimore, Boston and New Haven, Connecticut. He has survived a Force-10 gale in the North Atlantic, Yale Drama School and the smothering attention of four doting sisters. He delivered first litter of puppies at age 8 and pitching a perfect 7-0 1968 season in the Madison, NJ Babe Ruth League when he was 14. He has won including the 2000 City Pages Best Actor Award, a 2005 Ivey Theatre Actor Award, 2006 Best Actor Citation from the Minneapolis Star-Tribune and a shared 2009 Ivey Award for Best All-Around Production. In 2000 he was also the first actor (and first performer of any kind) to be awarded the Dayton-Hudson Distinguished Visiting Artist Fellowship at Carleton College. In 2012 Steve founded Audio-Visceral Productions, devoted to creating original aural drama. Minnesota Magazine listed Audio-Visceral in its "Greatest Hits 2012" issue as "Best Theater for the Ear."
ALAN JOHNSON is a veteran actor having appeared for over 30 years on stage, in films, on television and in clubs across the country. He received his acting training at the University of Minnesota and was part of the inaugural season of the Indiana Repertory Theatre. While he was studying at the U, he played the lead role in "Borstal Boy", directed by the Abby Theater's Tomas MacAnna. During his years in Los Angeles he was Managing Director of Actors Co-op Theatre Company where he appeared in numerous productions including "Becoming Memories", "Into the Woods", "Pack of Lies", and "Light Up The Sky". Locally, he has appeared in numerous productions at the Old Log Theater including "Everybody Loves Opal". Alan has also directed numerous award-winning productions including "The 1940's Radio Hour" for which he received the LA Drama Critic's Circle Award for direction. He was part of the ensemble of "Beyond the Fringe" directed by Paxton Whitehead at the LA Theater Center and has appeared in numerous television shows including "Night Court", "The Young & The Restless", and "ER". Film appearances include "The Babe", "Heat Wave", and "Thin Ice" with Greg Kinear and Alan Arkin. His voice has been used in numerous radio and television commercials as well as animation programs for Hanna-Barbera and "Spiderman" for Fox. When not acting or directing, Alan travels across the country performing his comedy juggling act and had the chance to work with the legendary George Burns.
TIM RUSSELL is a man of many voices, which has served him
well in the Voiceover business. He is also a Radio Guy; he worked at CBS owned
WCCO Radio for 33 years as a host of his own show and most recently as
Entertainment Editor. He continues to do Movie Reviews for KARE 11 TV's "News
at 4pm", and in his blog, Russellreviews.com.
He has been an actor on Garrison Keillor's "A Prairie Home Companion" since
1994. One minute he's Dusty the Cowboy or assorted other
characters; the next he's George Bush, Barack Obama, or Michael Bloomberg. In
the movies, Tim played the part of Al, the stage manager, in the Robert Altman
film A Prairie Home Companion, and a
detective in the Coen brothers' A Serious Man. On stage he starred, with Sue Scott, in Voicematch, in roles created for them by Broadway playwright,
Jeffrey Hatcher.
BRIAN SOSTEK has
parlayed his background in various dance forms, his lifelong experience with
comedy, and his fascination with verbal and physical play, into a constantly
expanding career as a writer, director, choreographer, performer and teacher.
His exploits have ranged from acting in some of Hollywood's most
quickly-cancelled sitcoms to touring internationally with percussive
dance-theater company Joe Chvala and the Flying Foot Forum to traveling the
world with the theater/dance company Sossy Mechanics - co-founded with wife Megan
McClellan - presenting their award-winning shows Trick Boxing and Pieces of
Eight. He frequently performs on Twin Cities stages including The
Guthrie, CTC, The Ordway, Mixed Blood and Park Square among others, and can be
heard on TV and radio as anything from a gang of monsters to an upstanding
announcer guy.
JOE WEISMANN During the past 20 years, Joe Weismann has lent his unique and versatile voice to television and radio ads for Miller Lite, Toro, General Mills, Burger King, Sam Goody, H&R Block, and many, many others. His wide range of dialects, character voices and improv skills make him a go-to voice guy, especially for spots with comedic intentions. Joe sings, writes for and plays in "the Smarts", which served as house band for MPR's "In the Loop" program for three seasons, and is currently the house band for Twin Cities performing arts showcase, "Sample Night Live." He founded the MMA's "2001/02 Jazz Group of the Year," the Jaztronauts, and performed with bluegrass singer Becky Schlegel on "A Prairie Home Companion." Joe is Co-President of Shout Radio Productions, a boutique radio copywriting and production shop whose roster of current and former clients includes: General Mills, Little Caesar's, Perkins, Target, Foxwoods Resort and Casino, Subway Restaurants, Sun Country Airlines, Regis Salons, Holiday and It's Just Lunch. He has also written sketches for PHC and taught English in Japan.
EDEN BODNAR has worked for the past fifteen years as one of the leading female Voice Actors in the Minneapolis-St.Paul Twin Cities area. She also has clients in Chicago, Los Angeles and around the country. She has worked or is currently working for PBS, NBC, ABC, Disney, Bank of America, Ameriprise Financial, Neutrogena, United Arlines, IBM, Eli LIlly, Lucent Technologies, Medtronic, Mayo Clinc, The Smithsonian Institute, Humira, Minnesota Medical Foundation, Target, Aveda, Best Buy, Verizon and many more.
LYNDA CROTTY says everyone on this site is a better actor than her...even the agents. But somehow Lynda has managed to "act" like an actor for over 20 years, and even won some awards. Not for acting, for copywriting. (Yeah, she's one of those cross-overs), but she'll take what she can get. You want a snotty receptionist, a cheerleader, a mom, or just someone who will laugh at everything you say? That's Lynda. You want a seasoned pro without a slight lisp? Hire Kathleen Turner...or a guy.
LEIGHA HORTON is the quick wit, the front-porch sweetheart, the flirtatious seductress, the educated expert, the warm best friend, and the girl whose smile you can feel. A lauded stage, screen, and voiceover actor and a member of SAG-AFTRA, Leigha has voiced national and regional television and radio spots for Land O' Lakes, Cheerios, Target, Cadillac, Yoplait Yogurt, Caribou Coffee, and Marketplace Events Home and Garden Shows, amongst many others, as well as myriad industrial films and several short documentaries. She can regularly be seen on stage in Minneapolis/St. Paul performing both improvised and scripted works, in addition to presenting live science demonstrations at the Science Museum of Minnesota. Favorite theater credits include Ms. Ina Shaw in Tale of a West Texas Marsupial Girl (Children's Theatre Company), Kayleen in Gruesome Playground Injuries (Loudmouth Collective, The Peanut Butter Factory), nearly everything in the Ministry of Cultural Warfare's production history, and public readings at The Playwrights' Center for the development and presentation of new plays.
TRACEY MALONEY has
enjoyed doing voice overs for the past 15 years. She
has worked nationally and regionally with clients such
as Purina, General Mills, Nexxus, Kmart, Ikea, TCF
bank, Fiber One, Great Clips, Macy’s, and many more. She has more than once been called "the one take
wonder", but will of course happily do as many as
needed to make the spot soar. In addition to voice
overs, Tracey also does a lot of on camera work,
ranging from industrials to television spots to motion
pictures including Cedar Rapids and The Straight
Story. A classically trained actress, Tracey can be
seen on stage around the twin cities at theaters such
as the Guthrie, the Jungle, Ten Thousand Things, Park
Square, The Children's Theater, and many more. Tracey
is a co-founder of Thirst Theater, the place where
curtain call meets last call.MICHELLE MYERS A classically trained actor, Michelle is equally at home doing spots for shampoo and pizza as she is narrating documentaries and technical training films. Her twenty five years of experience covers an expansive list of clients ranging from General Mills, Medtronic and Medica to Target, Kmart and the Liquor Barrel. She has appeared on many area stages including the Cricket Theatre, Frank Theatre, History Theatre, Actors Theatre of MN and more. Her experience as a moderator and in live industrials has included VOG work for a variety of award shows. Her work as a writer resulted in the award winning solo show Blue Collar Diaries. A long time literacy volunteer, she keeps her cold reading skills sharp by reading to as many as eleven classrooms a week.
SUE SCOTT has the "best gig in show business." For the past 20 years she has been a cast member of The Royal Academy of Radio Actors on Garrison's Keillor's weekly radio show, A Prairie Home Companion. A versatile voice talent who can be heard frequently on radio and television, Sue, at any moment can be garrulous, gracious, sassy, sinful, prim and proper, worldly and wise. She is also a veteran actor who has performed on celebrated theater stages throughout the Twin Cities and the Midwest. Sue was featured in the Robert Altman movie A Prairie Home Companion as Donna the Make-up lady and is a proud member of SAG-AFTRA and Actor's Equity. She is thrilled to be featured on the new comedy CD, highlighting her many voices, Sue Scott, Seriously Silly, produced by Prairie Home Productions.
EMILY ZIMMER has a voice that can transform to meet the needs of all kinds of clients. She started her SAG-AFTRA voiceover career warning teenagers against the dangers of smoking as a spokesperson for Target Market. Since, she's lent her voice to Summit Brewing, Blue Cross/Blue Shield, The Minnesota Zoo, Famous Footwear, H&R Block, CCFCU, The Minnesota History Center, and The World Series of Poker video game series to name a few. She's traveled as far as Switzerland to study the art of clowning and physical theatre and shared her skills on many local stages, performing characters with companies like Open Eye Figure Theatre, Children's Theatre Company, Frank Theatre, Live Action Set and Park Square Theatre. She has also been invited to perform at La Jolla Playhouse in San Diego, Florida Stage and Dixon Place in NYC. She teaches what she knows about voice and acting to students age three and up at the Children's Theatre Company.
CHRIS CARLSON has been performing on stage, screen and microphones for over 20 years. Among the more than 30 stage productions include work at the Guthrie (Nice Fish, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, God of Carnage, Circle Mirror Transformation, The Falls), Frank Theatre (The Pillowman), the Jungle Theater (The Swan, On the Verge, Macbeth), the History Theatre (To Kill a Mockingbird), Children's Theatre (Prom, Cloud 9), Pillsbury House Theatre (Bug), and Park Square Theatre (Rock 'n' Roll, Julius Caesar). His more than 20 film credits include Jimmy P: Psychotherapy of a Plains Indian (2013), Thin Ice (2011), Profile of a Killer (2012), Ticket Out (2011), Peacock (2010), Killer Movie (2008), Older Than America (2008), Factotum (2005), Justice (2004), Here on Earth (2000), The Chromium Hook (2000), and Drop Dead Gorgeous (1999). Chris also co-founded Thirst theater, practices immigration law, teaches at Hamline University School of Law, is the Guthrie Lead Teaching Artist for Corporate Training and runs NarrativePros.com, a story training and consulting business.
ALAN JOHNSON is a veteran actor having appeared for over 30 years on stage, in films, on television and in clubs across the country. He received his acting training at the University of Minnesota and was part of the inaugural season of the Indiana Repertory Theatre. While he was studying at the U, he played the lead role in "Borstal Boy", directed by the Abby Theater's Tomas MacAnna. During his years in Los Angeles he was Managing Director of Actors Co-op Theatre Company where he appeared in numerous productions including "Becoming Memories", "Into the Woods", "Pack of Lies", and "Light Up The Sky". Locally, he has appeared in numerous productions at the Old Log Theater including "Everybody Loves Opal". Alan has also directed numerous award-winning productions including "The 1940's Radio Hour" for which he received the LA Drama Critic's Circle Award for direction. He was part of the ensemble of "Beyond the Fringe" directed by Paxton Whitehead at the LA Theater Center and has appeared in numerous television shows including "Night Court", "The Young & The Restless", and "ER". Film appearances include "The Babe", "Heat Wave", and "Thin Ice" with Greg Kinear and Alan Arkin. His voice has been used in numerous radio and television commercials as well as animation programs for Hanna-Barbera and "Spiderman" for Fox. When not acting or directing, Alan travels across the country performing his comedy juggling act and had the chance to work with the legendary George Burns.
TIM RUSSELL is a man of many voices, which has served him
well in the Voiceover business. He is also a Radio Guy; he worked at CBS owned
WCCO Radio for 33 years as a host of his own show and most recently as
Entertainment Editor. He continues to do Movie Reviews for KARE 11 TV's "News
at 4pm", and in his blog, Russellreviews.com.
He has been an actor on Garrison Keillor's "A Prairie Home Companion" since
1994. One minute he's Dusty the Cowboy or assorted other
characters; the next he's George Bush, Barack Obama, or Michael Bloomberg. In
the movies, Tim played the part of Al, the stage manager, in the Robert Altman
film A Prairie Home Companion, and a
detective in the Coen brothers' A Serious Man. On stage he starred, with Sue Scott, in Voicematch, in roles created for them by Broadway playwright,
Jeffrey Hatcher.
JOE WEISMANN During the past 20 years, Joe Weismann has lent his unique and versatile voice to television and radio ads for Miller Lite, Toro, General Mills, Burger King, Sam Goody, H&R Block, and many, many others. His wide range of dialects, character voices and improv skills make him a go-to voice guy, especially for spots with comedic intentions. Joe sings, writes for and plays in "the Smarts", which served as house band for MPR's "In the Loop" program for three seasons, and is currently the house band for Twin Cities performing arts showcase, "Sample Night Live." He founded the MMA's "2001/02 Jazz Group of the Year," the Jaztronauts, and performed with bluegrass singer Becky Schlegel on "A Prairie Home Companion." Joe is Co-President of Shout Radio Productions, a boutique radio copywriting and production shop whose roster of current and former clients includes: General Mills, Little Caesar's, Perkins, Target, Foxwoods Resort and Casino, Subway Restaurants, Sun Country Airlines, Regis Salons, Holiday and It's Just Lunch. He has also written sketches for PHC and taught English in Japan.
SUE SCOTT has the "best gig in show business." For the past 20 years she has been a cast member of The Royal Academy of Radio Actors on Garrison's Keillor's weekly radio show, A Prairie Home Companion. A versatile voice talent who can be heard frequently on radio and television, Sue, at any moment can be garrulous, gracious, sassy, sinful, prim and proper, worldly and wise. She is also a veteran actor who has performed on celebrated theater stages throughout the Twin Cities and the Midwest. Sue was featured in the Robert Altman movie A Prairie Home Companion as Donna the Make-up lady and is a proud member of SAG-AFTRA and Actor's Equity. She is thrilled to be featured on the new comedy CD, highlighting her many voices, Sue Scott, Seriously Silly, produced by Prairie Home Productions.
EDEN BODNAR has worked for the past fifteen years as one of the leading female Voice Actors in the Minneapolis-St.Paul Twin Cities area. She also has clients in Chicago, Los Angeles and around the country. She has worked or is currently working for PBS, NBC, ABC, Disney, Bank of America, Ameriprise Financial, Neutrogena, United Arlines, IBM, Eli LIlly, Lucent Technologies, Medtronic, Mayo Clinc, The Smithsonian Institute, Humira, Minnesota Medical Foundation, Target, Aveda, Best Buy, Verizon and many more.
LEIGHA HORTON is the quick wit, the front-porch sweetheart, the flirtatious seductress, the educated expert, the warm best friend, and the girl whose smile you can feel. A lauded stage, screen, and voiceover actor and a member of SAG-AFTRA, Leigha has voiced national and regional television and radio spots for Land O' Lakes, Cheerios, Target, Cadillac, Yoplait Yogurt, Caribou Coffee, and Marketplace Events Home and Garden Shows, amongst many others, as well as myriad industrial films and several short documentaries. She can regularly be seen on stage in Minneapolis/St. Paul performing both improvised and scripted works, in addition to presenting live science demonstrations at the Science Museum of Minnesota. Favorite theater credits include Ms. Ina Shaw in Tale of a West Texas Marsupial Girl (Children's Theatre Company), Kayleen in Gruesome Playground Injuries (Loudmouth Collective, The Peanut Butter Factory), nearly everything in the Ministry of Cultural Warfare's production history, and public readings at The Playwrights' Center for the development and presentation of new plays.
MICHELLE MYERS A classically trained actor, Michelle is equally at home doing spots for shampoo and pizza as she is narrating documentaries and technical training films. Her twenty five years of experience covers an expansive list of clients ranging from General Mills, Medtronic and Medica to Target, Kmart and the Liquor Barrel. She has appeared on many area stages including the Cricket Theatre, Frank Theatre, History Theatre, Actors Theatre of MN and more. Her experience as a moderator and in live industrials has included VOG work for a variety of award shows. Her work as a writer resulted in the award winning solo show Blue Collar Diaries. A long time literacy volunteer, she keeps her cold reading skills sharp by reading to as many as eleven classrooms a week.
MARK BENNINGHOFEN arrived from New York in 1984 to join the acting company at the
Guthrie Theater where he's worked on and off for 28 years. After a fun stint in
L.A. where he was featured on everything from Frasier to Chicago Hope,
Mark and his family made their way back to Minneapolis to be real people in a
real place. His voice has appeared in thousands of radio and television
commercials and he is president of Shout Creative Advertising in Minneapolis.
EDEN BODNAR has worked for the past fifteen years as one of the leading female Voice Actors in the Minneapolis-St.Paul Twin Cities area. She also has clients in Chicago, Los Angeles and around the country. She has worked or is currently working for PBS, NBC, ABC, Disney, Bank of America, Ameriprise Financial, Neutrogena, United Arlines, IBM, Eli LIlly, Lucent Technologies, Medtronic, Mayo Clinc, The Smithsonian Institute, Humira, Minnesota Medical Foundation, Target, Aveda, Best Buy, Verizon and many more.
MICHELLE MYERS A classically trained actor, Michelle is equally at home doing spots for shampoo and pizza as she is narrating documentaries and technical training films. Her twenty five years of experience covers an expansive list of clients ranging from General Mills, Medtronic and Medica to Target, Kmart and the Liquor Barrel. She has appeared on many area stages including the Cricket Theatre, Frank Theatre, History Theatre, Actors Theatre of MN and more. Her experience as a moderator and in live industrials has included VOG work for a variety of award shows. Her work as a writer resulted in the award winning solo show Blue Collar Diaries. A long time literacy volunteer, she keeps her cold reading skills sharp by reading to as many as eleven classrooms a week.
GARY BINGNER started his voiceover career at the tender age
of 8 when he bought a small tape recorder with his allowance and "went all John
Cameron Swayze" on his siblings. (Wiki that
dated reference!) Since then, his face has never been far from a microphone.
Known for his natural, regular guy sound and his lighthearted interviewing
skills, Gary has recorded skads of voiceovers for clients coast to coast. From
the Florida Department of Citrus to the Kansas Lottery to a restaurant in
Anchorage, Gary's wry wit and natural delivery have earned him assignments from
big time clients like Target, Best Buy, Comcast and General Mills. Among his
proudest accomplishments were recording the first man-on-the-street radio
commercials for Chipotle (Mexican Grill) and being the on-camera host and
interviewer for a video used at Kennedy Space Center. Gary would tell you more
of the hundreds of clients he's done voiceovers for, but bragging kind of
embarrasses him. In his spare time, Gary is President, Creative Director and Chief
Copywriter at his own Minneapolis advertising boutique, Quasimodo Advertising.
ANDREW CARSON is a fun loving and inspired creative, working on productions of many varieties large and small. Whether he is engineering and producing radio and TV spots in the sound studio, or shooting and editing video, he is always comfortable and always having fun. Andrew attended IPR (the Institute of Production and Recording) in 2002 and has been working as a recording engineer, music producer, musician and video producer for over 10 years. Working on collaborative creative projects is what makes him happy, he has a passion for performance, incredible attention to detail, and a will that will NOT stop....except maybe for an occasional ice cream cone. In Andrews spare time he trains Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, Muay Thai kickboxing, and also plays drums in the rock band FURY THINGS.
ERIK HOOVER grew up in the Twin Cities and has a varied performance career over the last ten years. He was on-air host at KUOM for six years, has worked on-camera for clients like Toro, Target, and 3M, and has voiced spots for Subaru, Optum Health, and Medtronic. Erik's also worked with several theater companies including Pillsbury House, Walking Shadow, Park Square, Ten Thousand Things, Penumbra, Paul Bunyan Playhouse, and Theatre Pro Rata and appeared in several independent films. Erik lives with his wife of ten years, Jennifer Tworzyanski, in a 19th century home - which they are currently restoring - on St Paul's East Side.
JOE WEISMANN During the past 20 years, Joe Weismann has lent his unique and versatile voice to television and radio ads for Miller Lite, Toro, General Mills, Burger King, Sam Goody, H&R Block, and many, many others. His wide range of dialects, character voices and improv skills make him a go-to voice guy, especially for spots with comedic intentions. Joe sings, writes for and plays in "the Smarts", which served as house band for MPR's "In the Loop" program for three seasons, and is currently the house band for Twin Cities performing arts showcase, "Sample Night Live." He founded the MMA's "2001/02 Jazz Group of the Year," the Jaztronauts, and performed with bluegrass singer Becky Schlegel on "A Prairie Home Companion." Joe is Co-President of Shout Radio Productions, a boutique radio copywriting and production shop whose roster of current and former clients includes: General Mills, Little Caesar's, Perkins, Target, Foxwoods Resort and Casino, Subway Restaurants, Sun Country Airlines, Regis Salons, Holiday and It's Just Lunch. He has also written sketches for PHC and taught English in Japan.
EDEN BODNAR has worked for the past fifteen years as one of the leading female Voice Actors in the Minneapolis-St.Paul Twin Cities area. She also has clients in Chicago, Los Angeles and around the country. She has worked or is currently working for PBS, NBC, ABC, Disney, Bank of America, Ameriprise Financial, Neutrogena, United Arlines, IBM, Eli LIlly, Lucent Technologies, Medtronic, Mayo Clinc, The Smithsonian Institute, Humira, Minnesota Medical Foundation, Target, Aveda, Best Buy, Verizon and many more.
LYNDA CROTTY says everyone on this site is a better actor than her...even the agents. But somehow Lynda has managed to "act" like an actor for over 20 years, and even won some awards. Not for acting, for copywriting. (Yeah, she's one of those cross-overs), but she'll take what she can get. You want a snotty receptionist, a cheerleader, a mom, or just someone who will laugh at everything you say? That's Lynda. You want a seasoned pro without a slight lisp? Hire Kathleen Turner...or a guy.
MICHELLE MYERS A classically trained actor, Michelle is equally at home doing spots for shampoo and pizza as she is narrating documentaries and technical training films. Her twenty five years of experience covers an expansive list of clients ranging from General Mills, Medtronic and Medica to Target, Kmart and the Liquor Barrel. She has appeared on many area stages including the Cricket Theatre, Frank Theatre, History Theatre, Actors Theatre of MN and more. Her experience as a moderator and in live industrials has included VOG work for a variety of award shows. Her work as a writer resulted in the award winning solo show Blue Collar Diaries. A long time literacy volunteer, she keeps her cold reading skills sharp by reading to as many as eleven classrooms a week.
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