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First Time Ever Event in Chicago! Audiobook Weekend Workshop with Paul Ruben also featuring
Saturday
and Sunday 10am-6pm, 2010 Take Both SAVE $100 ONE SLOT LEFT!
Listen to a message from Paul
VOICE OVER U WELCOMES PRESTIGIOUS, AWARD-WINNING PRODUCER/DIRECTOR PAUL RUBEN TO CONDUCT AUDIOBOOK WORKSHOPS IN CHICAGO. VOU is excited and honored to host New York producer, Paul Ruben, one of the leading audiobook producer/directors in the country for a comprehensive weekend workshop in Chicago. Paul Ruben is a two-time Grammy award winner and has amassed countless other awards during his illustrious career as a producer/director. He is also one of the busiest producers in the country, so we are very lucky he’s willing to take time out from his extremely busy schedule to conduct this workshop in Chicago. This is a one-of-kind opportunity for Chicagoans to work with this highly accomplished New York producer right here in Chicago at a very reasonable cost. If you’ve been wondering how to be a part of this exciting and burgeoning billion dollar industry, this is an amazing opportunity you can’t afford to miss and for half the cost of what it would be on the east or west coast! Attendance for this special program will be limited to 12. Event Highlights:
• How to create and market an audiobook demo • A brief discussion on home studios • Record two pieces of different genres in the studio and receive a copy of your work Part II: Advanced Level *Featuring a Panel of Top Celebrity Audiobook Narrators:
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RICHARD FERRONE is an actor and an award-recognized narrator. He left a successful law career over 30 years ago and now has appeared on Broadway and Off-Broadway stages in New York and in theatres across the country. TV credits include Law & Order, Against the Law, The Guiding Light and One Life To Live. Although he has recorded over 200 audiobooks in just about every genre, he is best known for his recordings of John Sandford’s Prey novels and the LaHaye/Jenkins Left Behind series. He also teaches the skill of audiobook narration. 
CYNTHIA DARLOW: Cynthia’s unusual voice has made her devotion to the spoken arts a natural fit. As a narrator, veteran of Broadway, Off-Broadway, regional theatre, film and television, her characterizations and facility with dialects are unforgettable. He is a proud member of AEA; SAG; & AFTRA for over thirty years. Her wide range of skills and classical training allow her to transition easily from children’s books (5 seasons with Children’s Television Workshop) to Shakespeare’s Sonnets and everything in between. She is a member of The Actors Company Theatre (TACT) whose mission it is to present concert performances of long-neglected, language-driven plays. Humorous fare, a forte; clear contrasts of character and dialects, a specialty. You will be able to see Cynthia in the upcoming production of Billy Elliott in Chicago.
CHUCK STRANSKY has narrated numerous audio books of every variety. His most recent is Galileo’s Universe and is about to record a book with Paul Ruben this week. On Broadway he was in the original production of Glengarry Glen Ross and in the Goodman Theatre’s original production, and also appeared in The Front Page. He understudied and played several roles in Death Defying Acts (with Cynthia Darlow). He has played in regional theatres through-out the U.S. including Chicago’s own Goodman and North Light Theatres. Film credits include The Spanish Prisoner, Homicide, Things Change, all written and directed by David Mamet. TV credits include Ed, Third Watch, Newhart, Murphy Brown, Frank’s Place, My Sister Sam, Law and Order and recently Dr. Delano in All My Children. He is a proud member of AEA, SAG & AFTRA for over thirty years.Here’s what the pros had to say…”Paul Ruben is among the very top director/producers in the audiobook business! Every time I work with Paul he offers such wonderful insights regarding the character of the narrator. Sandy Meisner used to say: “It ‘s not about the words! What is the event? You do NOT act the words…you act the event!” Paul consistently guides me to see and understand THE EVENT! It is a joy and a liberating experience to work with him.” "From my first audiobook to my most recent, I have always found Paul to be a top-rate director. He has a sense for craft specific to the audiobook medium that allows me to relax into the work, knowing that Paul will guide me through and get the best out of the book and me." "Paul Ruben had directed and produced many of the very best audiobooks that have consistently won rave reviews and Earphones Awards from AudioFile. Paul’s keen understanding of the elements of storytelling that create fine audiobooks is coupled with his ear for perfect casting. Paul is also devoted to discovering new voices for audiobooks, and teaching actors who have established skills the specific art and craft of audiobook narration." |
Workshops Include:
- Coffee and Lunch
- FREE Copy of Audiofile Magazine
- Raffles for FREE Audible Downloads
Where:
Lake Shore Plaza
445 E. Ohio
Hospitality Suite and
Radio City Recording Studio
Chicago, IL
About Paul Ruben
New York producer, Paul Ruben, has produced and directed award winning audiobooks for every major publisher since 1987. Among his many prestigious awards is a 2003 Grammy Award (Best Spoken Word Album) as producer/director for Al Franken’s Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them. APA (Audio Publishers Association) Audie awards for best audio book production in its category include: It’s Not About the Bike, Raymond and Hannah, Brimstone, The World is Flat, A Slight Trick of the Mind.
He has amassed an incredible resume and in 2005, Paul was elected to the Audio Publishers Association Board of Directors. He is probably the most sought after producer/director in the audiobook business; but not only by audiobook publishers. Beginner narrators, and even pros who want to tweak their narrative abilities, are clamoring to study with him as well. When Paul Ruben talks, narrators listen…which is why Audiofile Magazine often features his informative and very entertaining articles on audiobook narration.
With a background in theatre, Paul earned a BA degree in Theatre from Yankton College, (S.D.) and an MA in Speech Communications from Bowling Green State University (Ohio). Before moving to New York, he lived in Chicago in the early 70's where he directed professional summer theatre productions.
Over the past decade he has cast and directed numerous first-time audio book performers, many of whom have become award-winning narrators including: Oliver Wyman, Holter Graham, Maggie-Meg Reed, Kathleen McInerney, Eliza Foss, David Ledoux, Beth McDonald, Cassandra Morris, Don Leslie, and Pete Larkin. Among the many celebrities Paul has directed are Johnny Depp, David Brinkley, Ted Koppel, F. Murray Abraham, Burt Reynolds, Judith Ivy, and Blair Brown.
For additional information on Paul Ruben, log on to his website at www.tribecaaudio.com.
Director: Sherri Berger
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60646