Michelle Thorson

Vibrant. Casual. Natural. 20-30 something. Spanish. English. Animation. Character. Impersonations. From boisterous laughs to bloodcurdling screams.
Dialects galore! Think: "Meryl Streep".
Can also whip up a mean Julia Child and belt out a magnanimous Ethel Merman.

English·English (North American)·English (British)·Spanish·Spanish (Latin American)·Spanish (Castilian)

British, Scottish, Irish, Southern, New England, MidWest, Latino, Eastern European, Asian - virtually anything with some research -

Child·Teen·Young Adult·Middle Age·Senior

SAG

Years of experience: 5-10 years

Animation Demos as Native American Boy for VIS Entertainment Pic, Scotland.
Animated CD Rom, GameCube™, Game Boy®, and PS/2® Series for Humongous Entertainment (Infogrames/Atari), Bothell, WA:
·Backyard Football, Hockey, Baseball, Basketball, & Skateboarding – Marky, Pete, Pablo, Curtis Joseph (child – Hockey), Randy Johnson (child –Baseball), Pedro Martinez (child – Baseball), Boom-Boom (boy - Baseball), Econo-Size (girl - Basketball), Erik Stream (Backyard Skater), Custom Girls: Hyper, Quiet, Glum (Skateboarding).
·Putt-Putt (Pep’s Birthday Surprise) – Putt-Putt (lead) and Mildred the Mailtruck.
Various Dialect and Narrative on Record Samples and Mixes for Chris Ballew (of Pres. of the USA), Seattle, WA.
Spanish Voice Talent for Data Collection with Voice Control Systems, Cambridge, MA and Unisys, Mexico, D.F.
Native American (dialect) Narrator for “Spirit Whistle” Documentary, Circle Rock Productions, Bainbridge Island, WA (in production).
Role of “Mamá” (Spanish-speaking) for Living Voices’ La Causa Touring Program (Humanities Washington Project Grant Award-Winner).
Director’s Anti-smoking campaign demo – Klasky-Csupo, CD – Barbara Wright.
American Home Mortgage campaign – English and Spanish.
Toshiba Medical Industrial.
MATC Enrollment Campaign - Spanish.
Lyn Goldfarb Productions - Spanish Docu-Film Narration.
MyBabyDotMD - Web/Flash Presentation - Securamed - Spanish.
Southern Native American - Gayland Schrader.
British and Hippy Aerobic Bacteria - "Trashpile", Harvest Moon Eco Installation.
Narrator - Pure Stock - Web Documentary - Mimi Productions.
Anti-Smoking PSA - Blissium.
Natalia (Russian) - Dead Space - EA Games -gNet
Narrator - Springer Spanish Protocols - eBook
Narrator - McGraw Hill - Access Surgery
-alternative productions

Training
Yale Summer Drama Program, Yale University, New Haven, CT:
Speech & Voice: Jackie Farrington. Acting & Scene Study: Mark Brokaw. Improvisation of the Mind & Mask: Frank Torok.
Text Analysis: Rachel Shteir. Movement & Dance: Wesley Fata and Barbara Feldman.
Voice & Shakespeare’s Heightened Language, Intensive Workshop with Patsy Rodenburg who heads the Voice Department at Britain’s Royal National Theatre and London’s Guildhall School of Speech and Drama. Chicago-based, via Michael Howard Studios, NYC.
The Canadian National Voice Intensive, lead by David Smukler and international faculty, focusing on Shakespeare and the Actor’s Voice.
School of Russian Art Theatre Intensive Program at The University of Illinois, Chicago, lead by:
Moscow Art Theatre Faculty, Slava Dolgachev, Sergei Shentalinsky, and Alexander Kulkov utilizing
Acting/Directing/Stage (combat) Movement techniques based upon the teachings of : Stanislavsky, Chekhov, Grotovsky, Meyerhold, Brecht, Vakhtangov.
TheFilmSchool, Seattle, WA: Screenwriting Intensive, Inaugural Class, Scholarship Recipient: Acting: Tom Skerritt. Structure & Directing: John Jacobsen. Character & Literature: Warren Etheredge. Personal Connection: Stewart Stern. Guest Lectures: Rick Stevenson.
Performance and Modern Culture with Don Boros, SUNY Binghamton.
Meisner Technique: Kay Martinovich and Eileen Vorbach, The Actors’ Center, Chicago.
Voice-Over Techniques: Will Lebow, Collinge/Pickman, Boston, MA; Kathy Keyes, Chicago, IL.
Voice-Over Animation/Character Intensive: Cynthia Songé, Susan Blu technique, Blupka Productions, Studio City, California.
Monologue Techniques: Kurt Naebig, The Audition Studio, Chicago, IL; Janet Foster, (via NYC) in Seattle, WA.
Singing: Currently studying with Lucia Neare, Seattle, WA. Dance: Currently studying Salsa at Century Ballroom, Seattle, WA.
Bachelor of Arts: Spanish and Anthropology. Emphasis: Linguistics. Teaching Certificate: ESL. University of Montana.
Additional Skills
Fluent Spanish (interpreter); Basic Catalan and Egyptian Colloquial Arabic. Dialectician. Western Horseback Rider, Rodeo. MSF Certified Experienced Motorcycle Rider: 750-1000cc’s. Drive Standard, Automatic, 4WD, Farm Implements. Tech Savvy. Writer-Editor. Calligrapher. Experienced Teacher of all levels, incl. Corporate, ESL, Accent Reduction, Spanish (Parochial Middle School Grades 5-8), Dialect Coach. Boisterous laugh. Blood-curdling screams. Can bawl like a calf being branded.

Audio Books and Books on Tape·Business Presentations and Corporate Videos·Character Voices and Cartoon Voice Actors·Educational Videos and e-Learning·Internet·Jingles·Language and Translation Services·Movie Trailers·Music Composition and Music Production·Narration and Documentaries·Podcasts and Podcasting Voices·Radio Commercials·Radio Imaging and Station Identification·Telephone System Recordings, Voicemail and On-Hold·Television Commercials·Television Imaging and Station Identification·Video Game Voices, Computer Game Voices