2-Day Voice Workshop
Taught by Voice and Speech with Ryan O’Shea
Friday, September 27th from 12pm - 4pm
& Saturday, September 28th from 10am - 4pm
In person at Crash Acting
What it’s like to work with Ryan
Why take a voice workshop?
This workshop is intended to be a gateway into a voice practice. If you're an actor or singer who doesn't already have a consistent voice practice in place, this workshop will give you the foundational elements to begin.
The truth is, if you're an actor and you don't have strong voice technique and a routine practice in place, you're limiting your work. Voicework doesn't just help you sound better, it also helps you feel better. Voicework will help you feel more at ease in your body and breath so that you can authentically connect to your character and text. And, of course, voicework also solves the practical need to be heard.
Using principles and techniques from Fitzmaurice Voicework® and Organic Intelligence®, participants in this weekend workshop will learn the foundations of voice technique leading to a freer voice, body, and presence.
Friday, September 27th from 12pm - 4pm & Saturday, September 28th from 10am - 4pm
For $225, you get a holistic approach 🗣️ Payment Plans available
10 hours of instruction and individual coaching from Ryan O’Shea
The Fitzmaurice Voicework® Destructuring Sequence: a voice and body warm-up sequence for releasing muscular tension, leading to more ease and freedom in your breathing and a fuller speaking voice.
The Fitzmaurice Voicework® Structuring technique: tools for supporting your voice so that you can be effortlessly heard, whether you're on-camera or on-stage, while feeling connected to your authentic self.
Organic Intelligence® techniques and tools for grounding you when your voice becomes shaky or overwhelmed by nerves or anxiety.
A full-body and voice warm-up that you can use daily before auditions, performances, etc.
An understanding of the mechanics of vocal support so that you can sustain your voice in a variety of performing contexts.
How to work with your focus line so that you can calibrate your volume and be heard.
Voice techniques to develop a balanced connection between your awareness of self and your scene partner.
An understanding of the intersection between nervous system regulation and its effects on your voice.
Practical tools you can use to help you feel more present and at ease when speaking.
Practical tools for integrating voice technique into your acting.
Guided exercises and other resources to keep forever.
Special offers to continue your voice training.
You'll also fulfill the prerequisites necessary for joining my Ongoing Voice Class so you can continue your practice after the completion of the workshop.
Meet Ryan
Ryan O’Shea (she/her) is a Los Angeles based voice, accent, and public speaking coach. She is a Certified Teacher of Fitzmaurice Voicework®, Knight-Thompson Speechwork, and Organic Intelligence®.
Ryan has combined her experience as an actor and coach to develop a holistic approach to voice and communication, with a particular focus on the intersection of voice and performance techniques with an understanding of how the nervous system affects voice and presence. Ryan has worked with everyone from performers to entrepreneurs to Executives of various backgrounds on voice, accents, public speaking, on-camera presence and the intersections in between.
Since certifying in Fitzmaurice Voicework in 2014, Ryan has led countless workshops, intro classes, and weekly classes in Fitzmaurice Voicework at her own studio. She has also led several workshops on behalf of the Fitzmaurice Institute, including teaching in the Los-Angeles Five-Day Intensive, co-teaching weekend workshops, and teaching in Dublin and Los Angeles at the Freedom and Focus Conferences. She is a trainer for the Los Angeles Fitzmaurice Voicework teacher certification, and also serves as a designated Mentor for Fitzmaurice Voicework teachers-in-training. Ryan has taught as a guest artist at Crash Acting with Benjamin Mathes, Helena Walsh Empowerment Studios, Side of the Road Studio with Crista Flanagan, Anthony Meindl's Actor Workshop, Tom Todoroff Studio, UCLA, American Arts Film & Television Academy, Florida Atlantic University, Indiana Repertory Theatre, Phoenix Theatre (Indianapolis), Purdue University, Depauw University, Indy Convergence, and others. She has also formerly served on the acting faculty of Studio School Los Angeles as the Head of Voice and Speech, The Art of Acting Studio, and at the University of Indianapolis Department of Theatre. Ryan received her MFA in Acting from Florida Atlantic University.
