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ACTING & VOICEOVER INSTRUCTORSTony Doupe - ON – CAMERA ACTING INSTRUCTOR
 Instructor, Tony Doupé, is a SAG/AFTRA actor with an MFA from California Institute of the Arts. Jodi Rothfield, C.S.A., national casting director based in Seattle, urges actors to take advantage of Tony's classes offered exclusively through Creative Talent Development. A successful actor for over 27 years, his recent credits include a supporting role in the feature film, "Eden" starring Beau Bridges and also the role of "Walt" in "Ira Finkelstein's Christmas", with Eliot Gould and David De Louise, directed by Sue Corcoran. Tony co-stars as "Lynch" in the feature film "The River Sorrow" with Ray Liotta and Christian Slater presented at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival. He has a leading role in the feature film "The Off Hours" written and directed by Meagan Griffith, recently seen at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival and the 2011 Seattle International Film Festival. The 2012 Sundance Film Festival will introduce his film "Safety Not Guaranteed" starring Kirsten Bell and Aubrey Plaza. He has been a guest star for the TV series "Leverage" starring Timothy Hutton and is the lead in the feature film "Frayed" released by Lion's Gate. Tony has had supporting roles on numerous feature films including "The Ring," starring Naomi Watts and "Life or Something like It," starring Angelina Jolie. His television career is significant with roles in "Northern Exposure," "Leverage", "Unsolved Mysteries" and "The Fugitive." A popular featured commercial actor, his many credits include spots for Pizza Hut, Microsoft, Tractor Supply, Lowes Hardware, The Seattle Mariners and Rodda Paint. Tony has been teaching and coaching actors for fourteen years both privately and at the college level. He also teaches in Hollywood, CA at Victory Studios. For more credit information, please visit his IMDB page. Tony Doupe IMDB
- Jason Hall, Executive Producer/ Star/Host of video game talk show "The Jace Hall Show" www.jacehallshow.com ;
- Executive Producer of ABC TV Series "V", TV & Videogame Producer & Founder of HD Films www.HdFilms.com Jace Hall on IMDB "Tony's class will help to prepare you to shine." - Jodi Rothfield, Jodi Rothfield, CSA,
Scott Burns – VOICE-OVER INSTRUCTOR Instructor, Scott Burns, has been a professional voice and on-camera talent for nearly 30 years. As a member of SAG and AFTRA, Scott's credits include national commercials for Microsoft as well as countless regional and local television/radio spots for Car Toys, Muckleshoot Bingo and promotional tour for the crew of Discovery Channel's, "The Deadliest Catch." Scott's character voices and impersonations of Tom Brokaw, Barney Fife (plus many more) have been utilized by morning show radio personalities across the USA and Canada. Gamers would be familiar with Burns lead and principal roles in Halo, The Operative: No One Lives Forever and Tron 2.0 as well as earlier releases of Humongous' "Putt-Putt" games. Most notably he's the voice of Bowser, Super Mario's arch nemesis for Nintendo. Scott has also performed many narration reads for web and corporate sales ranging from Mobile Security for IBM Cloud to proper phone etiquette for Les Schwab tires. As audio production manager for Destination Marketing, Scott casts and directs talent for the radio commercials he engineers and produces for the studios advertising agency. A former radio personality on both coasts…Scott's first love is production, where he's won industry recognition nationwide as well as receiving five Puget Sound Radio Broadcasters "Soundies" awards. A fan of acting, Scott has studied with the greats including Gary Austin, Pat Fraley and Squire Fridell. Married with two children, Burns also shares his time producing audio and video demo reels for actors.  Debbe Hirata – SPECIAL GUEST VOICE OVER ARTIST Special Guest Artist, Debbe Hirata, has been a professional voice actor for over 35 years. Her current regional and national clients include Oreck Vacuum, United Way, World Vision, Providence Health Systems, Philips, and many more. She can also be heard on KCTS9 as their female promo voice and brings an additional 15 years of promo network affiliate experience to that position. Represented by 7 talent agents throughout the world from Jakarta to New York, Debbe has her pulse on emerging international markets as well. Thailand and Germany are her most recent client additions. As an AFTRA/SAG performer, she continues to stay abreast of new trends and hone her skills with notable voice over instructors Nancy Wolfson, Marice Tobias and Pat Fraley. Her prior work as a copywriter and producer for advertsing agencies, provides Debbe with special insight into what producers are looking for in that winning read. For those who want to be challenged by a true, seasoned veteran of voice acting, Debbe delivers.
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