2016 HEAR Now Festival Featured Programming:
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Reading With Your Ears: The Stories We Tell
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Featured narrators for this 90 minute showcase include:
Narrator Julia Whelan
Julia Whelan
READING FROM: Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
Julia Whelan has appeared in many films and television series, including ABC’s Once And Again.
After receiving a degree in English and Creative Writing at Middlebury College and Oxford University, Julia began narrating audiobooks. She has since recorded hundreds of novels and been awarded Earphone and Audie Awards, and been named one of Audiofile Magazine’s Best Voices and Audible's Narrator of the Year.
READING FROM: Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
Julia Whelan has appeared in many films and television series, including ABC’s Once And Again.
After receiving a degree in English and Creative Writing at Middlebury College and Oxford University, Julia began narrating audiobooks. She has since recorded hundreds of novels and been awarded Earphone and Audie Awards, and been named one of Audiofile Magazine’s Best Voices and Audible's Narrator of the Year.
Golden Voice
Dion Graham
Dion Graham (Golden Voice)
READING FROM: by
Dion Graham, from HBO’s The Wire , also narrates The First 48 on A&E. A multiple Audie Award–winning and critically acclaimed actor and narrator, he has performed on Broadway, Off-Broadway, internationally, in films, and in several hit television series. Most recently he played Fred Cole on CBS's Madam Secretary.
He also narrated this year's Odyssey Award winner H.O.R.S.E. His performances have been praised as thoughtful and compelling, vivid and full of life.
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Dion Graham, from HBO’s The Wire , also narrates The First 48 on A&E. A multiple Audie Award–winning and critically acclaimed actor and narrator, he has performed on Broadway, Off-Broadway, internationally, in films, and in several hit television series. Most recently he played Fred Cole on CBS's Madam Secretary.
He also narrated this year's Odyssey Award winner H.O.R.S.E. His performances have been praised as thoughtful and compelling, vivid and full of life.
Golden Voice
Robin Miles
Robin Miles (Golden Voice)
READING FROM: Our Declaration, by Danielle Allen
Known for great accents and emotional nuance, narrator Robin Miles brings words to life. A veteran of Broadway, classical plays, TV/film, and museum exhibitions, with 300+ Audiobook titles, she is the 2014 ALA Voice of Choice, an Audiofile Magazine Golden Voice and Grammy finalist (directing), with multiple awards (Audies, Best of the Year), Earphones). She was asstistant professor of Speech, teaching Shakespeare and Greek theater at SUNY Purchase Theater Conservatory, and has taught workshops and seminars at UC San Diego, U of MN (Duluth), Yale Drama School, and Denver Center Theater School.
Robin owns Voxpertise® training & production studio. She graduated from Yale University and the Yale School of Drama.
READING FROM: Our Declaration, by Danielle Allen
Known for great accents and emotional nuance, narrator Robin Miles brings words to life. A veteran of Broadway, classical plays, TV/film, and museum exhibitions, with 300+ Audiobook titles, she is the 2014 ALA Voice of Choice, an Audiofile Magazine Golden Voice and Grammy finalist (directing), with multiple awards (Audies, Best of the Year), Earphones). She was asstistant professor of Speech, teaching Shakespeare and Greek theater at SUNY Purchase Theater Conservatory, and has taught workshops and seminars at UC San Diego, U of MN (Duluth), Yale Drama School, and Denver Center Theater School.
Robin owns Voxpertise® training & production studio. She graduated from Yale University and the Yale School of Drama.
Narrator Robert Fass
Robert Fass
READING An EXCERPT FROM: It Happened In Boston? by Russell H. Greenan
A two-time Audie winner with over 125 unabridged audiobooks to his credit, Robert has earned multiple
Earphones Awards and is often found listed among AudioFile’s Best Audiobooks of the Year. He appeared
at the HEAR Now Festival last year recreating his role as Peter Kollwitz in the award-winning audio drama
NEVER AGAIN WAR: The Sacrifice of Kaethe Kollwitz.
So far this year, among others, he’s been honored to narrate such acclaimed works as Adam Hasslett IMAGINE ME GONE, Álvaro Enrigue’s kaleidoscopic SUDDEN DEATH, David Dyer’s THE MIDNIGHT WATCH, George Plimpton’s baseball classic OUT OF MY LEAGUE, and Shakespeare scholar James Shapiro’s THE YEAR OF LEAR.
READING An EXCERPT FROM: It Happened In Boston? by Russell H. Greenan
A two-time Audie winner with over 125 unabridged audiobooks to his credit, Robert has earned multiple
Earphones Awards and is often found listed among AudioFile’s Best Audiobooks of the Year. He appeared
at the HEAR Now Festival last year recreating his role as Peter Kollwitz in the award-winning audio drama
NEVER AGAIN WAR: The Sacrifice of Kaethe Kollwitz.
So far this year, among others, he’s been honored to narrate such acclaimed works as Adam Hasslett IMAGINE ME GONE, Álvaro Enrigue’s kaleidoscopic SUDDEN DEATH, David Dyer’s THE MIDNIGHT WATCH, George Plimpton’s baseball classic OUT OF MY LEAGUE, and Shakespeare scholar James Shapiro’s THE YEAR OF LEAR.
Narrator William Dufris
William Dufris (Pocket Universe Productions)
READING AN EXCERPT FROM: Count Dracula by Woody Allen
William Dufris is producer/director of AudioComics and Pocket Universe Productions. He recently produced The Starling Project by Jeffrey Deaver (w/Alfred Molina) and Locke & Key by Joe Hill and Gabriel Rodriguez (w/Tatiana Maslany, Haley Joel Osment, Kate Mulgrew and Stephen King) for Audible Studios... winning an Audie Award for each.
William is also an award winning audiobook narrator and the voice of BOB in the original animated series of BOB The Builder.
READING AN EXCERPT FROM: Count Dracula by Woody Allen
William Dufris is producer/director of AudioComics and Pocket Universe Productions. He recently produced The Starling Project by Jeffrey Deaver (w/Alfred Molina) and Locke & Key by Joe Hill and Gabriel Rodriguez (w/Tatiana Maslany, Haley Joel Osment, Kate Mulgrew and Stephen King) for Audible Studios... winning an Audie Award for each.
William is also an award winning audiobook narrator and the voice of BOB in the original animated series of BOB The Builder.
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Debra Deyan (Deyan Audio & Deyan Institute founder)
Program Host Debra Deyan is a 26 year veteran producer of audiobooks and owner of Deyan Audio the world's largest independent producer of audiobooks, working for over 30 publishers. She has won numerous awards including 5 Grammys, 12 Grammy nominations, countless Audies, Odyssey, Carnegie and Earphone awards. She was awarded the Life Time Achievement award from the APA in 2013 for her efforts in helping pioneer the audiobook industry. She owns two Los Angeles recording studios with 9 recording booths. She also owns a video game/interactive toy venture and co-founded an institute which teaches audiobook narration and production. |
Host Debra Deyan
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This program co-presented in partnership support from The Kansas City Public Library.
