Reach your highest potential as a
Voice Actor.
Curriculums & Clinics
CURRICULUMS FOR ALL AGES & STAGES
We're the top voiceover school in Los Angeles, offering structured curriculums, starting from the ground up to advanced courses.
During each class, your instructor will offer one-on-one attention, guidance, and open and honest feedback. In-person students will also receive an MP3 of their work from curriculum classes.
At the Voiceover Academy, we believe in providing actors with a fun & supportive learning environment. We provide expert guidance and practical advice to elevate each actor's technique and performances.
Introduction to Voiceover Class With Susan Boyajian
CLINICS FOR WORKING/AUDITIONING PROFESSIONALS
Guest Directors Classes & Workshops
Top Casting Directors, Agents, and Voice Directors provide expert insight and coaching in a learning-focused environment through our ongoing clinics. Guests are top industry professionals in the fields of animation, commercials, video games, audiobooks, and promos.
MEET YOUR INSTRUCTORS
Sue Boyajian
Instructor, Introduction to Voiceover
Susan Boyajian loves teaching. As an avid actor her entire life, Susan believes teaching is just another extension of her acting talents. She started acting when she was thirteen years old -- performing for anyone and everyone. She went on to do summer-stock theatre in New York and then studied acting at NYU at the prestigious Tisch School of Performing Arts. Various acting jobs brought her to Los Angeles, where she studied and performed comedy at the renowned Groundlings Theatre.
You might recognize Susan from her many TV roles. She most recently played the recurring role of Mrs. Williams on "Everybody Hates Chris". She is also widely recognized by teenagers everywhere for playing a mom on "Hannah Montana'. Susan loves doing voice over work. She played Patrick's Mom on "Sponge Bob Square Pants" and Mrs. Nasenpickle on "Squirrel Boy". She has recently joined the cast of the TV show “Kirby Buckets “on Disney XD as sassy germ "Germama". She can be seen and heard on many cartoons, TV commercials and radio spots. It would be Susan's pleasure to help you find your own voice in the world of acting. www.susanboyajian.com
Wolfie Trausch
Instructor, Commercial & Dubbing
Wolfie Trausch is an in-demand voice director, voice casting director, and voice talent for commercials, video games, animation, dubbing, and loop groups. Some recent highlights include casting international ad campaigns for Disneyworld, the new voice talents for LA Metro, and casting a BAFTA-Award-winning video game. He's also cast and directed series and films that have made it to Netflix's Top Ten list. He loves working with actors to pull out their most authentic and bookable performances.
Nancy Linari
Instructor, Commercial
Nancy Linari has been a professional actress for almost forty years. She started her
career in Chicago, performing with the famed improvisational comedy group, The
Second City. Since then, she’s flourished on stage, on camera and behind the
microphone, with her uniquely appealing combination of humor and sophistication.
While a member of Second City, she also appeared onstage at the Briar Street, Drury
Lane and Wisdom Bridge Theatres in Chicago. A production of “I’m Getting My Act
Together and Taking It On The Road” took her from Chicago to Philadelphia and finally
to Los Angeles. In LA, she continued her love of the stage at the La Mirada, Canon and
Geffen theaters.
Nancy has been seen in numerous TV shows and films, including the Academy Award-
nominated, The Social Network, as well as guest starring roles on This Is Us, Gilmore
Girls, American Auto, Mad About You, Bosch, Grey's Anatomy. She has been seen or
heard in over 200 television and radio commercials.
Nancy works regularly in animation and video games, and has the distinction of playing
the iconic Aunt May both in Insomniac’s hit Spider-Man PS4, Spider-Man PS5, and in
the animated Disney XD series, Marvel’ Spider-Man.
She is an award-winning audiobook narrator and veteran of more than 200 on and off-
camera commercials.
Nancy is so happy to be joining the VO Academy.
Nancy Sullivan
Instructor, Animation
A professional actress for twenty five years, Nancy Sullivan is best known to fans of all ages as one of tv's favorite moms on Nickelodeon's smash sitcom, "Drake & Josh," and as a regular cast member on Nick's "The Amanda Show." Her career spans numerous tv roles, hosting, theater, and a slew of commercials. Her true passion is characters, and with Groundlings training and a tv sketch comedy background, animation voiceover is a natural fit. A few highlights include: Lucy Johnson on Cartoon Network's "Squirrel Boy," Nickelodeon's "Get Blake," "Barbie Dreamtopia," "Monster Island," "The World of Final Fantasy," and "The Lion King" video games.
Nancy loves teaching, discovering characters and stretching the boundaries of your creativity, with a big dose of wild fun along the way.
POLICIES & PROCEDURES
The Voiceover Academy provides a range of classes, varying in duration from a single evening to several weeks (refer to specific classes for details on length and dates). Most classes and workshops offer the opportunity to step into the recording booth, and subsequently, participants receive an mp3 of their performance.
To enroll in a class, payment must be made in full or a deposit must be submitted. If a deposit is chosen, the remaining balance must be settled at the first class without exception. Failure to pay the balance by the second class empowers The Voiceover Academy to terminate enrollment and retain the deposit until the full tuition is paid.
Payment options include credit card or cash.
Disclaimer: The Voiceover Academy serves as an educational resource only. Presence in the company of an industry professional does not guarantee employment. Each class is a teaching and learning opportunity. The presence of an industry professional is not a promise of employment or representation. The intent of each class is solely educational. The Voiceover Academy retains the right to refuse service to any individual at any time for any reason.
For student-initiated cancellations, a refund is granted if made at least 14 days before the class start date, (minus a 20% fee of the class's total price). No refunds are issued for cancellations within 14 days of the class start date.
Should a guest director be unable to attend their scheduled workshop due to any unforeseen circumstance, students will be notified before the workshop of a suitable substitute, or the workshop will be rescheduled.
Make-up Policy: For six-week courses, if a participant misses one day, they can make up that day during the next offering of an equivalent course (not applicable to one-night workshops or special 3-4 week courses). Make-up must occur within the specified time frame, and only one missed class can be made up per registered course. For one-night and three-night classes, unfortunately, we are unable to offer a make-up class, as we cannot guarantee whether or not the same teacher will be offering the same class at a future date.
Transferring and Crediting Classes: We are unable to transfer credits from one class to another. If you purchase a spot in one class, the purchase is only redeemable for that class. We are unable to credit purchases for one class to another.