Diane Havens
Wyckoff, NJ, United States
Highlights
A full time professional voice actor, offering full production, music and sound effects -- excellent project manager. Experienced audiobook narrator. My voice is rich, deeply resonant, real and powerful. With a wide vocal range, I have a variety of voices I can create, from warm and soothing, to authoritative, silly, upscale, tough, educated and articulate, From gritty to pretty. Specializing in narration exclusively, I give your project meticulous attention to detail -- all professional corporate voice over work, including e-learning, and other web based training. Superbly acted audio books, audio tours, documentaries and podcasts. Past careers include stage actor, director, media specialist and occasional entrepreneur. Her poetry has appeared in the literary magazine Skive. Recent audiobook narrations include the novel Book of Business, and nonfiction book Wired for Survival. She co-created the website hearthebill.org, so that American voters could hear the proposed (now passed) health care legislation in free download audio. She has written the soon-to-be-published "Acting It Out", based on the website actingitout.com which she helped develop, suggesting the use of improv and other performance activities to better understand literature. She and voice acting acting partner Robert Jadah have earned the 2009 Voicey Award for Best Voice Team.
Languages
English
Accents
British, New Yorker, Jersey
Ages
Young Adult, Middle Aged, Senior
Special Skills
Cartoons, Documentaries, Audiobooks, Educational, Videogames, Podcasting
Experience
Audio Books
Audio Tours
Podcasts
Character voices
Corporate training
Industrial video
PSAs
Credentials
Education
Montclair State University, B. A.
Media, Speech and Theatre Arts
Northern Illinois University, M. A.
Theatre Arts
Studio
Microphone
Groove Tube (GT50)
Computer & Software
Mac Pro
Special Equipment
ProTools LE7 with Mbox
Delivery Methods
e-mail, ftp, CD/DVD overnight
Turnaround Time
24 hour, average project
Service Description
Specializing in narration, long and short form, fiction and nonfiction -- with full production, music and sound effects available. I work with a male voice partner, Robert Jadah, and can provide child voices as well.
Particular expertise in education projects, I can assist educators in developing pod casts and other media projects for use in their programs.
Member APA (Audio Publishers Association)
Testimonials
JVC Professional Products, Security Systems
Diane – these voices are awesome! Thank you so much.
Will Nathan, author
Great job!
Dr. Luke Simmons, author
I will be sure to mention your award-winning teamwork on the audiobook!
Mike Yonts Films
Just the voice I had in mind.
Client List
JVCRadiate Films
Bernardi Multimedia
Executive Defense Technology
Expect It
Mike Yonts Films
Ferry Press
Museum Works
Cityzeum
Cue & A Productions
Payment Terms
Hire Diane for voice over work. Payment is made through Voices.com SurePay, an escrow service that guarantees your work is done to your satisfaction. Send payment securely by Visa, Mastercard or PayPal through Voices.com then download your files from the website.