Live Performance

For an Actor, There’s NEVER Too Much On One’s Plate!

August 18, 2010 by Rowell

Another night out with the “It’s A Mystery” troupe reminded me all over again why I sweat through these evening-long half-improv sessions in a wool fedora and a trenchcoat (in August). Aside from the delightful company of quick-witted men and equally witty and beautiful women, tonight’s “Motivation for Murder” included dinner for the cast […]

Why Keep On? One answer of many…

June 26, 2010 by Rowell

This week has seen me working more for myself than anyone else. In some ways it’s not as much fun: the “boss” is a harder taskmaster, a perfectionist, can’t make up his mind, the hours are insane and the pay is lousy. Working on updating your own promotional material does have its rewards, though. For […]

A Day At The Museum

September 14, 2009 by Rowell

One piece of advice I’ve received about marketing and self-promotion is to get out in public and show what you know. So when my friend Shawntel Landavazo at the Museum of Life and Science (Durham, NC) called to ask if I’d participate in their Hollywood Special FX Day, “Heroes, Villains, and Special Effects”, it seemed […]

Mild-Mannered Voice Actor Fights Crime By Night

November 7, 2008 by Rowell

By day…an anonymous Voice, selling luxury autos, extolling the virtues of financial planning or healthcare systems, hawking the latest fast-food sensation, entertaining with a quick audio laugh, or providing sage instruction for the corporate masses. But by night…Ah! Cloaked in one of many ingenious disguises (although they all seem to be variations on an overweight […]

Mayor for a Day, Meeting Teddy Roosevelt

October 14, 2008 by Rowell

In this business, I have to be careful just how “political” I get, and in front of whom. But it was a lot of fun to become Mayor of North Carolina’s largest city…even if it was the mayor from 1908, TS Franklin. After appearing in a promotional video all summer for the NC League of Municipalities […]

“Booth Mentality”

February 28, 2008 by Rowell

Contrary to what others might think, voiceover people don’t get into this business because they’re lazy. Well…maybe some of us are actually lazy, but that would be the case no matter what we got into. Point is, doing what we do well actually does require a lot of work. It’s just a different kind of hard work. […]

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