KAREN  L. GERSTMAN - Voice Over Artist
Commercial/Industrial/Character/Voice Messaging
Pager: (212) 802-9353
Cell :   (917) 364-6612
Fax :   (707) 220-1345
E-mail:  karengerstman@yahoo.com
    Website:  http://www.karengerstman.com


...a distinctive, natural voice, full of warmth and eleganceÿwith a quirky, offbeat edgeÿ

 

COMMERCIALS:   

Diabetes PSA                                      PSA Line                        Mark Holleran, Producer, Holleran Media Prod.

Billie's Black Restaurant                       Web Commercial/2min.  Fredy Mfuko, Producer

                                                          To view:   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HkqB4YMWixg

Story Logic's "Jungle Animals"              Radio/TV (:60)               Smart Neurons, Sapna Ganeshan            

Lovari Promo                                      Radio (:60)                     Anthony Lovari, NYC

Virginia Tobacco Settlement Found.     TV/Teacher ("Frog")        Virginia Tobacco Settlement Foundation/VTSF

Artisan Park/"35ish y/o woman"          Radio (:30)                     TJC Productions, LLC, Duke Clement

Houston Engineers Week Promo          Movie Promos                  Station Break Productions, S. Meyers         

Mercedes of Larchmont                       Cable (:30)                      Station Break Productions, Stephen Meyers 

Maria Gardens Center                         Cable (:30)                      Perception Multimedia, Mark Stavnicky

cfeforkids.com Charity Event              Radio (:60)                      CFE for Kids, Inc.; McLeod Children's Hospital,

                                                                                               (Wayne Cribb)

Nytol                                                  Radio (:30)                     Jeff Meltzer Editorial Inc/Phantom Audio, NYC

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater     Radio (:30/:60)               Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre/Sony

                                                                                               Music Studios, NYC

Priority Healthcare                              Radio (:60)                     NPM Advertising/Superdupe Recording, NYC

Wild Orchid (RCA Records)                  National Radio (:60)         RCA Records/Nutmeg Recording, NYC

 

OTHER VOICE-OVER PROJECTS

Video Narration  (British/English):         Slymagazine (Ruby Charles)

Website Narration:                                Pick-a-Ride.com (Michael Habashy); Sepia Greene, Inc. (Maya Jones)

                                                            http://www.pickaride.com/pickaride-radio-announcement

Onholds/Voicemails:                              Itex Corporation (Izzy Garcia); Artisian Designs, Cold Springs, FL

                                                            (Rocco Cerullo, President); For Malika's International Dance School,

                                                            Rego Park, NY

OnholdVoicemail (British/English):          YRB Magazine/Tajhia); Industry Model Management/Victoria Beltran;

                                                             Pickaride.com (Michael Habashy); Fsall Selective LLC, NYC (Fatou

                                                             Fsall); 2Afrika, Inc. (On The Air Studios, NYC) 

11 y/o Amanda:                                     Short animated film "Standing Over Cancer" by Chris Carbone

Voice of "Anna", the Brown Pelican:         For K-4th grade interactive CD to educate children & teachers about

  (12 y/o Southern Belle)                         wetland loss issues in Louisiana (USGS-Nat'l Wetlands Research Ctr)

Voice of 30 Characters Plus Narrator:      Story Logic Series by Smart Neurons are educational software products for preschoolers (3-6 y/o).  Story Logic's "Jungle Animals" was awarded CD of the Year by "Creative Child Magazine" in 2006 and has been endorsed by the Dove Foundation.  Story Logic's "Autos Train Helicopter" has been awarded CD of the Year by "Creative Child Magazine" in 2007! For samples see:   http://www.smartneurons.com/product_demos.asp          

Voice of 8 y/o British/English girl:          For an ESL computer-based training project  (SoundSource Studios)

Voice of Dispatcher & Mischievous Boys: For short animated film, "Stroke of Sin" by Dan Forgione

Voice of 60-70 y/o woman:                    Promotional and sales support video for Braun Corporation 2004/Entervan (PentaVision Communications, Inc.)

Voice (English) of AMs. Frizzle@:              Museum exhibit:  Magic School Bus Kicks Up a Storm (The Children=s Museum of Houston, Texas and Liberty Science Center, New Jersey; The Children's Museum of Manhattan, NYC-2005) - Operand Corporation/ Scholastic/Kaiser Recording, NYC

RadioWAVE (KWAV 90.7 FM):                 Intros & sweeps; authored AYou=re listening to RadioWAVE at 90.7 FM where the waves are just right!@ - Colorado Radio Station (Internet)

Spokesperson for MOD:                          MyOnlineDemo.com (MOD promo video) - Depaul Productions, NY

MOD "Listen@ Button:                             Recordings: AAICP@ (Association for Independent Commercial Producers); ABe Prepared@; and ATax Tips for Entertainers@; Shellen Lubin Articles:  AThe Personal Growth of an Artist@; AConstructing a Meaningful and Satisfying Life in the Arts@ (Internet)

 

FILM

On the Brink of Jesus (Inde Film)            Janis - Reporter             Sevi Regis Movie

Passover at the Wellmans (Industrial)*    Principle Role:  Helen     Magder Film (Ricky Magder, Director)

                               *(To view trailer, see:  http://www.afikimfoundation.org/wellmans/)

Across The Universe                              Pedestrian/Bus woman   Julie Taymor Project

Just My Luck                                         Commuter                      Lady Luck Productions                

Flannel Pajamas                                    Theatregoer                   Flannel Pajamas Productions

Game 6                                                 Theatregoer                  Game 6 Productions

The Interpreter                                      Liechtenstein Diplomat  Universal Pictures (Sydney Pollack, Director)

The Stepford Wives                               Power Professional         Paramount Pictures

 

TELEVISION

Sit Down With Judge Gumba (Pilot)         "I Missed My Prom"        Debbie Smith (Def't.)    Lonnie Klein/Jill Steir

Love Letters                                          Pilot                              Janine                         KandoKids/Kennedy

Law & Order (2005-6)                             Episode 4: Bible Story    Gallery/Arraignment     Wolf/Universal

Parco's Watching                                    Internet Game               Party Person                Courtroom TV Ntwk

Robin Quivers Show                                Pilot                              Audience Member        Sony /Entrada Prod.

Marie Lopez Show                                   Pilot                              Audience Member        Sony /Entrada Prod.

Law & Order:Trial By Jury  (SVU)             SVU Finale:  Day             Spectator/Night Ct DA  Wolf/Universal

Law & Order:Trial By Jury                       Episode 7:  Vigilante       Upscale Spectator         Wolf/Universal

 

PRINT                                                 

Dell Computer

Mirapex/Boehringer Ingelheim                Lunch/Dinner Guest        Susan Shaughnessy, SKS Productions   

                                                                                                  John Wilkes Studio, Photographer

TOEFL Test Preparation Book                 College Professor             Cambridge Univ. Press/Kathleen O'Reilly

                                                                                                  Frank Veronsky, Photographer 
 

VOICE-OVER TRAINING

Continued Voice-Over training:                          Nancy Wolfson, owner of Braintracks Audio

Continuing Copy Reading Workshops:                 David Goldberg, Director, Edge Studio, NYC

Voice-Over Workshops:                                     Cynthia Adler, Stella Adler Studios, NYC

Advanced Voice-Over Workshops:                       Voice-Overs Unlimited, NYC

Marla Kirban at TVI Actors Studios, NYC

Alice Elliot (NYU) at A&J Recording Studio, NYC

Character/Cartoon Workshops:                          Pamela Lewis, NYC ("Talking Funny For Money")

Berkley Productions, NYC:                                  Susan Berkley (Voice-Over)

Ron Knight (Advanced Voice-Over)

Rose Tamberino (Diction)

 

ON-CAMERA TRAINING

Ron Millkie Workshop:                                       ASuccess in Soap Operas, Film and T.V. Commercials@, NYC

Advanced On-Camera Commercial Class:             Casting Director, Barry Shapiro, Creative Acting Co.,  NYC

Basic On-Camera Commercial Class:                   Gus Waite, Creative Acting Company, NYC

 

SPECIAL SKILLS:

Accents include North American/English, New Yawk, British/English, "cartoon" Indian, cartoon Russian, generic

Southern, generic Irish, character voices; vocal age range 5 years and up; great rapport with children and

animals (within reason, of course); former legal secretary (medical malpractice/personal injury defense);

paralegal; type like the wind; dictaphone; hearing impaired

 

 

 
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