Audiobook Talent & Industry Guide

ROSEMARY BENSON

[email protected] • +1 (856) 905-9329

http://www.rosemarybenson.com

Pronouns: she/her

Nationality/Cultural Identity: American

SKILLS & EXPERIENCE

Awards: AudioFile Earphones, Audie Finalist, SOVAS

Spoken Languages: Standard American

American Accents: Standard (mid-Atlantic), Midwest, New England, New York, Southern, Texas, Philadelphia

Other English Accents: Standard (RP), British Regionals, Cockney, Irish, Scottish

World Accents: French, German, Greek, Italian, Russian, Spanish, Yiddish

Genres: Comedy, Literary Fiction, Historical Fiction, Cozy Mystery, Cozy Romance, Drama, Inspirational, Motivational/Business, Nonfiction, Spirituality

Voice Range: Juvenile, Teen, 20s-30s, Middle Age, Senior

PERFORMANCE & TRAINING

Stage/Film/TV: The Years of the Locusts/staged reading/(regional) Ritz Theatre, NJ; Funny Girl/(regional) Candlelight Theatre, DE; Speakeeezy/Claridge Hotel/Casino Atlantic City (musical/audience improv)

Favorite Roles: Lesley/The Years of the Locusts/staged reading (regional) Ritz Theatre, NJ; Mrs. Potts/Beauty and the Beast/(regional ) Candlelight Theatre, DE; Mame/Mame (regional) Candlelight Theatre, DE

Voice-Over: UnRegular RadioBoston/radio promos; Caesars Hotel Casino Atlantic City/telephony/overhead announcements; various political ads tri-state NY-NJ-PA/radio

Training: SEAN PRATT – text analysis, author’s voice, delivery and pacing; PAUL RUBEN – narration for nonfiction; Various workshops - Johnny Heller, Carol Monda, Khristine Hvam, PJ Ochlan

Expertise: Education, music, theatre, psychology, research

Worked With: Penguin/Random House, Hachette, Harper Audio, RB Media, Audible Studios

Home Studio • Audiobooks Recorded >100

SAG-AFTRA Member

AUDIOBOOKS & REVIEWS

Audiobooks: THE LIGHT PIRATE; LEVON (From Down in the Delta to the Birth of the Band and Beyond); A WORLD WITHOUT SOIL (The Past, Present, and Precarious Future of the Earth Beneath Our Feet); MOCKINGBIRD SONGS (My Friendship with HArper Lee); PUBLISHING; AN IMPROBABLE PAIRING

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