You're listening to Voice Acting Mastery, episode number 149.

Welcome to the Voice Acting Mastery podcast with Crispin Freeman.

Voiceactingmastery.com is your place to learn both the skills and the mindset you need to

become a professional voice actor, even if you're just getting started.

In each episode of this podcast, you'll discover valuable tips, tricks, and insider information

to help you portray characters in animation, video games, and beyond.

And now here's your host, voice actor Crispin Freeman.

Hi there, my name is Crispin Freeman, and I'll be your guide through the world of voice acting.

If you'd like to know more about me, feel free to check up my personal website at www.crispinfreeman.com.

Welcome to the first part of my interview with a truly unique guest, Mary Ann Strassner.

Marianne has acted on stage and done voiceover work on both the East and West Coast of the United States

since the 1960s. She was born in 1940 and started acting professionally in her 20s in New York City.

In 1977, she moved to Los Angeles,

where she continued to pursue theater in addition to working with the Variety Arts Radio Theater

Company of L.A. While she received rave reviews in the New York Times for her stage acting,

and worked in voiceover not only in Los Angeles but in North Carolina

as well. She recently became famous for her voice acting work in the online video game

World of Warcraft. Her first character for the franchise was Granny Marl in 2016, but she

became a fan favorite when she voiced the gentle and caring scroll sage Nola in 2018.

In the game, if you visit the land of the Tortolans, who are a turtle-like race in World of Warcraft,

you are greeted by Nola who asks you to protect newly-born turtles from predators

as the baby turtles crawl from their hatching places on the beach

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