Guest Teacher Friday with Andrea Toyias, part 1

The Bard aka Shakespeare has been known to proclaim, “All the world’s a stage”, and perhaps that’s why some titles from Blizzard entertainment are so cinematic and wide-ranging: ANDREA TOYIAS’s approach is to make the recording booth “an endless stage of possibilities, rather than a room, a mic, and four padded walls.” Her strategy has paid off, with Blizzard’s world-rocking success with titles such as Diablo, StarCraft, World of Warcraft and especially Overwatch.

Andrea landed upon Blizzard’s shores in 2008 and was given the task of building their VO department from the ground up. As the Senior Casting & Voice Director at Blizzard, she casts and directs every voice appearing in a Blizzard title. Fifteen-plus years later, casting and directing ghouls, goblins, multi-headed demons, space aliens and super heroes of every variety is Andrea’s specialty...and working with actors of every level is her

deepest passion.

Andrea's goal, no matter the character and no matter the project, is to find a truth and believability in every line and in every performance.