Lau Lapides is a professional actress, director and teacher who has dedicated her life to a career in media and the performing arts. She holds an MFA from the University of California and in her decades-long career has won numerous accolades and awards. Lau holds professional memberships in SAG-AFTRA/AEA, AWRT, AWM, NAPW, BWME, NAB, MBA, Stagesource and NETC.

Aria Lapides is a tour de force balancing a performance career as an actress credits include; TV Series Dexter, and recent commercial spots for 6 Flags, Dedham Savings Bank, Women’s Health Care, and Golden Corral. As a visual artist she creates the coolest industry standar actor & model headshots and fashion photos in the regional NE market. She is proud of her first book illustration gig with professional pal and musician Jodie Rachman entitled Ukulele J’s Song Time Fun for the fabulous under 5 crowd!

Carole is a professional on-camera and voice actor and print model in the New England and New York markets. After a 25 year career in the airline industry as a corporate trainer Carole handles any corporate, technical, or medical scripts that come her way. recent TV/VO commercials; Rockland trust bank. Fisher investments, FreeStyle Libre, & Baylor University

Joann has over 30 years experience as an international director/producer and currently is the Director of Community Engagement and Education at Syracuse Stage. She is also the Executive Director of Live Animation Studios and Distinctive Voices, LLC. She is a Broadway veteran and has worked at the Lincoln Center’s Director’s Lab West in LA where she has participated for the last 20 years.

Stephanie has her B.A in theater from UC Irvin and is a disciple of Jerzy Grotowski. Badami Productions picked up her short film ONE DANCE, which was broadcast nationally on CBS and FOX. Stephanie’s other shorts have garnered nominations and awards and have screened in film festivals nationwide.  She has been seen on Netflix, Amazon Prime, NBC, and FX.

Ken studied Communication/TV/Audio at Framingham State University and is an important member of our studio family!  As Operations & Engineering for the esteemed Boston-based production house Rumblestrip Audio where he has been heavily involved with producing Radio & TV commercials both regionally and nationally and working with global clients, producers and casting and agencies. He records all genres from commercial, to animation, narration and more! He is exciting to work with our studio’s amazing talent on a regular basis!

Jeremy does our payroll, payables, paylinks, invoicing and started with the company in 2010. His undergraduate degree is in Accounting and MBA in Financial Management. He holds memberships in the National Association of Tax Professionals, Institute of Management Accountants, and Financial Executive Networking Group. Jeremy enjoys attending numerous classes and events and assisting with filming and supporting the efforts of our stellar coaches.

Mike is a 13 year VO veteran having voiced a few thousand hours of e-learning, hundreds of commercials, and dozens of characters for clients on every continent except Antarctica.  The majority of the e-learning has been in the medical, technical, and financial sub-genres.  His commercials have been heard across the US and Europe and his character work has been heard in museums and amusement park shows. He is the current Vice President of Membership for the World Voices Organization, a non-profit, member-driven association of voice talent whose job it is to educate and inform both talent and business professionals about standards, best practices, and ethical conduct.

Brad Beckman is a writer, filmmaker, director, actor, and voice-over artist. He studied film at the University of Texas at Austin and taught film at New York University and currently teaches Dramatic Structure, Literature and Acting at Syracuse University. He is the former Artistic Director of the Fort Lauderdale Fringe Festival and worked with Richard Schechner and his East Coast Artists company as well as with the Bond Street Theater. He has done shows at many NYC venues including La Mama, P.S. 122 and HERE and his play, Papeles, was a finalist in the City Theatre’s National Playwriting Competition and has been presented in Miami, Los Angeles, NY, Peru and Colombia. Brad Beckman is a National Michael Chekhov Association Certified teacher of that acting technique.

Elaine is a 40 year veteran having earned her masters in psychology from Curry College and is a licensed Family Therapist. She has facilitated seminars and workshops throughout New England on topics including; conflict resolution, reaching your full potential and enhancing relationships through effective communication. Her inspirational workshop series has motivated actors and creative souls to achieve their fullest potential and breakthrough emotional and psychological barriers holding them back from achieving their goals.

John Sudol has been teaching acting for over 30 years, but there’s much more to his story.  For the past 14 years, John has dedicated his life to studying and understanding the science we now have on emotions and how it applies to artistic expression. He has studied the work of  leading researchers in the field of emotions, which has given him great insight into how some people express emotion and the various reasons others do not.

Developing the The Language of the Face and the classes that go along with it has been his quest and passion. John has published several articles in trade papers as well as on his blog on various topics including The Language of the Face, as well as the craft of acting, and self-esteem for actors.

Jessica is a non-union voice actor who has trained with Steve Blum (LA), Bruce Carey (Dallas), Marissa Lenti (Dallas), Dorothy Gallagher and Brian McKeever (Boston). In Jessica’s home studio, you’ll find several microphones including an AKG C214 condenser, MXL  990 condenser, and a Blue Yeti USB, with an AudioBox USB 2×2 Interface. She edits with a combination of Adobe Audition, StudioOne, Audacity, and GarageBand.  Need her in-studio?  Don’t worry, she can travel to you or set you up with one of her preferred studios.

Jessica has also trained in NYC, Boston, and NH for acting.

Jessica is a wife, mom to two corgis and a Maine coon cat, Subaru enthusiast, paranormal investigator, obsessed with the 90’s, lover of all things anime and animation. She also takes singing lessons for fun and loves to participate in local theatre.

Joel Hunter is a multi-talented character and commercial voice actor with MCVO Agency, and has boasted such national projects as “Fort Hall: Gateway to the Pacific Northwest”, “Pocatello Recreation Video 2014”, “Doctor Who: The Missing Adventures”, “The Thomas Creator Collective” (recipient of the 2017 Cynopsis Kids Imagination Award for Best Preschool Show Exclusively for a Streaming Platform), “The Railways of Crotoonia”, “Gate City Brewfest & Gate City Brewfest 2 Commercials”, “Skyler Is Gone”, “Mish & Mash”, “Steaming To Legacy”, and is a featured voice actor and writer for the Staples collaboration with Lau Lapides Company Podcast, “Be Happy; Be Heard”.

  He is proud to have worked directly with Mattel Creations and Driver Studios.

Valeri Bates is an award-winning actress whose seasoned experience in front of and behind the camera has proven to serve her well in her parallel career track.  Val has been an asset to working behind the scenes in the industry as a Photo Marketing professional and Booking Agent with Hoffman International Model & Talent Agency.  She has not only been thriving on set for the past decade as an artist, but she has also made a name for herself as the agency’s acting coach, polishing on-camera talent and helping to build their portfolio for proper marketing to esteemed clients and agents.  Val continues to hone her craft through filmmaking and Meisner acting technique.  She is hard at work social media marketing for Lau Lapides Company and MCVO.

Dan’s expansive global work with many companies include Verizon, The Home Depot, General Dynamics, American airlines, and various law enforcement agencies. he has run construction crews, negotiated with, and worked on projects for the government across the world, and has led emergency management and training teams.