Live with Squacky - Season 4 - Episode 7 - Sirena Irwin - Part 1 - MAVO2023 Keynote Speaker

With just about 4  months to go until MAVO2023 on November 10-12, I thought it was about time I shared some exciting info with you guys about this event! Our<br/>Keynote Speaker this year is none other than the incomparable Sirena Irwin!<br/>Sirena founded her company “Oh, Zeus” after many years of writing, producing,<br/>casting, directing and acting in content on various platforms.  <br/>Her career in animation casting and directing began in 2017 after an 18 year<br/>career as an actor in animation and a 2 year mind-melding mentorship from<br/>legendary animation director, Andrea Romano. She was originally given<br/>opportunities at Dreamworks and Titmouse/Amazon and has since added Cartoon<br/>Network, Warner Brothers and Nickelodeon to the mix. Sirena is consistently<br/>casting, voice-directing and acting for multiple animated series.<br/>She was nominated for an Emmy® for Voice Directing in 2021.<br/>​You can see content she has directed and/or cast on Netflix, Amazon Prime, Hulu,<br/>HBOMax, NBC’s Peacock, Nickelodeon and Cartoon Network and Warner<br/>Brothers!<br/>I’ve said this before, but what I want to highlight here is that when I choose a<br/>Keynote speaker for each MAVO event, there is a lot of research and thought that<br/>goes into it! To me, the Keynote is where the inspiration for the rest of the event<br/>comes from! I wanted to have someone in this spot who has experience with both<br/>the acting and the casting side of the industry. I was looking for someone who can<br/>offer valuable insights to our https://www.valkellyvoiceover.com attendees and teach them skills that they can apply<br/>to their careers right away to help them book even more work. When I saw that<br/>Sirena meets all of those requirements AND has trained with Andrea Romano as<br/>her mentor – it was a no brainer! I had to get her to agree!! I had the opportunity<br/>to meet and take a class with Andrea Romano before she retired when she was<br/>the Keynote at VO Atlanta. She’s an amazing, powerhouse director and having the<br/>chance to work with her was incredibly inspiring. Knowing that Sirena has been<br/>mentored by her, made me want to meet her even more. So, now, here we are a<br/>few months away from MAVO2023, and I’m excited to have the chance to chat<br/>with Sirena beforehand, so you guys can get to know her a little bit before the<br/>event in November! This is PART 1 of this episode and Part 2 will be released next week!!  <br/><br/>For more info about Sirena, visit her website at http://www.sirenairwin.com/<br/>or you can follow her on Instagram @sirenairwin<br/><br/>For more info about the MAVO2023 "Get Inspired" VO Conference coming up on November 10-12 at the Westin Dulles Hotel in Herndon, VA, please visit our website at https://www.midatlanticvo.com and to register today visit our Eventbrite page at: <br/>MAVO2023 - "Get Inspired" Voiceover Conference November 10-12, 2023 Tickets, Fri, Nov 10, 2023 at 8:00 AM | Eventbrite<br/>For the month of July, you can get a $125 discount on General admission tickets if you enter the Promo code: JULY125 at the TOP of the page after you hit the tickets button on Eventbrite! This is for the pay in full option only! The option to pay on a monthly payment plan ends on July 15th. <br/><br/>For more info about Val Kelly/Squackyvoice, visit her website at http://www.valkellyvoiceover.com or follow her on Instagram @Midatlanticvo @LivewithSquacky or @squackyvoice.<br/><br/>"Live with Squacky" was mixed and mastered by everybody's favorite VO tech, "Uncle" Roy Yokelson of "Antland Productions". <br/>Support the