"Scenes For Actors and Voices" is a compilation of original scripts by Daws

Butler, who spoke the words for most of the classic Hanna-Barbera

characters: Yogi Bear, Huckleberry Hound, Quick Draw McGraw, Elroy Jetson,

and a hundred others.



Edited by radio historian and author Ben Ohmart and veteran public radio

producer Joe Bevilacqua, "Scenes For Actors and Voices" is comprised of rare

never-before published material from a man known as some of animation's

most beloved cartoon voices but who was also a prolific writer.



In 1975, Daws Butler began an acting workshop from his audio

studio/converted garage and soon after wrote hundreds of scenes for his

students to perform.



Among Butler's many successful students were Nancy Cartwright (the voice of Bart Simpson and author of the L.A. Times best seller, My Life as a 10-Year-Old Boy), and Corey Burton (Disney's Atlantis and the Old Navy

'logo voice'). Burton also wrote the book's insightful foreword.



Nancy Cartwright says the book is "a romp in a garden of characters. Each

monologue, dialogue or scene study is a taste of some of the 'juicy fruits'

that Daws left as his legacy. They fed me. They fed Corey Burton. They fed Joe Bevilacqua. And they fed dozens of other voice talent in Hollywood and beyond."



Corey Burton adds, "His writing was purposely difficult to get a 'handle'

on; carefully crafted to be open to a nearly infinite range of

interpretation. A genuine exercise which actors must first struggle to

decode, then apply great depth of imagination and creativity in a complex

exploration of character and emotion, through a virtual rainbow of

possibilities."



The book was a longtime dream of Butler, who died in 1988. With the

cooperation of Butler's widow, Ohmart and Bevilacqua chose the best

monologues, dialogues and exercises from hundreds of scripts found in file

cabinets in the Butler family garage. They wrote introductions for each

filled with the advice Butler gave his students during a typical workshop.

The result is a scene book for anyone interested in improving how they use

their voice. But actors, in particular, will find it as useful as a painter

would find a life drawing class.



"Plus, it's a very entertaining read. 'Better than the average scene book,'

as Yogi would say," concludes Bevilacqua.



Scenes For Actors and Voices focuses on one, two and three character scenes

short enough for use in any acting class or audition. Future Daws Butler

scene books are planned, and Ohmart and Bevilacqua are currently working on

the authorized biography of the voice legend for publication Christmas 2004.



Scenes For Actors and Voices by Daws Butler



Release date: July 14, 2003.



ISBN: 0-9714570-6-9 PRICE: $15.95 + $2 shipping



Order from BearManor Media, P O Box 750, Boalsburg, PA 16827, or on the web

at: http://bearmanormedia.bizland.com



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