Lisa and David talk with one of the West Coast’s top youth voice-over agents, Vince LeBica of DPN Talent Agency, about launching and building your career as a young voice-over artist.

This week’s Mailbag question: “What is the most important class that a young actor can take?”

VINCE LEBICA

Vince LeBica started at DPN Talent Agency in Beverly Hills 11 years ago. DPN is known as a top-tier voice-over agency in the U.S., and it was not long before Vince climbed their rankings to become a Talent Agent. While striving to attain his title in less than two years, Vince established a commercial youth voice-over department at DPN. Over the past nine years Vince has turned this department into one of the most competitive Commercial children's voice-over divisions on the West Coast. 

In addition to working with kids, Vince’s main focus is general market Commercial, Promo and occasionally Celebrity business.

THE YOUNG ACTOR WORKSPACE was born out of a single request — a mom who was looking for help with an audition for her son. At the time, the young actor was doing a play with Lisa Picotte and David Kaufman. They were both happy to share their personal insight and advice on how to approach the particularly difficult audition material. He booked the job. Word of mouth ensued and a studio was born. In the past 20 years, Lisa and David have worked with hundreds of young actors, both in weekly classes and private coaching. Some of the young actors who have studied and coached with them have gone on to tremendous success — Millie Bobby Brown, Taylor Lautner, Rico Rodriguez, Raini Rodriguez, Grace Kaufman, Tanner Buchanan, Haley Ramm, Brenna D’Amico, Bobby Soto, just to name a few. While these young actors’ success is a point of pride for Lisa and David, they are just as proud of the many other young actors who are also working regularly, or simply gaining the skills to go out into the world feeling confident in their ability to speak in front of and honestly engage with others in whatever paths they eventually choose. While the studio continues to thrive, Lisa is now a sought-after set coach for young actors. She has worked for ABC, CBS, Showtime, Apple TV Plus and Disney among others.

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