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1. 1. Audiofile, the Magazine for People Who Love Audiobooks

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   Published on: 1/26/2007   Last Visited: 1/26/2007

   Alyssa Bresnahan Audiofile, the Magazine for People Who Love Audiobooks
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   A young actress who always makes time for audiobooks in her acting life, Alyssa Bresnahan is a new addition to AudioFile's Golden Voices. Whether the work is contemporary fiction or young adult literature, Alyssa Bresnahan's performances sing with a vibrancy reflecting her keen understanding of the text. For the seven years she has been working in audiobooks, she has delivered some difficult works, like Carol Shields's Pulitzer Prize-winning THE STONE DIARIES, with consummate skill. She can tease out textual nuances and give listeners a clear window to the author's vision.
   
   In preparing to record a book, Alyssa tries to understand the rhythm of each author. Using an analogy that reflects her dancer's training, she says, "I want to figure out the choreography of each author's sound." Recorded Books producer Claudia Howard remarks on Alyssa's success with young adult titles. "She has a great comedic sense and an ability to convey a wide-eyed discovery of the world that just connects with that audience." Narrating the recent recording of WHITE OLEANDER, Alyssa marveled at author Janet Fitch's ability to paint a whole picture with one sentence.
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   Alyssa sees herself--her voice--as a paintbrush delivering a picture to the listener. Good writing always gives the narrator more to work with, but Alyssa notes a paradox: "The better the writing is, the more you can leave it alone."--December 1999
   
   December 2006 Update
   
   Alyssa added another to her Laurie R. King titles, THE ART OF DETECTION.
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   Alyssa also continued with the YA fantasy series by John Dickinson with THE WIDOW AND THE KING, and the next in Charlaine Harris's series of supernatural mysteries, GRAVE SURPRISE.
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   In January, Alyssa will star in O'Neill's "A Moon for the Misbegotten" at the Hartford Stage.
   
   December 2004 Update
   
   Turning in her usual "memorable performance," Alyssa has treated listeners this year to Katherine Paterson's THE SAME STUFF AS STARS, which joins a string of recent children's and young adult title readings, such as THE PRESENCE by Eve Bunting, THE SILVER CROWN by Robert O'Brien, and WALK SOFTLY, RACHEL by Kate Banks.
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   We have missed hearing Alyssa read psychological thrillers and hope some may be on the horizon for her audiobook fans.
   
   December 2003 Update
   
   Alyssa has treated listeners to gritty, psychological thrillers presented with cool command; among them this year, TOUCHING EVIL and COLD BLOODED.
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   Between audiobooks, Alyssa was in the Off Broadway run of Eve Ensler's Necessary Targets, and appeared in Chicago in The Rose Tattoo by Tennessee Williams.
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   Returning to audiobook work in 2002, Alyssa treated listeners to readings of THE LOVELY BONES and THE AGE OF INNOCENCE.
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   In young adult titles, Alyssa recorded WHAT JANIE FOUND by Carolyn Cooney and ELLA IN BLOOM by Shelby Hearon.
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   In late 2001, Alyssa had just begun work on Eve Ensler's new play, NECESSARY TARGETS.
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   We hope we'll hear more from Alyssa in 2002.
   
   December 2000 Update
   
   Alyssa is just completing a six-month engagement in Denver as a principal actress in the Royal Shakespeare Company's world premier of TANTALUS, an epic drama--a 10-hour performance--based on the Trojan War. Audiobooks were on Alyssa's mind before heading west, so she completed a half-dozen books before leaving New York.
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2. 2. www.recordedbooks.com

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   Published on: 6/22/2000   Last Visited: 9/26/2004

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   Alyssa Bresnahan As far back as she can remember, Alyssa Bresnahan-dynamic dancer, actor, narrator-has been involved in performing. As a child, she performed in New York street theater with her parents. She toured Europe in productions of Greek drama. In the United States, she has appeared as Stella in Tennessee Williams' A Streetcar Named Desire and as (Read More)
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   As far back as she can remember, Alyssa Bresnahan-dynamic dancer, actor, narrator-has been involved in performing. As a child, she performed in New York street theater with her parents. She toured Europe in productions of Greek drama. In the United States, she has appeared as Stella in Tennessee Williams' A Streetcar Named Desire and as Nina in Chekhov's The Seagull. At The New York Stage and Film Festival, she had the starring role in The Clearing. Kliatt proclaims her narration as "one of the most accomplished readings … heard in a long time."
   
   Average Narrator Rating: (See Reviews Below.) Here are some of the things others have said about Alyssa Bresnahan and the books narrated by Alyssa Bresnahan : Audiofile praises narrator Alyssa Bresnahan: "Her control of tone and register is excellent and allows her to move deftly among the diverse characters so that each stands distinct, whole and memorable."
   
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   (Review of Alyssa Bresnahan narrating The Lovely Bones) A fresh and unique treatment of the question that humans have pondered since the Garden. Susie Salmon's journey from the cold earth of the grave to the warmth and peace of living in the universe that has been given to us. Comforting, painful, harsh and homey, this is an experience that should not be missed - Reviewer from Somerset County PA
   
   A Pure Pleasure (Review of Alyssa Bresnahan narrating The Lovely Bones)
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   (Review of Alyssa Bresnahan narrating The Lovely Bones) The Lovely Bones is truly captivating!
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3. 3. www.hold-my-hand.com

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   Published on: 11/17/2007   Last Visited: 12/30/2007

   Narrator : Alyssa Bresnahan