Guests

Internationally known, award-winning voice-over actor Cathy Weseluck’s acting/production career extends over a wide range of areas. In addition to her continued success as a voice-over performer, Cathy’s noted accomplishments also include her work as a TV actor, instructor, consultant, guest speaker, casting director/director, associate producer, writer, composer, performer and photographer.

Best known in the animation world for her starring roles as ‘Spike’ (and the Mayor) in “My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic”, the excitable bunny ‘Butter Cream Sundae’ in the new hit series “Littlest Pet Shop,” ‘Cybersix’ (and ‘Adrian’) in the award-winning TMS/N.O.A. series “Cybersix,” ‘Dennis,’ the wide-eyed naïve little boy in the fun-filled Disney comedy series “Kid Vs Kat,” ‘Near’ in “Death Note,” ‘Young Trunks’ in “Dragonball Z,” ‘Dorothy Catalonia’ in “Gundam Wing,” and as ‘Shampoo’ in “Ranma ½,” Cathy has performed thousands of voices in hundreds of productions.

In a career that spans 30 years, Multi Award Winning Voice Actor Michael Dobson has lent his voice talents to more Super-Heroes and Villains than you can shake Batman’s Utility Belt at!

The list is long, but to name a few… Zemerik in Battle Force 5, Ronan The Accuser in X-Men Evolution, Freddy Duke in The Fantastic Four…Starscream in Transformers, Cobra Commander in G.I. Joe, Ghost in Iron Man – Armored Adventures, Leonardo in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Batman in Batman Black & White (YES, that’s right, he’s voiced Batman – an achievement worthy enough to have engraved on your tombstone! ) as well as a number of high profile roles in video games over the years, from the award winning lead character DeathSpank in the DeathSpank series, Jericho in Driver – San Francisco, Nate in the SSX series to Warhammer 40K: Dawn of War to name a few, he is nothing if not prolific in the universe of voice-acting geekdom.

Michael’s voice can be heard in every facet of the voice over industry. Voicing TV and Radio Commercials, Radio and TV Imaging, Documentaries and Audio Books. Michael’s client list reaches around the globe from NASCAR to Starbucks and everything in between!

Michael is also known in the industry to have an acute ear for voice matching. He has voiced matched and replaced performances on many TV series and Motion Pictures. His skills also include ADR for Live Action and Animation of which he has also directed and been nominated for a Golden Reel Award by the Motion Picture Sound Editors.

Michael is regarded internationally by industry professionals as one of the best!

Rebecca Shoichet is a singer/actor who grew up in Victoria, B.C., Canada. With an education in musical theatre, she sings in a wide variety of music styles from jazz to funk and from pop-rock to opera. She has performed with the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, Canadian popular artists Amanda Marshall and Tom Cochrane, and Vancouver-based bands Soulstream, Side One and Mimosa.

She has been voice acting since her move to Vancouver in 2000 and has played such characters as Agent Abigail Brand on Astonishing X-Men, Willi in Maya the Bee, Lorne and Dr. Kat in Kid vs Kat, and the English voices of such anime characters as Nana O. in Nana, Chelsea Rorec in Tokyo Underground, and Eri and Sota in Inuyasha.

Rebecca is currently the singing voice of Twilight Sparkle as well as playing Sunset Shimmer in the feature My Little Pony: Equestria Girls.

Introducing the all-awesome Marÿke Hendrikse, voice of Gilda the Griffon, who will be joining us at Everfree Northwest 2014! Aside from lendeing her voice to everyone’s favorite high-flying hot-shot — and hot-headed — childhood friend of Rainbow Dash, Marÿke has also starred in a number of shows ranging from anime to Western animation, including Lunamaria from Gundam Seed Destiny, Revy from Black Lagooon, and Susan from Johnny Test. We’re excited to have Marÿke join us for 2014, and we’re sure you are too!

Tony Fleecs is a comic book writer and artist who’s credits include, In My Lifetime, Tell Them Johnny Wadd is Here, and My Little Pony amongst others. He lives in Los Angeles. His mother says he is handsome.

Tony’s credits include:

Main Series, cover art variant for Issues 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 19
Micro Series, Issues 2 & 4
Micro Series, cover art variant for Issues 2, 4, 5.
Friends Forever, Issues 2 & 5
Friends Forever, cover art variant for Issues 3, 7 (not yet released), 9 (not yet released)

Georgia Ball is the author of “My Little Pony Micro-Series #8: Princess Celestia” and the Strawberry Shortcake comic book series from Ape Entertainment. Georgia is currently working on IDW’s new five-issue mini-series “Littlest Pet Shop” based on the popular Hasbro television show, with the first book scheduled for release in May 2014. She previously collaborated with her husband on the webcomic “Scooter and Ferret,” which ran for six years before she was discovered by a publishing editor. Her other comic work includes stories for “Kung-Fu Panda,” “Fruit Ninja,” and “Scooby Doo, Where Are You?”. Georgia is also a mobile web developer for Hipcricket in Seattle, WA.

Heather Nuhfer is an award-nominated writer of several bestselling comics. She is best known for penning the My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic comic book series, which is part of a cultural phenomenon. To date, the series has sold over one million copies for publisher IDW. Her other kid-friendly works include graphic novel adaptations of Monster High, Scooby Doo, and Strawberry Shortcake. Heather broke into the comic book industry by writing the very first Fraggle Rock story produced after Jim Henson’s beloved show left the airwaves. Her story was featured in Archaia and The Jim Henson Company’s Fraggle Rock anthology series, earning her a Harvey Award nomination. Heather has recently been recruited to write for several adult properties, including The Simpsons and Hawken—a graphic novel prequel to the very successful mech-based, apocalyptic video game of the same name. Her latest project is a comic book adaptation of the popular YA television series The Vampire Diaries. She is also developing several creator-owned projects that she hopes to debut in 2014. When she isn’t writing, Heather is busy crafting. She occasionally knits custom pieces for film and television.