Bethany Owen
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PRLEAP.COM) JRW Group Entertainment, Huntington Beach CA. announces the joint venture with McKinsey and Company International, London England to sponsor Bethany Owen and her one-woman show on her first International production show tour.
A resident of Huntington Beach, CA., Bethany Owen takes a look at the zany and fun side of celebrity personalities through the use of singing and comedic vocal parody, while combining it with her amazing talent to mimic the human voice. She is one of a handful of FEMALE voice impressionists working in the entertainment industry today with a complete theatrical stage production show, as she performs to packed audiences and standing ovations night after night across the country
Owen’s roster of voice impressions reads like a who’s-who at a female Hollywood Oscar celebration event consisting of well over 300 voices. Which is why people like Brian De Palma, Dolly Parton, Sid and Marty Krofft, MTV, MAD-TV and Fortune 500 companies have sought her out for use in Motion Pictures, Audio Recordings and/or Television productions.
In one evening’s performance of “One Voice” you’ll experience pop divas like Cher, Madonna and Tina Turner, to classic performers such as Marilyn Monroe, Barbra Streisand and Judy Garland, to comedic legends like Joan Rivers and Minnie Pearl, tributes to country-music superstars like Patsy Cline, Tammy Wynette, Reba McEntire and Shania Twain, to legendary women of Jazz like Ella Fitzgerald, Peggy Lee and Lena Horne - maybe even a little Martha Stewart, Sharon Osbourne, Macy Gray or Alanis Morisette. Whoever it is, Bethany always delivers a jam packed evening of laughs, magic and entertainment that always leaves audiences on their feet wanting more.
Bethany Owen received the award for “Best Female Voice Impressionist” in 2005 and 2006 presented to her at the Stardust Casino, Las Vegas, NV by the IGCITA (International Guild of Celebrity Impersonators and Tribute Artists).
Legendary Country Superstar, DOLLY PARTON has been quoted to say that “Bethany does my voice better than I do my own.”
One Voice” is directed by screen and theatrical stage producer Jim Whirlow, who has taken the show across the country playing stages from LA to Las Vegas, New York, Miami and the Caribbean. He’s now set for Owen’s international audience debut in India.
“ONE VOICE” starring BETHANY OWEN is a one of a kind theatrical event blending comedy, music and pure entertainment for all ages and is a unique and fascinating journey into the world of an extraordinary and magical vocal entertainer.
High-resolution promotional images are available by contacting
JRW Group Entertainment / (714) 968-7907 or email at jrwgrp@att.net
Also on the web at: www.bethanyowen.net
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Jim Whirlow
JRW Group Entertainment
Email JRW Group Entertainment
714.968-7907
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(PRLEAP.COM) The world class OC Pavilion (www.ocpavilion.com) is pleased to welcome Bethany Owen, performing “ONE VOICE” in the main stage theatre on August 10, 2007.
Bethany Owen takes a look at the zany and fun side of celebrity personalities through the use of comedic parody and vocal tributes to some of the worlds most legendary female superstars of our time. Bethany performs to packed audiences night after night with her celebrity voice impressions combined with supporting wigs, props and special effects to bring to life well over 50 superstars. She showcases performances form Cher, Madonna, Marilyn Monroe and Joan Rivers to super legends like Barbara Streisand and Judy Garland to some down home classic country legends like Dolly Parton, Patsy Cline and many more.
Bethany Owen was awarded the Best Female Voice Impressionist in 2006 by the IGCITA (International Guild of Celebrity Impersonators and Tribute Artists). This was the second year she has received the award. She is known as the “Woman of a 1001 Voices and Faces”. Her show “ONE VOICE” is a one of a kind event blending comedy, music and pure entertainment for all ages to enjoy.
The event begins at 8:00 PM and doors to the OC Pavilion and Ambrosia Restaurant open at 5:00 PM. Dinner reservations are highly recommended.
The OC Pavilion is home to an intimate 529 person capacity theatre and the 5-star, world class restaurant Ambrosia. The Vault VIP Lounge is open before and after each theatre performance, offering appetizers, drinks and desserts featuring a live jazz trio. The Vault VIP Lounge, formerly a bank vault, retains its authenticity by keeping the original vault doors while incorporating the feel of an upscale lounge with custom leather seating and hightop pedestal tables.
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Celebrity singing and voice impressionist, Bethany Owen, known as the “Woman of a 1001 Voices and Faces” recently received notice along with her Manager and show Producer / Director, Jim Whirlow, that she was recognized and received for the second time internationally, the “Best Female Voice Impressionist” in 2006 by the IGCITA (International Guild of Celebrity Impersonators and Tribute Artists). Ms. Owen also took this same category in 2005 which was presented to her at the Stardust casino in Las Vegas, NV.
The 2006 Cloney awards is voted on by IGCITA guild members through well over hundreds of professional performers, agents and producers from across the US, Canada and Europe.
To receive this award Ms. Owen first needed to be nominated by her peers for her individual talent, promotion and performance abilities to mimic the human voice under the female impressionist category.
Then once on the ballot, she needed to take the majority vote of the IGCITA guild membership to win this category.
In her free time, Owen resides and relaxes near the ocean’s edge in the charming Southern California beach community known as Huntington Beach, which she calls home when not touring her one-woman show titled “One Voice” across the country.
For more IGCITA guild information contact:
Fil Jessee Specialty Casting
5564 Ridgemoor Drive, First Floor, Braselton, GA 30517 USA (770) 965-4259 www.igcita.org
. - Jim Whirlow
Discography
Bethany Owen pays tribute to "Women of Jazz" - CD
Summer of 2007 - New CD released from Impressionist, Bethany Owen performing songs from the 30's, 40's and 50's. Bethany pays tribute to great Women of Jazz like...Ella Fitzgerald, Lena Horne, Sarah Vaughan, Anita O'Day, Peggy Lee, Billie Holiday, Keli Smith, Nancy Wilson and many others in this 12 song CD performance that Time Life Music would be jealous of.
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Bethany Owen - TV, Stage, Screen and two time international winner and current reigning title holder of the IGCITA award for "Best Female Voice Impressionist" presented to her at the Stardust Casino-Resort, Las Vegas, Nevada, has headlined her one-woman show from Las Vegas, NY and Miami to as far as Southern Caribbean Islands like Aruba and Canouan in the Grenadines, to as far East as New Delhi, India. Bethany's roster of human celebrity voices she can mimic are well over 300 to date and complimented by as many as 50 different make-over look-alike characters she can portray as well. Which is one of the reasons that people like Dolly Parton to Syd and Marty Kroft, to Fortune 500 companies like Coca-Cola, AT&T and Time Life, to MTV and Ripley's have sought her out to use her amazing voice and image talents for their projects in the Recording, Television and/or live Stage Production industry.
The Show:
Impressionist, Bethany Owen celebrates the zany and fun side of celebrity personalities through the use of comedic parody and musical vocal tributes to some of the world's most legendary female superstars of our time. She continues to amaze audiences night after night to standing ovations with not one tribute but multiple tributes in her 90-minute one-woman show titled "ONE VOICE". Her incredible talent to mimic the human voice in singing and speaking style make her on of the leading female animation studio voice-over artists as well as live stage performance voice impressionists working in the industry today. In her live stage show, "One Voice" Bethany not only performers each celebrity voice in true form but also takes on their character look, body language and facial expressions through the use of quick costume and wig changes live in front of the audience. You'll experience pop divas like Cher, Madonna, and Tina Turner...to classic performers like Marilyn Monroe, Liza Minnelli, Barbra Streisand and Judy Garland...to the comedy of Joan Rivers and Minnie Pearl as well as some down home musical country tributes to superstars like Dolly Parton, Patsy Cline, Tammy Wynette, Reba McEntire and Shania Twain to legendary women of Jazz like Ella Fitzgerald, Peggy Lee, Anita O'Day and Lena Horne. Then toss in some Sharon Osbourne, Macy gray and Alanis Morisette to top it off to name a few and you have a jam packed evening of fun and entertainment in this 90-minute on-women show designed for the Corporate special event, University/College events, Theater, and Casino markets.
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