William Dufris(1958-2020)

Bill was an award-winning actor, director, writer, and producer of audio fiction, who taught and inspired hundreds of people in the art form. As a long-time member of the National Audio Theatre Festivals family, Bill shared his passion for audio storytelling in workshops, performances, and more. Bill started by working with British audio genius Dirk Maggs. From there he voiced Spiderman for BBC radio, became Bob The Builder in American cartoons, brought the X-Files to audio with much of the original cast, voiced over 400 audiobooks, and founded three audio theatre production companies in the U.S., establishing his own Mind's Eye Productions as one of the first independent, all-digital production facilities in the country. AudioFile Magazine named him "one of the best voices of the century" in 2012.