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See me in action
I guide Lancashire-born Slate editor June Thomas in How to Sound Like an American.
Return of the little bottles of water
Australian-born Rocketboom reporter Ella Morton and I have some impromptu fun in How to Talk Like a New Yorker.
Agnes Under the Big Top
Agnes Under the Big Top, by Aditi Brennan Kapil, directed by Eric Ting at the Long Wharf in New Haven, CT (rolling world premiere). Shown here, our full cast: Eshan Bay, Francesca Choy-Kee, Michael Cullen, Laura Esterman, Sam Ghosh, and Gergana Mellin. Accents and dialects: Liberian Standard English, Bulgarian; and I kept an ear on the two varieties of Indian for consistency and intelligibility.
Let Me Down Easy
I coached Anna Deavere Smith in twenty monologues, each created from verbatim excerpts of her interviews with a real person. One show; one and a half hours; twenty different people; twenty unique speech patterns.
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You can also see substantial excerpts from Let Me Down Easy as part of an interview on “Bill Moyers Journal.”(Part 2 begins here.)
WWII in HD (The History Channel)
I enjoyed working with Justin Bartha in creating a unique speech pattern for his voice portrayal of Austrian-born American soldier Jack Werner. My assignment was not to help Justin mimic the original in every respect, but to help him develop a speech pattern that would harmonize with it, as the audio shifted from Justin’s lightly accented voiceover to Mr. Werner’s more heavily accented speech—and back again. Copyright restrictions prevent me from showing you a clip on this page, but you can view one here.
Mr. Six Speaks!
I coached English actor Danny Teeson, the famous Mr. Six, in his first speaking commercials for Six Flags. I had a great time working with him on the shoot, which was produced by Red Line Films for Ogilvy & Mather.
Here’s another example. What’s the difference? Well, Danny normally sounds like this.
Wife to James Whelan
by Teresa Deevy, at the Mint Theater Company. Proud to be a participant in 1st Irish 2010; this production won the 1st Irish Judges Award.
Cheer from Chawton, a Jane Austen Family Theatrical
written and performed by Karen Eterovich. Returning for its third engagement at the Jane Austen Festival in Bath, England, as this year’s Festival Finale on September 25, 2010.
Flora, an Opera
at Spoleto Festival USA.
Flora, an Opera, dress rehearsal at the Dock Street Theatre, courtesy of WDAVfm.