Experiencing Speech: A Skills-Based, Panlingual Approach to Actor Training: A Beginner's Guide to Knight-Thompson Speechwork(R) - Paperback

by Andrea Caban (Author), Julie Foh (Author), Jeffrey Parker (Author)

Experiencing Speech: A Skills-Based, Panlingual Approach to Actor Training Second Edition is a beginner's guide to Knight-Thompson Speechwork(R), a method that focuses on universal and inclusive speech training for actors from all language, racial, cultural, and gender backgrounds and identities.

Author Biography

Andrea Caban is an Associate Professor of Speech and Accents at University of California, San Diego, and Co-Director and Master Teacher of Knight-Thompson Speechwork(R) where she leads the KTS Teacher Certification Program. She co-wrote the companion text to Experiencing Speech, Experiencing Accents: A Knight-Thompson Speechwork(R) Guide for Acting in Accent. She holds an M.F.A. in Acting from the University of California, Irvine.

Julie Foh is an Associate Professor at Yale University and a Master Teacher of Knight-Thompson Speechwork(R). As a professional voice, dialect, and text coach, she has worked in film, television, theatre, and podcasts. She holds an M.F.A. in Voice Pedagogy from the A.R.T. Institute for Advanced Theater Training at Harvard University and a B.A. in Theater Studies from Duke University, and is an Associate Teacher of Fitzmaurice Voicework.

Jeffrey Parker is a Professor of Voice and Speech at Metropolitan State University of Denver and serves as the Director of Voice and Text for the Colorado Shakespeare Festival. He has worked at theaters across the United States, both as an actor and a voice, dialect, and text coach. He is a certified teacher of Knight-Thompson Speechwork(R) and holds an M.F.A. in Acting from the University of California, Irvine.