Voice & Speech 

Fitzmaurice Voicework® - To find more information on the technique established by Catherine Fitzmaurice, additional resources, and links to Certified Fitzmaurice Instructors world wide: www.fitzmauriceinstitute.org

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VASTA - The Voice and Speech Trainers Association website offers links to teachers by location and by specialty. Once a year the organization hosts a conference open to members and the general public: www.vasta.org

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Dialects & Accents      

Knight-Thompson Speechwork, created by Dudley Knight and Phil Thompson, is an innovate approach to accent acquisition paralleling the practical and philosophical approach of Fitzmaurice Voicework. For additional resources, Certified KTS Instructors, workshop listings, and webinars: ktspeechwork.org

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IDEA - International Dialects of English Archive is the work of Paul Meier, providing audio samples and interactive IPA charts. It is an accessible, vast, and accurate resource for actors: www.dialectsarchive.com

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Lexical Sets for Actors, by Eric Armstrong -  a fantastic Open Education Resource to thoroughly learn this accent acquisition tool

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Tools & Toys     

Interactive IPA Chart w/ 4 voice samples

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IPA Chart w/ MRI video 

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IPA Keyboard (web-based)

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Pink Trombone Vocal Tract "Pink trombone is a model of the human vocal tract that synthesizes human voice from scratch, controllable with your fingers." 

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My Bookshelf   

These are some of my go-to resources for a myriad of lessons in the studio:

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Speech & Acting:​

Pleasure: a creative approach to life by Alexander Lowen, M.D.

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Speaking With Skill by Dudley Knight

 

Experiencing Speech: a skills based, panlingual approach to actor training by Andrea Caban, Julie Foh, Nathan Crocker 

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Everyday Voice Care by Joanna Cazden

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A Challenge to the Actor by Uta Hagen

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Games for Actors & Non Actors by Agusto Boal

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Shakespeare the Invention of the Human by Harold Bloom

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Women of Will by Tina Packer

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Scripts & Rich Text:

Under Milk Wood by Dylan Thomas

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English by Sanaz Toossi

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Skriker by Caryl Churchill

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Bad Parent by Ins Choi

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Alabaster by Audrey Cefaly

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Macbeth (an undoing) and This Restless House: an adaptation of Aeschylus' Oresteia by Zinnie Harris

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