1st Edition
Authentic Voice and Speech A Non-Prescriptive, Student-Centered Approach
Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Chapter 1. Breath and Sound
Chapter 2. Stamina and Flexibility: How to Receive Coaching and Direction
Chapter 3. Knowing How You Speak
Chapter 4. Scavenger Hunt
Chapter 5. The Shapes of Sounds
Chapter 6. “R”: The Most Variable Consonant AND/OR Vowel in the World
Chapter 7. The One Vowel Monologue
Chapter 8. The Remembered Voice: Reviving a Voice From Your Life
Afterword
Appendix
Biography
Louis Colaianni is internationally recognized for his work in voice, speech, and phonetics. For forty years, he has taught in actor training programs such as the USC School of Dramatic Arts, the David Geffen School of Drama at Yale, the Actors Studio at Pace University, the Experimental Theatre Wing at NYU, and the Trinity Rep Conservatory. He coaches voice and dialects for Broadway, film, and television and leads workshops in the United States and around the world.
Peter Marciano is a Brooklyn-based actor, director, and teacher from Syracuse, NY. He is a Designated Linklater Teacher, having studied voice and Shakespeare under Kristin Linklater. He has taught voice, movement, and acting for the past thirteen years at various programs including the MFA programs at Pace University and University of Southern California as well as at CAP21 at Molloy University, The Linklater Voice Centre, American Academy of Dramatic Arts, NYFA, and KIMEP University in Kazakhstan. He coaches actors on Broadway, Off-Broadway, and national tours as well as on film and television. He holds an MFA in acting from The Actors Studio Drama School.
