Beth McGuire
Professional dialect & vocal coach for 25 years. Broadway: Eclipsed, A Streetcar Named Desire, CHAPLIN. Off-Broadway: Roundabout Theatre, MTC, Playwrights Horizons, NYTW, Working Theater, The Public Theater, National Black Theatre. Regional: Yale Rep, McCarter Theatre, Shakespeare Theatre of NJ, Hartford Stage, Cape Playhouse. Beth is the Director of Speech & Dialects and an Associate Professor (Adjunct) of Acting at Yale School of Drama. She resides in NYC, where she coaches professionally.
Biography
Beth is currently the vocal/dialect coach on the Broadway production of Eclipsed, which runs at the Golden Theatre through June 19, 2016.Education
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MFA Acting, Brandeis, Massachusetts
BA, Oberlin, Ohio
Areas of Research / Professional Expertise
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Expertise: speech, dialects, accents, voice, acting, text, Shakespeare
Research: the work of Jo Estill, Roy Hart (Linda Wise & Enrique Pardo), Kristin Linklater, Catherine Fitzmaurice, Cicely Berry, Patsy Rodenburg, Fay Simpson (Lucid Body); Laban; Alexander Technique; unrepresented dialects; dialect as a primary resource for the actor's transformation.
Books
Articles
Shape-shifting at the Movies
Published: Nov 18, 2015 by www.huffingtonpost.com
Authors: Beth McGuire
Because film does not embrace the transformational actor as fully as theatre does, opportunities for actors of color are not as extensive on the silver screen. I know Hollywood is largely about making money, and it takes a brave soul to step outside of the box. But who are the brave souls in Hollywood who will hire ethnic actors to represent themselves?
The Experiential Anatomy of Phonemes for Actors
Published: Nov 18, 2015 by University College of London, 2005
Authors: Beth McGuire, Pamela Prather
A visceral approach for actors to learn the IPA.