{"id":134,"date":"2023-10-10T04:49:12","date_gmt":"2023-10-10T04:49:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theactorshandbook.com\/134-2\/"},"modified":"2023-10-10T05:38:18","modified_gmt":"2023-10-10T05:38:18","slug":"dialects","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.theactorshandbook.com\/education\/dialects\/","title":{"rendered":"Dialects"},"content":{"rendered":"
Ellen Taft <\/strong>(ADVS)<\/p>\n (206) 323-6983<\/p>\n Email:\u00a0 actorshandbook@etaft.net<\/a><\/p>\n Website:\u00a0 www.publicspeakingskillsinstruction.com<\/a><\/p>\n Ellen holds an Advanced Diploma of Voice Studies from the Central School of Speech and Drama, London.\u00a0 She lived in the U.K. for 3 years (Yorkshire, London and Bristol-the West Country) and in Germany for 4 years.\u00a0 She speaks German fluently, French semi-fluently and some Spanish, and has directed American actors in Spanish and German language plays.<\/p>\n As an actor, she has performed in French and Spanish language plays as well as in plays with accents.\u00a0 She has also been married to an Englishman for 40 years.\u00a0\u00a0Ellen teaches R.P or Received Pronunciation-Standard British English; Skinner speech or Standard American English; regional accents of England, Scotland and Ireland; American accents-Southern, New York etc.; and European accents-German, French, Spanish, etc.<\/p>\n Gin Hammond<\/strong> (MFA)<\/p>\n (646) 283-8033<\/p>\n Website:\u00a0 www.Ginhammond.com\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n Gin holds an MFA in acting from The American Repertory Theatre Institute for Advanced Theatre Training at Harvard University\/Moscow Art Theatre where she was a student of Catherine Fitzmaurice.\u00a0 Her performance credits include regional theatres such as The Guthrie and\u00a0 Arena Stage, the Moscow Art Theatre and the Roadside Theatre, in Heidelberg, Germany.\u00a0In Seattle, Gin has worked as a voice and dialect coach for Book-It, Stone Soup, Annex, and Capitol Hill Arts Center.\u00a0 Additionally, she has worked with former Seattle Repertory Theatre Artistic Director, Sharon Ott, at \u00a0Horizon Theatre in Atlanta and at Kansas City Repertory.\u00a0 Ms. Hammond has taught voice at Freehold, and was certified\u00a0 as an associate teacher of Fitzmaurice Voicework in 2006.<\/p>\n Michael J. Loggins <\/strong><\/p>\n (206) 819-2476<\/p>\n Email:\u00a0 mjlogg@yaho0.com<\/a><\/p>\n A graduate of London\u2019s Academy of Music and Drama (LAMDA), Michael J. Loggins has been a stage and film actor as well voice and dialect teacher for over 30 years.\u00a0 Michael Loggins works with students ages pre-teen to adult.<\/p>\n Mary McDonald-Lewis<\/strong> (MFA)<\/p>\n (206) 295-4997<\/p>\n Email:\u00a0Mary@Marymac.com<\/a><\/p>\n