EDUCATION
Yale University, New Haven, CT Master of Fine Arts in Acting
Frostburg State University, Frostburg, MD Bachelor of Arts in Theatre & English Cum Laude
AWARDS
Samuel French Off-Off Broadway Festival Plays (Playwright – “Flights”) 2003
Philadelphia Film Festival Selection for Short Film (Screenwriter/Director – “Reasonable Doubt”) 1997
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
The New School for Drama – MFA Program, New York, NY (formerly The Actor’s Studio)
Adjunct Associate Professor – Speech, Accent Reduction Lab 1999-Present
Production Dialect Coach 2001-2004
Steering Committee Member – Acting 2013-2014
Committee Member – Curriculum 2016-2017
Columbia University School of the Arts – MFA Acting Program, New York, NY
Adjunct Associate Professor – Speech 2014-Present
New York University, Tisch School of the Arts – MFA Program, New York, NY
Adjunct Associate Professor – Speech 2011-2014
Production Dialect Coach – (All’s Well That Ends Well, King John, The Taming of the Shrew, As You Like It, Richard III) 2011-2014
New York University, Tisch School of the Arts – CAP21 BFA Program, New York, NY
Master Teacher and Chair – Voice and Speech (Designed all Voice and Speech curriculum and provided teacher training and feedback)
Taught – Voice, Speech, Shakespeare, Dialects 2003-2012
New York University, Tisch School of the Arts
Adjunct Associate Professor / Co-Teacher – “Collaboration Practicum: Improvisation for the Camera” 2002-2003
Circle in the Square – Post Graduate Program, New York, NY
Instructor – Speech 2001-2002
New York University, Tisch School of the Arts – Lee Strasberg Institute, New York, NY
Instructor – Speech, Voice and Text Works, Dialects 1991-1994
COACHING EXPERIENCE (Cameron Method Speech Services – 1990 to present) – partial list
Prime Minister Hosokawa – United Nations Address English Coach – First English UN Address ever given by a Japanese Prime Minister 1993
Charlie Cox – “Daredevil” (Netflix) – Seasons I & II Dialect Coach – American accent 2015-2016
“The King and I” – Lincoln Center Theatre Accent Reduction – Ken Watanable Dialect Coach – Thai and British accents for all understudies and replacements 2015-2016
“The Taming” – Shakespeare & Company Dialect Coach – Georgia accent 2016
“Cabaret” – Roundabout Theater National Tour Dialect Coach – German and British accents 2016
“Blue Bloods” – CBS Dialect Coach – Russian accent 2016
“Red Velvet” – Shakespeare & Company Dialect Coach – RP, Cockney, Yorkshire, French, American Classical, Polish and Jamaican accents 2015
Philip Seymour Hoffman – “A Most Wanted Man” (feature film) Dialect Coach – German accent 2013
Li Bingbing – “Snowflower and the Secret Fan” (feature film) English Coach 2011
Paul Giamatti – “Lady in the Water” (feature film) Vocal Coach 2006
Imogen Poots – “Solitary Man (feature film) Dialect Coach – American accent 2009
Andrew Lincoln – “All Rise” (NBC TV Pilot) Dialect Coach – American Accent 2008
Nicole Ansari-Cox, Matt Dallas – “As Good As Dead” (NBC TV Pilot) Dialect Coach – Southern accent 2009
“Venus in Fur” – George Street Playhouse Dialect Coach – Transatlantic accent 2013
“Christmas Eve” – a new play by Alain Boublil Dialect Coach – American accent for Marie Zamora 2013
“Lovers” – Actor’s Company Theatre (TACT) (Off-Broadway) Dialect Coach – Northern Irish 2012
“Beast on the Moon” – directed by Larry Moss (Off-Broadway) Dialect Coach – Armenian accent 2005
PUBLICATIONS/MEDIA
Cameron Method of Accent Reduction US Trademark Office, 2014
“Perfecting Your English Pronunciation: Korean Version” Book/DVD/CD’s, McGraw-Hill, 2013
“Perfecting Your English Pronunciation” Book/DVD/CD’s, McGraw-Hill, 2012
“Perfect Pronunciation” Smart Phone App for Apple and Android, based on Book/DVD, 2014
APPEARANCES/SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS
Sinovision (Chinese Television) – on-camera interview as expert in Accent Reduction, 2012
NHK-TV (Japanese Television) – on-camera interview as expert in Accent Reduction, 2006
National Public Radio (NYC) – audio interview as a professional Dialect Coach, 2011
New Jersey Institute of Medicine – Guest Lecturer for Interview Course, 2013
MEMBERSHIPS
Actor’s Equity
SAG-AFTRA