ALL MY SONS by Arthur Miller and directed by Melia Bensussen started previews at Hartford Stage on April 11th. This is the second Miller play I’ve worked on this season, and I’ve been reminded of why I fell in love with his writing in college. This production is beautiful and devastating, and the cast are all-around wonderful. Performances run through May 5th. More info and tickets here.
Escaped Alone
Yale Repertory Theatre’s production of ESCAPED ALONE by Caryl Churchill and directed by Liz Diamond starts previews tonight in New Haven. This process has been fun and fulfilling, and I’m excited for audiences to go on the wild ride of this play with the cast. Performances run through March 30th. More info and tickets here.
A View From the Bridge
Long Wharf Theatre’s production of A View from the Bridge by Arthur Miller and directed by James Dean Palmer started previews on February 10th at the Canal Dock Boathouse in New Haven, CT. This is Long Wharf’s first full production since giving up their traditional theater space, and I’m honored to coach dialects for it. It’s a beautiful, deeply felt production. Performances run through March 10th. More info and tickets here.
A Man for All Seasons
A MAN FOR ALL SEASONS by Robert Bolt and directed by Paul Mullins opened a week ago and runs through November 5th at the Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey. This telling of Sir Thomas More’s career and death centers the humanity of all involved and feels remarkably relevant. And I had a lovely time working with the cast on their accents. More information and tickets here.
Othello
The first three episodes of Next Chapter Podcasts’ series OTHELLO are currently streaming. The text is a modern English translation by Mfoniso Udofia, and the series is directed by Victor Malana Maog. I had a wonderful time collaborating with the cast as Voice and Text coach. New episodes drop every Monday here and wherever else you get your podcasts.
And a Nightingale Sang...
AND A NIGHTINGALE SANG… by C.P. Taylor and directed by Bonnie J. Monte started performances at the Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey on July 12th. This beautiful, rarely produced play follows the life of a family in Newcastle on Tyne during WWII. I worked with most of the cast on a Newcastle (or “Geordie”) accent — and with one of the actors on a Birmingham (or “Brummie”) accent. It was a lovely experience!
Performances run through July 30th at the F.M. Kirby Shakespeare Theatre in Madison, NJ. Tickets and more info here.
Love's Labour's Lost
The first two episodes of Next Chapter Podcasts’ production of LOVE’S LABOUR’S LOST, modern English translation by Josh Wilder and directed by Nelson Eusebio, are streaming! This series sets the action at Howard University in the 1920s, and the cast is simply amazing. New episodes drop every week. You can listen to them wherever you get your podcasts for free. More info here.
the ripple, the wave that carried me home
Christina Anderson’s beautiful play the ripple, the wave that carried me home begins previews tonight at Yale Repertory Theatre. This production is directed by Tamilla Woodard, Chair of the Acting Program at the David Geffen School of Drama at Yale, and it features three Yale Drama School alums in the cast. It’s been an honor and a pleasure to serve as Vocal Coach on this play. Performances run through May 20th. More info here.
The Winter's Tale
THE WINTER’S TALE by Shakespeare and directed by Melia Bensussen started previews at Hartford Stage last night. It was a true pleasure to serve as Voice and Text Coach through this process, and this is one of my favorite Shakespeare plays. Performances run through May 7th. More info and tickets here.
The Tempest
The first episode of Next Chapter Podcasts/Play On Podcasts’ series THE TEMPEST is out today! The Shakespeare play has been translated into modern English by Kenneth Cavander, and the episodes were directed by Andy Wolk. I served as Voice and Text Coach. A new episode will drop every week. Listen to it here and anywhere else you get your podcasts.
The Ladykillers
The U.S. premiere of the play The Ladykillers by Graham Linehan and directed by Carl Wallnau at Centenary Stage Company in Hackettstown, NJ, started performances on February 17th and runs through March 5th. This dark farce takes place in North London in the 1950s, and I had a delightful time working with the cast on RP, Cockney, North London, and Romanian accents. More info and tickets here.
The Winter's Tale
The first four episodes of Next Chapter Podcasts/Play On Shakespeare’s presentation of THE WINTER’S TALE, modern English translation and directed by Tracy Young, are streaming now! New episodes drop every Friday. This play is one of my favorites, and I had an absolute blast revisiting it as Voice and Text Coach. Find it wherever you get your podcasts!
Measure for Measure
The first four episodes of Next Chapter Podcasts/Play On Shakespeare’s presentation of MEASURE FOR MEASURE, modern English translation by Aditi Brennan Kapil and directed by Jessie Austrian, are streaming now! New episodes drop every Friday. I once again had a wonderful time serving as Voice and Text Coach on this series. Find it wherever you get your podcasts!
The Caretaker
THE CARETAKER by Harold Pinter and directed by Bonnie J. Monte opened this past weekend at The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey in Madison, NJ. It’s a beautiful and devastating production of a brilliantly crafted play. The actors are doing wonderful work overall, and especially with their own individually crafted London idiolects. Performances run at the F.M Kirby Shakespeare Theatre through October 9th. Tickets and info here.
Henry V Podcast
This spring I served as Voice and Text Coach for a podcast production of HENRY V, translated into modern English verse by Lloyd Suh and directed by Krista Williams for Next Chapter Podcasts. I had a wonderful time working with Bobby Moreno on Henry’s many speeches in this play, as well as with Nikki Massoud and Brittany Kathryn Allen on the French language and accented English in the play.
The first three episodes are out, and a new episode will drop each Friday. Listen wherever you get your podcasts!
Twelfth Night Podcast
This spring I served as Voice and Text Coach for a podcast version of TWELFTH NIGHT, translated into modern English verse by Alison Carey and directed by Christopher Liam Moore for Next Chapter Podcasts. The cast is delightful, as is the sound design. A new episode will arrive every Friday for the next several weeks. Give us a listen here, or anywhere you get your podcasts!
June Show Updates
I coached two shows that both started performances last week.
Clubbed Thumb’s production of BODIES THEY RITUAL by Angela Hanks and directed by Knud Adams has performances at the Wild Project in NYC through Saturday, July 2nd. It’s a NYTimes Critic’s Pick! More info and tickets here.
Bucks County Playhouse’s production of KINKY BOOTS by Harvey Fierstein & Cyndi Lauper and directed by Sheryl Kaller & Hope Boykin started performances on June 25th and runs through July 30th in charming New Hope, PA. More info and tickets here.
Belfast Girls
My latest project opened at the Irish Repertory Theatre on May 19th. BELFAST GIRLS by Jaki McCarrick and directed by Nicola Murphy has performances through June 26th and follows the journey of five women from Belfast to Sydney during the Great Famine of the 1840s. I had a wonderful time working with the cast on accents from Belfast, County Sligo, and County Louth. More information and tickets here.
RIDE THE CYCLONE and Other Show Updates
My latest project started performances on April 30th at McCarter Theatre Center in Princeton, NJ. The piece is a musical called RIDE THE CYCLONE by Brooke Maxwell & Jacob Richmond and directed by McCarter’s new Artistic Director, Sarah Rasmussen. It’s wacky and magical, and I coached some French and Ukrainian accents for it. Performances run through May 29th. More info and tickets here.
Some other projects of mine have come and gone since my last post. I served as Voice Coach on two productions at Connecticut Repertory Theatre this spring: SEVEN SPOTS ON THE SUN by Martín Zimmerman and directed by Tlaloc Rivas had performances March 26th - April 3rd and LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS by Howard Ashman & Alan Menken and directed by Vince Tycer had performances April 21st - May 1st. I also coached accents for a production of CABARET by John Kander, Fred Ebb, & Joe Masteroff and directed by Ken Prestininzi at Connecticut College in New London, CT.
It’s been a busy spring!
CORIOLANUS Podcast Interview
A few weeks ago, I had the distinct honor of being in conversation with Play on Podcasts Executive Producer Michael Goodfriend and brilliant Dramaturg Amrita Ramanan about our work on the podcast version of Sean San José’s modern verse translation of CORIOLANUS, directed by Kate Wisniewski. You can listen to our conversation here — and anywhere you get your podcasts.