KTS Webinar #50: Cooperative Conversation in Speechwork

As accent specialists, we borrow a lot from linguistics–phonetics/phonology, diachronics (language change over time), sociolinguistic analysis, etc. But once we have the accent down, where else can we turn to in linguistics for the rest of the acting task? Miranda Guettlein shares with you one of her favorite methods for text analysis and deepening character building and hosts a conversation on linguistic ponderings relevant to accentwork. 

On Sunday 28th January 11am PST/2pm EST/7pm GMT

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Registration will close 12 hours prior to the event and participants will then receive Zoom link information. All registrants will also receive the recording and post-webinar survey after the meeting has ended and been processed.

Miranda Guettlein (she/her) is a Northern Colorado based dialect coach . She completed her Knight-Thompson Speechwork certification in 2022 and has served as the KTS Webinar series co-curator for 2023. Miranda is a professor of voice, speech, and accents at the University of Northern Colorado and coaches theatrical productions throughout the stat. She has an MA in Linguistics from the University of Colorado and a BA in Linguistics from Regis University. Miranda is a VASTA member and the co-editor of the Voice and Speech Review.

Coaching credits include: Sweat, Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Cabaret (OpenStage), Titanic (University of Northern Colorado), Murder on the Orient Express, Brigadoon, The Scarlet Pimpernel, Shrek, Oliver!, The Mousetrap, Church Basement Ladies (Candlelight), Newsies, Memphis, Shout! (Town Hall Arts Center), and  Noises Off! (Stagedoor Theatre).