BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ktspeechwork.org - ECPv6.16.3//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://ktspeechwork.org X-WR-CALDESC:Events for ktspeechwork.org REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20190310T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20191103T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20200308T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20201101T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20210314T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20211107T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20220313T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20221106T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20230312T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20231105T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20240310T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20241103T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20250309T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20251102T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20260308T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20261101T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20270314T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20271107T090000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20190310T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20191103T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20200308T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20201101T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20210314T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20211107T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260518T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260518T140000 DTSTAMP:20260622T135420 CREATED:20260418T181606Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260418T182351Z UID:10000351-1779109200-1779112800@ktspeechwork.org SUMMARY:KTS Webinar #67: Book Launch - Spanish Accents and Dialects for Actors DESCRIPTION:Monday\, May 18th\, 2026 1pm PDT / 4pm EDT / 9pm BST / and 6am AEST (May 19th) \n\n\n\nJoin KTS Certified Teachers Elisa Gonzales\, Josh F.S. Moser\, and Adi Cabral for an interactive introduction to their new book\, Spanish Accents and Dialects for Actors – Volume 1: North America and the Caribbean. The authors will give an overview of the book and the accompanying online resources.No prior experience with KTS or Spanish is required. The book is currently available to order. \n\n\n\nConvert to your time zone here. \n\n\n\nTickets for this webinar are $12. Registration will close 12 hours prior to the event and participants will then receive Zoom link information. All registrants will also receive the recording after the meeting has ended and been processed. \n\n\n\nPresenters: \n\n\n\nElisa Gonzales is an Assistant Professor of Voice and Acting at UMass Amherst\, and a certified teacher of Fitzmaurice Voicework and Knight-Thompson Speechwork. Her professional coaching credits include productions on Broadway\, the Oregon Shakespeare Festival\, American Players Theatre\, American Repertory Theatre\, Portland Center Stage\, the St. Louis Shakespeare Festival\, the Hangar Theatre Company\, Santa Fe Playhouse\, and many more. Elisa is a proud contributing author to the recently published Routledge Companion to Latine Theatre and Performance. Elisa is also a playwright. Her original play with music\, Olvidados: A Mexican American Corrido\, was a 2022 Semi-Finalist for the O’Neill National Music Theatre Conference. Proud member of VASTA. \n\n\n\nJosh “J” Feliciano-Sanchez Moser is an Actor\, Voice/Dialect Specialist\, and Professor\, certified in Fitzmaurice Voicework® and Knight Thompson Speechwork. MFA from Savannah College of Art and Design. Josh co-authored Spanish Accents and Dialects for Actors\, and the article Strategies for Guiding Actors’ Accent and Linguistic Needs in the 21st Century. Coaching credits include Profile Theatre\, Utah Shakespeare Festival\, The Billie Holiday Theatre\, TheatreWorks Hartford\, CNN’s Harry Enten\, Brown U/Trinity Rep\, Yale\, Princeton. Josh is an assistant professor at Kean University\, and a consultant for Strictly Speaking Group. AEA\, HOLA\, VASTA. www.JoshFSMoser.com. \n\n\n\nAdi Cabral is an Associate Professor of Voice and Movement and Chair of the Department of Theatre and Dance at the University of Nevada\, Reno. Their professional credits in voice and intimacy include over 50 audiobooks and theatrical productions at Oregon Shakespeare Festival\, Berkeley Repertory Theatre\, Huntington Theatre\, and many more. They are the co-author of Here’s How to Teach Voice and Communication Skills to Transgender Women (Plural Publishing 2019)\, author of Queering the Stage (Routledge 2025)\, coauthor of Spanish Accents and Dialects for Actors (Routledge 2026)\, a certified teacher of Fitzmaurice Voicework® and Knight-Thompson Speechwork®\, and a proud member of VASTA and SAG-AFTRA. URL:https://ktspeechwork.org/event/kts-webinar-67-book-launch-spanish-accents-and-dialects-for-actors/ CATEGORIES:ADDITIONAL,WEBINAR END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260410T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260410T130000 DTSTAMP:20260622T135420 CREATED:20260223T220214Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260223T220226Z UID:10000349-1775822400-1775826000@ktspeechwork.org SUMMARY:KTS Webinar #66: Intimate Voice DESCRIPTION:Friday\, 10th April\, 2026\, 12pm PST / 3pm EST / 8pm GMT/ 7am AEDT \n\n\n\nIntimacy coordination has transformed physical staging practices and highlighted the importance of consent-based practices on set\, in rehearsal and in actor training. However\, voice training and intimacy co-ordination have remained mostly separate fields\, with the movement-led background of intimacy co-ordinators leading to a situation where the artistic possibilities and possible health concerns around voice are often an afterthought in intimate scenes. How can voice professionals use the consent-based practices of intimacy coordination in our own work and teaching practice? How might a greater awareness of vocal storytelling and safety inform the staging of intimate scenes across all performance contexts? We will discuss current approaches to intimate voice work\, methods of notating vocal choreography\, and explore how to navigate ethical\, technical and artistic considerations in scenes that require intimate voice. Convert to your time zone here. \n\n\n\nTickets for this webinar are $10. Registration will close 12 hours prior to the event and participants will then receive Zoom link information. All registrants will also receive the recording after the meeting has ended and been processed. \n\n\n\nKat Littrell (she/they) is a voice actor\, educator\, and dialect coach. A graduate of the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama\, her MFA dissertation examined intimacy practices in voice-only performance contexts. Her work bridges consent-based practices\, vocal health\, and storytelling. Kat is an award-winning audiobook narrator\, including an Audie Award nomination for Audiobook of the Year (2026). She brings her professional experience in voice over and intimate vocal storytelling into her approach to actor training\, and has most recently taught as a Voice and Speech professor at the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music. As a coach and teacher\, Kat combines rigorous technique with playful exploration\, empowering actors to develop confident\, expressive\, and sustainable vocal practices and performances. URL:https://ktspeechwork.org/event/kts-webinar-66-intimate-voice/ LOCATION:Online CATEGORIES:ADDITIONAL,WEBINAR END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260307T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260307T090000 DTSTAMP:20260622T135420 CREATED:20260223T223154Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260223T223945Z UID:10000350-1772870400-1772874000@ktspeechwork.org SUMMARY:KTS Webinar #65: Book Launch Redux! Experiencing Speech Take 2 DESCRIPTION:Saturday\, March 7th\, 2026\, 8am PST / 11am EST / 4pm GMT / 3am AEDT \n\n\n\nJoin us for a celebration of the release of the new edition of Experiencing Speech: A Skills-Based\, Panlingual Approach to Actor Training\, 2nd edition written by Andrea Caban\, Julie Foh\, and Jeffrey Parker. \n\n\n\nAndrea\, Julie\, and Jeff will give an overview of the book and go over new aspects of the second edition\, including: \n\n\n\n* New and updated exercises \n\n\n\n* More pathways for connecting speechwork with acting work\, including professional applications \n\n\n\n* Updated images throughout \n\n\n\n* Updated information for instructors and the use of the text in various courses \n\n\n\n* New web resources\, including additional exercise and video demos. \n\n\n\nCome ready to play! No prior experience with KTS necessary. The book is currently available for pre-order and will ship after February 23\, 2026. \n\n\n\nTickets for this webinar are FREE\, but you must “purchase” 1 ticket for $0.00 to register. Registration will close 12 hours prior to the event and participants will then receive Zoom link information. All registrants will also receive the recording after the meeting has ended and been processed. \n\n\n\nConvert to your time zone here. URL:https://ktspeechwork.org/event/kts-webinar-65-book-launch-redux-experiencing-speech-take-2-2/ LOCATION:Online\, United States CATEGORIES:ADDITIONAL,WEBINAR ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://ktspeechwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Webinar-65-FB-take-2-scaled.png GEO:37.09024;-95.712891 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260123T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260123T130000 DTSTAMP:20260622T135420 CREATED:20260105T205609Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260106T203153Z UID:10000347-1769169600-1769173200@ktspeechwork.org SUMMARY:KTS Webinar #64: Cracking Casting Breakdowns: Choosing an Accent Sample DESCRIPTION:Friday\, January 23rd\, 12pm PST / 3pm EST / 8pm GMT / 7am AEDT (January 24th\, 2026) \n\n\n\nSpending hours hunting for the perfect accent sample? When character info is thin and time is tighter\, there’s a faster way. Join Hollywood dialect coach Jack Wallace as he shares practical tips and tricks for choosing effective accent samples—using real casting breakdowns. \n\n\n\nConvert to your time zone here. \n\n\n\nTickets for this webinar are $10. Registration will close 12 hours prior to the event and participants will then receive Zoom link information. All registrants will also receive the recording after the meeting has ended and been processed. \n\n\n\nJack Wallace (Accent Coach Jack) is a Dialect Coach from the UK now based in Hollywood\, California. Jack specializes in on-set coaching\, production prep\, and helping professional actors to develop idiolects for their characters. Jack’s clients include Sony\, Netflix\, Universal\, HULU\, Disney\, Lifetime and VH1. He has also been featured as an industry expert in ET\, Buzzfeed\, Insider\, CNN\, and more. Jack has a Master’s in Professional Voice Practice from The Royal Birmingham Conservatoire and is a certified One-Voice Practitioner. URL:https://ktspeechwork.org/event/kts-webinar-64-cracking-casting-breakdowns-choosing-an-accent-sample/ LOCATION:Online CATEGORIES:ADDITIONAL,WEBINAR END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251117T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251117T180000 DTSTAMP:20260622T135420 CREATED:20251104T164658Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251114T201916Z UID:10000340-1763398800-1763402400@ktspeechwork.org SUMMARY:KTS Webinar #62: Fostering the Artistic Voice & Voice Clinician Partnership DESCRIPTION:Monday\, November 17th at 5pm PST / 8pm EST \n\n\n\nTuesday\, November 18th at 9am SGT / 12pm AEDT \n\n\n\nSpeech language pathologists (or SLPs) work with clients for a variety of reasons\, some of which overlap with the work of artistic voice and speech professionals. Join SLPs Autumn Bryant\, Annie Jefferson\, Dr. Monica Johnson\, and Dr. Marianna Rubino for a panel discussion about where they see opportunities for collaboration\, how we can overcome barriers to work together\, and how working together might benefit all of our clients and students.   \n\n\n\nTickets for this webinar are $10. Registration will close 12 hours prior to the event and participants will then receive Zoom link information. All registrants will also receive the recording after the meeting has ended and been processed. \n\n\n\nConvert to your time zone here. \n\n\n\nAutumn Bryant\, MS\, MA\, CCC-SLP is a Speech-Language Pathologist (SLP) from Chicago. She holds a bachelor’s in sociology and a master’s in speech and hearing science from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign\, as well as a master’s in health communication from Northwestern University. She began her career in a large suburban school district before working in an outpatient pediatric clinical setting\, and later founded her private practice\, Griffin Speech\, Chartered\, coaching non-native English-speaking adults. Currently\, she works with international graduate students through Northwestern’s English Language Programs\, providing speech and language support to improve English proficiency. As Lead Instructor\, she trains a team of linguists\, SLPs\, and graduate student instructors\, and has initiated program-wide speech screenings\, streamlined referral processes\, and guided the development of the ATTUNE listening portal to enhance auditory discernment of English phonemes. \n\n\n\nAnnie Jefferson\, A New Orleans East native\, Annie is a certified member of the American Speech-Language and Hearing Association (ASHA)\, licensed to practice speech-language pathology in the states of Louisiana and Texas\, and graduated from The New Orleans Center for Creative Arts (Drama) where she earned the Young Arts Merit Scholar Award. Annie continued her education earning a Bachelor of Arts in Theatre from The University of New Orleans\, a Bachelor of Arts in Speech Pathology and Audiology from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette\, and a Master of Science in Communication Disorders from Southeastern Louisiana University. Annie works as a school and acute/rehabilitation SLP. She specializes in advocating for voice disorder prevention for the next generation of professional voice users and using her voice and platform to advocate for the needs of her students\, patients\, and caregivers. Annie enjoys collaborating with other disciplines\, sharing her expertise and experiences\, and presenting her professional passion to support and advocate for students through various platforms. \n\n\n\nDr. Monica L. Johnson\, Ph.D.\, L-SLP\, CCC-SLP\, is a speech-language pathologist with expertise in fluency disorders\, voice\, and counseling within speech-language pathology. She bridges traditional medical-based speech therapy with creative\, expressive approaches\, exploring innovative ways professionals from different disciplines can collaborate to enhance outcomes. In addition to her clinical work\, Dr. Johnson teaches graduate and undergraduate students in voice\, fluency disorders\, and research methodologies\, emphasizing client-centered\, evidence-based practice. She also regularly presents at conferences and workshops\, sharing insights on fluency\, voice\, and interdisciplinary collaboration. Her research investigates the social and relational experiences of people who stutter\, informing her clinical work with a strong person-centered approach. Committed to empowering clients and families while inspiring the next generation of clinicians\, she fosters partnerships that unite research\, clinical practice\, and artistry in speech and voice. \n\n\n\nMarianna Rubino (she)\, MFA\, PhD\, CCC-SLP is an Assistant Professor at the University of Tulsa where she investigates personality\, identity\, and voice disorders. Dr. Rubino was a professional actress for many years\, appearing in classical plays\, improv comedy\, and commercials in Chicago\, New York City\, Houston\, and more. As part of her private practice\, Dr. Rubino has helped to habilitate and rehabilitate healthy performance voice in singing and non-singing actors. She seeks to collaborate with acting voice instructors; please email mar4596@utulsa.edu. URL:https://ktspeechwork.org/event/kts-webinar-62-fostering-the-artistic-voice-voice-clinician-partnership/ CATEGORIES:ADDITIONAL,WEBINAR END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251013T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251013T180000 DTSTAMP:20260622T135420 CREATED:20251002T152323Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251114T202005Z UID:10000339-1760374800-1760378400@ktspeechwork.org SUMMARY:KTS Webinar #61: The Globalization of Fitzmaurice Voicework® & Knight-Thompson Speechwork™ in the 21st Century DESCRIPTION:Monday\, October 13th at 5pm PDT / 8pm EDT \n\n\n\nTuesday\, October 14th at 8am SGT / 11am AEDT \n\n\n\nFitzmaurice Voicework® and Knight-Thompson Speechwork™ were originally developed together in the U.S.\, but have now embraced a growing international community of artists and educators. Join us for a conversation with three teachers certified in both techniques: Julie Foh\, Petrina Kow\, and Michael Shipley. We will discuss how the contributions of this international community continue to enrich and evolve the two techniques\, as well as the challenges of endeavoring to create a truly global pedagogy. \n\n\n\nTickets for this webinar are free. Registration will close 12 hours prior to the event and participants will then receive Zoom link information. All registrants will also receive the recording after the meeting has ended and been processed. \n\n\n\nConvert to your time zone here. \n\n\n\nJulie Foh is a voice\, accent\, and text coach based in CT. She is currently on faculty at the David Geffen School of Drama at Yale\, and her professional work has included projects for Marvel\, Yale Rep\, Next Chapter Podcasts\, Long Wharf Theatre\, Hartford Stage\, McCarter Theatre\, and others. \n\n\n\nPetrina Kow is the only Singaporean certified in Fitzmaurice Voicework® and Knight Thompson Speechwork®. Adjunct voice teacher at LASALLE College of Arts and Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts. She coaches CEOs\, politicians and corporate leaders in voice and public speaking\, and organises and teaches voice and accent workshops in Singapore and around the region. \n\n\n\nMichael Shipley is an Associate Professor of Theatre. As a teacher\, director\, and coach\, he seeks to help actors integrate voice skills and acting technique in performance\, giving them greater creative freedom and authenticity.  He is certified in Fitzmaurice Voicework\, Knight-Thompson Speechwork\, and Vocal Combat Technique\, and holds an MFA in Acting from the American Conservatory Theatre. URL:https://ktspeechwork.org/event/kts-webinar-61-the-globalization-of-fitzmaurice-voicework-knight-thompson-speechwork-in-the-21st-century/ CATEGORIES:ADDITIONAL,WEBINAR END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250920T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250920T110000 DTSTAMP:20260622T135420 CREATED:20250901T131941Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250906T003454Z UID:10000335-1758362400-1758366000@ktspeechwork.org SUMMARY:KTS Webinar #60: FREE Intro to KTS! DESCRIPTION:Saturday\, September 20th 10:00am PDT/ 1pm EDT/ 6pm BST \n\n\n\nAre you an actor? Teacher of actors? Accent coach or aspiring accent coach? Linguist? Speech language pathologist? Someone who’s curious? Knight-Thompson Speechwork is for you!  \n\n\n\nWhether you’re brand new to the work or have already begun your exploration\, join Certified Teachers Molly Wetzel and Natalie Blackman for a free workshop as we outline the KTS guiding principles (perhaps)\, and lead participants through an exploration of the vocal tract and the ingredients of accent work! \n\n\n\nTickets for this webinar are free. Registration will close 12 hours prior to the event and participants will then receive Zoom link information. All registrants will also receive the recording after the meeting has ended and been processed. \n\n\n\nConvert to your time zone here. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNatalie Blackman is a certified teacher of Fitzmaurice Voicework® and Knight-Thompson Speechwork™. She serves as Assistant Professor of Voice and Acting at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro and Voice and Text Coach for the Illinois Shakespeare Festival. She and her collaborator\, Amani Dorn\, received the 2025 Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival National Award for Outstanding Dialect Coaching. Natalie has also worked as a professional actor in New York and across the United States for nearly 20 years. She holds an MFA from Illinois State University and a BFA from the University of Utah. natalieblackman.com \n\n\n\nMolly Wetzel is a voice and dialect coach\, and actor. As a coach she has worked in many professional theatres in the Houston area including the Alley Theatre\, Stages Repertory Theatre\, and Theatre Under the Stars. As a performer\, Molly has worked for regional theatres around the country\, including the Utah Shakespeare Festival\, Pacific Conservatory Theatre\, and the Texas Shakespeare Festival. She is an Assistant Professor of Voice and Speech at the University of Houston and serves as the American English pronunciation specialist for Atsueigo Online in Japan. She is a certified teacher of Knight-Thompson Speechwork™. URL:https://ktspeechwork.org/event/kts-webinar-60-free-intro-to-kts/ CATEGORIES:ADDITIONAL,WEBINAR END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250714T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250714T110000 DTSTAMP:20260622T135420 CREATED:20250625T180953Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250625T180959Z UID:10000333-1752487200-1752490800@ktspeechwork.org SUMMARY:KTS Webinar #59: The Vowel Jam DESCRIPTION:Monday\, July 14th 10:00am PDT/ 1pm EDT/ 6pm BST \n\n\n\nIn contrast to the clear-cut “recipes” of the consonant chart—“Tip of tongue taps alveolar ridge\,” for example—the precise realization of target phthongs on the vowel chart often proves more elusive (finding oneself in a jam\, perhaps?). How can we tune our ears and mouths to the subtle shifts between\, say\, cupping the tongue for [ɜ] versus [ʌ]? \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nLike a musical jam session\, The Vowel Jam is a space to play\, explore\, and refine. In a relaxed\, creative\, and collaborative environment\, we’ll engage in exercises designed to sharpen our perception and production of vowel sounds. Through play\, you’ll strengthen the connection between your ear (the vowel you hear) and your mouth (the vowel you make)\, building greater precision and confidence as you navigate the vowel chart for clients and students. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nTickets for this webinar are $10. Registration will close 12 hours prior to the event and participants will then receive Zoom link information. All registrants will also receive the recording after the meeting has ended and been processed. \n\n\n\nConvert to your time zone here. \n\n\n\nGregory Charles Jones is certified teacher of Knight-Thompson Speeechwork® and a Lecturer in the Department of Theatre Arts and Dance at Loyola Marymount University. An actor\, writer\, and teacher raised in Albuquerque\, New Mexico\, Gregory most recently guest starred in a 2025 episode of FBI and played a supporting role in Amazon’s 2024 feature film Música. Other credits: Magic/Bird on Broadway\, the Red Dead Redemption II video game\, and audiobook narrations for Jumpman: The Making and Meaning of Michael Jordan; One Square Mile of Hell: The WWII Battle for Tarawa; and Yearbook by Seth Rogen. MFA Performance Pedagogy — Loyola Marymount University. BFA Acting — NYU Tisch School of the Arts. \n\n\n\nMarc Williams teaches voice\, accents\, acting\, and directing at the University of Mary Washington. His professional work includes over 100 credits as a director and voice/accent coach. He is a certified Associate Teacher of both Fitzmaurice Voicework and Knight-Thompson Speechwork\, and is a Lessac Kinesensics Certified Trainer. He leads the UMW Theatre in London program\, a study abroad experience for UMW students. He served as the casting director for the Fredericksburg Theatre Company and the Director of New Works at Burning Coal Theatre in Raleigh\, NC. Marc was the 2018 recipient of the Faculty Achievement Award for Excellence in Teaching at Arkansas State University. He holds an MFA in directing from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. URL:https://ktspeechwork.org/event/kts-webinar-59-the-vowel-jam/ CATEGORIES:ADDITIONAL,WEBINAR END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250616T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250616T140000 DTSTAMP:20260622T135420 CREATED:20250525T163544Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250525T163555Z UID:10000332-1750078800-1750082400@ktspeechwork.org SUMMARY:KTS Webinar #58: Production Coaching 101 DESCRIPTION:Monday\, June 16th 10:00am PDT/ 1pm EDT/ 6pm BST \n\n\n\nHave you ever been curious about vocal or dialect coaching a production? Do you already coach but wonder how someone else approaches the job? Join experienced coaches Sara Becker\, Amani Dorn\, and Rosie Ward as they discuss their approaches to production coaching! \n\n\n\nTickets for this webinar are $10. Registration will close 12 hours prior to the event and participants will then receive Zoom link information. All registrants will also receive the recording after the meeting has ended and been processed. \n\n\n\nConvert to your time zone here. \n\n\n\nSara Becker is the head of Voice and Text at American Players Theatre where she has coached over 40 productions over sixteen seasons. Highlights include:  King Lear\, Hamlet\, Macbeth\, Love’s Labour’s Lost\, Taming of the Shrew\, Cymbeline\, Exit the King\, A View from the Bridge\, The Cure at Troy\, Travesties and Endgame. She was a FAIR fellow at Oregon Shakespeare Festival under the mentorship of Scott Kaiser\, and has worked on 11 productions there\, including coaching Hamlet\, As You Like It\, American Night\, Don Quixote\, and Throne of Blood. Other coaching highlights include the Henriad history play cycle (Richard II\, Henry IV part I and II and Henry V) at the Guthrie Theatre\, The Alley Theatre (Twelfth Night\, Pygmalion and others)\, ACT Seattle\, Colorado Shakespeare\, Illinois Shakespeare Festival\, BAM NYC\, The Acting Company and The Milwaukee Repertory Theater (Pride and Prejudice\, I Am My Own Wife). She is an endowed professor of Shakespeare and Voice at the North Carolina School of the Arts. She previously taught in the MFA program at the University of Houston\, and was the Head of the BFA Acting program. She won the Ross Lence award for excellence in teaching at the University of Houston in 2014.  Ms. Becker holds a BA from Fordham University and is an MFA graduate of UW-Madison\, where she trained extensively under Susan Sweeney. \n\n\n\nAmani Dorn is a Dialect coach /actor/singer/dancer/teacher from Austin\, Texas\, currently residing in Atlanta\, Georgia. She received an MFA in Acting from the University of California\, Irvine and has 18 years of professional experience in performance\, teaching\, and coaching. She got her start performing in musicals in Austin while an undergrad at the University of Texas and has since performed and coached with and for actors all over the world. While pursuing her MFA\, she was introduced to Knight-Thompson Speechwork and Fitzmaurice Voicework\, and has since completed certifications in both. She continues her career as a dialect coach and looks forward to the future for this young generation of artists! \n\n\n\nRosie Ward is an Associate Professor of Theatre at Boston Conservatory at Berklee. Rosie has trained actors in voice and text at international conservatories\, as well as U.S. actor training programs. Teaching credits include: The Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts (UK)\, Sharjah Performing Arts Academy (UAE)\, Northampton University (UK)\, University of Houston (US)\, and Brigham Young University (US). Rosie has voice coached and acted in various productions at Prague Shakespeare Company\, Utah Shakespeare Festival\, American Players Theatre\, Alley Theatre\, Kentucky Shakespeare\, AD Players\, Main Stage Theatre\, Wheelock Family Theatre at Boston University\, and the University of Houston. She holds an M.A. in Voice Studies from The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama in London\, and an M.F.A. in Acting from the University of Houston.   URL:https://ktspeechwork.org/event/kts-webinar-58-production-coaching-101/ CATEGORIES:ADDITIONAL,WEBINAR END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250517T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250517T110000 DTSTAMP:20260622T135420 CREATED:20250424T194222Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250502T150958Z UID:10000328-1747476000-1747479600@ktspeechwork.org SUMMARY:KTS Webinar #57: Community Conversation- School Year Debrief DESCRIPTION:Saturday\, May 17th 10:00am PDT/ 1pm EDT/ 6pm BST \n\n\n\nLet’s celebrate the end of the school year! This community conversation is an invitation to all educators to unpack the school year. Come share your innovations\, challenges\, and triumphs! \n\n\n\nPlease note\, this meeting will not be recorded. \n\n\n\nTickets for this webinar are free. Registration will close 12 hours prior to the event and participants will then receive Zoom link information. To convert to your time zone click here. URL:https://ktspeechwork.org/event/kts-webinar-57-community-conversation-school-year-debrief/ CATEGORIES:ADDITIONAL,WEBINAR END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250426T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250426T090000 DTSTAMP:20260622T135420 CREATED:20250330T185657Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250402T233112Z UID:10000327-1745654400-1745658000@ktspeechwork.org SUMMARY:KTS Webinar #56: Voiceover in Anime DESCRIPTION:Saturday\, April 26th 8:00am PDT/ 11am EDT/ 4pm BST \n\n\n\nEver wondered how voiceover works when dubbing anime into English? Join professionals Branden Loera and Jack Stansbury for a discussion about how they got started in voiceover work\, what it’s like to work on the English dubs for anime shows\, how the dubbing process works\, and more! \n\n\n\nTickets for this webinar are $10. Registration will close 12 hours prior to the event and participants will then receive Zoom link information. All registrants will also receive the recording after the meeting has ended and been processed. \n\n\n\nTo convert to your time zone click here. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nBranden Loera is a Hispanic\, Dallas based\, classically trained actor/director from Hardin-Simmons University (Musical Theatre/Opera). Currently\, he’s best known for his VO roles in Heaven Official’s Blessing (Lang Qianqiu)\, Link Click (Felix)\, Black Butler (Cheslock)\, Bluelock (Itsuki Wakatsuki)\, Tying The Knot With An Amagami Sister (Uryu)\, and One Piece (Kazekage). Some other shows/games he’s in are Genshin Impact\, Reincarnated As A Slime\, Campfire Cooking\, No Longer Allowed In Another World\, 7th Prince\, Bucchigiri?!\, Vinland Saga\, etc. He also loves the stage and has been seen in a number of plays\, musicals\, operas\, and Shakespeare across DFW. When Branden isn’t acting\, he can be found playing video games\, watching cooking shows\, cooking\, working out\, playing soccer/disc golf/baseball/ultimate frisbee\, loving his 2 cats Kess and Guen\, or playing D&D. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nJack Stansbury is a voice actor known for being the English voices of Axel in Shinichirō Watanabe’s upcoming series LAZARUS\, Aqua in Oshi No Ko\, Ragna in Ragna Crimson\, and Mendo in Urusei Yatsura. He also voices in Genshin Impact\, Kaiju No. 8\, The Dangers in my Heart\, The Eminence in Shadow\, Akiba Maid War\, and many\, many more. Outside the world of anime Jack can be heard as the entire male cast of the popular animated series SolarBalls on YouTube\, which has over 1.6 million subscribers and 300+ million views. When not in the booth Jack also plays in the Houston theater scene\, having most recently played in Houston Shakespeare Festival’s productions of Romeo & Juliet and A Midsummer Night’s Dream. URL:https://ktspeechwork.org/event/kts-webinar-56-voiceover-in-anime/ LOCATION:Online\, United States CATEGORIES:ADDITIONAL,WEBINAR GEO:37.09024;-95.712891 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240519T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240519T120000 DTSTAMP:20260622T135420 CREATED:20240501T224910Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251114T203017Z UID:10000300-1716116400-1716120000@ktspeechwork.org SUMMARY:KTS Webinar #51 Working with L2 English Speakers: Strategies for Accent and Acting Coaching DESCRIPTION:Whether working in a university theater program or coaching on set in English\, as teachers and coaches\, we’re always looking for ways to effectively support students and clients for whom English is a second (or third\, fourth\, etc.) language: to help them embody the role\, book the job\, or give them the tools and confidence to serve them in their creative careers long-term. \n\n\n\nJoin us on Zoom for a conversation with KTS Certified Teachers and Hollywood accent coaches\, Ron Carlos and Eliza Simpson\, where we’ll explore accent work for actors who are L2 English speakers. \n\n\n\nOn Sunday\, May 19th at 11am PST/2pm EST/7pm GMTTo convert this meeting to your time zone\, click here. \n\n\n\nRegistration 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. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRon Carlos (he/him) is a graduate of the ART Institute at Harvard University\, with an MFA equivalent in Advanced Theater Training with a Concentration in Voice and Speech Pedagogy. Ron taught voice\, speech\, and dialects at the David Geffen School of Drama at Yale\, Marymount Manhattan College\, City College of New York\, and The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey. Ron is a certified teacher of Knight-Thompson Speechwork; a Lead Trainer of Fitzmaurice Voicework®; the Founding Coach for BoldVoice: a mobile pronunciation app for English learners; and the author of Introduction to Speechwork for Actors: An Inclusive Approach (Methuen Drama). Selected credits: Broadway: It’s Only a Play\, The Glass Menagerie; Off-Broadway: Sweat\, Mlima’s Tale\, The Low Road\, Kings\, Gently Down The Stream\, Plenty\, Privacy (Public Theater); Mary Jane (NYTW); Charm (MCC); The Gentleman Caller (Abingdon). Regional: Seven Guitars\, Cadillac Crew\, Native Son\, Assassins\, War (Yale Rep); The Lily’s Revenge\, The Glass Menagerie (ART); The Piano Lesson (Hartford Stage); Murder on the Orient Express (Alley Theatre); Skeleton Crew\, Grounded (Westport Country Playhouse); Ava: The Secret Conversations (Geffen). Film and Series: Daisy Jones and The Six\, Hunters (Amazon); Based on a True Story (Peacock); The Last Thing He Told Me (Apple); The Bagman (Lionsgate); The Comey Rule (Showtime); Orange is the New Black\, The Week Of (Netflix). \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEliza Simpson is an NYC based accent and speech coach. Select credits include – Inside Out 2 (Disney)\, Apples Never Fall (Peacock)\, and Avatar: Frontieres of Pandora (Ubisoft Games.) She is also a head coach and content creator for BoldVoice\, a top rated accent training app for English learners. URL:https://ktspeechwork.org/event/kts-webinar-51-working-with-l2-english-speakers-strategies-for-accent-and-acting-coaching/ CATEGORIES:ADDITIONAL,WEBINAR ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://ktspeechwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Webinar-_51.png ORGANIZER;CN="Jennifer Greer and Keith Higanbotham":MAILTO:ktswebinars@gmail.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231022T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231022T130000 DTSTAMP:20260622T135420 CREATED:20231005T212728Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251114T202417Z UID:10000298-1697976000-1697979600@ktspeechwork.org SUMMARY:KTS Webinar # 48: An Introduction to Knight-Thompson Speechwork: Peeking Behind the Magic (Accent) Curtain DESCRIPTION:Join Miranda and Chris for a free introduction to Knight-Thompson Speechwork as we all anticipate the launch of the new book\, Experiencing Accents. Whether this is your first taste of KTS\, you’re looking for a brush-up\, or you’re a seasoned vet\, this webinar is sure to provide some fun tricks and insight into accent acquisition. We will take a brief tour of the history of KTS\, introduce some of the principles of the teaching philosophy\, and explore the famous 4 P’s. In order to both celebrate and demystify the “magic” of accent work\, we will play specifically with posture and prosody\, highlighting that while impressive\, accent proficiency is a skill that can be acquired and honed\, not just an innate talent or party trick. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nOn Sunday 22nd October 11am PST/2pm EST/7pm GMTTo convert this meeting to your time zone\, click here. \n\n\n\nRegistration will close 24 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. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nChris (he/him) is a London based accent modification and dialect coach who has a private coaching practice. He is a Knight Thompson Speechwork certified teacher and works at various drama schools including London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA)\, Mountview Academy\, Rose Bruford\, Millenium Performing Arts (MPA) and ALRA (North and South) \n\n\n\nTV and Film production coaching includes: Wheel of Time III (AMAZON)\, Toxic Town (NETFLIX – dialect prep) Untitled Film with Lennie James (dialect prep) Andor II (DISNEY – shadowing dialect coach Naomi Todd) \n\n\n\nTheatre and Audio production coaching includes: Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (Chance Theater\, California)\, Paddington Lo[1]Commotion (BLENHEIM PALACE)\, Bad Seed (AUDIBLE)\, Miss Julie\, King Charles III\, A Monster Calls\, Three Sisters\, The Dog in the Manger\, The Erpingham Camp\, The Courage to Right a Woman’s Wrongs (LAMDA) Everlasting Lily (ASSOCIATED STUDIOS) \n\n\n\nIn addition to his coaching Chris works as an actor and since training at LAMDA has worked for BBC1\, BBC3\, Netflix\, Apple\, Amazon and filmed a recurring role on ‘Masters of the Air’ produced by Spielberg and Tom Hanks coming out Jan 2024.You can find out more about Chris and his work on his website: https://www.lakewoodamdc.co.uk/ \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMiranda Guettlein (she/her) is a Fort Collins\, 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 state of Colorado. 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. \n\n\n\nCoaching credits include: Titanic the Musical (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) Noises Off! (Stagedoor Theatre)\, and Shakespeare in Love (Vintage Theatre). URL:https://ktspeechwork.org/event/kts-webinar-48-an-introduction-to-knight-thompson-speechwork-peeking-behind-the-magic-accent-curtain/ CATEGORIES:ADDITIONAL,WEBINAR END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220430T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220430T110000 DTSTAMP:20260622T135420 CREATED:20220327T151956Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220409T082321Z UID:10000267-1651312800-1651316400@ktspeechwork.org SUMMARY:Webinar #38: Dialects on Set DESCRIPTION:Production coaches Tré Cotten\, Eliza Simpson\, Erik Singer\, and Erin Nicole Washington will share their personal experiences on set as well as best practices for working with TV\, Film\, Streaming\, and Video Game production. On Saturday April 30th at 10am PST/1pm EST/6pm GMT.  \n\n\n\nRegistration for this webinar will be $10. This webinar will be recorded\, so if you can’t attend live\, you can still register and watch at your convenience. \n\n\n\nTo convert this meeting to your time zone\, click here. \n\n\n\nRegistrants will receive Zoom link information 24 hours prior to the event. All registrants will also receive the recording and post-webinar survey after the meeting has ended and been processed. \n\n\n\nSession Agreements: \n\n\n\nFrom Nicole Brewer’s “Anti-Racist Theatre”Speak from the ITake Care of YourselfSpeak and Listen in DraftRespect the Agenda\, but Hold it LightlyAll Truths are ValidWhat is learned\, leaves. What is shared\, stays.\n\n\n\nIf you have any questions about this space\, please contact ktswebinars@gmail.com. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTré Cotten is a published and internationally award-winning artist and educator from Clayton\, North Carolina. He holds a BA in Theatre (Performance) from UNC-Wilmington along with an MFA in Acting from The University of Washington-School of Drama. Mr. Cotten has been featured in The NY and LA Times for his work as Dialect Coach on Regina King’s\, One Night in Miami along with recognition for his work with Leslie Odom Jr.’s Academy Award Nominated performance as the legendary Sam Cooke. Film/Television: He is Dialect Coach on the Canadian debut of CBC & BET’s period drama\, The Porter; Amazon’s upcomingThe Peripheral. He is currently in production as Acting and Dialect Coach on\, The Exorcist\, trilogy directed by David Gordon Green. Theatre/Stage: Mr. Cotten is also set to be Voice and Dialect Coach at The Shaw Festival’s Canadian Premier of August Wilson’s\, Gem of the Ocean\, set to run August of 2022. His goal as an artist and educator is to connect cultures around the world in the arts through authentic storytelling. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEliza Simpson: As a speech and dialect coach Eliza has worked in film and TV productions on Netflix\, Hulu\, & Apple TV. Her most recent studio credits include prep for Focus Features’ “Blue Bayou” and Warner Bros’ “Fantastic Beasts 3.” She is currently post-production for an unnamed project with Ubisoft games. Eliza is a certified teacher of Knight-Thompson speechwork and a head coach & brand ambassador for BoldVoice.com \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nErik Singer is a dialect coach for film and television. Recent work includes Baz Luhrmann’s Elvis\, Barry Levinson’s The Survivor\, Rodrigo García’s Raymond and Ray\, and Netflix’s Slumberland\, all due out this year. His Webby award-winning videos for Wired discussing accent work in films and language and accent variety more generally have been viewed over seventy million times. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nErin Nicole Washington is an actor and a dialect coach for actors in TV & film.  \n\n\n\nShe holds a BFA from SUNY Purchase Acting Conservatory\, an MFA from Harvard/ART in Acting and have taught at Voice & Speech at Purchase and Columbia College LA. She has coached American & international actors including Regina King\, Amirah Vann and projects for Disney & the theme parks\, CW\, Hulu & Netflix. In addition to coaching television & film\, she has prepared clients for Broadway & LA theater\, televised award shows and business presentations\, academic talks and tech pitches. When she is not dancing with dialects\, or traveling around the globe performing & training\, she is completing her Alexander Technique certification.  URL:https://ktspeechwork.org/event/webinar-38-dialects-on-set/ CATEGORIES:WEBINAR ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://ktspeechwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Webinar-38-take-4.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220327T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220327T110000 DTSTAMP:20260622T135420 CREATED:20220311T161139Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220323T053916Z UID:10000266-1648375200-1648378800@ktspeechwork.org SUMMARY:Webinar #37: The Next Phase: Supporting students and clients living with and recovering from Covid DESCRIPTION:The 37th KTS Webinar is open for registration! Join Andrea Lewis and Ann Marie Pollard for ‘The Next Phase: supporting students and clients living with long covid and recovering from COVID.” On Sunday 27th March at 10am PST/1pm EST/6pm GMT.  \n\n\n\nAndrea Lewis will be sharing her own experiences with long covid\, and they will be discussing different possible symptoms and providing strategies\, exercises and resources to help support individuals with their recovery. In addition\, they will be introducing ongoing best practices to help reduce the risk of covid in classrooms.  \n\n\n\nRegistration for this webinar will be $10 to cover hosting costs. This webinar will be recorded\, so if you can’t attend live\, you can still register and watch at your convenience. \n\n\n\nTo convert this meeting to your time zone\, click here. \n\n\n\nRegistrants will receive Zoom link information 24 hours prior to the event. All registrants will also receive the recording and post-webinar survey after the meeting has ended and been processed. \n\n\n\nSession Agreements: \n\n\n\nFrom Nicole Brewer’s “Anti-Racist Theatre”Speak from the ITake Care of YourselfSpeak and Listen in DraftRespect the Agenda\, but Hold it LightlyAll Truths are ValidWhat is learned\, leaves. What is shared\, stays.\n\n\n\nIf you have any questions about this space\, please contact ktswebinars@gmail.com. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAndrea Lewis is the Senior Voice Tutor at Mountview and voice coach for Matilda The Musical at the Cambridge Theatre. She has worked extensively in UK drama schools and theatre and runs her own coaching practice as a Voice & Dialect coach. Due to her own experience with long covid\, she has made this topic her area of research and interest to further support herself and her students and clients. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAnn Marie Pollard is a voice and movement coach based in Lincoln\, Nebraska. Ann Marie serves as the Resident Voice\, Text\, and Dialect Coach for the Nebraska Repertory Theatre and as an Assistant Professor of Practice in Voice\, Movement\, and Acting at the Johnny Carson School of Theatre and Film at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. She enjoys working one to one both online and in her home studio and recently has been particularly interested in how voice work can bring stability and ease to clients undergoing physical therapy. URL:https://ktspeechwork.org/event/webinar-37-the-next-phase-supporting-students-and-clients-living-with-and-recovering-from-covid/ CATEGORIES:WEBINAR ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://ktspeechwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Webinar-_37-take-3.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210724T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210724T110000 DTSTAMP:20260622T135420 CREATED:20210713T200638Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210713T200725Z UID:10000131-1627120800-1627124400@ktspeechwork.org SUMMARY:KTS Webinar #33: An Introduction to KTS DESCRIPTION:FREE \nSaturday\, July 24\, 2021 \n10:00 am PT / 1:00 pm ET \nTo convert this meeting to your time zone\, please visit: https://www.thetimezoneconverter.com/ \nWe are excited to invite you to our 33rd webinar\, a FREE introduction to Knight-Thompson Speechwork! Whether you’re new to this work and want to learn more\, or you’re yearning to refresh your relationship with it\, we got you! Join KTS Certified Teachers Adi Cabral and Amani Dorn as we outline the principles (perhaps) that guide this work and lead participants through an exploration of the vocal tract and basic speech actions. Your curiosity is invited for a KTS refresher\, an introduction\, or just to have a good time with making funky mouth sounds! \nRegistrants will receive Zoom link information 24 hours prior to the event. All registrants will also receive the recording and post-webinar survey after the meeting has ended and been processed. \nSession Agreements: \n\nFrom Nicole Brewer’s “Anti-Racist Theatre”\n\nSpeak from the I\nTake Care of Yourself\nSpeak and Listen in Draft\nRespect the Agenda\, but Hold it Lightly\nAll Truths are Valid\nWhat is learned\, leaves. What is shared\, stays.\n\n\n\nIf you have any questions about this space\, please contact ktswebinars@gmail.com. \n  \nAdi Cabral (they/them) is a voice and dialect coach\, actor\, and intimacy director. Cabral has coached professionally at the Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities (CO)\, the Repertory Theatre of St. Louis (MO)\, New Repertory Theatre (MA)\, the New Hazlett Theater Company\, and the Stella Adler Studio of Acting (NY). Adi is a certified teacher of Knight-Thompson Speechwork and Fitzmaurice Voicework and a certified Master Reiki Healer and Teacher. They currently serve as Assistant Professor of Voice and Movement at the University of Nevada\, Reno where their research focuses on training methods for the LGBTQ+ Identified actor. Cabral is the co-author of the text Here’s How to Teach Voice and Communication Skills to Transgender Women. For more information\, please visit www.adicabral.com. | @adrianoacabral \nAmani Dorn (she/her) recently relocated to Atlanta after 2 years as a Resident Artist at PCPA Theatrefest and is now pursuing dialect coaching full-time. She is a certified teacher of Knight-Thompson Speechwork. Following receiving her MFA in Acting from U.C. Irvine\, Amani worked all over the country as an actor\, teacher\, and occasionally stunt performer. Prior to joining PCPA\, she taught various subjects in acting at U.C. Irvine\, New York Film Academy\, and in outreach programs for Cal Shakes as well as private and semi-private coaching. Some of her recent acting credits include Dionne in Hair (The Mountain Play)\, Intisar in Veils (The Pear Theatre)\, Storm in Marvel Universe Live! (Nat’l Tour)\, Trix in The Drowsy Chaperone (Connecticut Repertory Theatre)\, The Woman in The Trial of Dedan Kimathi (U.C. Irvine)\, and Titania in A Midsummer Night’s Dream (New Swan Shakespeare Festival). For more information\, please visit www.amanidorndialects.com. | @amanidorndialects \nThere is no registration fee for this meeting. Future webinars will have a $10 registration fee to cover hosting costs. \nAll webinars are recorded\, so if you can’t attend live\, you can still register and watch at your convenience! \nOnce a month\, every member of the KTS community is invited to connect\, collaborate\, and share all things KTS related.  If you have taken Experiencing Speech or have been introduced to fundamental Experiencing Speech practices\, or if you are interested in this aspect of the work\, this webinar is for you!  Your KTS questions\, solutions\, phobias\, phenomena\, details\, observations\, obsessions\, and fancies are all invited to the conversation. Our aim for the Webinar Series is to keep us connected on a regular basis\, sustain our KTS conversations\, and strengthen our growing KTS community. \nOur webinars were inspired by VASTA’s forum on “Things that Work.” \nWanna Lead a Webinar? \nWe welcome volunteer facilitators and lead presenters for our monthly webinars.  Is there a topic you would like to research and/or share your experience with? Would this be a useful line item on your CV?  Contact the KTS Webinar Series organizers Adi Cabral and Amani Dorn at ktswebinars@gmail.com to schedule you as a KTS webinar facilitator. URL:https://ktspeechwork.org/event/kts-webinar-33-an-introduction-to-kts/ LOCATION:Online\, United States CATEGORIES:WEBINAR GEO:37.09024;-95.712891 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210520T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210520T120000 DTSTAMP:20260622T135420 CREATED:20210429T215013Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210511T215530Z UID:10000122-1621508400-1621512000@ktspeechwork.org SUMMARY:KTS Webinar #32: Experiencing Speech BOOK LAUNCH DESCRIPTION:FREE\nThursday\, May 20\, 2021\n11:00 am PT / 2:00 pm ET\nTo convert this meeting to your timezone\, please visit: https://www.thetimezoneconverter.com/ \nJoin KTS Certified Master Teachers Andrea Caban and Julie Foh for an interactive introduction to their new book\, Experiencing Speech: A Skills-Based\, Panlingual Approach to Actor Training. Andrea and Julie will give an overview of the book\, including how it differs from and complements Dudley Knight’s Speaking with Skill. Come ready to play! No prior experience with KTS necessary. The book is currently available for pre-order and will ship on May 20th\, 2021. Webinar participants will receive a discount code to order the book directly from the publisher. \nThere is no registration fee for this meeting. Future webinars will have a $10 registration fee to cover hosting costs. \nThis webinar WILL be recorded. If you can’t attend live\, you can still register and watch at your convenience! \nOnce a month\, every member of the KTS community is invited to connect\, collaborate\, and share all things KTS related.  If you have taken Experiencing Speech or have been introduced to fundamental Experiencing Speech practices\, or if you are interested in this aspect of the work\, this webinar is for you!  Your KTS questions\, solutions\, phobias\, phenomena\, details\, observations\, obsessions\, and fancies are all invited to the conversation. Our aim for the Webinar Series is to keep us connected on a regular basis\, sustain our KTS conversations\, and strengthen our growing KTS community. \nOur webinars were inspired by VASTA’s forum on “Things that Work.” \nWanna Lead a Webinar? \nWe welcome volunteer facilitators and lead presenters for our monthly webinars.  Is there a topic you would like to research and/or share your experience on? Would this be a useful line item on your CV?  Contact the KTS Webinar Series organizers Adi Cabral and Amani Dorn at ktswebinars@gmail.com or submit an application to schedule you as a KTS webinar facilitator. URL:https://ktspeechwork.org/event/kts-webinar-32-experiencing-speech-book-launch/ LOCATION:Online\, United States CATEGORIES:WEBINAR GEO:37.09024;-95.712891 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210417T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210417T133000 DTSTAMP:20260622T135420 CREATED:20210331T234501Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210331T234501Z UID:10000241-1618660800-1618666200@ktspeechwork.org SUMMARY:KTS Webinar #31: A Brave Space DESCRIPTION:FREE\nSaturday\, April 17\, 2021\n12:00 pm PDT / 3:00 pm EDT\nTo convert this meeting to your timezone\, please visit: https://www.thetimezoneconverter.com/ \nThis webinar is for self-identified White voice and speech trainers and professionals to discuss\, brainstorm\, and problem-solve ways of bringing inclusive and anti-racist practices into their work. This space will be held by KTS Teachers Erik Singer and Kristi Dana. With 90 minutes reserved\, we invite our fellow voice and speech enthusiasts of all backgrounds to join in brave conversations about identity-conscious approaches to voice and speech training in a space where we won’t rely on the emotional labor of BIPOC voices to educate us. Utilizing the communication guidelines for a Brave Space designed by AWARE-LA (Alliance of White Anti-Racists Everywhere)\, we invite attendees to submit questions for discussion to ktswebinars@gmail.com. These questions will be anonymously added to the “Ask It Basket” and then posited to the group as discussion prompts. This webinar will NOT be recorded. \nSession Agreements: \n\nFrom Nicole Brewer’s “Anti-Racist Theatre”\n\nSpeak from the I\nTake Care of Yourself\nSpeak and Listen in Draft\nRespect the Agenda\, but Hold it Lightly\nAll Truths are Valid\nWhat is learned\, leaves. What is shared\, stays.\n\n\nFrom AWARE-LA\n\nOwn your intentions and your impacts\nRecognize your privileges\nActively listen\n\n\nAdditional Agreements\n\nCall in\, don’t call out\n\n\n\nIf you have any questions about this space\, please contact ktswebinars@gmail.com. \nKristi Dana is an Assistant Professor of Voice and Speech in the Division of Theatre at Southern Methodist University. She is a Certified teacher of mVm Miller Voice Method ® and Knight-Thompson Speechwork\, and holds a Certificate of Completion from the Michael Chekhov Association (MICHA). As Director of mVm\, she oversees its teacher certification program. Her research on “Vocal Transparency” focuses on the integration of the mVm Miller Voice Method and Michael Chekhov Acting Technique. Kristi is an active member of the Voice and Speech Trainers Association (VASTA)\, serving on the Board of Directors (2018 – 2021). She is an Equity actor and works regularly as a performer in Dallas\, Texas. Recent credits include Alabaster by Audrey Cefaly at Kitchen Dog Theater\, Red Chariot by Gordon Dahlquist at Undermain Theatre\, and so go the ghosts of mexico\, part 3\, by Matthew Paul Olmos at Undermain Theatre. Previous faculty appointments include Yale Summer Conservatory for Actors\, Penn State University\, Brooklyn College/CUNY\, and Long Island University/Post. \nErik Singer is a dialect coach for film and television. Recent work includes Terminator: Dark Fate\, Barry Levinson’s Harry Haft\, starring Ben Foster\, Disney’s live-action Mulan\, Sia’s debut feature Music\, and Baz Luhrmann’s Elvis biopic. His Webby award-winning videos for Wired discussing accent work in films have been viewed over sixty million times. \n  \n  \nThere is no registration fee for this meeting. Future webinars will have a $10 registration fee to cover hosting costs. \nIn order to maintain the safety and privacy of the attendees of this webinar\, we will not record this meeting. All other webinars are recorded\, so\, if you can’t attend live\, you can still register and watch at your convenience! \nOnce a month\, every member of the KTS community is invited to connect\, collaborate\, and share all things KTS related.  If you have taken Experiencing Speech or have been introduced to fundamental Experiencing Speech practices\, or if you are interested in this aspect of the work\, this webinar is for you!  Your KTS questions\, solutions\, phobias\, phenomena\, details\, observations\, obsessions\, and fancies are all invited to the conversation. Our aim for the Webinar Series is to keep us connected on a regular basis\, sustain our KTS conversations\, and strengthen our growing KTS community. \nOur webinars were inspired by VASTA’s forum on “Things that Work.” \nWanna Lead a Webinar? \nWe welcome volunteer facilitators and lead presenters for our monthly webinars.  Is there a topic you would like to research and/or share your experience on? Would this be a useful line item on your CV?  Contact the KTS Webinar Series organizers Adi Cabral and Amani Dorn at ktswebinars@gmail.com or submit an application to schedule you as a KTS webinar facilitator. URL:https://ktspeechwork.org/event/kts-webinar-31-a-brave-space-2/ LOCATION:Online\, United States CATEGORIES:WEBINAR GEO:37.09024;-95.712891 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210417T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210417T133000 DTSTAMP:20260622T135420 CREATED:20210331T234501Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210331T235931Z UID:10000240-1618660800-1618666200@ktspeechwork.org SUMMARY:KTS Webinar #31: A Brave Space DESCRIPTION:FREE\nSaturday\, April 17\, 2021\n12:00 pm PDT / 3:00 pm EDT\nTo convert this meeting to your timezone\, please visit: https://www.thetimezoneconverter.com/ \nThis webinar is for self-identified White voice and speech trainers and professionals to discuss\, brainstorm\, and problem-solve ways of bringing inclusive and anti-racist practices into their work. This space will be held by KTS Teachers Erik Singer and Kristi Dana. With 90 minutes reserved\, we invite our fellow voice and speech enthusiasts of all backgrounds to join in brave conversations about identity-conscious approaches to voice and speech training in a space where we won’t rely on the emotional labor of BIPOC voices to educate us. Utilizing the communication guidelines for a Brave Space designed by AWARE-LA (Alliance of White Anti-Racists Everywhere)\, we invite attendees to submit questions for discussion to ktswebinars@gmail.com. These questions will be anonymously added to the “Ask It Basket” and then posited to the group as discussion prompts. This webinar will NOT be recorded. \nSession Agreements: \n\nFrom Nicole Brewer’s “Anti-Racist Theatre”\n\nSpeak from the I\nTake Care of Yourself\nSpeak and Listen in Draft\nRespect the Agenda\, but Hold it Lightly\nAll Truths are Valid\nWhat is learned\, leaves. What is shared\, stays.\n\n\nFrom AWARE-LA\n\nOwn your intentions and your impacts\nRecognize your privileges\nActively listen\n\n\nAdditional Agreements\n\nCall in\, don’t call out\n\n\n\nIf you have any questions about this space\, please contact ktswebinars@gmail.com. \nKristi Dana is an Assistant Professor of Voice and Speech in the Division of Theatre at Southern Methodist University. She is a Certified teacher of mVm Miller Voice Method ® and Knight-Thompson Speechwork\, and holds a Certificate of Completion from the Michael Chekhov Association (MICHA). As Director of mVm\, she oversees its teacher certification program. Her research on “Vocal Transparency” focuses on the integration of the mVm Miller Voice Method and Michael Chekhov Acting Technique. Kristi is an active member of the Voice and Speech Trainers Association (VASTA)\, serving on the Board of Directors (2018 – 2021). She is an Equity actor and works regularly as a performer in Dallas\, Texas. Recent credits include Alabaster by Audrey Cefaly at Kitchen Dog Theater\, Red Chariot by Gordon Dahlquist at Undermain Theatre\, and so go the ghosts of mexico\, part 3\, by Matthew Paul Olmos at Undermain Theatre. Previous faculty appointments include Yale Summer Conservatory for Actors\, Penn State University\, Brooklyn College/CUNY\, and Long Island University/Post. \nErik Singer is a dialect coach for film and television. Recent work includes Terminator: Dark Fate\, Barry Levinson’s Harry Haft\, starring Ben Foster\, Disney’s live-action Mulan\, Sia’s debut feature Music\, and Baz Luhrmann’s Elvis biopic. His Webby award-winning videos for Wired discussing accent work in films have been viewed over sixty million times. \n  \n  \nThere is no registration fee for this meeting. Future webinars will have a $10 registration fee to cover hosting costs. \nIn order to maintain the safety and privacy of the attendees of this webinar\, we will not record this meeting. All other webinars are recorded\, so\, if you can’t attend live\, you can still register and watch at your convenience! \nOnce a month\, every member of the KTS community is invited to connect\, collaborate\, and share all things KTS related.  If you have taken Experiencing Speech or have been introduced to fundamental Experiencing Speech practices\, or if you are interested in this aspect of the work\, this webinar is for you!  Your KTS questions\, solutions\, phobias\, phenomena\, details\, observations\, obsessions\, and fancies are all invited to the conversation. Our aim for the Webinar Series is to keep us connected on a regular basis\, sustain our KTS conversations\, and strengthen our growing KTS community. \nOur webinars were inspired by VASTA’s forum on “Things that Work.” \nWanna Lead a Webinar? \nWe welcome volunteer facilitators and lead presenters for our monthly webinars.  Is there a topic you would like to research and/or share your experience on? Would this be a useful line item on your CV?  Contact the KTS Webinar Series organizers Adi Cabral and Amani Dorn at ktswebinars@gmail.com or submit an application to schedule you as a KTS webinar facilitator. URL:https://ktspeechwork.org/event/kts-webinar-31-a-brave-space/ LOCATION:Online\, United States CATEGORIES:WEBINAR GEO:37.09024;-95.712891 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210327T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210327T180000 DTSTAMP:20260622T135420 CREATED:20210311T211621Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210311T211621Z UID:10000239-1616853600-1616868000@ktspeechwork.org SUMMARY:KTS Webinar #30: Voicing Intimate Sounds DESCRIPTION:Saturday\, March 27\, 2021\n2:00 pm PST / 5:00 pm EST\nTo convert this meeting to your timezone\, please visit: https://www.thetimezoneconverter.com/ \nPlease join us on Saturday\, March 27\, at 2:00 p.m. PST for our third webinar of 2021\, “Voicing Intimate Sounds” hosted by Ryan O’Shea (KTS-Certified) and Rachel Finley. \nIn this webinar\, our presenters will discuss techniques for helping actors explore the voicing of intimate sounds. Using principles and practices from Intimacy Coordination\, Fitzmaurice Voicework\, and other trauma-informed modalities\, the presenters will give practical tools for titrating the performers’ experience from private exploration to public performance.\nOngoing Session Agreements (from Nicole Brewer’s “Anti-Racist Theatre”) \n\nSpeak from the I\nTake Care of Yourself\nSpeak and Listen in Draft\nRespect the Agenda but Hold it Lightly\nAll Truths are Valid\nWhat’s Learned Leaves\, What’s Shared Stays\n\nIf you have any questions about this webinar\, please contact ktswebinars@gmail.com. \n \nRyan O’Shea (she/her) is a Los Angeles-based voice and speech teacher\, Certified in Knight-Thompson Speechwork and Fitzmaurice Voicework. Ryan has worked with everyone from performers to professional athletes and entrepreneurs of various backgrounds on voice\, accents\, on-camera presence\, and the intersections in between. Ryan is the creator and host of the podcast\, “Speaking Of…Conversations on Voice\, Speech\, and Identity with Ryan O’Shea.” You can find more about Ryan at www.voiceandspeechwithryan.com/.\n  \n \nRachel Finley\, an Assistant Professor of Acting with a specialty in Voice and Speech at Arizona State University\, is certified in Fitzmaurice Voicework.  Ms. Finley is a member of the board of Intimacy Coordinators of Color\, a core collaborator in the founding of The Blueprint Artist\, a BIPOC focused actor training organization\, and an active accent coach\, intimacy coordinator\, director\, and actor.\n\n  \nThe Registration fee is $10 to cover hosting costs.  \nAll webinars are recorded. If you can’t attend live\, you can still register and watch at your convenience! \nOnce a month\, every member of the KTS community is invited to connect\, collaborate\, and share all things KTS related.  If you have taken Experiencing Speech or have been introduced to fundamental Experiencing Speech practices\, or if you are interested in this aspect of the work\, this webinar is for you!  Your KTS questions\, solutions\, phobias\, phenomena\, details\, observations\, obsessions\, and fancies are all invited to the conversation. Our aim for the Webinar Series is to keep us connected on a regular basis\, sustain our KTS conversations\, and strengthen our growing KTS community. \nOur webinars were inspired by VASTA’s forum on “Things that Work.” \nWanna Lead a Webinar? \nWe welcome volunteer facilitators and lead presenters for our monthly webinars.  Is there a topic you would like to research and/or share your experience on? Would this be a useful line item on your CV?  Contact the KTS Webinar Series organizers Adi Cabral and Amani Dorn at ktswebinars@gmail.com or submit an application to schedule you as a KTS webinar facilitator. URL:https://ktspeechwork.org/event/kts-webinar-30-voicing-intimate-sounds-2/ LOCATION:Online\, United States CATEGORIES:WEBINAR GEO:37.09024;-95.712891 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210327T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210327T180000 DTSTAMP:20260622T135420 CREATED:20210311T211621Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210312T003508Z UID:10000238-1616853600-1616868000@ktspeechwork.org SUMMARY:KTS Webinar #30: Voicing Intimate Sounds DESCRIPTION:Saturday\, March 27\, 2021\n2:00 pm PST / 5:00 pm EST\nTo convert this meeting to your timezone\, please visit: https://www.thetimezoneconverter.com/ \nPlease join us on Saturday\, March 27\, at 2:00 p.m. PST for our third webinar of 2021\, “Voicing Intimate Sounds” hosted by Ryan O’Shea (KTS-Certified) and Rachel Finley. \nIn this webinar\, our presenters will discuss techniques for helping actors explore the voicing of intimate sounds. Using principles and practices from Intimacy Coordination\, Fitzmaurice Voicework\, and other trauma-informed modalities\, the presenters will give practical tools for titrating the performers’ experience from private exploration to public performance.\nOngoing Session Agreements (from Nicole Brewer’s “Anti-Racist Theatre”) \n\nSpeak from the I\nTake Care of Yourself\nSpeak and Listen in Draft\nRespect the Agenda but Hold it Lightly\nAll Truths are Valid\nWhat’s Learned Leaves\, What’s Shared Stays\n\nIf you have any questions about this webinar\, please contact ktswebinars@gmail.com. \n \nRyan O’Shea (she/her) is a Los Angeles-based voice and speech teacher\, Certified in Knight-Thompson Speechwork and Fitzmaurice Voicework. Ryan has worked with everyone from performers to professional athletes and entrepreneurs of various backgrounds on voice\, accents\, on-camera presence\, and the intersections in between. Ryan is the creator and host of the podcast\, “Speaking Of…Conversations on Voice\, Speech\, and Identity with Ryan O’Shea.” You can find more about Ryan at www.voiceandspeechwithryan.com/.\n  \n \nRachel Finley\, an Assistant Professor of Acting with a specialty in Voice and Speech at Arizona State University\, is certified in Fitzmaurice Voicework.  Ms. Finley is a member of the board of Intimacy Coordinators of Color\, a core collaborator in the founding of The Blueprint Artist\, a BIPOC focused actor training organization\, and an active accent coach\, intimacy coordinator\, director\, and actor.\n\n  \nThe Registration fee is $10 to cover hosting costs.  \nAll webinars are recorded. If you can’t attend live\, you can still register and watch at your convenience! \nOnce a month\, every member of the KTS community is invited to connect\, collaborate\, and share all things KTS related.  If you have taken Experiencing Speech or have been introduced to fundamental Experiencing Speech practices\, or if you are interested in this aspect of the work\, this webinar is for you!  Your KTS questions\, solutions\, phobias\, phenomena\, details\, observations\, obsessions\, and fancies are all invited to the conversation. Our aim for the Webinar Series is to keep us connected on a regular basis\, sustain our KTS conversations\, and strengthen our growing KTS community. \nOur webinars were inspired by VASTA’s forum on “Things that Work.” \nWanna Lead a Webinar? \nWe welcome volunteer facilitators and lead presenters for our monthly webinars.  Is there a topic you would like to research and/or share your experience on? Would this be a useful line item on your CV?  Contact the KTS Webinar Series organizers Adi Cabral and Amani Dorn at ktswebinars@gmail.com or submit an application to schedule you as a KTS webinar facilitator. URL:https://ktspeechwork.org/event/kts-webinar-30-voicing-intimate-sounds/ LOCATION:Online\, United States CATEGORIES:WEBINAR GEO:37.09024;-95.712891 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210227T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210227T180000 DTSTAMP:20260622T135420 CREATED:20210209T211621Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210209T211621Z UID:10000231-1614445200-1614448800@ktspeechwork.org SUMMARY:KTS Webinar #29: Approaches to Teaching Foreign Language Accents DESCRIPTION:Saturday\, February 27\, 2021\n5:00 pm PST / 8:00 pm EST\nTo convert this meeting to your timezone\, please visit: https://www.thetimezoneconverter.com/ \nPlease join us on Saturday\, February 27\, at 5:00 p.m. PST for our second webinar of 2021\, “Approaches to Teaching Foreign Language Accents” hosted by Eliza Simpson (KTS-Certified)\, Jack Wallace\, and Yusef Seevers. \nIn this webinar\, our presenters will detail some of the techniques that they have found successful while coaching foreign language accents (both white and non-white). The presenters will each invite a bi-lingual actor/coach to interview and ask them about their experiences. They will then examine the techniques used in the industry while prioritizing the honest experience of each artist. The presenters will chat openly and honestly about their own blunders\, seeking to de-stigmatize dialogue around mistakes and facilitate further discussion on how to avoid them. \nOngoing Session Agreements (from Nicole Brewer’s “Anti-Racist Theatre”) \n\nSpeak from the I\nTake Care of Yourself\nSpeak and Listen in Draft\nRespect the Agenda but Hold it Lightly\nAll Truths are Valid\nWhat’s Learned Leaves\, What’s Shared Stays\n\nIf you have any questions about this webinar\, please contact ktswebinars@gmail.com. \nEliza Simpson‘s recent dialect coach credits include Netflix’s Tall Girl\, the upcoming sequel to Fantastic Beasts\, and Justin Chon’s new film Blue Bayou with Alicia Vikander. Eliza is a dialect coach for production and private clients\, as well as a certified teacher of Knight-Thompson Speechwork. She coaches performers from across the globe for film\, TV\, stage\, voiceover\, spokes-modeling\, and corporate events. Eliza is a proud graduate of Rutgers University and a member of the Voice and Speech Trainers Association. When she’s not on set or at rehearsal\, she works in conjunction with acting conservatories like HB Studios\, American Academy of Dramatic Arts\, NYU\, Rutgers\, and the New School to assist actors in mastering accent skills. www.dialectsnow.com \nAccent Coach Jack Wallace is a professional dialect coach from England\, currently based in Los Angeles who specializes in authentic accent preparation for actors and presenters. Jack is an in-demand accents expert for news outlets such as CNN\, Entertainment Tonight!\, Insider and Buzzfeed.  (His appearances with Buzzfeed have garnered over 8.5 million views.) Jack’s clients have appeared in: Never Have I Ever\, 13 Reasons Why\, The Mandalorian\, Westworld\, Young Sheldon\, Queen Sugar\, Mission Impossible Rogue Nation\, Big Little Lies\, and many others. Formally trained at the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire in Professional Voice Practice\, Jack draws from a strong technical knowledge of voice and speech and combines this with simple\, tangible steps to help any actor arrive on set with a fully integrated\, authentic accent perfect for their role. \nYusef Seevers is a Detroit native\, currently a Resident Artist at PCPA in California\, and happy to be working in arts and wellness education. After receiving an MFA in Acting from Southern Methodist University\, he harvested a passion for teaching and creating work that necessitates change in the voice and body.  He works as a facilitator\, choreographer\, voice coach\, meditation guide\, and actor. He has over 20 years of experience in west African dance and teaches movement and voice at youth shelters and to at-risk communities all over the country\, especially in this virtual teaching revolution. Some of his recent and favorite acting credits include; Will Shakespeare in Shakespeare in Love\, Algernon in Importance of Being Earnest\, Fredrick Douglass in The Agitators\, Sebastian in The Little Mermaid\, and Belize in Angels in America.  For more updates and collaboration opportunities\, you can connect with him on IG via @blackbassclef or LinkedIn. \nThe Registration fee is $10 to cover hosting costs.  \nAll webinars are recorded. If you can’t attend live\, you can still register and watch at your convenience! \nOnce a month\, every member of the KTS community is invited to connect\, collaborate\, and share all things KTS related.  If you have taken Experiencing Speech or have been introduced to fundamental Experiencing Speech practices\, or if you are interested in this aspect of the work\, this webinar is for you!  Your KTS questions\, solutions\, phobias\, phenomena\, details\, observations\, obsessions\, and fancies are all invited to the conversation. Our aim for the Webinar Series is to keep us connected on a regular basis\, sustain our KTS conversations\, and strengthen our growing KTS community. \nOur webinars were inspired by VASTA’s forum on “Things that Work.” \nWanna Lead a Webinar? \nWe welcome volunteer facilitators and lead presenters for our monthly webinars.  Is there a topic you would like to research and/or share your experience on? Would this be a useful line item on your CV?  Contact the KTS Webinar Series organizers Adi Cabral and Amani Dorn at ktswebinars@gmail.com or submit an application to schedule you as a KTS webinar facilitator. URL:https://ktspeechwork.org/event/kts-webinar-29-approaches-to-teaching-foreign-language-accents/ LOCATION:Online\, United States CATEGORIES:WEBINAR GEO:37.09024;-95.712891 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210227T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210227T180000 DTSTAMP:20260622T135420 CREATED:20210209T211621Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210209T211621Z UID:10000232-1614445200-1614448800@ktspeechwork.org SUMMARY:KTS Webinar #29: Approaches to Teaching Foreign Language Accents DESCRIPTION:Saturday\, February 27\, 2021\n5:00 pm PST / 8:00 pm EST\nTo convert this meeting to your timezone\, please visit: https://www.thetimezoneconverter.com/ \nPlease join us on Saturday\, February 27\, at 5:00 p.m. PST for our second webinar of 2021\, “Approaches to Teaching Foreign Language Accents” hosted by Eliza Simpson (KTS-Certified)\, Jack Wallace\, and Yusef Seevers. \nIn this webinar\, our presenters will detail some of the techniques that they have found successful while coaching foreign language accents (both white and non-white). The presenters will each invite a bi-lingual actor/coach to interview and ask them about their experiences. They will then examine the techniques used in the industry while prioritizing the honest experience of each artist. The presenters will chat openly and honestly about their own blunders\, seeking to de-stigmatize dialogue around mistakes and facilitate further discussion on how to avoid them. \nOngoing Session Agreements (from Nicole Brewer’s “Anti-Racist Theatre”) \n\nSpeak from the I\nTake Care of Yourself\nSpeak and Listen in Draft\nRespect the Agenda but Hold it Lightly\nAll Truths are Valid\nWhat’s Learned Leaves\, What’s Shared Stays\n\nIf you have any questions about this webinar\, please contact ktswebinars@gmail.com. \nEliza Simpson‘s recent dialect coach credits include Netflix’s Tall Girl\, the upcoming sequel to Fantastic Beasts\, and Justin Chon’s new film Blue Bayou with Alicia Vikander. Eliza is a dialect coach for production and private clients\, as well as a certified teacher of Knight-Thompson Speechwork. She coaches performers from across the globe for film\, TV\, stage\, voiceover\, spokes-modeling\, and corporate events. Eliza is a proud graduate of Rutgers University and a member of the Voice and Speech Trainers Association. When she’s not on set or at rehearsal\, she works in conjunction with acting conservatories like HB Studios\, American Academy of Dramatic Arts\, NYU\, Rutgers\, and the New School to assist actors in mastering accent skills. www.dialectsnow.com \nAccent Coach Jack Wallace is a professional dialect coach from England\, currently based in Los Angeles who specializes in authentic accent preparation for actors and presenters. Jack is an in-demand accents expert for news outlets such as CNN\, Entertainment Tonight!\, Insider and Buzzfeed.  (His appearances with Buzzfeed have garnered over 8.5 million views.) Jack’s clients have appeared in: Never Have I Ever\, 13 Reasons Why\, The Mandalorian\, Westworld\, Young Sheldon\, Queen Sugar\, Mission Impossible Rogue Nation\, Big Little Lies\, and many others. Formally trained at the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire in Professional Voice Practice\, Jack draws from a strong technical knowledge of voice and speech and combines this with simple\, tangible steps to help any actor arrive on set with a fully integrated\, authentic accent perfect for their role. \nYusef Seevers is a Detroit native\, currently a Resident Artist at PCPA in California\, and happy to be working in arts and wellness education. After receiving an MFA in Acting from Southern Methodist University\, he harvested a passion for teaching and creating work that necessitates change in the voice and body.  He works as a facilitator\, choreographer\, voice coach\, meditation guide\, and actor. He has over 20 years of experience in west African dance and teaches movement and voice at youth shelters and to at-risk communities all over the country\, especially in this virtual teaching revolution. Some of his recent and favorite acting credits include; Will Shakespeare in Shakespeare in Love\, Algernon in Importance of Being Earnest\, Fredrick Douglass in The Agitators\, Sebastian in The Little Mermaid\, and Belize in Angels in America.  For more updates and collaboration opportunities\, you can connect with him on IG via @blackbassclef or LinkedIn. \nThe Registration fee is $10 to cover hosting costs.  \nAll webinars are recorded. If you can’t attend live\, you can still register and watch at your convenience! \nOnce a month\, every member of the KTS community is invited to connect\, collaborate\, and share all things KTS related.  If you have taken Experiencing Speech or have been introduced to fundamental Experiencing Speech practices\, or if you are interested in this aspect of the work\, this webinar is for you!  Your KTS questions\, solutions\, phobias\, phenomena\, details\, observations\, obsessions\, and fancies are all invited to the conversation. Our aim for the Webinar Series is to keep us connected on a regular basis\, sustain our KTS conversations\, and strengthen our growing KTS community. \nOur webinars were inspired by VASTA’s forum on “Things that Work.” \nWanna Lead a Webinar? \nWe welcome volunteer facilitators and lead presenters for our monthly webinars.  Is there a topic you would like to research and/or share your experience on? Would this be a useful line item on your CV?  Contact the KTS Webinar Series organizers Adi Cabral and Amani Dorn at ktswebinars@gmail.com or submit an application to schedule you as a KTS webinar facilitator. URL:https://ktspeechwork.org/event/kts-webinar-29-approaches-to-teaching-foreign-language-accents-2/ LOCATION:Online\, United States CATEGORIES:WEBINAR GEO:37.09024;-95.712891 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210130T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210130T153000 DTSTAMP:20260622T135420 CREATED:20210111T180359Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210111T180359Z UID:10000229-1612015200-1612020600@ktspeechwork.org SUMMARY:KTS Webinar #28: BIPOC Affinity Space DESCRIPTION:FREE\nSaturday\, January 30\, 2021\n2:00 pm PST / 5:00 pm EST\nTo convert this meeting to your timezone\, please visit: https://www.thetimezoneconverter.com/ \nA BIPOC-only space for self-identified Black\, Indigenous\, and People of Color. This space will be held by Amani Dorn and Adi Cabral. With 90 minutes reserved\, we invite our fellow voice and speech enthusiasts of all backgrounds to join in a conversation about this year’s webinar offerings\, consider what the industry of voice and speech can do to support the needs of BIPOC voices\, and dance and gurn together in a space that exclusively centers BIPOC voices. This is not a space for white allies. We acknowledge the intersectional demographics of a BIPOC affinity space and acknowledge that this time together will also hold space for queerness\, disability justice\, gender\, and class/wealth inequities. \n  \nBeginning Session Agreements (from Nicole Brewer’s “Anti-Racist Theatre”) \n\nSpeak from the I\nTake Care of Yourself\nSpeak and Listen in Draft\nRespect the Agenda but Hold it Lightly\nAll Truths are Valid\nWhat is learned\, leaves. What is shared\, stays.\n\n  \nIf you have any questions about this affinity space\, please contact ktswebinars@gmail.com. \n  \nAdi Cabral (they/them) is a voice and dialect coach\, actor\, director\, and intimacy choreographer. Cabral has coached professionally at the Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities (CO)\, the Repertory Theatre of St. Louis (MO)\, New Repertory Theatre (MA)\, and the Stella Adler Studio of Acting (NY). Adriano is a certified teacher of Knight-Thompson Speechwork and Fitzmaurice Voicework and is a certified Master Reiki Healer and Teacher. They currently serve as Assistant Professor of Voice and Movement at the University of Nevada\, Reno where their research focuses on training methods for the LGBTQ+ Identified actor. Cabral is the co-author of the text Here’s How to Teach Voice and Communication Skills to Transgender Women and is serving this season as the Voice Coach for TEDxCambridge. For more information\, please visit www.adriano-cabral.com. \n  \nAmani Dorn (she/her) recently relocated to Atlanta after 2 years as a Resident Artist at PCPA Theatrefest and is now pursuing dialect coaching full-time. She is a certified teacher of Knight-Thompson Speechwork. Following receiving her MFA in Acting from U.C. Irvine\, Amani worked all over the country as an actor\, teacher\, and occasionally stunt performer. Prior to joining PCPA\, she taught various subjects in acting at U.C. Irvine\, New York Film Academy\, and in outreach programs for Cal Shakes as well as private and semi-private coaching. Some of her recent acting credits include: Dionne in Hair (The Mountain Play)\, Intisar in Veils (The Pear Theatre)\, Storm in Marvel Universe Live! (Nat’l Tour)\, Trix in The Drowsy Chaperone (Connecticut Repertory Theatre)\, The Woman in The Trial of Dedan Kimathi (U.C. Irvine)\, and Titania in A Midsummer Night’s Dream (New Swan Shakespeare Festival). For more information\, please visit www.amanidorndialects.com. \nThere is no registration fee for this meeting. Future webinars will have a $10 registration fee to cover hosting costs. \nIn order to maintain the safety and privacy of the attendees of this webinar\, we will not record this meeting. All other webinars are recorded\, so\, if you can’t attend live\, you can still register and watch at your convenience! \nOnce a month\, every member of the KTS community is invited to connect\, collaborate\, and share all things KTS related.  If you have taken Experiencing Speech or have been introduced to fundamental Experiencing Speech practices\, or if you are interested in this aspect of the work\, this webinar is for you!  Your KTS questions\, solutions\, phobias\, phenomena\, details\, observations\, obsessions\, and fancies are all invited to the conversation. Our aim for the Webinar Series is to keep us connected on a regular basis\, sustain our KTS conversations\, and strengthen our growing KTS community. \nOur webinars were inspired by VASTA’s forum on “Things that Work.” \nWanna Lead a Webinar? \nWe welcome volunteer facilitators and lead presenters for our monthly webinars.  Is there a topic you would like to research and/or share your experience with? Would this be a useful line item on your CV?  Contact the KTS Webinar Series organizers Adi Cabral and Amani Dorn at ktswebinars@gmail.com to schedule you as a KTS webinar facilitator. URL:https://ktspeechwork.org/event/kts-webinar-28-bipoc-affinity-space/ LOCATION:Online\, United States CATEGORIES:WEBINAR GEO:37.09024;-95.712891 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210130T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210130T153000 DTSTAMP:20260622T135420 CREATED:20210111T180359Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210111T180359Z UID:10000230-1612015200-1612020600@ktspeechwork.org SUMMARY:KTS Webinar #28: BIPOC Affinity Space DESCRIPTION:FREE\nSaturday\, January 30\, 2021\n2:00 pm PST / 5:00 pm EST\nTo convert this meeting to your timezone\, please visit: https://www.thetimezoneconverter.com/ \nA BIPOC-only space for self-identified Black\, Indigenous\, and People of Color. This space will be held by Amani Dorn and Adi Cabral. With 90 minutes reserved\, we invite our fellow voice and speech enthusiasts of all backgrounds to join in a conversation about this year’s webinar offerings\, consider what the industry of voice and speech can do to support the needs of BIPOC voices\, and dance and gurn together in a space that exclusively centers BIPOC voices. This is not a space for white allies. We acknowledge the intersectional demographics of a BIPOC affinity space and acknowledge that this time together will also hold space for queerness\, disability justice\, gender\, and class/wealth inequities. \n  \nBeginning Session Agreements (from Nicole Brewer’s “Anti-Racist Theatre”) \n\nSpeak from the I\nTake Care of Yourself\nSpeak and Listen in Draft\nRespect the Agenda but Hold it Lightly\nAll Truths are Valid\nWhat is learned\, leaves. What is shared\, stays.\n\n  \nIf you have any questions about this affinity space\, please contact ktswebinars@gmail.com. \n  \nAdi Cabral (they/them) is a voice and dialect coach\, actor\, director\, and intimacy choreographer. Cabral has coached professionally at the Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities (CO)\, the Repertory Theatre of St. Louis (MO)\, New Repertory Theatre (MA)\, and the Stella Adler Studio of Acting (NY). Adriano is a certified teacher of Knight-Thompson Speechwork and Fitzmaurice Voicework and is a certified Master Reiki Healer and Teacher. They currently serve as Assistant Professor of Voice and Movement at the University of Nevada\, Reno where their research focuses on training methods for the LGBTQ+ Identified actor. Cabral is the co-author of the text Here’s How to Teach Voice and Communication Skills to Transgender Women and is serving this season as the Voice Coach for TEDxCambridge. For more information\, please visit www.adriano-cabral.com. \n  \nAmani Dorn (she/her) recently relocated to Atlanta after 2 years as a Resident Artist at PCPA Theatrefest and is now pursuing dialect coaching full-time. She is a certified teacher of Knight-Thompson Speechwork. Following receiving her MFA in Acting from U.C. Irvine\, Amani worked all over the country as an actor\, teacher\, and occasionally stunt performer. Prior to joining PCPA\, she taught various subjects in acting at U.C. Irvine\, New York Film Academy\, and in outreach programs for Cal Shakes as well as private and semi-private coaching. Some of her recent acting credits include: Dionne in Hair (The Mountain Play)\, Intisar in Veils (The Pear Theatre)\, Storm in Marvel Universe Live! (Nat’l Tour)\, Trix in The Drowsy Chaperone (Connecticut Repertory Theatre)\, The Woman in The Trial of Dedan Kimathi (U.C. Irvine)\, and Titania in A Midsummer Night’s Dream (New Swan Shakespeare Festival). For more information\, please visit www.amanidorndialects.com. \nThere is no registration fee for this meeting. Future webinars will have a $10 registration fee to cover hosting costs. \nIn order to maintain the safety and privacy of the attendees of this webinar\, we will not record this meeting. All other webinars are recorded\, so\, if you can’t attend live\, you can still register and watch at your convenience! \nOnce a month\, every member of the KTS community is invited to connect\, collaborate\, and share all things KTS related.  If you have taken Experiencing Speech or have been introduced to fundamental Experiencing Speech practices\, or if you are interested in this aspect of the work\, this webinar is for you!  Your KTS questions\, solutions\, phobias\, phenomena\, details\, observations\, obsessions\, and fancies are all invited to the conversation. Our aim for the Webinar Series is to keep us connected on a regular basis\, sustain our KTS conversations\, and strengthen our growing KTS community. \nOur webinars were inspired by VASTA’s forum on “Things that Work.” \nWanna Lead a Webinar? \nWe welcome volunteer facilitators and lead presenters for our monthly webinars.  Is there a topic you would like to research and/or share your experience with? Would this be a useful line item on your CV?  Contact the KTS Webinar Series organizers Adi Cabral and Amani Dorn at ktswebinars@gmail.com to schedule you as a KTS webinar facilitator. URL:https://ktspeechwork.org/event/kts-webinar-28-bipoc-affinity-space-2/ LOCATION:Online\, United States CATEGORIES:WEBINAR GEO:37.09024;-95.712891 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200825T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200825T170000 DTSTAMP:20260622T135420 CREATED:20200817T214029Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200817T214302Z UID:10000211-1598371200-1598374800@ktspeechwork.org SUMMARY:KTS Webinar 27: An Introduction to Knight-Thompson Speechwork with Keri & Foster DESCRIPTION:Join us for our 27th webinar for a FREE introduction to Knight-Thompson Speechwork. KTS Certified Teachers Keri Safran and Foster Johns will outline a brief history of Knight-Thompson Speechwork\, discuss what are (perhaps) principles that guide this work\, and lead participants through an exploration of the vocal tract and basic speech actions. Your curiosity is invited for a KTS refresher\, an introduction\, or just to have a good time with speakin’ sounds! \nKeri Safran is a performer and Knight-Thompson Speechwork Certified Teacher who splits her time between New York City\, Los Angeles and the Berkshires. Her clients range from Oscar & Tony winners to business professionals in the technological and financial arenas. This Fall she will serve as one of the vocal coaches for the 2020 TedX Cambridge Summit. As a performer\, she is an Alum of Forbidden Broadway and the Groundlings Sunday Company\, and has appeared in films at the Sundance and SXSW Film Festivals. She also meditates for 2.5-3 hours every day (fightin’ the good fight\, y’all).\nLearn more at www.kerisafran.com | @kerisafran \nFoster Johns is a Knight-Thompson Speechwork Certified Teacher who hails from New Orleans\, LA and is based in St. Paul\, MN. He is a Lecturer in Voice & Speech at the University of Minnesota/Guthrie Theater BFA Actor Training Program as well as accent & communication coach for his practice\, FoJo Voiceworks LLC. Foster is also a proud member of the Voice and Speech Trainers Association\, for which he serves on the interdisciplinary engagement committee and as the social media content manager. He holds an MFA in Voice Studies from the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama and a BA in Theater & English from Boston College.\nLearn more at www.fosterjohns.com \nThis event is on Tuesday\, August 25 4:00-5:00 Eastern Standard Time (1:00-2:00 PST). \nThe Registration fee for this Webinar is ZERO dollars! \nAll webinars are recorded\, so\, if you can’t attend live\, you can still register and watch at your convenience! URL:https://ktspeechwork.org/event/kts-webinar-27-an-introduction-to-knight-thompson-speechwork-with-keri-foster/ LOCATION:Online\, United States CATEGORIES:WEBINAR GEO:37.09024;-95.712891 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200825T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200825T170000 DTSTAMP:20260622T135420 CREATED:20200817T214029Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200817T214029Z UID:10000212-1598371200-1598374800@ktspeechwork.org SUMMARY:KTS Webinar 27: An Introduction to Knight-Thompson Speechwork with Keri & Foster DESCRIPTION:Join us for our 27th webinar for a FREE introduction to Knight-Thompson Speechwork. KTS Certified Teachers Keri Safran and Foster Johns will outline a brief history of Knight-Thompson Speechwork\, discuss what are (perhaps) principles that guide this work\, and lead participants through an exploration of the vocal tract and basic speech actions. Your curiosity is invited for a KTS refresher\, an introduction\, or just to have a good time with speakin’ sounds! \nKeri Safran is a performer and Knight-Thompson Speechwork Certified Teacher who splits her time between New York City\, Los Angeles and the Berkshires. Her clients range from Oscar & Tony winners to business professionals in the technological and financial arenas. This Fall she will serve as one of the vocal coaches for the 2020 TedX Cambridge Summit. As a performer\, she is an Alum of Forbidden Broadway and the Groundlings Sunday Company\, and has appeared in films at the Sundance and SXSW Film Festivals. She also meditates for 2.5-3 hours every day (fightin’ the good fight\, y’all).\nLearn more at www.kerisafran.com | @kerisafran \nFoster Johns is a Knight-Thompson Speechwork Certified Teacher who hails from New Orleans\, LA and is based in St. Paul\, MN. He is a Lecturer in Voice & Speech at the University of Minnesota/Guthrie Theater BFA Actor Training Program as well as accent & communication coach for his practice\, FoJo Voiceworks LLC. Foster is also a proud member of the Voice and Speech Trainers Association\, for which he serves on the interdisciplinary engagement committee and as the social media content manager. He holds an MFA in Voice Studies from the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama and a BA in Theater & English from Boston College.\nLearn more at www.fosterjohns.com \nThis event is on Tuesday\, August 25 4:00-5:00 Eastern Standard Time (1:00-2:00 PST). \nThe Registration fee for this Webinar is ZERO dollars! \nAll webinars are recorded\, so\, if you can’t attend live\, you can still register and watch at your convenience! URL:https://ktspeechwork.org/event/kts-webinar-27-an-introduction-to-knight-thompson-speechwork-with-keri-foster-2/ LOCATION:Online\, United States CATEGORIES:WEBINAR GEO:37.09024;-95.712891 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200611T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200611T150000 DTSTAMP:20260622T135420 CREATED:20200529T155643Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200529T160059Z UID:10000201-1591884000-1591887600@ktspeechwork.org SUMMARY:KTS WEBINAR #26: Building a Corporate Coaching Business DESCRIPTION:Please join us on Thursday June 11that 4pm Central\, (2pm PST\, 5pm EST) for our 2nd webinar of 2020 on “Building a Corporate Coaching Business\,” hosted by Professor Emerita\, author and founder of Vocal Authority Rena Cook and Actor and Voice & Speech coach Elizabeth McLaughlin. \n In this webinar Rena and Liz share a conversation about building a corporate coaching business. \nCome armed with your questions. We would love to have a dialogue with attendees and address the areas that interest you. \n  \nTopics discussed will include but not be limited to: \n\nReceptive types of businesses and their coaching needs.\nNetworking and promoting your value as a coach.\nHow to craft your pitch to potential clients and keeping that door open.\nContent and Curriculum. Adapting and streamlining of curriculum to meet client’s needs.\n\n  \n  \nRena Cookis a TEDx speaker\, author\, voice\, speech\, confidence and presentation coach. She is also a Professor Emerita with 20 years higher education experience at the University of Oklahoma and the University of Kansas. She is the founder of Vocal Authority\, a training consultancy serving corporate clients – politicians\, attorneys\, entrepreneurs\, CEOs and sales personnel – who want to use their voice in more commanding and authentic ways. Her most popular seminars are “Speak Like the Leader You Are\,” “Taming Performance Anxiety\,” “Build your Confidence and Own the Room\,” “The Expressive Litigator” and “Voicing Challenging Conversations.” She is the author of Empower your Voice: For Women in Business\, Politics and Life;and Her Voice in Law\, recently published by the American Bar Association. She has an MA in Voice Studies from London’s Royal Central School of Speech and Drama\, an MFA in Stage Direction from OU and an MA in Guidance and Counseling from University of Tulsa. Her guilty pleasure is voicing video games and animation. www.myvocalauthority.com \n  \nCheck out Rena’s TEDx talk \nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cjlsQtCAY3E \n  \nElizabeth (Liz) McLaughlinis a Vancouver BC based voice\, speech\, accent/dialect and classical performance coach. She works within the Theatre\, Film and Television industries in Canada and currently teaches at the Vancouver Film School and On The Mic Studios. Her most recent coaching credits include: THE GOOD DOCTOR\, the upcoming feature LITTLE FISH\, JERUSALEM and NOELLE. Other professional teaching credits include: University of British Columbia\, Simon Fraser University\, Douglas College\, Gateway Theatre and was a National Voice Intensive associate. \nLiz holds an MFA from The Shakespeare Theatre Company and GWU in Washington\, DC and a BFA from York University in Toronto and has attended the KTS speech-work\, phonetics and accent intensives. She is still looking for that elusive window of opportunity to attend the cert. \nAnd\, not to be out done by the wonderful Ms. Cook\, my guilty pleasures are any French cheeses and wine. Liz@mclaughlincoaching.com \n  \nThe Registration fee is $10 to cover hosting costs.  \nAll webinars are recorded\, so\, if you can’t attend live\, you can still register and watch at your convenience! \nOnce a month\, every member of the KTS community is invited to connect\, collaborate\, and share all things KTS related.  If you have taken Experiencing Speech or have been introduced to fundamental Experiencing Speech practices\, or if you are interested in this aspect of the work\, this webinar is for you!  Your KTS questions\, solutions\, phobias\, phenomena\, details\, observations\, obsessions\, and fancies are all invited to the conversation. Our aim for the Webinar Series is to keep us connected on a regular basis\, sustain our KTS conversations\, and strengthen our growing KTS community. \nOur webinars were inspired by VASTA’s forum on “Things that Work.” \nWanna Lead a Webinar? \nWe welcome volunteer facilitators and lead presenters for our monthly webinars.  Is there a topic you would like to research and/or share your experience on? Would this be a useful line item on your CV?  Contact the KTS Webinar Series organizers Foster Johns and Keri Safran at ktswebinars@gmail.com to schedule you as a KTS webinar facilitator. URL:https://ktspeechwork.org/event/kts-webinar-26-building-a-corporate-coaching-business/ LOCATION:Online\, United States CATEGORIES:WEBINAR GEO:37.09024;-95.712891 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200611T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200611T150000 DTSTAMP:20260622T135420 CREATED:20200529T155643Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200529T155643Z UID:10000202-1591884000-1591887600@ktspeechwork.org SUMMARY:KTS WEBINAR #26: Building a Corporate Coaching Business DESCRIPTION:Please join us on Thursday June 11that 4pm Central\, (2pm PST\, 5pm EST) for our 2nd webinar of 2020 on “Building a Corporate Coaching Business\,” hosted by Professor Emerita\, author and founder of Vocal Authority Rena Cook and Actor and Voice & Speech coach Elizabeth McLaughlin. \n In this webinar Rena and Liz share a conversation about building a corporate coaching business. \nCome armed with your questions. We would love to have a dialogue with attendees and address the areas that interest you. \n  \nTopics discussed will include but not be limited to: \n\nReceptive types of businesses and their coaching needs.\nNetworking and promoting your value as a coach.\nHow to craft your pitch to potential clients and keeping that door open.\nContent and Curriculum. Adapting and streamlining of curriculum to meet client’s needs.\n\n  \n  \nRena Cookis a TEDx speaker\, author\, voice\, speech\, confidence and presentation coach. She is also a Professor Emerita with 20 years higher education experience at the University of Oklahoma and the University of Kansas. She is the founder of Vocal Authority\, a training consultancy serving corporate clients – politicians\, attorneys\, entrepreneurs\, CEOs and sales personnel – who want to use their voice in more commanding and authentic ways. Her most popular seminars are “Speak Like the Leader You Are\,” “Taming Performance Anxiety\,” “Build your Confidence and Own the Room\,” “The Expressive Litigator” and “Voicing Challenging Conversations.” She is the author of Empower your Voice: For Women in Business\, Politics and Life;and Her Voice in Law\, recently published by the American Bar Association. She has an MA in Voice Studies from London’s Royal Central School of Speech and Drama\, an MFA in Stage Direction from OU and an MA in Guidance and Counseling from University of Tulsa. Her guilty pleasure is voicing video games and animation. www.myvocalauthority.com \n  \nCheck out Rena’s TEDx talk \nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cjlsQtCAY3E \n  \nElizabeth (Liz) McLaughlinis a Vancouver BC based voice\, speech\, accent/dialect and classical performance coach. She works within the Theatre\, Film and Television industries in Canada and currently teaches at the Vancouver Film School and On The Mic Studios. Her most recent coaching credits include: THE GOOD DOCTOR\, the upcoming feature LITTLE FISH\, JERUSALEM and NOELLE. Other professional teaching credits include: University of British Columbia\, Simon Fraser University\, Douglas College\, Gateway Theatre and was a National Voice Intensive associate. \nLiz holds an MFA from The Shakespeare Theatre Company and GWU in Washington\, DC and a BFA from York University in Toronto and has attended the KTS speech-work\, phonetics and accent intensives. She is still looking for that elusive window of opportunity to attend the cert. \nAnd\, not to be out done by the wonderful Ms. Cook\, my guilty pleasures are any French cheeses and wine. Liz@mclaughlincoaching.com \n  \nThe Registration fee is $10 to cover hosting costs.  \nAll webinars are recorded\, so\, if you can’t attend live\, you can still register and watch at your convenience! \nOnce a month\, every member of the KTS community is invited to connect\, collaborate\, and share all things KTS related.  If you have taken Experiencing Speech or have been introduced to fundamental Experiencing Speech practices\, or if you are interested in this aspect of the work\, this webinar is for you!  Your KTS questions\, solutions\, phobias\, phenomena\, details\, observations\, obsessions\, and fancies are all invited to the conversation. Our aim for the Webinar Series is to keep us connected on a regular basis\, sustain our KTS conversations\, and strengthen our growing KTS community. \nOur webinars were inspired by VASTA’s forum on “Things that Work.” \nWanna Lead a Webinar? \nWe welcome volunteer facilitators and lead presenters for our monthly webinars.  Is there a topic you would like to research and/or share your experience on? Would this be a useful line item on your CV?  Contact the KTS Webinar Series organizers Foster Johns and Keri Safran at ktswebinars@gmail.com to schedule you as a KTS webinar facilitator. URL:https://ktspeechwork.org/event/kts-webinar-26-building-a-corporate-coaching-business-2/ LOCATION:Online\, United States CATEGORIES:WEBINAR GEO:37.09024;-95.712891 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200224T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200224T150000 DTSTAMP:20260622T135420 CREATED:20200211T170123Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251114T202736Z UID:10000187-1582552800-1582556400@ktspeechwork.org SUMMARY:KTS Webinar #25: The Dialects of Gender and Sexual Orientation DESCRIPTION:Please join us on Monday\, February 24th\, at 2:00 p.m. PST for our first webinar of 2020 on “The Dialects of Gender and Sexual-Orientation” hosted by KTS and Fitzmaurice Voicework teacher\, Adriano Cabral\, and Chicago Voice Center founder and Fitzmaurice Voicework teacher\, Diane Robinson. \n\nIn this webinar\, we will share contemporary research on the expression of gender identity and sexual-orientation as a “dialect.” We will demonstrate examples of voice and speech work that we have used to empower the LGBTQIA actor and non-actor to express their identity in performance and presentation. The webinar will include time for discussion of questions that arise from the work\, including but not limited to: \n\nCan voice and speech work advocate for the expression of the performer’s gender and sexual-orientation in performance?\nCan considering gender and sexual-orientation expression as “accent” and “dialect” help us encourage the actor to bring their whole self to the creation of a character?\nHow has work with LGBTQIA clients formed and informed these questions?\nWhat do we think about being asked to help a non-LGBTQIA actor portray an LGBTQIA character? Or to help an LGBTQIA actor “pass” as a non-LGBTQIA character?\nHow can non-LGBTQIA coaches and teachers mentor LGBTQIA coaches when working with the community?\nWhat are some current positive and negative casting trends\, and ways forward in representation?\n\nThis webinar will be geared towards actors who identify as LGBTQIA and the voice teachers and coaches working with them. Attendees will come away with an enhanced understanding of the extent to which vocal behaviors contribute to self-expression and character creation. \n\n\n\nAdriano Cabral is Assistant Professor of Voice and Movement at the University of Nevada\, Reno. They hold their BA in Musical Theatre from Rhode Island College and MFA in Theatre Performance from Arizona State University. They are a certified teacher of Fitzmaurice Voicework® and Knight-Thompson Speechwork. Professional coaching credits include Arvada Center for Arts and Humanities and the Repertory Theatre of St. Louis. Specialties include LGBTQ+ actor training\, Reiki\, bodywork\, trans voice. Publications: Here’s How to Teach Voice and Communication Skills to Transgender Women from Plural Publishing. Affiliations: VASTA (Board Member)\, ATHE\, AEA (EMC). www.adriano-cabral.com \nDiane Robinson is a voice coach who works with gender diverse adults and children\, and the wellness professionals who serve them\, to construct and express gender identity in voice and speech. In addition to individual and group lessons\, Diane trains clinicians working with gender diverse adolescents\, and presents nationally on gender and voice. She has completed training with Northwestern University\, WPATH\, and Supporting Gender Diverse Speakers: A Course for Voice Clinicians. \nRecent creative work includes performing with Chicago Dramatists and Piven Theatre Workshop\, leading accent improv workshops at Second City\, dialect coaching for NBC’s Chicago Fire and Chicago theater company Blue Bird\, and coaching college productions at Roosevelt\, Columbia College Chicago\, Trinity\, LSU\, Cal State Long Beach and UTEP. Diane holds an MFA in Acting from the University of California\, Irvine\, and is a member of WPATH and VASTA and Actors Equity. She’s a certified Fitzmaurice Voicework® teacher and has completed KTS Experience Speech\, Experiencing Accents and Phonetics Intensive. She can be reached at diane@chicagovoicecenter.com \n\nThe Registration fee is $10 to cover hosting costs.  \nAll webinars are recorded\, so\, if you can’t attend live\, you can still register and watch at your convenience! \nOnce a month\, every member of the KTS community is invited to connect\, collaborate\, and share all things KTS related.  If you have taken Experiencing Speech or have been introduced to fundamental Experiencing Speech practices\, or if you are interested in this aspect of the work\, this webinar is for you!  Your KTS questions\, solutions\, phobias\, phenomena\, details\, observations\, obsessions\, and fancies are all invited to the conversation. Our aim for the Webinar Series is to keep us connected on a regular basis\, sustain our KTS conversations\, and strengthen our growing KTS community. \nOur webinars were inspired by VASTA’s forum on “Things that Work.” \nWanna Lead a Webinar? \nWe welcome volunteer facilitators and lead presenters for our monthly webinars.  Is there a topic you would like to research and/or share your experience on? Would this be a useful line item on your CV?  Contact the KTS Webinar Series organizers Foster Johns and Keri Safran at ktswebinars@gmail.com to schedule you as a KTS webinar facilitator. URL:https://ktspeechwork.org/event/kts-webinar-25-the-dialects-of-gender-and-sexual-orientation/ LOCATION:Online\, United States CATEGORIES:ADDITIONAL,WEBINAR GEO:37.09024;-95.712891 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR