Katie Cunningham is an Assistant Professor of Theatre at the University of Tennessee, where she specializes in voice, speech, and dialects. As an actor, she has appeared on a host of stages in New York and across the country as well as in film and television. Her credits in the acting company at the Tony Award-winning Utah Shakespeare Festival include Macbeth (Lady Macbeth); Twelfth Night (Maria); and Othello (Emilia) among others. Select New York credits include the Resident Acting Company; TACT/The Actors’ Company Theatre; and NY International Fringe Festival. Katie has appeared on a host of regional stages including many productions as an actor and/or voice and dialect coach at Clarence Brown Theatre; multiple seasons at Asolo Rep; PlayMakers Rep; Arkansas Rep; TheatreSquared; Northern Stage; and Finger Lakes Musical Theatre Festival, among many more. Recent voice, text, and dialect coaching includes River & Rail Theatre; Southwest Shakespeare Company; and several productions at Clarence Brown Theatre. Her work has been published in the Voice and Speech Review, The Conversation, and the International Dialects of English Archive. In early 2022, she will complete a graduate certificate in vocology from the Department of Speech and Hearing Science at Lamar University. She holds an M.F.A. in Acting from Florida State University/Asolo Conservatory for Actor Training and a B.A. in Dramatic Art & Political Science from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She is a proud member of Actors’ Equity Association since 2010, SAG-AFTRA, VASTA, and PAVA (Pan-American Vocology Association).