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After more than three years’ study with Kristin -- as an acting student at LAMDA, privately as an actress
In New York and then as a participant in Kristin’s initial Teacher-Training program, sponsored by the
Rockefeller Foundation -- I became a Teacher of Voice.

I was on the faculty of the Graduate Theatre Program, NYU School of the Arts, for 14 years and was
honored to fill Kristin’s shoes, as Head of the Voice Department, when she moved on.

In 1973, at the invitation of the Government’s Arts Council, I was proud to introduce the Linklater
Technique to the Australian Theatre community with a series of Master Classes. Since that time I continue
to spend at least 3 months a year downunder, conducting workshops in Voice, Standard American accent
and Shakespeare.

I have taught in theatre companies and training institutions around the world, including: Andre Gregory’s
Theatre of the Living Arts; Stratford Shakespeare Festival, Canada; all major Australian Companies,
including Bell Shakespeare and Sydney Theatre; UCLA; NIDA (Sydney); VCA (Melbourne); Actors Workshop
(Brisbane); Howard Fine’s Studio (LA) and Terry Schreiber’s Studio (NYC), to name a few.

Full list: http://www.rowenabalos.com/

My work focuses on freeing the entire being from all unnecessary and inhibiting tension, making it open,
sensitive, toned and ready to respond to all the subtleties of thought and feeling. I believe that - rather
than the mindless making of sound - all techniques and exercises relate directly to a connected need to
communicate. Thus, the Voice/Acting Connection is the center of my work.

I maintain a studio in Los Angeles where I teach individually and in small groups. For more info:

http://www.rowenabalos.com/

After completing an M.S. Degree and work toward a Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin at Madison,
I was trained by Kristin Linklater in her initial Voice Teacher Training Program under a Rockefeller
Foundation Grant. I also received a Ford Foundation Grant and another Rockefeller Foundation Grant to
study movement with the late Litz Pisk at the Central School of Speech and Drama in London, England.
Upon completion of Linklater training, I was hired by the late Peter Zeisler as Voice and Movement Coach
(later Director) for the Guthrie Theatre (then called the Minnesota Theatre Co.) in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
I held that position, as well as actress with the company, for twelve years.

Leaving the Guthrie for California Institute of the Arts, I was Head of Acting/Director of Performance for
seven years. I continue on the faculty teaching Voice Production and coaching shows.

I teach private sessions to countless professional actors and others at all levels in my studio in Los
Angeles. I have taught voice production classes and workshops in many places including: LAMDA
(London Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts); Fisk University; University of Minnesota and the Showboat
Theatre; Academy of Dramatic Arts at Oakland University in Michigan; University of Wisconsin at Madison;
The Children’s Theatre of Minneapolis; Carnegie Mellon; the University of California at San Diego; and The
Working Theatre in New York with Kristin Linklater. I also have been a Master Teacher with Shakespeare
and Co; a member of Company of Women; and currently a founding Member of Los Angeles Women’s
Shakespeare Co.

I am a working actor in TV, film and theatre.

At Cal Poly, I teach Voice 1, Advanced Voice, Dialects, Acting and direct at least one mainstage production
per year. (California State Polytechnic University, Pomona.) It is an undergraduate B.A. in Theatre Arts.
Have taught previously: at California State University Long Beach in the MFA and BA program.
University of Massachusetts, Boston/B.A. Program
Regis College/B.A./program
Master of Fine Arts: from Boston University, College of the Arts Professional Actor: Currently a working
actor working in TV, Film, and regional theatre. Sundance Film Festival.
Trained with Shakespeare and Company
Worked with other Linklater Master Teachers: Fran Bennett, Cal Arts/Natsuko Ohama, privates/Brent
Blair, USC

Professional Organizations: VASTA, AEA, SAG, AFTRA
Theatre: Board of Directors: Los Angeles Women’s Shakespeare Company. Go to LAWSC.net for their
website.

I offer private coaching as well in Los Angeles. I have coached dialects for TV, Film and for theatre,
including dialect coaching for Broadway (NYC) shows.

Dialects: Boston, American Southern, Texan, Standard British, Cockney, French, Irish, Italian

Ursula Meyer has been teaching voice, coaching productions, and acting since 1982. She studied at the
Central School of Speech and Drama in London in 1990-91 in their Voice Studies program and became a
designated Linklater Teacher In 1993. She is currently teaching Voice and Text at the University of
California, San Diego in their professional actor training program and working in the summers at the
Oregon Shakespeare Festival as a Voice and Text Director for their company. Ursula has also taught at
the Yale School of Drama (four years), at the University of California in Santa Barbara and the University
of Washington. Other coaching credits include the Guthrie Theatre, South Coast Repertory Theatre, La
Jolla Playhouse, the Old Globe, and Shakespeare Santa Cruz where she was an actress and Voice Coach
for eight seasons and is a former Associate Artist. Her recent credits include working with Pulitzer prize-
winning playwright Nilo Cruz on his new play “Lorca in a Green Dress” and on August Wilson’s “The Piano
Lesson”. She is married to actor James Newcomb and has a three-year-old miracle named Daniel who
makes every minute worthwhile.

Trained by Kristin Linklater at the Working Theatre, and Shakespeare & Co. (founding member), teaching
credits include Cal Arts, Sundance, New Actor’s Workshop, Stratford Festival, Director of Training National
Arts Center Canada (contact breathnatsuko@aol.com for complete list), and has coached countless
individuals at all levels of experience.

Freeing the Natural Voice and the work of Kristin Linklater is the bedrock of my teaching. In private, group
classes, and workshops, people have the opportunity to experience the connection of their intellect,
emotions, body, and the vibration of their human voice through exercises and exploration. In my work with
actors, I have found a profound source to be, and have therefore called my work, BREATH.

Heidi is a Designated Linklater Voice teacher and actress living in Los Angeles, and is presently teaching
at the Stella Adler Academy of Acting in Hollywood. Originally from Philadelphia and New York City, Heidi
has taught at New York University, New Actors Workshop, The Gene Frankel Theatre, Circle in The Square,
The Hamptons Shakespeare Festival, Living Voices Theatre Company, Shakespeare & Company and Kids
Onstage. She is a graduate of The University of Pennsylvania and Circle in The Square Theatre School.

Designated Linklater Voice Teacher - designated in 1998.

Currently on the performance faculty at UCLA. Adele also teaches classes for professional actors,
and coaches privately. Areas of specialization: Voice, Acting, Audition Preparation, Dialects &
Speech. Adele holds an MFA in Acting in addition to being a Designated Linklater Teacher. She
co-teaches a class with Michael D. Frederick combining The Alexander Technique with Linklater
Voice and Acting. She specializes in helping actors to become aware of and release ongoing
habits and blocks that prevent the actor from acting and speaking from a deep place of reality,
allowing them to reach a new level in their acting. Also available for on set work as voice and
acting (dialogue) coach, and/or dialects. Some students work with Adele for years to continue to
deepen their expression, others work for a shorter time for audition preparation (professional and
graduate school), or to work on specific issues. Adele is also a director, actor, and writer.

Lisa Anne Porter has been a designated Linklater voice teacher since 2003. She has a BA in Theatre and
American Studies from Wesleyan University and an MFA from the American Conservatory Theatre. She
is a professional Equity and SAG actress with years of regional theatre and Shakespeare festival experience.
She is currently teaching, coaching and acting in the Bay Area for the 2007/2008 academic year. She is an
associate professor of voice, acting and text in the BFA program at Syracuse University as well as teaching
on the STC and MFA faculties at the American Conservatory Theatre and the BA faculty of the Academy of
Art University. She has taught master voice and text workshops for Naropa University, California Shakespeare
Festival, Berkeley Repertory Theatre and Shakespeare & Company. In addition to acting and teaching, Lisa
is a professional director and vocal/dialect coach.

She is available for private coaching, production coaching and workshops in voice, text, acting and dialect.

Been teaching since 1993. Working professionally as an actress since 1970’s. Currently teaching speaker
training skills to Dr.’s, nurses, and Psychiatrists, and also doing private Linklater sessions.

Linklater Voice Teacher, Acting Coach, Text Work
Speech, dialects, Shakespeare
Private
Payment sliding scale