Paula Langton

paula@paulalangton.com

Newton, Massachusetts

(617) 921-3888

Master Teacher
Designated Linklater Voice Teacher since 1991
Voice/Acting/Shakespeare/Improvisation

Acting:
Company of Women – Artistic Directors Kristin Linklater & Carol Gilligan Shakespeare & Co., The Kennedy Center, Los Angeles Women’s Shakepespeare Company, NY Theatre Workshop, Hasty Pudding, Charles Playhouse, Boston Theatre Works, Nora Theatre, Boston Playwrights Theatre, Coyote Theatre, Blackburn Theatre, Gloucester Stage Company, Counterpoint Theatre

Teaching:
Head of Acting – School of Theatre Arts at Boston University – College of Fine Arts
Mentor for BU Graduate Students in the MFA Theatre Education Program – Voice
Worked directly with Kristin Linklater for five years at Emerson College assisting in the development of the BFA Acting curriculum and teaching acting and voice as a Guest Artist.  Trinity Rep Conservatory, University of Massachusetts, Wheaton College, Shakespeare & Company.

Training:
Apprenticed directly with Kristin Linklater for 3 years.  Studied improvisation extensively with Keith Johnstone, Roy Hart – Richard Armstrong, Carol Mendelsohn, Primitive Voice – Jean-Rene Toussaint & Anne-Marie Blink
Intensive Actor & Teacher training with Shakespeare & Co.
Education: BA – Theatre Arts – University of Massachusetts
MFA – Theatre Education – Boston University