Jim is a tenured Full Professor of voice and dialects at the University of Houston, and he's an artistic associate with the Prague Shakespeare Company. He coaches dialects professionally at a variety of theatres, and has worked with the Prague Shakespeare Company, Houston Grand Opera, Alley Theatre, Westport Country Playhouse, First Folio Shakespeare, Houston Shakespeare Festival, Stages Repertory, and Defiant Theatre. He also coached accents for the SXSW live event for the release of the final season of Game of Thrones.
Jim formerly served on the faculty of The Theatre School of DePaul University and taught at the Audition Studio in Chicago, Illinois. Jim got his MFA in Acting from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and is an Associate Teacher of Fitzmaurice Voicework.
In addition to coaching and teaching, Jim works professionally as an actor and voiceover artist and is the Director of Undergraduate Studies and Head of BFA Acting at the University of Houston School of Theatre & Dance where he teaches voice and accents.
You can reach him via email at Jim@AccentHelp.com. He regularly coaches actors for dialects online via Skype and by recording their lines in dialect for auditions and performances on camera and on stage. You can arrange coaching with him in person or via Skype by checking out our Private Coaching options here on the site, or you can arrange for Jim to Record Your Script in whatever accent you need.
Kate DeVore
Kate DeVore, MA, CCC-SLP, is a voice, speech, and accent trainer, a speech pathologist specializing in professional voice, and author. She operates Total Voice Inc. in Chicago, where she coaches professional voice users ranging from actors to executives. Kate has coached voice/dialects at numerous theatres, including the Goodman Theatre, Chicago Shakespeare Theater, Lyric Opera Chicago, Steppenwolf Theatre Company, Drury Lane Theatre, and A Red Orchid Theatre. She also teaches at the School at Steppenwolf, Columbia College Chicago, the Summer Vocology Institute at the National Center for Voice and Speech, Acting Studio Chicago, and teaches nationally and abroad.
Michelle Lopez-Rios is a teatrista, teacher and activist. She is an associate teacher of Fitzmaurice Voicework and a member of the Voice and Speech Trainers Association. Voice and dialect coaching credits include: Steppenwolf, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Goodman Theatre, Milwaukee Repertory Theater, Houston Shakespeare Festival, Milwaukee Chamber Theatre, Bad Soviet Habits, Stages Repertory Theatre, Jersey Productions, Unhinged Productions, and Unity Theatre.
She is a co-founder of the Royal Mexican Players with Alvaro Saar Rios and together they have offered workshops, devised community productions, and produced original works around the U.S. She is an Associate Professor and Artistic Director of Chicago Playworks at The Theatre School at DePaul.
Carolyn is a dialect coach, actress and singer. She has coached regional productions of Wolf Hall, Cuttin’ Up, Oliver!, No Child, Awake and Sing, and Red Light Winter among others. Carolyn is an Equity actress, and she has performed for years, including leading roles in Othello, End of the Rainbow, A Picasso, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, Johnny Guitar: the Musical, This, Translations, Mr. Pim Passes By, Talley’s Folly, Enchanted April, a year-long run of The Great American Trailer Park Musical, and three years with Chicago’s production of Flanagan’s Wake. She also works as a director, including productions of Boeing Boeing, The Philadelphia Story and Last Train to Nibroc.
The Houston Chronicle named Carolyn the “Ultimate Funny Girl” of Houston in 2006, and in 2008, Chronicle readers voted her the “Ultimate Stage Actress” of Houston.
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