Name: Lynn Watson
Address:
Dept. of Theatre
1000 Hilltop Circle,
Univ. of Maryland, Baltimore,
Baltimore MD
21250
Phone:(410) 455-2892
Fax: (410) 455-1046
Email Address: jwatson@umbc.edu
Current Affiliation:
University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC)
Rank: Associate Professor & Chair
Training:
Certification-Associate Teacher of Fitzmaurice Voicework; MFA, UC-Irvine, Dudley
Knight (voice, speech, & IPA); BFA, Ohio University-Lessac training; Acting-Wynn
Handman, Robert Cohen, Robert Hobbs; Shakespeare-Kathleen Stafford of the Bristol
Old Vic; Suzuki-Kent Kirkpatrick; Lecoq Mask-Craig Turner; Stage Combat-Chris
Villa, Allen Suddeth.
Selected Work Experience:
Teaching & Vocal Directing/Coaching:
UC-Irvine; UC-Davis; UC-Riverside; California State Polytechnic Univ.; Arena
Stage; Mark Taper Forum; American Conservatory Theater; South Coast Repertory;
professional actor coaching for films & television.
Acting: Off Broadway, American Place Theatre; LORT, Clarence Brown & Barter
Theatres.
Area(s) of Specialization:
Voice, Speech, and Text; Dialects; Acting (all levels); Shakespeare
Selected Publications: Voice and Speech Review, Complete Voice & Speech Workout,
Acting Now, Teaching Breathing: Results of a Survey
Professional Organizations:
Voice and Speech Trainers Assn. (VASTA)
Assn. for Theatre in Higher Education (ATHE)
Actors' Equity Assn. (AEA)
Screen Actors Guild (SAG)
Amer. Fed. of Film & TV Actors (AFTRA)
Statement of Philosophy:
As a teacher and coach of Voice and Speech, my goal is to assist each person
in finding and developing her/his natural, optimally expressive voice, springing
from a deep and powerful need to communicate. Such a voice is highly sensitive
to stimuli and imagery, and is able to convey a large range of thoughts and
emotions; it is flexible and can attune to the demands of any theatrical, professional,
or personal context.
