Name: Lynn Watson

Address:
U. Maryland, Baltimore County

Phone: (410) 455-2892

Fax: (410) 455-2946

Email Address: jwatson@umbc.edu

Current Affiliation:
University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC)
Rank: Associate Professor & Chair

Position and Title: Associate Professor

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; Kennedy Center; Ford's Theatre; 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 (& Associate Editor), Complete Voice & Speech Workout,
Acting Now, Teaching Breathing: Results of a Survey

Professional Organizations:
Voice and Speech Trainers Assn. (VASTA)
Actors' Equity Assn. (AEA)
Screen Actors Guild (SAG)
Amer. Fed. of Film & TV Actors (AFTRA)

Statement of Philosophy:
As a teacher and director/coach of voice and speech, my goal is to assist each person in finding and developing their optimal vocal expression, springing from a deep and powerful need to communicate. Such vocal expression is highly sensitive to stimuli and imagery, and can convey a large range of thoughts and feelings; it is flexible and can attune to the demands of any theatrical, professional, or personal context.