Barry Kur

Barry Kur

he/him

BARRY KUR, Professor Emeritus, Penn State University School of Theatre; Master Teacher, Lessac Kinesensics. Voice/Speech Specialist for 30 years at Penn State’s BA, BFA and MFA performance programs and served as the school’s Associate Director. . He has had teaching residencies in South Africa, New Zealand, UK, and Croatia. He was a founding faculty member of the South Carolina Governor’s School for the Arts and Humanities and former head of the Summer Honors Program Drama Department. Kur is the author of the textbook Stage Dialect Studies- A Continuation of the Lessac Approach to Actor Voice and Speech Training. He has been the voice, speech, dialect and text coach for over 100 professional and academic productions including professional credits at Asolo Theatre, Fulton Playhouse, Bloomsburg Theater Ensemble, Pennsylvania Centre Stage and Delaware Rep. He is the recipient of Penn State’s George W. Atherton Award for Teaching Excellence and the Lessac Institute’s Leadership Award. Kur was a founding board member of VASTA and served as its third President. He is also a past-president of the Lessac Training and Research Institute.

Penn State University School of Theatre

Professor Emeritus

1:1 Coaching

Group Coaching/Workshops

Speech & Dialects

Late Career