Jeremy Sortore

Jeremy Sortore

he/him

Jeremy Sortore, MM, MFA (he/him) has over two decades of experience offering collaborative instruction to actors and other performing artists who seek to connect to a sense of embodied artistry and communicate with others through breath, movement, and sound. As an educator/clinician with international experience and a coach for Tony Award-winning regional theaters, Jeremy is focused on actor-centered processes that emphasize collaboration, consent, curiosity, and community.

Currently on the theatre faculty at the University of Michigan, Jeremy is a member of the National Alliance of Acting Teachers, an Associate Teacher of Fitzmaurice Voicework®, a Certified Teacher of Knight-Thompson Speechwork, a PAVA-Recognized Vocologist, an Associate Faculty member with Theatrical Intimacy Education, an Associate Editor of the Voice and Speech Review, and on the editorial board of the Journal of Consent-Based Performance.

Embodied Acting • Somatic Awareness • Presence and Attention
Heightened Language • Acting through Song
Speech, Accent, and Identity
Functional Voice Training • Public Speaking

www.JeremySortore.com
www.VoiceAndSpeech.site

University of Michigan

Assistant Professor of Theatre & Drama

Fitzmaurice Institute

Associate Teacher

Магистр Театрального Искусства (MFA equivalent), Voice & Speech Pedagogy, Moscow Art Theatre School (American Repertory Theater Institute/Harvard University);
MMus, Vocal Performance, University of Colorado

Member, National Alliance of Acting Teachers; Associate Faculty, Theatrical Intimacy Education; Associate Teacher, Fitzmaurice Voicework;
Certified Teacher, Knight-Thompson Speechwork;
Level III Certified, Somatic Voicework the LoVetri Method;
Certificate of Advanced Theatre Training, Harvard University;

1:1 Coaching

Acting

Group Coaching/Workshops

Movement

Open to Mentoring a VASTA member

Pedagogy

Presence

Public Speaking

Shakespeare

Singing

Speech & Dialects

Fitzmaurice Institute;
Knight-Thompson Speechwork;
Theatrical Intimacy Education;
National Alliance of Acting Teachers;
Pan-American Vocology Association;
International Phonetic Association;
Association of Theatre in Higher Education;
The Voice Foundation

Vocal Coach, American Repertory Theatre;
Voice & Text Coach, Utah and Colorado Shakespeare Festivals;
Workshop leader and curriculum development, Fitzmaurice Institute and Knight-Thompson Speechwork organizations;
Former Head of BFA Performance, Utah Valley University

"Principles of Self-Care for Student Performers." Journal of Singing 77 (3) https://www.nats.org/cgi/page.cgi/_article.html/Journal_of_Singing/The_Independent_Teacher_Principles_of_Self-Care_for_Student_Performers
White Paper Co-Author: “VASTA COVID-19 Learning Response.” Voice and Speech Trainers Association. http://www.vasta.org/covid19-learning-response
"Exercise Essay: ‘A Progression for Teaching Place of Articulation.’" Voice and Speech Review https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/23268263.2020.1757838?journalCode=rvsr20
"Reflections on the 2019 VASTA Conference: Connectors, Communicators, and Culture." Voice and Speech Review 14 (1) https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/23268263.2020.1684017
"Notes on the 2018 VASTA/PAVA Conference Soma and Science: Bridging the Gap in Interdisciplinary Voice Training." Voice and Speech Review 12 (3) https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/23268263.2018.1518378.
"Exercise Essay: ‘Vowel Yoga.’" Voice and Speech Review 11 (3): 314-323. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/23268263.2017.1398392

Established

Academia

Theatrical Coaching