Jessica Berman

Jessica Berman Hirigoyen

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Jessica Berman Hirigoyen is a dialect, voice, text, and acting coach. She is a Continuing Lecturer in the department of Theater, Dance, and Performance Studies at UC Berkeley and has taught at the American Conservatory Theatre (A.C.T.), and Academy of Art University.

Recent dialect and vocal coaching credits include:

-Diction Coach: Dead Man Walking (San Francisco Opera)

-Co-Head of Voice and Dialects: Harry Potter and the Cursed Child (The Curran, SF)

-The Thing About Jellyfish, Harry Clarke, School Girls; Or, The African Mean Girls Play, Becky Nurse of Salem, The Good Book, Paradise Square: A New Musical, Angels in America, What the Constitution Means to Me, and Monsoon Wedding (Berkeley Rep)

-A Whynot Christmas Carol, dir. Pam Mackinnon, 2024 (A.C.T.)

-An American in Paris (part of North American Tour)

-Escaped Alone, In Old Age, The Eva Trilogy, Sojourners, and runboyrun (Magic Theatre)

-As You Like It, Macbeth, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The War of the Roses, and Fences (Cal Shakes)

-The Who and the What, The Wickhams, Oslo, and Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberley (Marin Theatre Company).

In addition to her work in the theatre, Jessica works with business professionals and private individuals on communication, presence, and presentation skills.

She holds a B.A. from Loyola Marymount University, an M.A. from the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, and an M.F.A. from the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama.

UC Berkeley

Continuing Lecturer

MFA, Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, with Distinction
MA, Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, with Distinction
BA, Loyola Marymount University, magna cum laude

1:1 Coaching

Acting

Corporate Coaching/Trainings

Presence

Public Speaking

Shakespeare

Speech & Dialects

Established

Academia

Business/Corporate Coaching

Theatrical Coaching

Private Coaching

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