Acting With An Accent

Dialects & Accents for Actors, Storytellers, etc.

Not Just Samples for Imitation, but Systematic Lessons

Used in over one thousand college theatre programs and by professional actors around the world! One-hour CDs with manuals teaching you Lilt, Stress, Resonance, and Pronunciation.

Select from 25 different patterns for $23.95 each, or get all 25 CDs for $495!

Which Course Should I Buy?

American Accent for Canadian Actors

Second Edition (CD), Newly Revised, Expanded & Recorded

Special Version of Acting with an Accent

80-minute CD and manual

For Canadian Anglophones playing or auditioning for American roles; teaches American speech inflections, vocal resonance, and pronunciation changes.

Price: $23.95

American Accents for English Actors

Special Versions of Acting with an Accent

Three 90-minute cassettes and manual

Teaches several American patterns to British and other Commonwealth speakers:

$17.95 each or all three for $39.95.

Dialect Monologues

by Roger Karshner & David Alan Stern
CD with Book

Dr. Stern performs monologues by acclaimed playwright Roger Karshner, demonstrating these thirteen popular speech patterns:

The book contains monologue transcripts, instructional notes, and a special essay on avoiding the dangers of monotone accent patterns.

Price: $24.95

The Dialect Handbook, 2nd Edition

Learning, Researching, and Performing a Dialect Role
by Ginny Kopf

From Voiceprint Publishing

Contents:

"I had planned sometime in the future to write a book dealing with the actor's complete preparation for and execution of a dialect role as well as professional issues confronted by production dialect coaches. Having read Ginny Kopf's handbook, I am crossing that project off of my 'to do' list. Ginny has already done it better than I would have."
David Alan Stern

Price: $19.95