LYNN WATSON consults on voice, speech, dialects and text for performance. She has worked extensively at leading regional theatres including:
ARENA STAGE, Washington DC - 25+ productions including A Moon for the Misbegotten, M. Butterfly, The Misanthrope, The Importance of Being Earnest, Oliver!, Fiddler on the Roof, Carousel, A Time to Kill, Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
KENNEDY CENTER - The Glass Menagerie, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
FORD’S THEATRE - Death of a Salesman, The Laramie Project, Parade,
The Heavens Are Hung in Black, The Widow Lincoln, Sabrina Fair
SOUTH COAST REPERTORY - Crumbs from the Table of Joy, The Beauty Queen of Leenane, Arcadia, The Philanderer, An Ideal Husband, The Hollow Lands
West coast credits include four seasons at SOUTH COAST REPERTORY
and critically acclaimed productions of
A Streetcar Named Desire at A.C.T.-San Francisco and
Skylight at the MARK TAPER FORUM in Los Angeles.
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS: AEA, SAG/AFTRA, Voice and Speech Trainers Association (VASTA) - President, 2014-2016
ACTING
Off Broadway at the AMERICAN PLACE THEATRE and leading roles in regional theatres.
PUBLICATIONS
“Fitzmaurice Voicework Pilot Study with fMRI” (2019) (co-author). Winner of the 2019 Dudley Knight Award for Outstanding Vocal Scholarship.
"Fitzmaurice Voicework: Theory, Practice, and Related Research" (2014) (co-author)
“The Theatre Vocal Director in the U.S. and England” (2005) - Shakespeare Around the Globe
“Clavicular Breathing, Held Shoulders, and Related Issues: A Round Table Discussion and “Principals of Breathing, Pedagogy and Language” (2003) (co-contributor) - Film, Broadcast and e-Media Coaching
Associate Editor-in-Chief, A World of Voice-2011
Associate Editor of "Pronunciation, Phonetics, Linguistics, Dialect/Accent Studies" Section, Editorial Columns, Voice and Gender 2007; The Moving Voice-2009
International Dialects of English Archive (IDEA) - Associate Editor
The Complete Voice and Speech Workout - Voice, speech, and text exercises (contributor)
Acting Now - "Actor and Vocal Director" Article on making the most of time with a vocal director or coach
TEACHING
Fitzmaurice Voicework® - Lead Teacher. Instructor in certification training since 2002.
University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) - Department of Theatre, Voice/Speech, and Acting
Emeritus Professor, 2021-Present
Professor, 2014-2021; Associate Professor, 2006-2014; Assistant Professor, 2000-2006
Lecturer in Voice/Speech, UC-Irvine MFA Acting program, 1996-2000