Voice and Speech Classes

Now Interviewing for Fall Voice and Speech Classes

Shane Ann Auditions, From Shane Ann, Voice, Voice and Speech Class

Now interviewing for my Fall Voice and Speech Class. The program includes voice, speech, and text work, and it is all connected to acting. To learn more and hear some testimonials from former students please visit my TikTok Channel. The techniques you learn, can apply to commercial copy, audiobooks, voice overs, film, and TV scripts. For more information about voice …

Fairview

Fairview at Theatre for a New Audience 

Shane Ann Productions, From Shane Ann

It was exciting to go to the theatre and see two of my former students, Mayaa Boateng and Hannah Cabell, in the acclaimed production of Fairview by Jackie Sibblies Drury and directed by Rachel Chavkin.  The play won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 2019.  This production started at Soho Rep and after a successful run it was moved to …

Joe Girgis

Joe Girgis Accepted to BADA

Shane Ann From Shane Ann

Joe Girgis completed my Voice and Speech program in February, auditioned for the BADA (British Academy of Dramatic Arts) Summer program and was accepted! I am so proud of him. BADA‘s intensive summer conservatory program for serious actors, is held at Magdalen College, Oxford, in association with the Yale School of Drama. The program concentrates on classical acting with an …

Harry Ford

“Code Black” with Harry Ford

Shane Ann From Shane Ann

Harry Ford (one of my students from NYU’s Graduate Acting Program), just completed filming his first TV show, “Code Black” and he was terrific. He came to NYU to be on a panel of alums who talked to the actors who were Called Back to the final audition of the Grad Acting Program. The panel is an opportunity for the …

Margy Love

Margy Love

Shane Ann From Shane Ann

Margy Love – I used to struggle with vocal strain and hoarseness and visited ENTs with inflamed vocal cords. The work I have done with Shane Ann over the last year, in her Voice and Speech program, has transformed my voice.  My vocal fold scans have been consistently healthy and clean and at my most recent visit to the ENT …

Dominik Tiefenthaler

Starting the Advanced Voice and Speech Class

Shane Ann From Shane Ann

Last week we started the work in my private advanced voice and speech class. It is a huge step in this process because this work combines voice, speech, and text work while the students are acting. It is exciting to watch/listen to the progress they have made. With each new assignment the material is more challenging. And this group is …

Mat Leonard

Mat Leonard

Shane Ann From Shane Ann

Congratulations to Mat Leonard who completed my Voice and Speech program in January and got his first Shakespeare job with the esteemed Shakespeare & Company in Lenox, Massachusetts! He is playing Octavius Caesar/Soothsayer in “Julius Caesar” and Spike in “Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike”.

Robert Neff Williams

Visiting Robert Neff Williams

Shane Ann From Shane Ann

So yesterday I spent a lovely afternoon visiting my teacher, Robert Neff Williams. He was feeling good and seemed stronger than when I attended his birthday party in March. We talked about many things including his dear wife, Ruth, passing on a few months ago. I told him about an actor calling me this week who wanted to work on …