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“I call Shane Ann when I have auditions for films as well as television. We have worked on everything including eliminating my original accent (I’m from the Appalachian region) to clarifying the ideas in the text, to working on an English dialect. I have gotten a call-back or have been hired to do the role for every script we have …
“The confidence with which I approach classical texts comes directly from the time spent in Shane Ann’s classes. She taught me how to break down a text into specific thoughts and to make those thoughts clear to the audience and myself. She is a brilliant teacher of the “technical” aspects of speaking a text but is also focused on the …
“Voice work is a precarious endeavor. It’s absolutely essential in pursuing a career in acting, however, a common pitfall of voice training is creating an actor who is preoccupied with the technical aspects of perfect speech, clarity, projection – thus forgetting that we must sound like human beings at the end of the day. We must sound like people and …
“Before meeting Shane Ann, I had a great fear of using anything “technical” (like voice and speech) because I thought it would cut off my impulses, making me sound phony and appear inauthentic. Shane Ann helped me to quickly realize that my fear was actually fear of the work, and that fear was limiting my range of possibilities, my true …
“With German as my first language, I realized soon after coming to the US that my casting opportunities were very limited. Everyone asked me if I could sound American. Since I always wanted to study with the best, I asked around. And all roads led to Shane Ann. She has made it possible for me to work as an American …
I want to make others laugh. However, I was skeptical about how some exercises were supposed to make me funnier on The Tonight Show, Late Night with Jimmy Fallon or before an unforgiving NYC comedy club crowd? Well, I didn’t know the answer to these questions before working with Shane-Ann or before going on to appear over 50 times on …
“Shane Ann has given me a wonderful gift: a fully loaded tool kit to help me unlock and explore any kind of text while keeping my instrument strong and supported. Whether I am working my way through a Shakespeare soliloquy or a dialect farce or quickly scanning voiceover copy in a casting office waiting room, I constantly find myself drawing …
“Before taking Shane Ann’s class, I only knew the basics of approaching Shakespeare’s texts. Furthermore, I wasn’t too excited about dealing with my phobia of Shakespeare’s assumed loftiness. I was most surprised at how much fun her classes could be because of her ‘road map’ through the curriculum, her patient, positive attitude, and her timely organization! Now I am enjoying …
“Clarity and vocal presence through thought, breath, and action in large houses with minimal sound enhancement is one of the greater challenges to an actor. This was never more apparent to me than during my run in the Tony Award winning production of “Sideman” on Broadway and in London’s West End. The success of my performance was due, in no …
“From the most heightened classical text to direct colloquial dialogue to commercial copy, Shane Ann’s techniques help the actor take any words (or noises and grunts for that matter) and have them communicate far more than what is on the page. She is an extremely dedicated and talented instructor who strives to clarify the smallest details while never losing sight …