Experiencing Accents: A Knight-Thompson Speechwork (R) Guide for Acting in Accent presents a comprehensive and systematic approach to accent acquisition for actors.
-Consists of 16 modules modeled for a 16-week semester making this a natural teaching tool.
-Contains Reflection/discussion points, end-of-module Terms for Knowledge Celebrations, and exercises for Skills Celebrations
-Accent examples and web resources are housed at KTspeechwork.org
Philip Thompson is Professor of Drama at the University of California, Irvine. At UCI he has served as the head of the MFA program in acting, and as head of voice and speech. In 2002, he co-founded Knight-Thompson Speechwork (R) with his mentor Dudley Knight. KTS has more than fifty certified teachers teaching this method in training programs across the country and, increasingly, around the world.
Tyler Seiple is an actor and freelance voice and speech coach in Los Angeles, California. He is the founder of Accents in Action (TM), which brings Knight-Thompson Speechwork (R) to actors, public speakers, and other performers through individual and group coaching. Tyler is an Associate Teacher of Fitzmaurice Voicework (R) and Master Teacher of Knight-Thompson Speechwork (R), and teaches at CSU Long Beach and CSU Fullerton. Learn more at accentcoachla.com.
Andrea Caban is Head of Voice and Speech in the Theatre Arts Department at CSU Long Beach, Associate Specialist in the UCI Department of Neurology, Co-Director of Knight-Thompson Speechwork (R), and one of the first Master Teachers of KTS. Her text, Experiencing Speech: A Skills-Based, Panlingual Approach to Actor Training, was also published by Routledge and is intended to precede this text. Learn more at andreaccaban.com.
Teacher Introduction
Student Introduction
Preface
Part I: Foundations
Module 1: Orienting
Module 2: Unpacking
Module 3: The Four P's
Part II: Exploring the Four P's
Module 4: People - Asking Questions
Module 5: People - Doing Research
Module 6: Prosody - Listen and Sing
Module 7: Prosody - The Meaning of Music
Module 8: Posture - Listen with Your Mouth
Module 9: Posture - Speech as Movement
Module 10: Pronunciation - Categories
Module 11: Pronunciation - Particulars
Module 12: The Four P's Combined
Part III: Performance and Play
Module 13: Accent Celebrations
Module 14: Embodied Practice
Module 15: Experiencing Play