LYNN
WATSON, CHAIR
Associate Professor
Lynn Watson has worked extensively as a voice, speech, and dialects
specialist at leading regional theatres. Her credits include
numerous productions at Arena Stage, Kennedy Center productions
of T
he Glass Menagerie (dir. Gregory Mosher) and
Cat
on a Hot Tin Roof (dir. Mark Lamos), Maryland Stage Company,
A.C.T. San Francisco, Mark Taper Forum, and four seasons with
the Tony-winning theatre, South Coast Repertory. She also teaches
and coaches acting. Her own acting credits include Off Broadway
at the American Place Theatre. She has performed at the Los
Angeles Theatre Center, toured nationally, and played leading
classical roles in regional theatre. She is an associate editor
for the "
International
Dialects of English Archive." Professional memberships
include AEA, SAG, and the Voice and Speech Trainers Association
(VASTA). She is an Associate Teacher of Fitzmaurice Voicework.
B.F.A. Theatre, Ohio University
M.F.A. Drama, University of California, Irvine
Contact:
jwatson@umbc.edu