Take the guess work out.
Add accents to your resume.
Build the skills that will bring confidence to every performance.
In Coaching you will:
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Identify patterns and pronunciations of a target accent
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Understand how those differ from your current speech
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Experience the Oral Posture of your target accent
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Learn the Lexical Set Technique to pinpoint new target sounds
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Practice the new vowel and consonant target sounds
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Learn symbols from the International Phonetic Alphabet, and the sounds they represent
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For Actors, craft a character that merges seamlessly with your target accent
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For Business Professionals, embrace your accent and increase understandability
Private Coaching available in:
Accent Instruction
Audition Prep
Online or In Person
"Siobhan is a great, patient, hands-on and well organized accent teacher. I love working with her."
-Constantin Wenzel,
Lee Strasberg Student
Walk into your next audition with confidence
Siobhan (she/her) is a certified teacher of Knight-Thompson Speechwork. With an MFA from UC Irvine, Siobhan has taught at UC Berkeley, Utah Shakespeare Festival, PCPA, UC Irvine, and the Actor's Studio of Orange County. She is currently the Head of Voice & Speech at the Art of Acting Studio, the Los Angeles campus of the Stella Adler Studio of Acting in New York.
As an actor, Siobhan has worked regionally with Berkeley Repertory Theater, Utah Shakespeare Festival, San Francisco Shakespeare Festival, South Coast Rep, and Loose Canon Collective, among others. She also works extensively in industrial voiceover, and indie dramas, comedies, and sitcoms.
Siobhan Doherty Buffett
Accent Coach
"Siobhan's coaching gave me the preparation and confidence to go into auditions with ease. I have had more callbacks because of my work with Siobhan and enjoy auditioning!"
-Deborah Lagin,
Shakespeare and Co.
& UC Irvine Student