Our Freedom & Focus Team
Sara Matchett
Dr. Sara Matchett is an award winning Director and Associate Professor at the University of Cape Town's Centre for Theatre, Dance & Performance Studies (CTDPS). She is also a Lead Trainer of Fitzmaurice Voicework®, the Regional Co-ordinator of the Fitzmaurice Institute for Africa, and an Advanced Breathwork Practitioner with Breathwork Africa (www.breathworkafrica.co.za). Her teaching profile centres around practical and academic courses that include, voice, acting, performance-making, applied theatre, and performance analysis. She is especially interested in transdisciplinary modes of
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Micha Espinosa
Micha Espinosa is an internationally recognized artist, educator, director, producer, editor, and voice specialist whose work spans theatre, film, actor training, pedagogy, authorship, and embodied performance practice. Her scholarship and creative work advance culturally responsive methodologies and center Chicana/o/x, Latinx, and historically excluded narratives in theatre and film. Across her career, she has helped shape inclusive approaches to voice, performance, and storytelling, bringing together
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Dennis Elkins
Dennis Elkins’ home base is currently the South Harlem area of NYC which enriches his time between acting, directing, teaching, and writing opportunities. Favorite roles include Shylock, Polonius, Sir Toby, Rothko, Picasso, Joe Keller and Edna Turnblad. Favorite venues include the Clarence Brown Company, the Colorado Shakespeare Festival, the Utah Shakespearean Festival, Single Carrot Theatre, Baltimore, Maryland, and Thingamajig Theatre Company, Pagosa Springs, Colorado. Directing credits include
Kyia Grandi
Kyia Grandi is a performer, director, teacher and coach. She holds an MA in Voice Studies from the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama and is a certified teacher of Fitzmaurice Voicework®. After working as a professional performer for 12 years, Kyia discovered her love of teaching voice and acting to students of all ages. Alongside private coaching, Kyia has taught both undergraduates and postgraduates at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, east 15 drama school and The Urdang Academy in London. She loves languages and enjoys working with students from all over the globe,
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Beth Gudenrath
Elizabeth (Beth) Gudenrath has been working as a professional actress, as well as studying Fitzmaurice Voicework for over 20 years. She assisted Master Teacher Saul Kotzubei with his Introductory Weekend Intensives for over a decade, and held classes in her own studio in Los Angeles for over a decade. Beth has taught in Barcelona, Spain, Vancouver, Canada, Bogota, Columbia, and Dublin, Ireland, and Los Angeles USA.
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Rachel Finley
Rachel Finley is a voice, text, and accent coach, director, actor, intimacy director/coordinator, and Arizona State University professor, who earned her BFA at Carnegie Melon University and MFA at Florida Atlantic University. Professor Finley is a certified teacher of Fitzmaurice Voicework and Knight Thompson Speechwork. She has trained in Intimacy Direction with ICOC, TIE, and IDC.
Rachel Hirshorn-Johnston
Rachel Hirshorn-Johnston teaches coursework in voice, speech, and movement at Texas Tech University. Her current research is rooted in Integrative Medicine and various Arts & Medicine initiatives. She also contracts as an actor and dialect coach with various national and regional theatres, while coaching privately and with non-profit, corporate, and government clientele. Previously, Rachel has worked with the undergraduate drama departments at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC), Washington College, and the Community Colleges of Baltimore County (CCBC).
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Cathryn Robson
Cathryn Robson is a singing/ voice coach and performer who has been collaborating with vocalists, actors, and dancers across Europe and the UK since 2002. Her teaching draws upon Fitzmaurice Voicework and the Estill Model and aims to provide individuals with the technique and power to make creative and safe vocal choices. In addition to working with actors and commercial singers, Cathryn works extensively in contemporary dance as a vocal coach with productions touring Europe, Africa and Asia. Cathryn also currently sings with a European tango music ensemble.
MORE INFORMATION:
THE SCHEDULE
PROGRAM FOR THE PERFORMANCE FESTIVAL 2028
THE CONFERENCE PRESENTERS
The CONFERENCE ORGANZING TEAM!
TREM DAYS PAGE - Certified Fitzmaurice Voicework® Teachers.
THE VISITOR GUIDE pdf with travel suggestions.