Associate Teacher (2008)

Associate Professor of Acting, Voice & Speech
Webster University
400 E Lockwood Ave
St. Louis, MO 63119

314-246-7798

joannabattles@gmail.com

As a Voice, Text, and Dialect Coach, Joanna has worked for many local theatres in the St. Louis region including the MUNY, New Jewish Theatre, St. Louis Actor’s Studio, STL Shakespeare Festival, and the Repertory Theatre of St. Louis. Most recently at the Rep, Joanna dialect coached Dial M for Murder, and Sherwood in the 24' - 25' season. Joanna serves as Head of the Undergraduate Performance Program at The Sargent Conservatory of Theatre Arts at Webster University where she teaches Voice & Speech, and the third year Classical Acting sequence.

Degrees & Institutions: MFA Acting, Brown University / Trinity Rep; BFA Acting, New York University

Languages: English

Specializations: Acting, Shakespeare, Speech & Dialects, Text Work