Lynn Watson

  • Certification Level: Master
  • Geographic Location: BELGIUM, Antwerp (Naedts)
  • Languages: Danish, English
  • Specialization: Speech & Dialects Private Coaching Public Speaking
  • Institution Name

Lead Trainer 1998
Fitzmaurice Institute Director of Research Studies

Emeritus Professor, BFA-Acting & BA-Theatre Studies
University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD

Primary Location: Grinnell, IA, USA
Other Location Served: Chicago, IL, USA

jwatson@umbc.edu
theatre.umbc.edu/about-us/faculty/lynn-watson/

Lynn Watson (she/her) has worked extensively as a voice, speech, text and dialects specialist at leading regional theatres. She has coached Oscar, Tony, and Emmy award winning actors. Her credits include Arena Stage (Moon for the Misbegotten-dir. Molly Smith, The Misanthrope, M. Butterfly, A Time to Kill and many others); Kennedy Center productions of The Glass Menagerie (dir. Gregory Mosher), and Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (dir. Mark Lamos); Ford’s Theatre; Round House; Signature (VA); Maryland Stage Company; Delaware REP; and four seasons with South Coast Repertory. Her credits include critically acclaimed productions of A Streetcar Named Desire at A.C.T.-San Francisco and Skylight at the Mark Taper Forum in LA. She also teaches acting and directs. Her acting credits include Off Broadway at the American Place Theatre and performances at the Los Angeles Theatre Center. She has toured nationally and played leading classical roles in regional theatre. Her writing, articles, and editorial contributions have appeared in the Journal of Voice, Voice & Speech Review (VSR), and IDEA (International Dialects of English Archive). Lynn's professional affiliations AEA, SAG-AFTRA, and the Voice and Speech Trainers Association (Past President and board member). She directed a radio play/podcast of The Basset Table by Susanna Centlivre in a project to produce via podcast, public domain plays by women that deserve re-examination. Additional directing credits include the world premiere of the short play Milk and Water by Tina Howe. Lynn led an fMRI study on Fitzmaurice Voicework that received VASTA's Dudley Knight Award for Outstanding Vocal Scholarship. She is an Emeritus Professor of Theatre at UMBC (University of Maryland, Baltimore County).

MFA University of California-Irvine; BFA Ohio University.

Languages: English
Specializations: Speech & Dialects