Maggie Surovell

  • Certification Level: Associate
  • Geographic Location: BELGIUM, Antwerp (Naedts)
  • Languages: Danish, English
  • Specialization: Speech & Dialects Social Justice Presence Acting
  • Institution Name

Associate Teacher (2005)

Purchase College State
University of New York,
New York, NY
Conservatory of Theatre Arts
Acting Faculty
Lecturer in Acting

https://accentsfortheactor.com/msurovell@gmail.com

Maggie Surovell (she/her) is Co-Chair of the BFA Acting Program at the Conservatory of Theatre Arts at SUNY Purchase and an Assistant Professor of Acting, where she teaches Voice, Speech, Text, and Dialects. She has taught Fitzmaurice Voicework® since 2005 and has spent more than twenty years training actors for careers in theatre, film, and television. She has also taught at Circle in the Square Theatre School, the Mason Gross School of the Arts MFA Acting Program at Rutgers University, the Yale School of Drama Summer Program, Sarah Lawrence College, Wagner College, and the University of Georgia.

Maggie has worked extensively in film and theatre as an acting, voice, and dialect coach. Recent film work includes acting coaching José Balvin for the Canadian feature Little Lorraine and dialect coaching the Sundance Film Festival selection Farewell Amor, starring Jayme Lawson. Her Shakespeare coaching includes productions of Macbeth and Richard III with The Curtain. Other theatre credits include Cherry Lane Theatre, Theatre Row, Ensemble Studio Theatre, St. Ann's Warehouse, P.S. 122, New York Stage and Film's Powerhouse Theater, Long Wharf Theatre, and Two River Theater.

Maggie is also an award-winning director and filmmaker. Her feature film Last Pick Up received the Outstanding Achievement in Directing and Filmmaking Award at the Williamsburg International Film Festival. She directed the acclaimed one-woman show Warning Signs, selected as a New York Magazine Critics' Pick, and the short film Becoming Mim, featuring an original score by Murray Gold (Doctor Who). She continues to work professionally as a director, producer, acting coach, and filmmaker, bringing an active artistic practice into her work with actors.

Maggie holds an MFA in Acting from the University of Georgia and a BA in Acting from Temple University. She also studied with the late Wynn Handman, co-founder and Artistic Director of The American Place Theatre, whose commitment to honest, connected performance continues to influence her work as both an artist and educator.
MFA University of Georgia; BA Temple University.

Languages: English

Specializations:
Speech & Dialects
Social Justice
Presence
Acting