Learn directly from Jon Sperry, one of the most experienced dialect coaches in America who has coached such actors as Phillip Seymour Hoffman, Rodrigo Santoro, Sofia Vergara, Zoe Saldana, Russell Crowe, Matt Dillon and Harvey Keitel!

In this Stage 32 Next Level Webinar, you will take your acting to the next level by learning how to accurately speak with American and British accents. You will also learn the common regional variations, so you can have a well-rounded comprehension of the accent and play any role that requires an accent from either country. Utilizing exceptional instruction from a world renowned Acting and Voice coach, this webinar will help you begin to learn to speak like a native British or American citizen, no matter your natural accent or dialect!

You will leave the webinar knowing:

• How to reduce or eliminate your natural accent or dialect.
• How to hear the difference between characteristic American and British sounds.
• What regional accent differences exist and how to mimic them.
• How to decipher a person’s origin by their accent and how to apply that to your acting.
• An introduction to speaking like a native of both countries.
• You will also have recorded exercises to help you practice on your own time!

Your host Jon Sperry is one of the top dialect and voice coaches in America. Jon has trained and/or coached many hundreds of actors of all levels, including such actors as Phillip Seymour Hoffman, Rodrigo Santoro, Sofia Vergara, Zoe Saldana, Gael Garcia Bernal, Julie Delpy, Liam Neeson, Juliette Lewis, Famke Janssen, Matt Dillon, Minnie Driver, Russell Crowe, Sophia Loren, Debbie Reynolds, Giancarlo Giannini, John Turturro, Geena Davis, Melanie Griffith, Thomas Kretschmann, and Arnold Schwarzenegger. He has enjoyed a long collaboration with Harvey Keitel on 15 films, including The Piano, Bugsy, Reservoir Dogs, The Bad Lieutenant, and Thelma and Louise. He has coached films made by Francis Ford Coppola, Jane Campion, Ridley Scott, Theo Angelopoulos, Barry Levinson, Andy Davis, Robert Rodriguez, Roland Joffé and Quentin Tarantino, to name a few. Jon is an expert in his field and he is here exclusively for Stage 32 to help you with your accent training!

• An overview of the basic principles of speech.
  • What vowels and consonants are - including one hugely important surprise!
• The key sounds of a neutral American accent.
  • A breakdown of how to project well-spoken conversational American.
• The key sounds of regional American English.
  • New York.
  • Deep South.
  • Western/Texas.
• The key sounds of a neutral British accent.
  • The difference between so called RP (received pronunciation, or BBC English) and neutral British.
• The key sounds of other UK accents.
  • Cockney.
  • Scottish.
  • Irish.
• Key comparisons between American and British accents.
  
  • Why knowing the difference is important!
• Recorded, in-depth Q&A with Jon!

• Actors looking to learn British neutral or RP accents.
• Actors looking to learn various accents from around the UK to increase the diversity of their skills.
• Actors with foreign accents who want to learn how to do a neutral American accent.
• Actors looking to increase their portfolio and learn how to do regionalized American accents.
• Any creative looking to eliminate a foreign or heavily regionalized accent.
• Casting Directors.
• Directors looking to understand the accent process for actors.