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KRIS DANFORD
Voice, Text and Dialect Coaching
Also referred to as Voice and Text Direction, coaching involves close collaboration with the director and, especially, the actors. The scope of work involves implementing effective vocal technique, clarifying the handling of text and, often, designing and implementing a dialect scheme and coaching actors to perform convincingly in that accent. All of this work is integral in achieving clear storytelling and in immersing the audience in the world of the play.
Coaching Credits
Opening July 2023
ROCK OF AGES
Hope Repertory Theatre | Holland, MI
Alexis Black, Director
TBA, Costume Design
TBA, Scenic Design
TBA, Lighting Design
2023 (German)
Opening June 2023
BOEING BOEING
Hope Repertory Theatre | Holland, MI
Demetria Thomas, Director
TBA, Costume Design
TBA, Scenic Design
TBA, Lighting Design
2023 (Italian, French, German)
Opening June 2023
KINKY BOOTS
Oregon Cabaret Theatre | Ashland, OR
Keenon Hooks, Director
Kristie Mattsson, Costume Design
Joe Klug, Scenic Design
Michael Stanfill, Lighting Design
2023 (Northampton, Essex)
OVER THE RIVER & THROUGH THE WOODS
Jewel Theatre Company | Santa Cruz, CA
Shaun Carroll, Director
TJ Hull, Costume Design
Steve Gerlach, Scenic Design
Les Solomon, Lighting Design
2023 (Italian-American New Jersey)
Opening May 2023
INTO THE WOODS
Penn State Centre Stage | State College, PA
Rick Lombardo, Director
Jeremy Eiben, Costume Design
Mia Irwin, Scenic Design
James Gibney, Lighting Design
2023 (voice and text)
credit: Patrick Mansell
photo credit: T. Charles Erickson
photo credit: Aaron Rumsley
JOY
George Street Playhouse | New Brunswick, NJ
In association with Broadway producers Ken Davenport and Sandi Moran
Casey Hushion, Director
Tina McCartney, Costume Design
Anna Louizos, Scenic Design
Jen Schriever, Lighting Design
2022 (French)
ANNABELLA IN JULY
North Coast Repertory | Solana Beach, CA
David Ellenstein, Director
Renetta Lloyd, Costume Design
Marty Burnett, Scenic Design
Matthew Novotny, Lighting Design
2022, (Nebraska, French, Mid-Atlantic)
photo credit: Frank Atura
HOOD
Asolo Repertory Theatre | Sarasota, FL
In association with Broadway producers Tom Kirdahy & Hunter Arnold
Mark Brokaw, Director
Adam Rigg, Costume and Scenic Design
Japhy Weideman, Lighting Design
2022 (Scottish)
photo credit: Steve DiBartolomeo
THE WEIR
Jewel Theatre Company | Santa Cruz CA
Susan Myer Silton, Director
B. Modern, Costume Design
Andrea Bechert, Scenic Design
Kent Dorsey, Lighting Design
2022 (Sligo, Dublin)
photo credit: Patrick Mansell
RENT
Penn State Centre Stage | State College, PA
Christine O'Grady Roberts, Director
Jeremy Eiben, Costume Design
Emily Simpson, Scenic Design
Kyle Shearer, Lighting Design
2022 (voice and text)
photo credit: Patrick Mansell
METAMORPHOSES
Penn State Centre Stage | State College, PA
Sam Osheroff, Director
Maddi Simpson, Costume Design
Mia Irwin, Scenic Design
David Heguy, Lighting Design
2022 (voice and text)
photo credit: Patrick Mansell
BRIGADOON
Penn State Centre Stage | State College, PA
Jen Delac, Director
Richard St. Clair, Costume Design
Bea Chung, Scenic Design
MacKenzie Miller, Lighting Design
2022 (Scottish)
photo credit: Christopher Briscoe
photo credit: Patrick Mansell
MURDER ON THE LINKS
Oregon Cabaret Theatre | Ashland, OR
Todd Nielsen, Director
Lauren Blair, Costume Design
Brian Redfern, Scenic Design
Chris Wood, Lighting Design
2021 (RP, French, Belgian)
...dialect coach Kris Danford hits the sweet spot between authenticity and comprehensibility.
CURIOUS INCIDENT...
Penn State Centre Stage | State College, PA
Rick Lombardo, Director
Charlene Gross, Costume Design
Rozy Isquith, Scenic Design
Kyle Shearer, Lighting Design
2021 (8 different English accents)
SEA WALL
Penn State Centre Stage | State College, PA
Alison Morooney, Director
Alyssa Ridder, Costume Design
Rosalind Isquith, Scenic Design
Kaye Fo, Lighting Design
2021 (Voice and Dialect - Estuary)
photo credit: Patrick Mansell
A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM
Penn State Centre Stage | State College, PA
Sam Osheroff, Director
Zandra Siple, Costume Design
Bea Chung, Scenic Design
William Kenyon, Lighting Design
2021 (Voice and Text)
photo credit: Patrick Mansell
BRIGADOON
Encore Musical Theatre Co. | Dexter, MI
Matthew Brennan, Director
Sharon Larkey Urich, Costume Design
Jason Marcani, Lighting Design
2019 (Scottish)
photo credit: Michele Anliker
MISS BENNETT: CHRISTMAS AT PEMBERLEY
American Stage | St. Petersburg, FL
Stephanie Gularte, Director/ Artistic Director
Trish Kelley, Costume Design
Stephen K. Mitchell, Scenic Design
Joseph Oshry, Lighting Design
2018 (RP - Standard British)
photo credit: Joey Clay
OKLAHOMA!
Oregon Shakespeare Festival | Ashland, OR
Bill Rauch, Director/ Artistic Director
Linda Roethke, Costume Design
Sibyl Wickerscheimer, Scenic Design
Christopher Akerlind, Lighting Design
2018 (Oklahoma)
photo credit: Jenny Graham
INCOGNITO
Urbanite Theatre | Sarasota, FL
Daniel Kelly, Director
Alison Gensmer, Costume Design
Ryan E. Finzelber, Scenic and Lighting Design
2018 (RP)
photo credit: Daniel Kelly
MACBETH
South Brooklyn Shakespeare | New York City
Dee Byrd-Molnar Molnar, Director
Phoebe Minardi, Costume Design
Delia Ricker, Scenic Design
Christina Verde, Lighting Design
2017 (Voice and text)
photo credit: Justin Bereman
GOOD PEOPLE
American Stage | St. Petersburg, FL
Stephanie Gularte, Director
Becki Leigh, Costume Design
Frank Chavez, Scenic Design
Dan Covey, Lighting Design
2017 (Voice and text)
photo credit: Joey Clay
A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM
Pensacola Shakespeare Theatre | Pensacola, FL
Sam Osheroff, Director
Kathy Holsworth, Costume Design
Jay Bixler, Scenic and Lighting Design
2013 (Voice and text)
photo credit: Jay Bixler
THE DEVIL'S DISCIPLE
Asolo Repertory Theatre | Sarasota, FL
Tony Walton, Director
Tony Walton, Costume Design
James D. Sale
Tony Walton, Scenic Design
2013 (Assisting Patricia Delorey)
photo credit: Frank Atura
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