Acting in Accents: What's Behind a Character's Voice
“Dialect coaches give great interview[s],” author David Finkle wrote in a 2019 column for Backstage. “And all the while they’re gabbing, they’ll slip into accents from more countries and counties than you can count.” Sarah Shippobotham, University of Utah Theatre Department professor and dialect coach for the Pioneer Theatre Company, is no different. Shippobotham...