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I'm often asked which dialects I coach, so here's a partial list of accents I've recently taught to clients for various projects: Neutral American, Spanish, Cuban, Mexican, Puerto Rican, Brooklyn, Bronx, New York Italian, New York Jewish, Boston, Maine, South Carolinian, Appalachian, Tennessee, Georgian, Texan, Northern Louisiana, New Orleans, Cajun, Californian, Wisconsin, Chicago, Canadian, Upper Class English, London, Received Pronunciation (RP), Estuary, Cockney, Yorkshire, Manchester, Cumbrian, Scottish, Irish (Dublin), Belfast, Welsh, French, Italian, German, Hungarian, Polish, Russian, Dutch, Danish, Romanian, Afghan, Israeli, Iraqi, Arab, Eqyptian, Moroccan, Palestinian, Persian, South African, Bantu, Zulu, Zairian, Ugandan, Botswanan, Australian, Chinese, Singaporean, Vietnamese, Japanese, Thai and many others.
Don't see the dialect you need on this list? Just ask: I can teach any dialect of English spoken in the world.
I've just submitted my entry for a contest to develop a new radio show on National Public Radio. If I win, imagine all the free accent advice I'll be giving out on my show! So please click this link to listen to my entry (about the exploded final /t/ sound). Vote early and vote often: your votes will determine one finalist, and you have nothing to lose (or gain) but an accent!
I got to flex my Shakespeare muscles by coaching the cast of Hamlet on how to make the Bard's 400 year-old language intelligble to a modern audience. The acclaimed production runs through May 20 at Ventura's Rubicon Theatre.