Masterful Speaking for Actors and Communicators: Vocal Power, Confidence, and Influence

Maximize the most underestimated human superpower – Your Voice. Unearth your unique charisma and become a purpose-driven, not perfection-driven, speaker, performer, and communicator.

Course Goals and Outcomes:

• Develop a powerful and authentic voice that engages your audience
• Communicate with purpose and inspire with confidence
• Transform performance anxiety into focus and excitement as you learn to harness the energy of nerves into power for delivering your message
• Build vocal stamina, resonance, and control while strengthening your on-stage and public-speaking presence
• Apply rhetoric effectively in both acting and public speaking

Course Activities and Expectations:

• Practice daily vocal exercises and learn the basics mechanics of the voice
• Perform (for the class) an acting scene
• Write and deliver an original speech

Anticipated Credit Equivalencies:

4 - Public Speaking