2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
    Mar 12, 2026  
2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog [Archived]

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THEA 3423 - Dialects and Accents


Prerequisites: THEA 2203 .
Students will learn and practice techniques for selected dialects that are frequently used by the American actor. Students will explore a systematic approach to dialect acquisition, which will serve them in further independent dialect/accent study. The following dialects are studied: New York (Brooklyn), British Received Pronunciation (RP), Cockney, and Irish. Emphasis in exercises and performance assignments will be on dialect proficiency, clarity of thought, physical and emotional connection and availability, and clear communication. Fall.



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