Christine Adaire
Voice/ Dialect/ Text Teacher
- Designated Linklater Master Voice Teacher – Trained by Kristin Linklater
- Teacher Trainer of Designated Linklater Teachers
- Head of Voice – American Conservatory Theatre
- Voice/Dialect Coach for over 200 professional productions
- Director – Professional and Educational Venues
- Professional Actor for over 30 years
- Transgender/ Gender Diverse Voice and Communication Expert
EDUCATION
University of Washington, Seattle, M.F.A. in Acting
Cornell University, B.A.
Linklater Voice Teacher Designation Certificate, 1987
FURTHER PROFESSIONAL TRAINING
Transgender/ Gender Diverse Voice and Communication Intensives with Leah Helou, Sandy Hirsch and Christie Block (June 2021, Spring 2016, Fall 2016)
Private Voice/Text Study with Catherine Fitzmaurice
Voice & Text Workshop with David Carey and Jane Boston from Central School of Speech & Drama
National Theater Summer Program, London, U.K. – Voice, Patsy Rodenburg, Joan Washington
Roy Hart Workshop – Richard Armstrong
Phonetic Pillow Workshop with Louis Colaianni
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
American Conservatory Theatre, San Francisco 8/17 – 6/22 (MFA Conservatory closed)
Head of Voice – Taught and Directed in the MFA Conservatory and Coached Professional Productions
Boston Conservatory at Berklee Fall semester 2021, 2022, Spring semester 2022 = Taught Linklater 1 for MFA Musical Theatre Pedagogy students – On Line
Roosevelt University – Chicago College of Performing Arts, Chicago 9/04 – 7/17, Full Professor with Tenure – Taught Linklater Voice, Speech (IPA), Acting Shakespeare, and Dialects for the Theatre in the
Musical Theatre and Acting Tracks. Directed and coached student productions.
Bard College at Simon’s Rock 9/03-6/04, Visiting Professor of Theatre. Taught Voice & Speech, Acting, First Year Seminar – Directed The Laramie Project.
National Theatre School of Canada – Montreal, Canada 9/02-6/03, Head of Voice -Taught Voice & Speech and Acting Shakespeare. Voice/ Dialect Coach.
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Professional Theatre Training Program 9/97-6/02, Associate Professor with Tenure – Voice/Text Specialist. Taught Acting Shakespeare, Voice & Speech, IPA, Dialects. Directed PTTP productions. Served as Voice/Dialect Coach for PTTP Productions.
DePaul University– Chicago, IL 9/90-12/97, Associate Professor with Tenure – Voice/Text Specialist. Taught Acting Shakespeare, Voice & Speech. Voice/Dialect Coach. Directed productions.
University of Massachusetts Amherst 9/86-6/90, Assistant Professor of Theatre – Taught Voice, Movement and Acting. Voice/ Dialect Coach.
INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOPS TAUGHT
King’s College (London) 2015 – TranShakespeare – One week course exploring Shakespeare and Gender for LGBTQ actors
Birmingham City University – School of Acting (Birmingham, England), 2011 – One Week Course – “Freeing Shakespeare’s Voice”
Shanghai Theatre Academy (Shanghai, China), 2002, 2000, 1998 – 3 Two Week Residencies – Taught Voice
Toi Whakaari: New Zealand Drama School (Wellington, New Zealand), 2010 -3 Week Residency – Shakespeare for the Actor, and Voice
Queensland University of Technology (Brisbane, Australia), 2010 – One Week Residency – Linklater Voice
Institut del Theatre (Barcelona, Spain) 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003 – 3 Two Week Courses – Shakespeare for the Actor, Trained the Voice Faculty
Escuela Eolia (Barcelona, Spain) 2003, 2002, 2001, 2000, 1999 – Various Workshops in Shakespeare and Voice, Trained the Voice Faculty
Teatro Guindalera (Madrid, Spain) 2001 – One Week Course – Shakespeare for the Actor
AADPC-Associacio d’Actors i Directors Professionals de Catalunya (Actor’s Equity Association in
Catalonia) (Barcelona, Spain) 2008, 2006, 2005 – 3 One Week Courses on Shakespeare and Voice
OTHER WORKSHOPS TAUGHT
Gender Affirming Voice Workshop for Voice Professionals – January 2022, July 2021
CPD (Collaborative Professional Development) Workshop on Gender Affirming Voice for Designated
Linklater Teachers – September 2021
Voice Workshop for Transgender/ Gender Diverse Individuals – Berkeley Rep, July 2020
January and June Intensives at Shakespeare & Company, 1987-2006 (Lenox, MA)
Yale University – School of Drama
Hartt School (Hartford, CT)
Harvard University (Taught a workshop with the psychologist Carol Gilligan)
Linklater Teacher Training for Designation
Lead Teacher with Andrea Haring – Designation Part One – June 2022 (Orkney, Scotland)
Assistant Teacher with Andrea Haring and Fran Bennett – Designation Part Two – July 2021 (On
Zoom)
Assisted Kristin Linklater with Designation Part One – July 2016 (Orkney, Scotland)
Linklater Teacher Trainees – Have done one on one training with over 25 Teacher Trainees
VOICE, TEXT AND DIALECT COACHING
SHOW DIRECTOR
Broadway
Mary Poppins (Coached Replacements) Sir Richard Eyre, Anthony Lyn
National Tours
Mary Poppins – First National Tour Sir Richard Eyre, Anthony Lyn
(Coached Original Cast & Replacements)
Mary Poppins – Second National Tour Anthony Lyn
(Coached Replacements)Regional Theatre
American Conservatory Theatre
Rhinoceros Frank Galati
Seascape Pam MacKinnon
The Birthday Party Carey Perloff
Arms and the Man (Staged reading) Coleman Domingo
Sweat Loretta Greco
Top Girls Tamila Woodard
Toni Stone Pam MacKinnon
The Great Leap Lisa Peterson
Wakey, Wakey (starring Tony Hale) Anne Kauffman
Heisenberg Hal Brooks
A Walk on the Moon Sheryl Kaller
A Christmas Carol Domenique Lozano, Peter Kuo
Cymbeline (Staged Reading) Pam MacKinnon
Fefu and Her Friends Pam MacKinnon
The Old Globe Theatre, San Diego, CA
As You Like It Adrian Noble
Richard III Lindsay Posner
Inherit the Wind Adrian Noble
Divine Rivalry Michael Wilson
LaJolla Playhouse, San Diego, CA
Queens Carey Perloff
The Guthrie Theater, Minneapolis, MN
Arsenic and Old Lace Joe Dowling
Steppenwolf Theatre, Chicago
Ski Dubai Lisa Portes
August: Osage County (uncredited) Voice Coach for Deanna Dunagan
The Goodman Theatre, Chicago
Chinglish (World Premiere) Leigh Silverman
The Long Red Road Philip Seymour Hoffman
(Coached Tom Hardy)
Brigadoon Rachel Rockwell
Venus in Fur Joanie Schultz
The Happiest Song Plays Last Edward Torres
A Christmas Carol (2011, 2012) Steve Scott
A Christmas Carol (2013 – 20116) Henry Wishcamper
Mary May Adrales
Animal Crackers Henry Wishcamper
Talking Pictures Henry Wishcamper
Floyd & Clea Under the Western Sky Michael Wilson
Ghostwritten Lisa Portes
The Actor Rick Snyder
Ah, Wilderness! Steve Scott
Blind Date Steve Scott
Ah Wilderness! Steve Scott
Objects in the Mirror Chuck Smith
Finishing the Picture (Scream Coach, Bob Falls
Text Coach for Matthew Modine)
Lyric Opera, Chicago
My Fair Lady (with Richard E. Grant) Robert Carlsen
Chicago Shakespeare Theatre
Romeo & Juliet Mark Lamos
Troilus & Cressida (2007, 1995) Barbara Gaines
Twelfth Night Michael Pennington
Two Noble Kinsmen Darko Tresjnak
Merchant of Venice (2005, 1996) Barbara Gaines
Much Ado About Nothing Marti Maraden
Othello Marti Maraden
Hamlet Barbara Gaines
Henry IV, Part I & II (1997) Barbara Gaines
Othello Barbara Gaines
A Winter’s Tale Barbara Gaines
Richard III Barbara Gaines
The Comedy of Errors Barbara Gaines
Short Shakespeare-Romeo & Juliet Amanda Dehnert
Short Shakespeare-Midsummer Amanda Dehnert
Short Shakespeare-Macbeth David Bell
A Flea in Her Ear Gary Griffin
Oregon Shakespeare Festival (2 Seasons)
Two Gentlemen of Verona Bill Rausch
Cyrano de Bergerac Laird Williamson
A Midsummer Night’s Dream Ken Albers
American Players Theatre, Spring Green, WI
Molly Sweeney Ken Albers
Too Many Husbands David Frank
American Buffalo Ken Albers
Milwaukee Repertory Theatre
A Christmas Carol Joe Hanreddy
Last Night at Ballyhoo J.R. Sullivan
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof Ed Morgan
Lovers and Executioners Ed Morgan
The Hollow John Sipes
Magic Fire Lillian Groag
Shakespeare Santa Cruz
Playboy of the Western World Bob Moss
Much Ado About Nothing Kim Rubenstein
Endgame Peter Lichtenfels
The Tempest Kirsten Brandt
The Court Theatre
Iphigenia Cycle Joanne Akalaitis
Life is a Dream Joanne Akalaitis
Theatre for a New Audience, NYC
Iphigenia Cycle Joanne Akalaitis
American Theatre Company, Chicago
Orpheus Descending Damon Kiely
Dark at the Top of the Stairs Damon Kiely
House Theater, Chicago
The Revel Leslie Buxbaum Danzig
Shattered Globe Theatre, Chicago
Buried Child Steve Scott
Eclipse Theatre, Chicago
Intimate Apparel Steve Scott
Next Theatre, Evanston, IL
Frozen Steve Scott
Return to Haifa Jason Southerland
Caffeine Theatre, Chicago
Or Catherine Weidner
Translations Jennifer Shook
Under Milkwood Paul S. Holmquist
Sailing to Byzantium Jennifer Shook
Brutal Imagination Jason Beck
The Cocktail Party Jennifer Shook
Chicago Opera Vanguard
Boojam! Jimmy McDermott
The Artistic Home, Chicago
Touch of the Poet Kathy Scambiatterra
The Tallest Man John Mossman
Briar Street Theatre, Chicago
Six Degrees of Separation Michael Leavitt
(Voice coach to Marlo Thomas and Veronica Hamel)
Royal George Theatre, Chicago
Lost in Yonkers Michael Leavitt
Lookingglass Theatre, Chicago
The Master and Margarita David Catlin &Heidi Stillman
Cascabel (uncredited) Voice Coach for Chef Rick Bayless
Lifeline Theatre, Chicago
Tuck Everlasting Jay Paul Skelton
Marriot Theatre, Chicago
Oliver! David Bell
Brigadoon Joe Leonardo
First Stage, Milwaukee
Selkie Kassie Misiewicz
Shakespeare & Company, Lenox, MA
Merchant of Venice Tina Packer
Antony & Cleopatra Tina Packer
Romeo & Juliet Cecil MacKinnon
Love’s Labor Lost Cecil MacKinnon
The Tempest Kevin Coleman
Wit Daniela Varon
Much Ado About Nothing Derek Goldby
Glimpses of the Moon Rebecca Holderness
Taming of the Shrew John Hadden
Measure for Measure John Hadden
Stage West Theatre, Springfield, MA
A Christmas Carol Eric Hill & John Tyson
New World Theatre (Amherst, MA)
Sneaky Roberta Uno
Marin Theatre Company
Dunsinane Jasson Minadakis
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
AEA (Actor’s Equity Association)
VASTA (Voice and Speech Trainers Association)
PUBLICATIONS
Voice and Communication Therapy for the Transgender/ Gender Diverse Client: A Comprehensive
Guide (Ed. Adler, Hirsch, Mordaunt. Plural Publishing) Co-authored a chapter in the 3rd Edition (2018) . “Coaching the Transgender/ Gender Diverse Performer.”
Teaching Breathing: Results of a Survey (Edited by Ruth Rootberg) Monograph, 2002. Contributing Writer