| Christine Morris, Assistant Professor of the Practice
Office Location: | 203 Branson Theater | Office Phone: | 919 660 3348, 919 660 3343 | Email Address: | |
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- Research Interests: Voice & Speech
Christine Morris (M.F.A., The University of Virginia) has
performed in many productions in New York and regionally,
including the New York Shakespeare Festival, Joseph Papp’s
Public Theatre, the Asolo Theatre, PlayMakers Repertory,
and Profile Theatre in Portland, Oregon. She has trained
with Shakespeare and Company in Lenox, Massachusetts,
and her voice training also includes extensive work in
Lessac, Skinner, and Roy Hart. She performs frequently
with Archipelago Theatre of Chapel Hill. Also a
professional voice and dialect coach, she has coached many
dramatic, musical, and dance-theater productions and
serves as resident vocal coach for Duke Theater Studies.
Professional memberships include Actors’ Equity
Association, Screen Actors Guild, and the Voice and Speech
Trainers Association (VASTA). She is Editor of the VASTA
newsletter.
- Education:
MFA | University of Virginia | 1981 |
BA | The University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 1976 |
- Specialties:
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Acting
Recent Production Credits
Acting Credits: - Actor: Blue Roses, Tennessee Williams Center, University of the South, Sewanee, TN, 2000
Performed Blue Roses, an original solo inspired by
the story of Tennessee Williams' sister Rose, at the
Tennessee Williams Center. Ms. Morris researched, developed,
and starred in this piece. Invited as a Tennessee Williams
Fellow to perform Blue Roses at the Tennessee
Williams Center at the University of the South in Sewanee,
Tennessee. This was the third professional engagement for
this project.
Other Production Credits: - Dialect consultant: new adaptation of The Turn of the Screw., Streetsigns Theatre, UNC, 2003
Dialect consultant for new adaptation of The Turn of the
Screw.
- Dialect coach for Rainshark. U.S. premiere of, UNC Center for International Studies, 2000
Dialect coach for Rainshark. U.S. premiere of
contemporary South African play.
- Dialect coach for Why the Lord Came to Sand Mountain by Romulus Linney, Peace College Theatre, 2002
Dialect coach for production of Why the Lord Come to Sand
Mountain, by Romulus Linney.
- Recent Publications
- The VASTA Voice and Speech Workout and CD. edited by Janet Rodgers Applause Books,
(2000). (An anthology of voice and speech warmups, songs, and exercises contributed by leading voice and speech specialists and practitioners. Ms. Morris is one of the professionals who contributed to the collection)
- C. Morris and Gillian Lane-Plescia, Accents of the American South, II
(1998) (Collected numerous North Carolina and other Southern dialect samples for study and publication. Used internationally by voice coaches, directors, and actors.) .
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