Natalie Blackman
Actor. Voice & Accent Coach.
SAG-AFTRA / VASTA
Voice & Accent Coaching
Natalie and her collaborator, Amani Dorn, recently received the National Award for Outstanding Dialect Coaching from the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival for their work on School Girls; or, The African Mean Girls Play. Natalie is a Certified Teacher of Fitzmaurice Voicework® and Knight-Thompson Speechwork™. She is the Voice and Text Coach for the Illinois Shakespeare Festival, and has served as voice/accent coach for theatres including Theatre Raleigh, Burning Coal Theatre Company, and Heartland Theatre Company. Natalie currently serves as Assistant Professor of Voice and Acting at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Natalie has also taught Voice and Speech at Texas State University, Illinois State University, and the American Musical and Dramatic Academy in New York City.
Available for in-person and virtual coaching.
Schedule a free 15-minute consultation to discuss how we can collaborate to work toward your goals.
Voice Coaching
I use Fitzmaurice Voicework® to offer clients a set of tools to develop their unique, individual voice and capacity for compelling communication in a healthy and sustainable way. Fitzmaurice Voicework® has helped actors, public speakers, educators, attorneys, journalists, clergy, and many more professional voice users increase their capacity for captivating vocal presence.
Accent Coaching
If you need to acquire a new accent for an audition, film, or theatre production, I can help.
