Some of the actors who have been coached by Gillian Lane-Plescia
F. Murray Abraham, Honor Blackman, Kate Burton, Michael Cumpstey, Brian Dennehy, Alvin Epstein, Albert Finney, Elizabeth Franz, Tim Hopper, John Christopher Jones, Ashley Judd, Martin Landau, Ted Levine, John Mahoney, John Malkovich, Kathryn Meisle, Laurie Metcalf, Zakes Mokae, Estelle Parsons, Pamela Payton-Wright, Martha Plimpton, Aidan Quinn, John C. Reilly, Laila Robins, Ken Ruta, Gary Sinese, J. Smith-Cameron, Uma Thurman, Jim True-Frost.
What directors have said about Gillian Lane-Plescia as a dialect coach:
An indispensable resource. Her ear is flawless. Her taste, impeccable.
Her knowledge, boundless. Most importantly and most rare for a dialect coach,
she is an extraordinary collaborator who actually understands the actor's
process.
— Doug Hughes, Director.
Gillian's expertise goes beyond the sounds and rhythms of the dialect,
so an actor is not just imitating the sounds but truly understands why the
dialects are the way they are.
— Kyle Donnelly, former Director at Arena Stage; Head of MFA Acting
UC San Diego
What
people have said about Gillian Lane-Plescia's CDs & Tapes:
You cannot imagine how GRATEFUL I am that this dialect subject has captured
your interest - you are doing a great service to American Theatre. You know
as well as I do how dialects continue to mutate and evolve - a lot of tapes
I used to rely on now sound stilted and historical to me.
— Bonnie Raphael, Professor of Voice, University of North Carolina.
Thanks VERY much for the excellent Welsh tape. You really do an excellent
job!
— Peter Trudgill, leading British Dialectician
Thank you for all of your wonderful work. It is much needed, and appreciated.
— Sandy Shotwell, Professor of Voice and Speech, University of
Utah
I am listening to your tape right now. Great primary sources! And super
analysis! I lived in Kentucky and Tennessee for some years, and my wife
is a Kentuckian so I consider myself an expert!
— Paul Meier, Professor of Voice, Speech and Dialect, University
of Kansas
Bravo for all your excellent work.
— Claudia Anderson, Professor of Voice, DePaul University
Your materials are wonderful and I recommend them regularly to students, as well as scarfing them up myself.
— Francie Brown, Dialect Coach for Film.
I love how your tapes capture real people speaking about real life instead of performers showing off their personal finesse.
— Marie Gillespie, Voice teacher, Chicago
I am so happy to finally find your website! I love your Standard British disc. It helped me to achieve what I was told was an almost flawless accent for a production I did of Betrayal last summer in Berkeley. Thank you!
— Carrie Paff, Actress
First, I wanted to say that I've just used your Cockney tape for a show
I directed and dialect coached and I found it vastly superior to the other
options!
—Ellen O'Brien. Formerly Resident Voice Coach at The Shakespeare Theatre, DC
I have your Standard British CD and think it is the best accent guide I have ever found. I used to tape the BBC, rent documentaries and invade my various neighbors' privacy to record the particular accent I was looking for as the standard guides are so dry and lifeless . . so thank you for your approach. It makes my job so much easier!
—Sandi Carroll, Actress
I have purchased many of your CDs and really enjoy them; yours is the most accurate/real/user friendly system I have found so far.
—Caleen Khalsa, Actress
