Amy Stoller Email & Phone Number

As sole proprietor of Stoller System, LLC, I provide production dialect design and dialect coaching services for theatre, film, television, animation, commercials, and individual performers; group workshops, classes, and seminars for professional associations, acting studios, schools, and other organizations.I also provide dramaturgical research for producers, directors, actors, and writers; and research and resources for fellow voice and speech professionals.

40+ plays!SUMP'N LIKE WINGS, a rediscovered play by Lynn Riggs (playwright of GREEN GROW THE LILACS, adapted as the musical OKLAHOMA!) Now in previews; opens Oct. 10.What I do: Assess production dialect needs, develop dialect plot for all characters, guide casts in achieving the realization of those needs. Research & supply speech samples, breakdowns, glossaries, dramaturgy. Group & individual coaching, notes. Replacement put-ins, show maintenance.

As an associate editor for this major online archive, I collect, edit, analyze, and submit samples of English-language speech from speakers of English and of other languages, as a service to dialect coaches, actors, accent/dialect teachers, and accent/dialect students.

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As founder and first Chair of VASTA ArtsCore, I am responsible for creating and scheduling events of special interest to VASTA's freelancers, short-term hires, gig workers, independent contractors, and private/sole/self-employed practitioners in the arts and entertainment industries. • As Editor of the VASTA website Links pages, I update and maintain the content and structure of a list of interesting and useful resources for members of the Voice and Speech Trainers Association and others in the voice and speech field, as well as more specialized links pages for committees and interest groups within VASTA.

Dramaturg & Language Consultant for the first 21st-century New York revival of Tennessee Williams's THE NIGHT OF THE IGUANA, directed by Emily Mann. Previews begin Dec. 6 at the Irene Diamond Stage, Pershing Square Signature Center.

La Jolla, Ca, Us

LOVE ALL, the world premiere of a new play about Billie Jean King, by Anna Deavere Smith. Directed by Marc Bruni. June 3 – July 2 at La Jolla Playhouse.

Cambridge, Massachusetts, Us

TWILIGHT: LOS ANGELES, 1992. Five actors; numerous idiolects (individual speech patterns).

Dialect Design for Kate McCauley Hathaway, starring in the title role of ANN, by Holland Taylor.

Atlanta, Ga, Us

New York, New York, Us

Dialect Coach to Colman Domingo as "X": Yorùbá (Nigerian) accent and Nigerian Pidgin. Film released June 30, 2021.

Dialect design and historical-contextual research for Tennessee Williams's A LOVELY SUNDAY FOR CREVE COEUR, directed by Austin Pendleton, with Kristine Nielsen, Annette O'Toole, Jean Lichty, and Polly McKie, at Theatre at St. Clement's.

★ NY Times Critic's Pick! LITTLE ROCK, through September 8 at the Sheen Center for Thought and Culture.

Dialect coach to Rowena King ("Cheryl Crane-Murphy") on DIETLAND (AMC).

Boston, Ma, Us

Researching and coaching actor McKinley Belcher III in a Ugandan accent for A Guide for the Homesick, a new play by Ken Urban, directed by Colman Domingo. Also supplied information Ugandan English to playwright and dramaturg for consideration.

❝Amy Stoller, who is credited in the program with dialect design, is responsible for ensuring that everyone in The Traveling Lady sounds like a native-born Texan, not a tin-eared caricature.❞—Terry Teachout, Wall Street JournalDialect Designer & Dramaturge for THE TRAVELING LADY, by Horton Foote, directed by Austin Pendleton.

Dialect coach to creator-performer-producer Anna Deavere Smith in the television film of her acclaimed play, Notes from the Field.Directed by Kristi Zea.Produced by: Emily Cohen, Frank Garritano, Gary Goetzman, Steve Shareshian, Anna Deavere Smith.

New York, Ny, Us

❝Anna Deavere Smith recreates her speakers’ inflections and rhythms with an exactitude that comes only with hard study .… We become vividly aware of nuances of phrasing and tone that we would be unlikely to catch if we were watching the same people on television. (Amy Stoller is her dialect coach.)❞— Ben Brantley, The New York TimesDialect coach to Anna Deavere Smith for NOTES FROM THE FIELD, directed by Leonard Foglia.★ Lucille Lortel Award for Solo Show★ Obie Special Citation★ NY Times Critics’ Pick★ Best Theatre of 2016: NY Times, Time, Vulture, TimeOut NY, NorthJersey.com, Towleroad; BuzzFeed; The Forward; WBUR; Theater PizzazzResponsibilities: Analyzing, notating, and coaching 17 idiolects (individual speech patterns of real people).

Cambridge, Massachusetts, Us

Dialect coach to Anna Deavere Smith for NOTES FROM THE FIELD: DOING TIME IN EDUCATION, directed by Leonard Foglia.Responsibilities: Analyzing, notating, and coaching 15+ idiolects (individual speech patterns of real people).

Berkeley, Ca, Us

Dialect coach to Anna Deavere Smith for NOTES FROM THE FIELD: DOING TIME IN EDUCATION, directed by Leah Gardiner. Notes From the Feild is the performance arm of the Anna Deavere Smith Pipeline Project http://www.annadeaveresmithpipeline.org. Tour dates included Stanford University, Baltimore Center Stage, Philadelphia Theatre Company, among others.Responsibilities: Analyzing, notating, and coaching 15+ idiolects (individual speech patterns of real people).

Coached TONY AWARD-WINNER Jessie Mueller (from Chicago) and co-star Jake Epstein (from Canada) in their New York accents as Brooklyn-born Carole King and Gerry Goffin. ★ Jessie Mueller won both a TONY and a DRAMA DESK AWARD for her performance.

Prep and on-set coach for American actor Luke Rampersad in MLE (Multicultural London English) as Lennox; prep coach for Brian D'Arcy James as Ludwig von Beethoven.

New York, Ny, Us

On-set coach for series regular Betty Gilpin in Norwegian language.Prep and on-set coach for guest star Purva Bedi in Kutchi language.

Coached Carmen Ejogo (NAACP Image Award) in Coretta Scott King's idiolect (individual speech pattern).

Introduced workshop participants from diverse walks of life to the concept of detailed listening, and to connections between listening and speech.

New Haven, Ct, Us

Responsible for determining dialect needs of stage productions, developing dialect plot, and guiding casts in achieving the realization of those needs. Research and supply dialect and accent samples, glossaries. Group and individual coaching, rehearsal notes.Four world premieres:• LET ME DOWN EASY, written & performed by Anna Deavere Smith, writer-performer; Stephen Wadsworth, dir.• A CIVIL WAR CHRISTMAS, by Paula Vogel; Tina Landau, dir.• COMING HOME, by Athol Fugard; Gordon Edelstein, dir.• AGNES UNDER THE BIG TOP, by Aditi Brenna Kapil; Eric Ting, dir.Also: PICASSO AT THE LAPIN AGILE; Gordon Edelstein, dir.

New York, Ny, Us

For THE CURIOUS CASE OF THE WATSON INTELLIGENCE, I helped the cast members, all of whom played multiple roles, to polish their accents and differentiate their character voices and speech patterns securely. The play went on to become a Pulitzer Prize finalist.

New York, Ny, Us

Responsible for determining dialect needs of stage productions, developing dialect plot, and guiding casts in achieving the realization of those needs. Research and supply dialect and accent samples, glossaries. Group and individual coaching, rehearsal notes.• A MOON FOR THE MISBEGOTTEN; J.R. Sullivan, dir.• THE BALD SOPRANO; Hal Brooks, dir.• TOYS IN THE ATTIC; Austin Pendleton, dir. ★ NY Times “Critic’s Pick”• I HAVE BEEN HERE BEFORE; Gus Kaikkonen, dir.

New York, Ny, Us

For LET ME DOWN EASY, I coached Anna Deavere Smith in twenty monologues, each created from verbatim excerpts of her interviews with a real person. One show; one and a half hours; twenty different people; twenty unique speech patterns.

Responsible for determining dialect needs of stage productions, developing dialect "plot," and guiding casts in achieving the realization of those needs. Attend and consult at casting auditions when desired. Research and supply dialect and accent samples, glossaries. Group and individual coaching, rehearsal notes.• THE LOVER; Laura Savia, dir.• ONE FOR THE ROAD; Jaime Casteñeda, dir.• NOT NOT NOT NOT NOT ENOUGH OXYGEN; Hayley Finn, dir.• LOSERS; Mary Kate Burke, dir.• ONE GOOD BEATING; Brooke Brod, dir.• THREE MORE SLEEPLESS NIGHTS; Claire Lundberg, dir.