Jim Johnson

Jim Johnson

University of Houston School of Theatre & Dance 133 CWM Center Houston, TX 77204-4016 www.cjmg.net, www.accenthelp.com (Cell) 832-368-2422, [email protected]

TEACHING University of Houston, Houston, TX 2001-present Associate Professor, School of Theatre & Dance Courses Taught: Voice for the Actor, Advanced Voice for the Actor, Dialects for the Actor, Graduate Voice for the Actor, Graduate Advanced Voice for the Actor, Beginning Acting, Special Problems courses: Directing, Advanced Dialects, Graduate Thesis, Undergraduate Thesis Committees: Departmental Executive Committee 2008-present, Personnel 2006-2008 (chair 20072008), Performance (chair 2007-2008) Dance Search 2007-2008, History Search 2005-2006 (chair), Graduate Performance 2005-present, Curriculum Review 20032005, Graduate Admissions 2006-present, Dance Search 2004-2005, Acting/Directing Search 2004-2005, Dance Search 2003-2004, University Transportation and Parking Advisory 2004-2007, CLASS Commencement Speaker Selection 2006-present Additional Duties: voice/dialect coach for individual students and departmental productions, recruitment/admission auditions, mainstage directing, student-directed production supervision, Unheard Voices minority student organization advisor, Graduate Student Association advisor, School website redesign and maintenance 2002-2007 Tenure & Promotion granted 2006 Provost’s University Teaching Excellence Award presented 2007 Rice University, Houston, TX Spring 2005 Adjunct Professor, Theater Department Course Taught: Voice & Speech Additional Duties: voice/dialect coach for numerous mainstage productions 2002-2005 DePaul University, Chicago, IL 1998-2001 Visiting Assistant Professor, The Theatre School (formerly Goodman School) Courses Taught: First-Year Voice and Speech, Second-Year Voice and Speech, Second-Year IPA, Graduate Linklater Voice Techniques Committees: Performance Core, First-Year Review, Second-Year Review, Admissions page 1

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Additional Duties: voice/dialect coach for individual students and productions, directing second-year core workshop productions, admission audition review The Audition Studio, Chicago, IL Voice Teacher Courses Taught: Voice for the Actor eight-week course, private coaching

1998-2001

Chicago State University, Chicago, IL 1993-1999 Visiting Professor/Lecturer, Department of English Courses Taught: Composition I, Composition II, Dramatic Literature: Shakespeare Committees: University Assessment, Teacher Evaluation, Curriculum and Textbook Review Additional Duties: academic advisor, summer bridge program teacher—preparing preparing high school graduates for college curriculum Western Nebraska Community College, Scottsbluff, NE Fall 1991 Visiting Professor, Department of English and Drama Courses Taught: Acting, Oral Interpretation, Speech Communication, Beginning Acting for Summer Training Institute Additional Duties: Acted in and served as director, assistant director, and fight choreographer in various productions. University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE 1988-1991 Graduate Teaching Assistant, Department of Theatre & Dance Courses Taught: Acting I, Voice for the Stage. Additional Duties: perform as cast in mainstage season, served as voice and fight coach for various productions

ACADEMIC CREDENTIALS Associate Teacher of Fitzmaurice Voicework Certified as Associate Teacher

2000

University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE M.F.A. in Acting, specialization in Voice for the Stage

1988-1991

Buena Vista College, Storm Lake, IA 1984-1988 B.A. in Drama, minors in English and Mass Communications

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ADDITIONAL TRAINING Estill Voice Training System, Phoenix, AZ, January 2004: Joe Estill & Dr. Kim Steinhauer. Monologues Houston, TX, January 2003: Jane Brody. Midwest Symposium on Voice Care—Voice Disorders: Diagnosis and Therapy Chicago, IL, March 2002: Dr. R. T. Sataloff, Dr. Y. Heman-Ackah, Kate DeVore and others. Linklater Voice Designation Training Circle in the Square, New York, NY, 1998-2002: Master Teacher Andrea Haring. Voice-over, Audition Studio, Chicago, IL May-June 2001: Linklater Voice Designation Training private study at University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WS, 1997-2001: Master Teacher Christine Adaire. First Folio Shakespeare Technique First Folio Shakespeare Festival, Clarendon Hills, IL, 1998-2001: Alison Vesely. Voice & Shakespeare five-day workshop, Chicago, IL September 2000: Patsy Rodenburg. Certification Program in Fitzmaurice Voicework New York, NY, May-July 2000: Catherine Fitzmaurice, Paul Backer, Lynne Innerst, Nancy Houfek, Donna Snow, Joan Melton, Michael Barnes, and Dudley Knight. Trish Arnold Movement weekend intensive, New York, NY, February 2000: Karen Beaumont. Fitzmaurice Voicework Five-Day Intensive Miami, FL, January 2000: Catherine Fitzmaurice, Dudley Knight, Joan Melton, and Michael Barnes. Reiki Energy Workshops Chicago, IL, August-December 1999: Reiki Master Neal Harris. Received certification as Second Degree Reiki Practitioner. Phonetic Pillows Kansas City, MO, June 1998: Louis Colaianni and Claudia Anderson. First Folio Shakespeare Technique: Monologues Chicago Shakespeare Theatre, May 1998: Patrick Tucker. First Folio Shakespeare Technique: Language & Historical Perspeactives Chicago Shakespeare Theatre, May 1998: Patrick Tucker. Shakespeare and Company month-long intensive, Lenox, MA, May-June 1997: Tina Packer, Dennis Krausnick, Natsuko Ohama, Karen Beaumont, and others. Linklater Voice Designation Training private study at DePaul University, Chicago, IL, 19951997: Designated teacher Trudie Kessler.

MEMBERSHIPS & AFFILIATIONS *AccentHelp.com Founder, editor and website developer. www.AccentHelp.com provides dialect training online in association with a team of professional coaches. Founded 2006. *Associate Teacher of Fitzmaurice Voicework (granted 2000), assist with classes for teacher trainees working toward certification, San Marcos, TX, July 2006; assist with classes for teacher trainees working toward certification, New York, NY, June 2002; workshop host, Chicago, IL, August 2001. *Pastorini-Bosby Talent, Houston, TX, agent representation for on-camera and voiceover. *Resident Artist, Unity Theatre, Brenham, TX, 2005-present. page 3

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*VASTA member: Voice and Speech Trainers Association; assistant planner for 2001 National Conference. *International Dialects of English Archive (IDEA) associate editor for Texas, 2002-present. www.ku.edu/~idea. *Shakespeare & Company training program, voice and text trainee under Dennis Krausnick, 1998-2002. Weekend workshop host.

WORKSHOPS TAUGHT Standard British Dialect: Arcadia, Pearland High School, Pearland, TX, February, 2008. Standard British & Cockney Dialects & Shakespeare Text, St. Agnes Academy, JanuaryMarch, 2008. Standard British Dialect, TETA Dallas, January, 2008. Dialects for Pride & Prejudice, Duchesne Academy, January, 2008. Dialects for Jekyll & Hyde, Cinco Ranch High School, December, 2007. Cockney Dialect, Texas Thespian conference, November 2007. Standard British Dialect, Texas Thespian conference, November 2007. Dialect Coaching, Alley Theatre Career Day featured speaker, October 2007. The Actor’s Voice, Washington County Rotary Club featured speaker, June 2007. Voice and Dialects, Stages Repertory Young Actors, Houston, TX June-July 2007. Vocal Projection & Shakespeare, The Honor Roll School, Sugarland, TX March 2007. Dialects for Dancing at Lughnasa, Northland Christian School, Houston, TX January 2007. Voice and Dialects, Alley Theatre Young Performers Workshop, Houston, TX JanuaryFebruary 2007. Voice and Dialects, St Stephens Episcopal High School, Austin, TX December 2006. Working Professionally, UH School of Theatre, Houston, TX September 2006. Fitzmaurice Voicework Teacher Training five-day workshop Associate teacher with Catherine Fitzmaurice, San Marcos, TX May, 2006. Voice & Dialects, Stages Repertory, Young Actors Conservatory, Houston, TX June-July 2006. Dialects for Dancing at Lughnasa, Westfield High School, Spring, TX March 2006. Beginning Voice, Unity Theatre Adult Education Program, Brenham, TX February 2006. Actor’s Voice for Stage & Film, Rocky Mountain Actors’ Workshop with Connie Cooper, Estes Park, CO August 2005. Voice & Dialects, Stages Repertory, Young Actors Conservatory, Houston, TX June-July 2005. Voice & Viewpoints, Theatre Collide, Houston, TX August 2004. Voice for the Stage, Unity Theatre summer intern program, Brenham, TX July 2004 Auditioning for Film with Jimmy Myatt, UH School of Theatre, Houston, TX March 2004. Auditioning with Jane Brody, workshop host, UH School of Theatre, Houston, TX April 2003. Monologues with Jane Brody, workshop host, Actors Theatre of Houston, Houston, TX January, 2003. Auditioning with Brian Byrnes, UH School of Theatre, Houston, TX February 2003. Voice for the Stage workshops for interns, First Folio Shakespeare Festival, Oak Brook, IL June-July, 2002.

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Fitzmaurice Voicework Teacher Training Certification Program, Associate teacher with Catherine Fitzmaurice, New York City, NY June, 2002. Fitzmaurice Voicework & Detail Model Speechwork five-day workshop host and Associate teacher with Dudley Knight and Catherine Fitzmaurice, Chicago, IL August, 2001.

GRANTS & HONORS AWARDED *Provost’s University of Houston Teaching Excellence Award University of Houston, 2007. *New Faculty Research Grant University of Houston, 2003. Dialect Acquisition for Actors: Variants of a British Dialect. Spent one month traveling through England, Wales and Scotland collecting recordings of dialects. *QIC Departmental Initiative Grant DePaul University, 2001. Hosting Teacher’s Training Workshop with Catherine Fitzmaurice and Dudley Knight. *QIC Departmental Initiative Grant DePaul University, 2000. Certification Program for Associate Teachers of Fitzmaurice Voicework. Successfully completed program and received certification as Associate Teacher of Fitzmaurice Voicework.

VOICE AND DIALECT COACHING/CONSULTING Production

Director

Company

Dialects

2008 Lady* Translations The Unseen* Mary’s Wedding* Much Ado About Nothing* Pride and Prejudice* Good Woman of Setzuan*

Leslie Swackhamer Rebecca Udden Brad Dalton Greg Wise Felicia Miller Michelle Britton Kim Weild

Stages Repertory Main Street Theatre Stages Repertory Unity Theatre St. Agnes Academy Duchesne Academy University of Houston

Voice Standard British, Donegal Irish Voice Standard British, Lincolnshire Standard British, Cockney, Text Standard British Voice

2007 A Christmas Carol* Marley’s Christmas Carol Mr. Pim Passes By* Arcadia Our Town* Our Town* Importance of Being Earnest Arsenic & Old Lace* The Secret Garden* Death on the Nile* To Kill a Mockingbird American Brat* I Am My Own Wife Enchanted April Street Scene* A Streetcar Named Desire Moon for the Misbegotten* Scotland Road Amy’s View

James Black Brad Dalton Steve Garfinkel Sidney Berger Beth Sanford George Brock Julia Traber Greg Boyd Paul Hope James Black Paul Barnes Brad Dalton Alex Julia Traber Debra Dickinson Brian Byrnes Gordon Edelstein George Brock Leslie Swackhamer

Alley Theatre Unity Theatre Main Street Theater UH mainstage St. John’s High School (Houston) Episcopal High School (Houston) Unity Theatre Alley Theatre Bayou City Musicals Alley Theatre Alley Theatre Stages Repertory Stages Repertory Unity Theatre Rice Opera Theatre UH mainstage Alley Theatre Unity Theatre Stages Repertory

Standard British, Cockney Standard British, Cockney, Scottish Standard British Standard British, Estuary New England New England Standard British Brooklyn, Irish Standard British, Yorkshire, N Irish StBrit, Scots, Egyptian, Nigerian, French American Southern Parsi, Yiddish German, Texas, others Standard British, Italian Italian, Swedish, German, Russian American Southern, New Orleans Irish Irish Standard British, Cockney

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Jim Johnson 2006 Sanders’ Family Christmas* Tryst The Cook* Educating Rita Much Ado About Nothing Intimate Apparel* Nickel and Dimed On the Verge* Government Inspector* Aiyako Furui in Waiting for Engines

John Connelley Joe Brancato Mariana Carreno King Kate Smith Scott Schwartz Ron Jones Brad Dalton Brian Byrnes Sidney Berger Erin Kidwell

Unity Theatre Alley Theatre Stages Repertory Unity Theatre Alley Theatre Main Street Theatre Stages Repertory UH mainstage UH Mainstage Unheard Voices

N. Carolina Cockney Cuban Liverpool, Standard English Voice and Text Coach Romanian Jewish, Barbados Florida, Maine, Minnesota, Czech Voice consultant NYC American English

2005 A Christmas Carol* The Christmas Schooner* Be My Baby Doris Davis in Pardon My English Hapgood As You Like It* Hamlet* Laurie Foxx in Resurrection Spider’s Web* Bob Works in With Regards

Michael Wilson Teresa Beckers John Rando Rob Babbitt Greg Boyd Sidney Berger Carolyn Boone Greg Carter Greg Boyd Timothy Dodds Rob de los Reyes Judith Ivey George Brock Brian Byrnes Kate Pogue Jess Akins

Alley Theatre Unity Theatre Alley Theatre Main Street Theatre Alley Theatre Houston Shakespeare Festival Houston Shakespeare Festival Keith Kjornes Productions Alley Theatre Offroad Productions Miss Texas USA Pageant Main Street Theatre Alley Theatre Rice University Stages Repertory Unity Theatre UH student production

Standard English, Cockney Irish, German Scottish, Standard English Polish Standard English Voice consultant Voice consultant General American St English, Welsh, Cockney Sen. Joseph McCarthy Voice consultant Standard English, Cockney Louisiana St English, Estuary, Cockney Polish, Irish, Jewish Russian Standard English, Scottish

2004 Blithe Spirit Christmas Revels Yerma* Marvin’s Room* Arsenic & Old Lace* The Laramie Project The Exonerated Leading Ladies The Sound of Music I Hate Hamlet Noises Off Twelfth Night

Sidney Berger Beth Sanford Alma Martinez Linus Craig George Brock Trish Rigdon Rob Bundy Ken Ludwig Chesley Krohn Brian Byrnes Carolyn Boone Greg Boyd

UH Mainstage Houston Revels UH student production UH Mainstage Unity Theatre Rice University Alley Theatre Alley Theatre/Cleveland Rep Unity Theatre UH Mainstage UH Mainstage Alley Theatre

Standard English, Cockney Scottish Voice consultant Voice consultant Brooklyn Voice coach Various Southern Standard English German Stage Standard St English, Cockney, Estuary Text and Voice coach

2003 Dancing at Lughnasa James Joyce’s The Dead* Fully Committed* Sherlock Holmes Molly Sweeney The Foreigner* Mousetrap* Much Ado About Nothing* Oliver The Weir* Stones in His Pockets My Fair Lady Arcadia Voir Dire

Teresa Beckers Ron Jones Rob Bundy Greg Boyd John Corley James Black Greg Boyd Rob Bundy Teresa Beckers Patty Bean Joe Brancato Glenn Casale Mark Ramont Jim Johnson

Unity Theatre Main Street Theatre Alley Theatre Alley Theatre HCC/Unity Theatre Alley Theatre Alley Theatre Houston Shakespeare Festival Unity Theatre Main Street Theatre Alley Theatre Theatre Under the Stars (TUTS) Rice University UH Mainstage

Donegal Irish, Welsch, Ugandan Dublin Irish St English, Wisconsin, French St Engl, Cockney, French, Irish, Scot Donegal & Dublin 4 Irish Georgia Standard English, Cockney original dialect Cockney, Standard English, Irish Irish varieties Irish varieties, St English, Scottish Standard English, Cockney Standard English, Estuary English New York, Nebraska, New Yorican

2002 Lend Me a Tenor

Brian Byrnes

UH Mainstage

Italian, Standard American

Brooke McDaniels

On the Razzle* Steel Magnolias Equus* Polish Joke Arms and the Man* Complete Work of Shakespeare*

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Jim Johnson Talley’s Folly* Then There Were None* Top Girls Our Country’s Good

Rutty Cravens Greg Boyd Carolyn Boone Brian Byrnes

Actors Theatre of Houston Alley Theatre UH Mainstage UH Mainstage

Missouri, Russian/Jewish Standard English, Cockney Modified Standard English, Cockney StEng,Cockney,Scots,Irish,Devon,Malagasy

2001 The Admirable Crichton* True West* The Diary of Anne Frank Aidan Quinn in Stolen Summer Holy Ghosts

Jim Stewart Yong Kim Sidney Berger Pete Jones Jim Johnson

UH Ostrow New Musicals UH student production UH/Alley co-production Project Greenlight / Mirimax DePaul Workshop

Standard English, Cockney Voice consultant Standard American, original dialects Chicago Appalachian

2000 Sight Unseen Much Ado About Nothing Romeo & Juliet* The Love Talker Veronica’s Room*

Peter Hobert Alison Vesely Alison Vesely Richard Ragsdale Tioni McCoy

DePaul Mainstage First Folio Shakespeare First Folio Shakespeare Defiant Theatre DePaul Graduate Workshop

Yorkshire, German American Southern Voice consultant Appalachian Boston

1999 Disappeared* Standing on My Knees* Burning Desires Claw* The Idiot* Skryker* Taming of the Shrew

Tioni McCoy Thom Bowers Linda Gillum Barry Burnetti Anne Wakefield Rachael Slavick Alison Vesely

Depaul Workshop DePaul Workshop Defiant Theatre DePaul Workshop DePaul Workshop DePaul Workshop First Folio Shakespeare

Brooklyn Voice consultant French, German, Yorkshire, originals Voice consultant Voice consultant Texas Shakespeare Text, Voice

1998 Midsummer Night’s Dream Julius Caesar

Alison Vesely Ann James

First Folio Shakespeare Chic-speare Theatre

Standard English, Cockney Shakespeare Text

* Consultant: serving as a source for production, as needed. (Coaching involves fully supporting and responsible for the dialect and voice work in a production.)

ACTING: PROFESSIONAL THEATRE Production & Role

(1998-present)

Director

Company

2008 Egmont Egmont

Hans Graff

Houston Symphony Orch, Houston, TX

2007 Harvey Elwood P. Dowd

Charles Sanders

Unity Theatre, Brenham, TX

2006 Romeo & Juliet Friar Lawrence

Dominic Walsh

D Walsh Dance Theatre, Houston, TX

2005 The Christmas Schooner Peter Stossel Billy Bishop Goes to War Billy Bishop et al Arms and the Man Sergius

Teresa Beckers Chesley Krohn Kate Pogue

Unity Theatre, Brenham, TX Stage Repertory Theatre, Houston, TX Unity Theatre, Brenham, TX

2004 Christmas Revels Galoshens Arsenic & Old Lace Jonathan The Sound of Music Max Billy Bishop Goes to War Billy Bishop et al

Beth Sanford George Brock Chesley Krohn Chesley Krohn

Houston Revels, Houston, TX Unity Theatre, Brenham, TX Unity Theatre, Brenham, TX Unity Theatre, Brenham, TX

2003 Dancing at Lughnasa Gerry Much Ado About Nothing Don Pedro A Winter’s Tale Polixenes

Teresa Beckers Rob Bundy Sidney Berger

Unity Theatre, Brenham, TX Houston Shakespeare Festival Houston Shakespeare Festival

2000 Much Ado About Nothing Don Pedro Much Ado About Nothing Benedick (replacement)

Alison Vesely Alison Vesely

First Folio Shakespeare, Chicago First Folio Shakespeare, Chicago

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1998 A Midsummer Night’s Dream Oberon/Theseus

Alison Vesely

First Folio Shakespeare, Chicago

ACTING: FILM/COMMERCIAL/INDUSTRIAL/VOICEOVER 2008 Regional Commercial: Featured On-Camera for Southern Dental

The Production Company

2007 Voiceover: Importance of Being Earnest Pre-show Announcement Industrial Voice Over: Estuary British Spokesperson Industrial VOC: Australian Industrial Spokesperson: Airport Experience of the Future Radio Commercial: German Stock Exchange Infomercial Featured VOC: Gexa Energy Radio Commercial: Heilmann’s Floral Radio Commercial: Stein Gifts Radio Commercial: Texas Indoor Golf

Unity Theatre Continental Airlines BMC Software Continental Airlines BizRadio Network McNee Productions BizRadio Network BizRadio Network BizRadio Network

2006 Television Commercial Featured VOC: Tiremax Voiceover: Tryst Pre-show and Intermission Announcements Documentary Re-enactment Featured VOC: Mutiny on the Bayou Independent Film VOC:

Zen Films Alley Theatre KHOU-TV, Houston

2005 Industrial VOC: David Berg—The Trial Lawyer Industrial Voiceover: Parker Elementary Music Magnet School

American Bar Association Sound Ideas

2003 Voiceover: Stones in His Pockets Pre-show & Interm. Announcements Alley Theatre 2001 Documentary OC: HBO’s Project Greenlight—Stolen Summer Industrial Voiceover Narrator: Bank One

HBO: Project Greenlight Learning Insights

DIRECTING 2006 Arms and the Man

University of Houston mainstage, Houston, TX

2005 Waiting for Godot (co-director)

University of Houston mainstage, Houston, TX

2003 Voir Dire

University of Houston mainstage, Houston, TX

2002 Antigone Project: Ancient Greek

First Folio Shakespeare Festival, Chicago, IL

2001 Holy Ghosts

DePaul Theatre School workshop, Chicago, IL

2000 Twelfth Night

DePaul Theatre School workshop, Chicago, IL

1998 Prairie Voices

Center Theater Ensemble/ArtsReach, Chicago, IL

1997 Of Whales and Time

Center Theater Ensemble/ArtsReach, Chicago, IL

Theatre Time Machine

Center Theater Ensemble/ArtsReach, Chicago, IL

Do You Really Want a Dinosaur

Center Theater Ensemble/ArtsReach, Chicago, IL

1996 The Winter’s Tale

Bugeater Theatre, Chicago, IL

1995 Alice Underground

Bugeater Theatre, Chicago, IL

Twelfth Night 1994 Pelvic Variations

Bugeater Theatre, Chicago, IL Bugeater Theatre, Chicago, IL page 8

Jim Johnson 1993 You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown

Theatre West Repertory, Scottsbluff, NE

1991 A Betrothal

Western Nebraska Community College, Scottsbluff, NE

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