Gaby Santinelli
Acting Coach and Teacher
Private Coaching — Acting + Accent Integration Coach 2003 – present
ACTRESSES — Esmé Bianco, Ashleigh Brewer, Michelle Collins, Ruth Connell, Nesta Cooper, Joanne Froggatt, Justine Glenton, Saskia Hampele, Chloe Hurst, Gaite Jansen, Sohm Kapila, Danielle MacDonald, Sibongile Mlambo, Erin Moriarty, Jaime Ray Newman, Lesley Nicol, Jennifer Neala Page, Patsy Palmer, Morgane Polanski, Doris Roberts, Stacey Roca, Judith Shekoni, Claire Spence, Tehmina Sunny, Elizabeth Tan, Gaïa Weiss, Yootha Wong-Loi-Sing
ACTORS — Jimmy Akingbola, James Alexandrou, Joseph Beattie, Emrhys Cooper, Darren Darnborough, Will Kemp, Glenn Keogh, Jack Lowe, John Mawson, Ashley Thomas
EDUCATION & TRAINING | |
Mannes School of Music, NYC | Master of Music: Voice Performance |
Northwestern University, Chicago | Bachelor of Science, School of Speech: Theater, Performance Studies, Music Theater |
Interlochen Arts Academy, Michigan | High School Diploma: Theater Major |
Atlantic Theater Company, NYC | Practical Aesthetics Workshop, Acting Apprenticeship |
The Actors’ Temple, London | Advanced Meisner Technique |
Lesly Kahn and Company, LA | Comedy Intensive & Ongoing Classes/Coachings |
Centro Studi Italiani, Italy | Italian Language & Opera Singing Program |
Laval University, Quebec | French Language Program |
PRODUCTION COACH (stage & screen) | |
Unveiled (NBC PIlot) | Acting and dialect coach for Will Kemp |
Kushuthara: Pattern of Love | Dialect coach for Emrhys Cooper |
Running Out Of Time | Dialect coach: announced |
Of Mice And Men | Dialect coach: two stage productions (UK) |
TEACHING & COACHING EXPERIENCE | |
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA School of Dramatic Arts | Summer Institute For International Actors. Vocal Development & Accent Integration Lecturer for Overseas Actors |
Private Coaching, London & LA | Acting and Accent Coach since 2003 |
SAG-AFTRA LA CONSERVATORY | Steering Committee; Curriculum Sub-Committee |
SAG-AFTRA LA Conservatory | Summer Intensive Master Class: Authentic Accents for Authentic Acting; General American Accent Clinic |
Industry Hollywood, LA | American Accent Coach |
the salon:collective, London | Co-Founder, Instructor of Text Analysis & Accents – saloncollective.org |
Performance Practice Events, London & LA | American Accent Practice Group, The Actor’s Retreat, Play Dates |
Caravanserai Productions, London | Acting & Singing Coach; Text Analysis & American Accents |
The Actors’ Temple, London | Instructor of Dramatic Text Analysis; American Accent Coach |
Kent Music School, UK | Instructor of Singing in the TOSCA Programme |
Mannes School of Music, NYC | Instructor of Stage Movement |
DIRECTING, DEVISING, WRITING & WORKSHOPPING | |
Lady Julia, by Strindberg adapted by James & Ben Kenward | Hen & Chickens Fringe Theatre, London, UK |
Triptych by G. Santinelli & E. Zeegan | The Actors’ Temple, London, UK Devised & co-wrote three act stage play and feature length screenplay |
Three Sisters, by Chekhov (Mamet version) | The Actors’ Temple, London; site-specific production in Scotland. Devised Meisner Character Devlepment Exercises; played Masha with RP accent |
Araby and Eveline, by James Joyce | Northwestern University (Chicago); Theatrix Theatre Co (NYC) Original adaptation & Direction of two stories from James Joyce’s Dubliners |
The Telephone, by Gian Carlo Menotti | Northwestern University, Music Department |
Edmond, by David Mamet | Northwestern University,Arts Alliance |
Lovers-Winners, by Brian Friel | Northwestern University, Wave Productions |