Susan Main
Designated Linklater Voice Teacher
Susan Main has been teaching voice and movement for over 10 years. She is based in New York City and is a Certified, Designated Linklater Voice Teacher, trained by world-renowned voice teacher Kristin Linklater. Susan currently serves on the faculties of the Actor's Studio MFA program at Pace University, the Linklater Center for Voice and Language, and the Larry Singer Studios. She has taught voice and/or movement on the faculties of New York University, New Actors Workshop, Emerson College, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and Boston Conservatory. Susan also works actively as a private vocal coach both in New York City and abroad, regularly conducting voice workshops in New York, Italy and Australia. Her students include politicians, corporate executives, and Broadway theatre, film and television actors. At present, she is the vocal coach for a piece for the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company's 25th Anniversary Season, debuting in 2008 at the Brooklyn Academy of Music. She has served as a voice and movement coach to theatre companies in Italy and Portugal. In 2005, she co-produced and served as script supervisor and assistant director on the documentary Giving Voice, filmed in Stromboli, Italy, featuring Kristin Linklater. This summer, she is returning to Stromboli, to conduct a workshop with an international collaborative of theatre artists, exploring the work of Ovid's Metamorphoses in the translation by poet Ted Hughes. Susan holds an MFA in Theatre Education specializing in voice and movement from Boston University.