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Voice & Text Director, As You Like It
OSF Debut. Marie Ramirez Downing is a Voice, Text, and Dialect Coach, Stage Director, and Teacher based in Illinois. Regional: Steppenwolf Theatre Company (Leroy and Lucy—Voice Coach), The Goodman Theatre (Inherit the Wind—Dialect and Voice Coach), Illinois Theatre (The Winter’s Tale—Voice Coach), SheATL Theater Festival (Chicana Legend—Dialect and Accent Consultant). University: Electricidad (CSU Fresno), Sonnets for an Old Century (SSU), Avenue Q, Nunca Olivdare, On the Verge; Or, the Geography of Yearning (Texas Tech University School of Theatre and Dance). Teaching: Assistant Professor of Acting, Voice, and Speech at The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Previously, Sonoma State University, Chico State, U.C. Berkeley, Santa Clara University, Texas Tech School of Theatre and Dance. Author: Chapter: Performance of Identity: A Practice, Latinx Actor Training Book (2023 Routledge). Affiliations: Designated Linklater Voice teacher (The Linklater Center for Voice and Language-NYC), Voice and Speech Trainers Association- Director of EDIA+, Shakespeare & Company (Lenox, MA) Voice & Text Faculty (Acting Training Intensives), Education: MFA, Acting, The Theatre School, DePaul University, B.A., Theatre Arts-Acting, California State University-Fresno. www.marieramirezdowning.com