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Professor Judylee Vivier, director of the M.F.A. in Acting program, is a Fulbright scholar, actress, voice professional and professor. She has taught at Rutgers University, New York University, American Musical and Dramatic Academy, Michael Howard Studios; led classes/intensives nationally; and written/performed her original solo piece, “Oranges Like The Sun.” An active member in the Voice and Speech Trainers’ Association (VASTA) and Association of Theatre in Higher Education (ATHE), she is a recipient of the Claire Tow Distinguished Teacher Award (2007). She recently published a chapter in The Breath: Heart and Soul of the Actor and article in Dramatics; was a visiting voice lecturer at the Central School of Speech & Drama, London (2010); served as the voice consultant for the RSC at the Lincoln Center Festival (2011) and at BAM (2013); was elected to the VASTA board of directors; and visited RWCMD in Wales as the International Professor in Wales (2012 and 2013).
B.A., University of Natal (Durban, South Africa) (English and Speech and Drama), 1979
B.A. (with honors), University of Natal (Durban, South Africa) (Speech and Drama), 1980
M.A., University of Natal (Durban, South Africa) (Speech and Drama), 1982
M.F.A., New York University (Acting), 1986
Vivier, J. and Kristi Dana. "The Value of Mentorship -- Personal Journeys Inspired by the Teaching Philosophy of Chuck Jones." The Voice and Speech Review. Vol. 8. New York: Routledge.
"The Breath: Heart and Soul of the Self." Breath in Action: The Art of Breath in Vocal and Holistic Practice. Eds. J. Boston and R. Cook. United Kingdom: Jessica Kingsley Publishers.
"Breathing and the Voice: Inhale Exhale." Dramatics April: 21-24, 56.
Review of Will Power: How to Act Shakespeare in 21 Days, by John Basil with Stephanie Gunning. The Voice and Speech Review 5, October.
"Introduction to Chapter 7." Make Your Voice Heard: An Actor's Guide for Increased Dramatic Range Through Vocal Training, by C. Jones. New York: Back Stage Books, an imprint of Watson-Guptill Publishers. 98.
"A Comparison Performance Review of Hamlet: Peter Brook's production of 'Hamlet' and the Royal National Theatre's Production of 'Hamlet.'" The Voice and Speech Review 2: 322.
Review of Make Your Voice Heard: An Actor's Guide for Increased Dramatic Range Through Vocal Training, by Chuck Jones. The Voice and Speech Review 2: 318.
Review of "A Dream Play," by Robert Wilson. Theatre Journal 53.2: 498-99.
The Weasel One Act Festival: Bring A Pint of Blood, 2018: The role of Roey in "The Sandwich Program Play" by Brooklyn College Alumna April Ranger, directed by Brooklyn College Directing Alumna, Tara Elliot at the Shiva, The Public Theater
Continued vocal consultation, support, and coaching for all Brooklyn College Department of Theater's production season: 1999-present.
Doomocracy: Pedro Reyes-Creative Time Immersive Installation, directed by Meghan Finn at the Brooklyn Army Terminal.
The role of Cora in "Rimers of Eldritch" by Lanford Wilson, directed by Larry Singer at The Secret Theatre, Queens, New York.
Producer/PR manager, M.F.A. Actors' Showcase for New York industry professionals. Past collaborations: UMKC, Michigan State University and University of Iowa. 2001-present. Showcase 2019-present includes a comprehensive website that includes actors TV/Film reels.
Dialect/Vocal coach, Generations, by Debbie Tucker Green. Directed by Leah Gardiner. SoHo Repertory, New York, September.
The role of Bella, in Big Love, by Charles Mee. Directed by Associate Professor Mary Beth Easley. Department of Theater Production. Brooklyn College. September/October.
Vocal support and maintenance (voice coach) during the Royal Shakespeare Company's visit to BAM with the all-black production of Julius Caesar, directed by Gregory Doran. Responsibilities: pre-show warm-ups with the actors, maintenance of vocal health and supporting acoustic issues. April-May.
Vocal coach for the Off-Broadway production of Regrets, by Matt Charman. Manhattan Theatre Club. February-March.
Reading of South African play Green Man Flashing, by Mike Van Graan and directed by Barbara Rubin, in the role of Gabby Anderson. PEN World Voices Festival of International Literature. CUNY Graduate Center. New York, April.
Vocal support and maintenance (voice coach) for Royal Shakespeare Company's six-week residency with the Lincoln Center Festival, New York. Responsibilities: pre-show warm-ups with the actors, maintenance of vocal health and supporting acoustic issues in the reconstructed theater. July-August.
Voice coach, Central School of Speech & Drama: third-year production of Remembrances of Things Past, by Proust, adapted by Pinter; second-year production of King Lear.
New play development workshop: Staged reading of "The Great Harvest in the Role of Woman," by Dori Robinson, directed by Dennis Schebetta. Association of Theatre in Higher Education Conference.
Dialect and cultural consultant for "Sorrows and Rejoicings," by Athol Fugard, directed by Kenneth Washington, NYU Graduate Acting Program. November-December.
Directed "Rooms," a collage of three solo performance pieces, presented at The Prospect Theatre Company, New York.
As mentor to the acting students in the Theater Department, will play the role of Arkardina in Chekhov's "The Seagull," directed by Mary Robinson. Brooklyn College.
"Oranges Like the Sun." Original solo performance written and performed by Judylee Vivier, directed by Thomas A. Bullard, presented at the 78th Street Theatre Lab.
Tow Graduate Deputy/Program Head Award: $1500 Program Development.
Honored with a Tow Professorship Award, 2016-2017
Brooklyn College Faculty Travel Award: to attend 2015 VASTA Conference in Montreal.
Leonard and Claire Tow Faculty Travel Fellowship to attend: Influencing Without Authority: Leadership Training at the Xavier Leadership Center, Cincinnati, OH.
PSC-CUNY Research Foundation Grant, to continue preliminary research begun at the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama, Cardiff, Wales, regarding: "Actor Training Across the Cultural Divide."
PSC-CUNY Research Foundation Grant, to further the research begun previously in 2009 at the Roy Hart Theatre in Maleragues, France, on the "Extended Voice and Body" approach to actors' vocal training.
PSC-CUNY Research Foundation Grant, to continue research of the Roy Hart Theatre's "Extended Voice and Body" approach for actor training, begun in 2009.
Brooklyn College Travel Award, for research in South Africa based on the potential role of solo performance on "Healing of a Society."
Dorothy Mennen Award, VASTA: Voice and Speech Trainers' Association. Roy Hart Theatre in France.
Brooklyn College Travel Award, for "Workshop in Roy Hart Embodied Voice Technique." University of Illinois, Chicago. February.
Tow Faculty Travel Fellowship, for "The Roy Hart 'Extended Voice and Body' Approach to Actors' Vocal Training." Roy Hart Theatre, Maleragues, France.
Claire Tow Distinguished Teacher Award.
PSC-CUNY grant, for furthering research on the relationship between women performers and their voices.
PSC-CUNY grant, for research on the relationship between female performers and their voices.
Breathwork Africa: "Breathwork is the act of breathing with intention and attention, transforming what is an autonomic function to a profound tool for sustainable physical and mental wellbeing. It is the foundation of resilience and catalyst for change" that promotes, nurtures, and inspires the potential for creativity to occur under daily duress.. A series of Master classes/seminars and practical workshops on Breathwork, led by Dr. Ela Manga: Neurobreathing- 3/26/22 Sleep, Breath and the Silent Song of the Brain- 4/30/22 Breath and the Neurobiology of Habit and Change- 5/28/22 Breath and the Vagus Nerve: From "Wander" to "Wonder"- 6/25/22 Burnout to Breathing- 7/30/22 Breathing Through Grief- 8/27/22
Anti-Racist Theater Training (A.R.T) with Nicole Brewer. Virtual.
Alexander Technique Intensive with master teacher, Judith Grodowitz, Folegandros, Greece.
Miller Voice Method: Teacher Training Intensive; ongoing from September 2015 through May 2016.
Voice-Over Training, includes several intensives/workshops in New York.
Clown Intensive with Virginia Scott, Movement Studio of NYC.
Vibrant Voice Technique: with Professor David Ley, University of Alberta, Canada.
Intensive Workshop in Alba Emoting Effector Pattern Training and Fitzmaurice Approach to Voicework -- Level III. June.
Patricia Bardi: Physical Voice in the Moving Body Workshop. April.
Roy Hart Voice Training Workshop, with Marya Lowry and Phil Timberlake, De Paul University, Chicago. May.
Scott Miller Voice Method Intensive: "The Muscle of Presence: Speak, Breathe & Do." Brooklyn College. Jan. 24-26.
Intensive Workshop in Alba Emoting Effector Pattern Training and Fitzmaurice Approach to Voicework -- Level II. May.
Alexander Technique Workshop Intensive for Voice Practitioners and Actors, Moving Voices With Quiet Hands. Boston, May.
Lessac Voice Workshop with Lessac master teacher Barry Kur (University of Pennsylvania) and Kate Ingram (University of Central Florida). New York, July.
Vivier, Judylee and Marya Lowry. "Discovering Your Whole Voice. Roy Hart Voice Workshop Intensive, Brandeis University. Waltham, Mass., June.
Roy Hart Intensive Voice Training Workshop. Provided a structure for both advancing in Roy Hart voice work and theater training. Roy Hart International Arts Centre. Malerargues, France, October.
"LeCoq Technique: The Art of Movement at the Service of the Actor, With Master Teacher Norman Taylor" five-day intensive workshop on the analysis of movement fundamentals, Jacques LeCoq's approach to artistic training. Ideal Glass Gallery. New York, July.
"Breath and Performance" conference workshops. Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. London.
"Voice Workshops for Women" with Olympia Dukakis. Investigation of women's vocal and physical empowerment through theater exercises inspired by the Sumarian Myth, "The Descent of Inanna." INTAR Theatre. New York, June.
Alba Emoting Effector Training Pattern Workshop. University of Cincinnati. June 22-July 1.
2022 Voice and Speech Teachers' Association Hybrid Conference: Converging Pathways. Invited to present in-person "Furthering Vocal Freedom Through a Confluence of Methodologies". Collaborators: Assistant Professor Kristi Dana SMU, Patrick Mulryan, Adjunct Lecturer Brooklyn College; Becca McLarty, Adjunct Lecturer State University of Montclair.
2021 Voice and Speech Teachers' Association Virtual Conference: Rising Voices: Listening to the Past, Dismantling the Present, Cultivating a New Future. Invited to present "Without the Teacher's Feedback: A 'Hands-Off' Approach to the Miller Voice Method's 'Hands-On' voice work. Collaborators: Assistant Professor Kristi Dana, Nick Curnow, coordinator of the voice program for Elder Conservatorium's Bachelor of Music Theatre, UoA, South Australia.
2019 Voice and Speech Trainers' Association Conference: Connectors, Communicators & Culture, Orlando, FL. "The Camera as Coach: From Actors to Politician's to Conflict Resolution". Collaborators: Liam Joynt, Lecturer NYU/TSOA, Assistant Professor Kristi Dana, SMU Dallas, TX, Abbey Toot lecturer.
2017 Voice and Speech Trainers' Association Conference: The Art of Storytelling, Singapore, La Salle Academy. Panel: "Empathy in a Global World". Collaborators: Professor Mandy Rees, UC Bakersfield; Associate Professor Micha Espinoza, Arizona State University; Budi Miller, Assistant Professor University of Melbourne.
2015 VASTA Conference in Montreal, Canada: Invited to perform/present an extract of original Solo Performance, "Oranges Like The Sun" - outcome of creative research on Voice and Identity.
Invited to introduce/present legendary Cicely Berry as a keynote speaker. Voice and Speech Trainers' Association Conference, London, UK: Voicing the Future; Reinventing Tradition. Royal Central School of Speech and Drama. August.
"Personal and Vocal Journey: Chuck Jones" on mentorship; in collaboration with M.F.A. acting alumna Kristi Dana: Voice and Speech Trainers' Association (VASTA) Conference: Voices of Wisdom: Spanning Generations: Minneapolis, July-August.
"Performance"-based presentation skills seminar and workshop for summer research program. Funded by the National Science Foundation. Bowling Green State University, Ohio: SETGO Science, Engineering & Math Gateway. June.
"Voice and Acting" workshops. The Lyric Theatre. Belfast, Ireland, Oct. 7 - 8. Interviewed regarding workshops by BBC Radio Ulster for the arts and entertainment program Arts Extra.
"Training/Educating Voice Practitioners for a Rapidly Changing World." The Voice and Speech Trainers' Association Conference (VASTA). Washington, D.C., August.
"Performance" based presentation skills seminar and workshop sessions for this summer research program, funded by the National Science Foundation. Bowling Green State University, Ohio: SETGO Science, Engineering & Math Gateway. June.
International Perspective Panel: Practitioners/scholars from Australia, South Africa and Singapore. Royal Shakespeare Company Conference on Classical Theatre Training. Royal Shakespeare Company. Stratford-Upon-Avon, United Kingdom, September.
"Innovative Strategies to Launch Graduate Actors Into the Business of Theater" panel moderator and co-participant with Mary Beth Easley, Brooklyn College M.F.A. acting alumni and New York industry professionals. Association of Theatre in Higher Education Conference. New York, August.
"Women (Performers) and Their Relationship to Their Voices." Voice and Speech Trainers Association Conference. New York, August.
"The Act of Teaching," a workshop on teaching skills for new faculty, introducing basic acting skills and tools that enable effective communication into classroom presentation. New Faculty Retreat. CUNY Graduate Center. New York.
"Solo Performance: Practice and Pedagogy." Voice and Speech Trainers' Association Annual Conference. The National Center for Voice. Denver.
"The Acting Voice: The Need for the Word" workshop for undergraduate actors. Kennedy Center's American College Theater Festiva. SUNY New Paltz.
"Voice and The Expressions of Self" workshop presentation on the development of solo performance as an expression of the metaphorical voice. Voice and Speech Trainers Association Conference at the National Center for Voice and Speech. Denver, July.
Represented Brooklyn College on panel "Everything You Need and Want to Know About M.F.A. Acting Programs." Kennedy Center's American College Theater Festival: Catholic University, University of Delaware, Towson University, Shakespeare Theatre Company and The Actors' Studio. SUNY New Paltz.
"The Acting Voice" workshop for voice professionals (mainly speech-language pathologists and otolaryngologists interested in the performer's voice). The Voice Foundation Symposium. Philadelphia.
Committee for P & T: Visual, Media and Performing Arts School 2017-2021
Chair of Search Committee for the Head of the BFA Acting Concentration, Department of Theater. 2019-2020.
Brooklyn College Faculty Council, Arts Division Representative. 2014-2018.
Brooklyn College, Visual, Media, Performing Arts Division Promotion and Tenure Committee. 2017-2020
Brooklyn College President's Advisory Committee on Distinguished Professors, 2014-2016.
PSC-CUNY Grant Review Panel for the Performing Arts.
The Presidential Search Committee for Brooklyn College: October 2015 through February 2016.
Member, editorial board, Journal of Interdisciplinary Voice Studies, United Kingdom. 2014-Present
Member, Provost's Committee for Release Time.
External reviewer, B.F.A. Acting Program, SUNY Purchase, Purchase, N.Y., October.
Re-elected to the board of directors for VASTA: international Voice and Speech Trainers' Association: 2012-2015.
External reviewer, Graduate Program in Theatre, York University, Toronto, September.
Member, board of directors, The Voice and Speech Trainers' Association, 2004-07.
Pedagogical Mentor for Miller Voice Method teachers during the certification process.
Miller Voice Method (mVm) Certified Teacher, New York, two year teacher training certification process. 2017-2019.
M.F.A. actors invited to audition for the Public Theatre's upcoming Shakespeare in the Park season with graduates from Juilliard, NYU, Yale and Brown Universities: casting directors Heidi Griffiths and Jordan Thaler. 2009-present (with exception of 2020 due to Covid-19 shutdown).
Intensive Teacher Training Workshop in Alba Emoting Effector Pattern Training: assistant instructor -- Level IV. June.
Voice instructor, five-week summer conservatory training for undergraduate students from Muhlenberg College. Larry Singer Studios. New York, July.
International Visiting Professor at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama (RWCMD Conservatory), Cardiff, Wales, for five weeks. Designed / taught voice and acting courses: B.A. and M.A. actors; voice coach / consultant for Thebans, by Liz Lochhead. September-October.
Voice instructor, five-week summer conservatory training for undergraduate students from Muhlenberg College. Larry Singer Studios. New York, July.
International Visiting Professor at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama (RWCMD Conservatory), Cardiff, Wales, for five weeks. Designed / taught voice and acting courses: B.A. and M.A. actors; voice coach / consultant for A Month in the Country by Turgenev. September-October.
Invited to teach and head the voice program during fellowship leave at the Department for the B.A. in Devised and Collaborative Theatre, Royal Central School of Speech & Drama, University of London. April-August.
Presented workshop at the Royal Shakespeare Company for South African actors, sponsored by the Brett Goldin Bursary, to promote their training/education. July.
External Reviewer/Evaluator: Promotion to Full Professor/ Southern Methodist University, August 2022
External Reviewer/Evaluator: Tenure & Promotion to Full Professor/ UC Santa Cruz, September 2022.
Peer reviewer: The Voice and Speech Review 2005: Shakespeare Around the Globe; Voice and Gender, 2007 for the Pedagogy and Coaching and Voice Production, Voice Related Movement Studies sections. 2005-10.