Alessandro Fabrizi is a theatre director and actor, and teaches Voice at the “Accademia Nazionale di Arte Drammatica Silvio D’Amico” in Rome and is Faculty Member of the Actors’ Center of New York.. Among his latest productions as theatre director are: "Bartleby the Scrivener" at the Blue Heron Arts Center in New York (Fall 2005) and "Studio per Tre Novelle dal Decameron" for the Anagni Medieval Theatre Festival (Italy, July 2006). He has held seminars on "Movement & Text" at the University of Chicago, Dartmouth University, Butler University (Indianapolis), Columbia University in New York, University of Long Island and the Blue Heron Arts Center and the Actors Movement Studio in New York, USA. He recently directed the Actors' Thesis of the MFA program at the School of Performing Arts of Columbia University, New York (“Metamorphoses – Ted Hughes’ Tales From Ovid”, Fall 2006). As a filmaker he has directed the short film E se...(2001), and the documentary Giving Voice – Kristin Linklater, 15 actors and 7 Tales from Ovid (World Video Production). In cinema, he has collaborated with Anthony Minghella (The Talented Mr. Ripley), Tom Tykwer (Heaven) and Fatih Akin (Solino) as supervisor of the Italian dialogues of those movies and as dialect coach (for Jack Davenport, Giovanni Ribisi, Cate Blanchet and Barnaby Metsurat). As an actor he has played the role of Sergeant Baggio in The Talented Mr Ripley and the role of Inspector Alberto Cerutti in The International (USA release August 2008) directed by Tom Tykwer.
Susan Main is an actress and Designated Linklater Voice Teacher based in New York City. She 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. Susan has taught voice and/or movement on the faculties of New York University, Emerson College, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and Boston Conservatory. Susan also works actively as a private vocal coach both in NYC and abroad, regularly conducting voice workshops in New York, Italy and Australia. Her students include politicians, corporate executives, Broadway, 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 world-renowned voice teacher Kristin Linklater. Susan holds an MFA in Theatre Education specializing in voice and movement from Boston University.