"Thank you for this excellent workshop and for sharing your exciting ideas with us all."

"This was a terrific workshop. A very exciting approach. I plan to use it with my students."

"Terrific in its intro to the actual ways the sounds are produced; i.e. the actions."

"Thanks so much. It was just what I needed!"

"Thanks for a wonderful experience."

"Great! Very helpful and clear."

"It was amazing! Thanks for the inspiration."

Professor Dudley Knight and Professor Philip Thompson, of the University of California-Irvine, have developed a unique approach to speech and dialect training for actors and other professional voice users. They teach annual workshops in their innovative techniques for faculty at theatre departments around the world, as well as for professional actors, SLH scientists and linguists. These workshops are regularly held during the summer in New York City.

To find information about the next introductory six-day workshop, "Experiencing Speech," click here.

To find information about the next six-day "Experiencing Accents" workshop, click here. Participants in this workshop must first take the "Experiencing Speech" workshop. You may enroll in both workshops in the same summer.

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News

Beginning in July 2012, Knight-Thompson Speechwork will offer a three-week Teacher Certification to qualified participants who have taken both the "Experiencing Speech" and "Experiencing Accents" workshops. It will be held at Chelsea Studios in New York. Click here for more information.

The New York summer workshops in Knight-Thompson Speechwork will move to a new schedule. "Experiencing Speech" will be offered every summer. "Experiencing Accents" will be offered every other summer, alternating years with the new Teacher Certification Program. Depending upon demand, we may offer both "Experiencing Speech" and "Experiencing Accents" at other times of the year and possibly in cities other than New York.

Dudley Knight's textbook, "Speaking with Skill", will be published in April, 2012 by Methuen Drama.

In the near future, this website will be expanded to include publications by Professors Knight and Thompson, as well as audio files, pictures, links and a blog site. We hope you will revisit us.