Accents of GERMANY, FRANCE, and ITALY

If it's spring, then it must be time for another accent class with Jane Guyer-Fujita at Primary Stages/ESPA! Beginning next week, Jane takes us through German, French, and Italian accents over a period of four weeks.

I'm already beginning my research, listening to actors like Paul Henreid, the Austrian-American star of Casablanca and Charles Boyer, the French actor who appears in Gaslight.

The other challenge is to find texts that use these accents. For German, I'm planning to re-watch The Pianist; Incident at Vichy has French characters; for Italy, I'm leaning towards Rodolpho in A View From the Bridge.

I love working on accents, especially as a foundation for character work.