Visiting Acting & Voice Lecturer: Dialects, Shakespeare

Visiting Guest Lecturer in Acting/Voice

College/School/Unit: College of Fine Arts
Department: Department of Theatre & Dance
Posted: May 8, 2026
Apply By: Open until filled

Description

The Department of Theatre and Dance at The University of Texas at Austin invites applications for a Visiting Guest Lecturer in Acting with the ability to deliver curriculum related to vocal training for the actor, accents, and dialects. The successful candidate willhave an ability to teach multiple levels of voice for the actor,accents and dialects, scene-study at multiple levels, and Shakespeare/heightened language. The department encourages balancing professional rigor with human-centered, consent-based practices that prioritize the vocal health of the developing actor.

The successful candidate will serve as faculty in the Acting Area,which includes BA Theatre and Dance and BFA Acting degrees. The Acting Area's priority is to cultivate well-rounded artist citizens with a broad range of skills who are able to compete in and contribute to the shifting landscape of the performing arts and entertainment fields with agency and innovation. The faculty encourage students to develop concrete skills in acting with rootsin theatre while simultaneously emphasizing the application ofthose skills to a variety of contexts and disciplines.

The Acting Area supports and is supported by programs in Dance, Directing and Playwrighting, Drama and Theatre for Youth and Community/Theatre Education, Live Design and Production, and Performance as Public Practice. This position requires relocation to Austin, TX.

As an integral part of the thriving creative culture of Austin,Texas, the Department of Theatre and Dance offers an array of programs to prepare artists, scholars, and teachers to make profound contributions to theatre and dance through engaging study,interdisciplinary collaboration, and exceptional performance experiences. The department has 35 full-time faculty members and 18full-time staff members and is housed in well-equipped facilities,which include black box, proscenium, and lab theatres;

teaching and practice spaces; and state-of-the-art design and computing labs.

The department produces six large scale and numerous small productions per year, including the largest student-driven biennial

New Works Festival in the country.

Start Date:

August 2026

This is a one-year, fixed term appointment.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

• Terminal degree in acting or a related field.
• Demonstrated ability to teach multiple levels of voice for theactor and accents/dialects courses.
• Significant training in one or more of the following vocal methods:
  Linklater, Rodenburg, Berry, Knight-Thompson.

• History of working in the field of acting.
• Demonstrated ability to proactively engage students in emerging professional development and employment strategies related toacting.
• Administrative experience sufficient to maximize opportunities for engagement with our learning communities and the profession.
• Demonstrated interest and/or experience in human-centered,consent-based practices in acting training.
• Knowledge and experience with African-American, Latinx, and/or Indigenous theatrical repertories and traditions.
• An expansive history of work in the fields of live performance sufficient to engage productively with colleagues in content areasof the department other than acting.