Knight-Thompson Speechwork 2024 Workshops - PHONETICS INTENSIVE #24
Apr
5
to Apr 7

Knight-Thompson Speechwork 2024 Workshops - PHONETICS INTENSIVE #24

Andrea leads the Knight-Thompson Speechwork team in all KTS teacher training workshops in 2024. Experiencing Speech, Phonetics Intensive and Experiencing Accents are being offered this year online and in person in London. These three workshops serve as the prerequisites for the KTS Teacher Certification Program being held in (Northern Hemisphere) Summer of 2024. KTS also offers advanced workshops in the 4 P’s of KTS Accent Acquisition for folks who have completed Experiencing Accents. Visit the KTS website for details on how to begin your training with KTS.
For specific questions regarding the KTS roadmap to Teacher Certification, contact Andrea. 

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Knight-Thompson Speechwork 2024 Workshops - EXPERIENCING SPEECH #41
Mar
22
to Mar 28

Knight-Thompson Speechwork 2024 Workshops - EXPERIENCING SPEECH #41

Andrea leads the Knight-Thompson Speechwork team in all KTS teacher training workshops in 2024. Experiencing Speech, Phonetics Intensive and Experiencing Accents are being offered this year online and in person in London. These three workshops serve as the prerequisites for the KTS Teacher Certification Program being held in (Northern Hemisphere) Summer of 2024. KTS also offers advanced workshops in the 4 P’s of KTS Accent Acquisition for folks who have completed Experiencing Accents. Visit the KTS website for details on how to begin your training with KTS.
For specific questions regarding the KTS roadmap to Teacher Certification, contact Andrea. 

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The Dreamers: Aquí y Allá
Feb
25
to Mar 3

The Dreamers: Aquí y Allá

The Dreamers: Aquí y Allá is a devised theatre piece Andrea created in collaboration with the California-Mexico Studies Center. Andrea traveled to Mexico with CSULB Theatre Arts students to interview a group of DACA students who were given permission through advance parole to return to their homeland, a permission that was revoked for a time (during the previous administration) soon after this trip. The play follows these young Dreamers but also incorporates interviews from U.S. Congressman Alan Lowenthal, an immigration rights attorney, a border patrol agent, and more.

Named “Best Play” by OC Weekly, read about what they call "The Most Important Play You'll Ever See".

The play is being licensed on a pay-what-you-can sliding scale. For information on acquiring rights for your institution, contact Andrea. 

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The Voice Bank: A Charity & Live Webcast Event from CSU Long Beach and the ALS Association Golden West Chapter
Dec
10
2:00 PM14:00

The Voice Bank: A Charity & Live Webcast Event from CSU Long Beach and the ALS Association Golden West Chapter

This special benefit performance of The Voice Bank took place at the Theatre Arts Department at CSU Long Beach and benefited the ALS Association Golden West Chapter and the CSULB Theatre Arts department. The performance, sponsored by Edison International, was broadcast live through the ALS Association website so that people homebound with the disease could still experience this live theatrical event.

The Voice Bank, a meditation on letting go, tells the story of one woman who defies her ALS diagnosis to fight for the privilege to keep speaking. Caban plays both herself and Terry, a woman with an indomitable spirit and a passion for performance, as they manage Terry’s progressing symptoms through voice and accent training. 

At first look, the obstacle of this story, a “love story” in a sense between Andrea and Terry, is the disease. But the play is also a David and Goliath story: Andrea and Terry versus individuals in the medical community. Terry’s successes and Caban’s expertise are questioned by individuals in the medical community; so the play then asks, “Who owns the knowledge of our bodies? Who owns the knowledge of our experience?” 

“We are grateful to Andrea Caban for bringing this meaningful material to us and for encouraging us to share it nationwide with the ALS community. We have heard from people living with ALS and their circles of support who have watched a performance of ‘The Voice Bank,’ and feel that it presents an honest portrayal of life with this disease, including but not limited to the devastation, limitations, fear, anger, grief, and the inspiration to fight back.”
— Asher Garfinkel, Vice President of Community Outreach, ALS Association Golden West Chapter
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