Jan Gist

Jan Gist (She/Her)
Voice & Text Coach, The Virgin Queen Entertains Her Fool

Professor Emerita, retiring after 22 years from The Old Globe Theatre/ University of San Diego Shiley Graduate Theatre Program as Head of Voice, Speech, Dialects, Text; coaching 89 Equity, 52 MFA graduate student productions. Over her 45 year career, she has additionally coached 100s of Equity productions in theatres across the country, including APT, Arena Stage (DC), The Ahmonson (L.A.), Alabama Shakespeare Festival (Head of Voice and Speech 1992-2001), Utah Shakes., Oregon Shakes., American Shakespeare Center, La Jolla Playhouse. She has been interviewed in: The Voice Coach’s Toolkit, Voice and Speech Training in the New Millennium—Conversations with Master Teachers, The Complete Voice and Speech Work-out. Poetry published in The Voice and Speech Review and performed in numerous venues.