Cynthia Santos DeCure
AEA SAG-AFTRA
Bilingual Dialect Coach
ACCENT & DIALECT DESIGN
LATINX DIALECT COACH
Cynthia Santos DeCure is a New York/ Connecticut based Vocal and dialect coach.
She offers bilingual Voice and Accent/Dialect
coaching for Stage, Film and TV projects
around the U.S. and abroad. She specializes in
coaching all accents of Spanish & Latinx
Identities, bilingual Shakespeare and culturally
inclusive pedagogies in actor training.
She is an Associate Professor of Acting at the
David Geffen School of Drama at Yale,
certified in both Fitzmaurice Voicework®
and Knight Thompson Speechwork and utilizes
multiple approaches to help her clients
embody truthful and expressive sounds.
She has developed accent/dialect breakdowns and coached most of the Latin American/ Spanish
accent / dialects in both languages.
Linguistic Representation is an essential part of industry representation- be seen and heard authentically.
NEWS
Coming up 2024- 25:
projects at: Yale Rep, Hartford Stage, Trinity Rep, Oregon Shakespeare
Recent Voice & Dialect Projects:
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The Hot Wing King by Katori Hall, directed by Christopher Betts
at Hartford Stage & Baltimore Center Stage
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La Broa' by Orlando Hernandez, directed by Tatyana-Marie Carlo
at Trinity Rep
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Quixote Nuevo by Octavio Solis
West Coast premieres:
South Coast Rep, Seattle Rep and Portland Center Stage
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Wish You Were Here by Sanaz Toosi, directed by Sevan Battat
at Yale Rep
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Mojada: A Medea In Los Angeles by Luis Alfaro, directed by Laurie Woolery
at Yale Rep (CT Critics Circle nominated)
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Queen of Basel by Hilary Bettis, directed by Cristina Angeles
at TheatreWorks Hartford, CT (CT Critics Circle nominated)
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Laughs in Spanish by Alexis Scheer, directed by Lisa Portes at Denver Center for the Performing Arts (Henry Awards nominated -Colorado Theatre Guild)
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Hamlet (bilingual adaptation by Reynaldo Pineda) directed by Tatiana Pandiani Folger Shakespeare Reading Room Series
"Working with Cynthia was easy, dynamic and an integral part of my process playing Medea. She has the exact tools to get you right where you need to be from the very beginning of the dialect integration process. I was able to accomplish an authentic and organic dialect sound that also served to trigger the world of the play. I cannot wait to work with her again and again"
-Camila Moreno
(CT Critics Circle nominated actress, Mojada A Medea in Los Angeles at Yale Rep)
SCENES FOR LATINX ACTORS
co-edited Micha Espinosa & Cynthia DeCure
Published by Smith & Kraus
