Dayle Towarnicky teaches speech and accent to the BFA 1 and 2 students. She is a teaching artist based in NYC, originally from Columbus, Ohio. Previous teaching with The Stella Adler Studio of Acting, The Broadway Experience, Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey, and the Brett Goldin Bursary program at the Royal Shakespeare Company. Dayle has participated in many continuing education workshops, learning from Cicely Berry, Kristin Linklater, Andrew Wade, Christina Shewell, Phil Thompson, Andrea Caban, Julie Foh, and others. Longterm instruction and mentoring from Alithea Phillips, Head of Voice and Speech at the Stella Adler Studio of Acting. Alongside teaching and coaching, Dayle is currently completing an MA in Linguistics with a focus on sociolinguistics, standard language ideology, phonetics and phonology at the CUNY Graduate Center. Proud member of the Voice and Speech Trainers Association (VASTA), the International Feldenkrais Federation (IFF), and the Feldenkrais Guild of North America (FGNA). In 2021, Dayle is serving as the Associate Editor of the VASTA Voice quarterly newsletter, and will serve as Editor in 2022.