"Amanda is a master with a keen awareness of the performer in front of her. She is a true artist herself and a true artists' teacher. She can access where you are at any given moment and teach accordingly, knowing when pushing is productive and when stillness is necessary. " - DOMINIQUE FISHBACK, "The Deuce," "Show Me a Hero"
“Amanda Quaid’s expertise as a dialect coach is a game changer. Not only did she help me find the sixteen accents I needed for my one-woman show, she made the experience an absolute joy!” - MELISSA GILBERT, Emmy nominee
“You find an uncanny balance between clearly conveying the "rules" of a dialect and embracing the specific peculiarities of the specific actor and character. I don't know how you do that; it's remarkable." - BEN BECKLEY, B’way national tour A Christmas Carol
"Amanda's dialect coaching should almost be considered 'therapy' to anyone immigrating to NYC. Aside from her flawless technical coaching, Amanda has made me feel completely comfortable auditioning and working in my American accent. I really feel that without 'the gym' I'd still be spending countless hours trying to imitate my American friends with little success. I have grown passionate towards the art of dialect and phonetics and this is all thanks to Amanda's inspiring classes. Thank you." - OLIVIA PHILLIP, Broadway's Frozen
“I wanted to thank you SO MUCH for all of your help with the Italian accent! My Gabriella was received so well. I had such a blast working on this project, but it would not have been possible had I not worked with you beforehand and gained the confidence in the accent. I was able to *strut* right into the rehearsal room, and let everything flow naturally as if it were an accent I've been speaking with for years!” - KIM TAFF, Boeing Boeing
“When I needed some dialect guidance, at short notice, Amanda was there. Always fully focused, extremely specific, and patient. And everything she said made a difference. Amanda is as generous a teacher as she is a person. She knows where you are coming from, and respects where you wanna go.” - GRAEME MALCOLM, Broadway’s Equus, Translations
“Amanda has a unique gift for putting performers at ease with her graceful instruction, specificity, deep well of knowledge, and patient encouragement. She helped the company of Der Freischütz create a unified dialect, leaving each performer flexibility in distinguishing their character's speech pattern. Those singers who had trouble projecting their speaking voice benefitted deeply from solo sessions with Amanda, and were eventually able to master the space and gain more confidence and joy in their overall performance.” — LOUISA PROSKE, Co-Artistic Director, Heartbeat Opera
“Amanda has given me a profound perspective on my voice, breath work and live performance application. Her knowledge of vocal anatomy combined with stage/performance awareness has given me a concrete foundation for performing with full confidence.” - ALEJANDRO VILARRASA CORRIERO, jazz musician
"Amanda is my go-to accent wizard savior! She has coached me many times on a variety of specific, complicated accents that I had no experience with. She has the super-power combo of having an incredible ear and ability to teach those who don’t. Amanda is the best there is!" - BETTY GILPIN, Emmy nominee for “GLOW”
“I have fun getting into these different characters. I find it really challenging also—it kind of plays with your head. Any time I’m not working, I’ll go see her. Or I’ll Skype her from where I am in the world.” - JORDAN BARRETT, supermodel, quoted on Models.com
“She is always my first choice when it comes to coaching because her ability to listen and push my work further is always mind-blowing! She’s a generous teacher that loves this work. I hope those who seek dialect coaching get a chance to have a transformative experience and see how amazing she is as an artist and teacher.” - CASHMAN OGAUS, Salvation
"Amanda is my savior for all dialects for auditions and jobs. And she especially helped me craft my voiceover performance on American Vandal, which helped elevate the show to new levels." - TYLER ALVAREZ, "American Vandal"
“An incredibly gifted teacher and coach, and her ability to translate accents and dialects specifically into the needs of an audiobook narrator is much appreciated. Her Zoom classes are, hands-down, the best I've taken two years into this pandemic; she manages the class in a way that makes you feel calm, comfortable, and capable. She's also just one of the nicest, most delightful people I've ever gotten to work with, which is why I keep coming back to study more with her!” - EMILY ELLET, award-winning audiobook narrator and co-founder of PANA.
"Amanda has an incomparable knowledge of language and dialect, a wonderful patience and incredible nurturing teaching manner. Not only am I now so much more accurate than I ever have been with my American dialect pronunciation and flow, but thanks to Amanda, I feel in no way inhibited. She helped me access a part of myself that as an actor allows me to still feel authentic when speaking in a dialect that is not my own. I feel fortunate to have found her and grateful for all she's done for my work and career." - MARK EVANS, Broadway's The Play That Goes Wrong, Book of Mormon (US Tour), West End's Wicked
"Amanda is that rare find, a teacher who is as skilled and perceptive in the art of teaching as she is in her own personal craft of performance. Her curiosity and humility provide the perfect blend for both the excavation and the intake process so necessary to provoke sustainable growth in the student.." - SCOTT MILLER, founder Miller Voice Method